2024 TLT Faculty Engagement Award recipients named, focused on AI for teaching

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State University Libraries’ Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) has named 13 recipients of the 2024 Faculty Engagement Award with this year’s theme of “Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Teaching.” Recipients will collaborate with TLT staff to identify potential uses, constraints and best practices for using generative AI for teaching purposes. Faculty will utilize available generative AI tools including Microsoft Copilot and Adobe Firefly to assist in content creation, course planning and content delivery.

The recipients of the 2024 Faculty Engagement Awards are:

• Betsy Campbell, associate teaching professor of information sciences and technology, College of Information Sciences and Technology

• Kyle Chalupcyznski, lecturer, management information systems, Penn State Behrend

• Subhadra Ganguli, assistant teaching professor of business, Penn State Lehigh Valley

• Stephanie Gresh, assistant teaching professor of business, Penn State Wilkes-Barre

• Michelle Kaschak, assistant teaching professor of English, Penn State Lehigh Valley

• Yupeng Kou, assistant teaching professor of Chinese, College of the Liberal Arts

• Nikki Mattson, teaching professor in applied linguistics, College of the Liberal Arts

• Christina Olear, assistant teaching professor of accounting, Penn State Brandywine

• Lolita Paff, associate professor of business economics, Penn State Berks

• Seth Powless, assistant teaching professor of business, Penn State Beaver

• Ellen Raineri, associate professor of business, Penn State Hazleton

• Stuart Selber, professor of English, College of the Liberal Arts

• Farnaz Tehranchi, assistant professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation, College of Engineering

TLT’s Faculty Engagement Awards are granted annually around a theme that combines sound pedagogy and digital tools. To learn more about the Faculty Engagement Awards, contact Amy Kuntz at [email protected].