UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sixteen Penn State faculty were named leaders for AI-Aware Instruction by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence.
The faculty-driven program, new this year, is designed to cultivate cultures of experimentation and exploration of artificial intelligence-aware instructional work at the scale of departments, colleges and campuses. The 16 leaders, representing different areas of the University, will implement AI-aware instructional projects in their units and advance teaching excellence in the age of artificial intelligence by identifying emerging needs in their local teaching communities, developing resources and sharing insights with other faculty leaders in this program. This work supplements the ongoing development of University-wide resources and existing experiments by individual faculty across Penn State.
Proposed projects include creating a resource guide and convening an industry panel, developing a local resource repository or assignment hub, and launching an AI Teaching Lab or hands-on learning opportunities for instructors.
Faculty leaders for AI-Aware Instruction will share their insights more broadly with the Penn State teaching community at a larger event in the spring semester.
The following are the 2025-26 faculty leaders for AI-Aware Instruction.
Penn State University Park
College of Arts and Architecture
- Jacob Holster, assistant teaching professor, music education
College of Engineering
- Parisa Shokouhi, professor of engineering science and mechanics
- Christian Peco, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics
- Ming Xiao, professor of civil engineering
- Roberto Fernandez, assistant professor of civil an environmental engineering
- Wenpeng Yin, assistant professor of computer science and engineering
Smeal College of Business
- Quian Chen, assistant professor of supply chain and information systems
Penn State Behrend
- Tiffany Petricini, associate teaching professor of communication
- Kyle Chalupczynski, assistant teaching professor of management information systems
Penn State Brandywine
- Deb Ousey, associate teaching professor of English
- Chris Olear, assistant teaching professor of accounting
Penn State Great Valley
- Joanna DeFranco, associate professor of software engineering, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Penn State Lehigh Valley
- Subhadra Ganguli, assistant professor of business
- Pedro Robles, assistant teaching professor of cyber analytics and operations
Penn State Scranton
- Stephanie Longo, assistant professor of corporate communication
- Fred Aebli, lecturer of information sciences and technology
The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence is part of Penn State Undergraduate Education.