IS THIS CHEATING? : AI Discussion Panel

Join us for a free discussion panel on the use of artificial intelligence in university classrooms! We have put together a panel of MacEwan academic experts and passionate students to share their thoughts about how AI is used at university and what that can mean for the future of higher education.

Time: February 12 & 13, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Dr. William Schultz
Assistant Professor of Criminology and Sociology, MacEwan University
Will Schultz is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Sociology at MacEwan. Most of his research focuses on prison conditions in Western Canada, but he also teaches classes on AI, crime, and surveillance (SOCI 324). He is skeptical that generative AI is ever going to deliver on the expansive and expensive promises of the people who benefit financially from the rest of us using it.

Wayne Williams
Assistant Professor of Design, MacEwan University
Wayne Williams, an Assistant Professor in MacEwan’s Design Program and a recent recipient of MacEwan’s Distinguished Teaching Award, focuses his academic work on design theory and pedagogy, knowledge visualization, developing communities of practice, and community-engaged scholarship. By applying design thinking to non-traditional problems and bridging the gap between academic and practical spheres, he emphasizes the importance of a community-focused, visually communicative methodology to address social issues. Through conference presentations and collaborative research, Wayne fosters dialogue within the academic community, enriching both the theoretical and practical dimensions of design and advocating for its role in creating meaningful social change.

Rayanne Haines
Assistant Professor, MacEwan University
RAYANNE HAINES (she/her) is an award-winning hybrid author and pushcart nominated poet, a creative researcher, and a producer and podcaster. Rayanne has penned four poetry collections – The Stories in My Skin (2013), Stained with the Colours of Sunday Morning (Inanna, 2017), Tell The Birds Your Body Is Not A Gun (Frontenac, 2021) which won the 2022 Stephan G. Stephansson, Alberta Literary Award for Poetry as well as being shortlisted for both the BPAA Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry, and the National ReLit Award for Poetry, and What Kind of Daughter? (Frontenac 2024) a poetry and essay collection exploring grief, identity, and gendered trauma. A previous Writer in Residence for the Edmonton Region Federation of Libraries, she is the President for the League of Canadian Poets and is an Assistant Professor in Arts and Cultural Management at MacEwan University. In her 20+ years in the arts sector, Rayanne has held various leadership and mentorship roles including those with The Edmonton Arts Council, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Stony Plain Records, The Writers Guild of Alberta, and The Edmonton Poetry Festival.  

Rebecca Stiller
Assistant Professor, MacEwan University
Rebecca Stiller is an assistant professor at MacEwan University. She spent over a decade working in child and youth care practice and non-profit leadership. Her research interests focus on arts-based teaching and learning, community education, child and family intervention, and technology integration in social services.

Payaswani Dixit
Student Panelist

Nathan Poon
Student Panelist, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Major
Nathan Poon is currently a Computer Science student, the President of the MacEwan University United Nations Club, and the President of the MacEwan University Law Club. He oversaw the 30th Alberta Intercollegiate Model United Nations as Secretary-General and Director, a provincial Model UN conference, which saw universities from around Alberta come together to solve issues pertaining to the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the ethics of AI.