CELTcast Episode 11

Podcast: CELTcast – The Podcast of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Institution: Concordia University Wisconsin & Ann Arbor (CUWAA)

Hosts: Kate Robertson & Kari Bjerke

Producer: Ashley Curtin

Guests: Dr. Don Saucier

Featured Article: Lessons Learned from Students Using AI Inappropriately in My Class

Dr. Don Saucier is a university distinguished teaching scholar and professor of psychological sciences, and faculty director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Kansas State University. His numerous awards and honors include the Putting Students First Award for Outstanding Service to Students, University Distinguished Faculty Award for Mentoring of Undergraduate Students in Research, William L. Stamey Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Dr. Ron and Rae Iman Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching. Dr. Saucier’s research interests center on expressions of antisocial and prosocial behavior. Our podcast conversation with him focuses on the student experience with the use of AI in assignments and how instructors can set students up for success regarding AI usage and policies.

CELTcast Episode 10

Podcast: CELTcast – The Podcast of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Institution: Concordia University Wisconsin & Ann Arbor (CUWAA)

Hosts: Kate Robertson & Kari Bjerke

Producer: Ashley Curtin

Guests: Dr. Sean Cho Ayres

Featured Article: How I rehumanize the college classroom for the AI-augmented age

Dr. Sean Cho Ayres is a poet, AI ethics researcher, and educator currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Kennesaw State University. He completed his PhD in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Cincinnati, where he worked at the Digital Scholarship Center and served on the editorial teams of The Cincinnati Review and Acre Books. He currently serves as Editor in Chief of The Account: A Journal of Poetry, Prose, and Thought and Poetry Editor at Overhead Lit. Across his scholarship, poetry, and public-facing essays, he aims to develop approaches that treat AI as a human story—one shaped by labor, culture, and care—and to advocate for creative practices that foreground transparency, ethics, and the lived experiences behind technologies.

additional article: Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI

Here is a little blurb about the extra article: This essay is a thoughtful, honest reflection on teaching in the age of AI, reminding us that the awkward moments, mistakes, and human messiness in the classroom are actually where learning happens—and why those things still matter more than ever.

Podcast: CELTcast – The Podcast of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Institution: Concordia University Wisconsin & Ann Arbor (CUWAA)

Hosts: Rob Balza & Kate Robertson

Producer: Ashley Curtin

Guests: Dr. Jennifer Smith

Featured Article: The Importance of Connection in the Age of AI

Dr. Jennifer Smith is an assistant professor and internship coordinator in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kansas State University. Dr. Smith’s primary research interest is how technology is impacting the psychology of intimate relationships and contributing to the epidemic of loneliness. Our podcast conversation with her centers on college students’ need for relationships and connection, and how AI use intersects with those needs.