Dr. Vyshali Manivannan
Pace University - Pleasantville

Appendix 15 - Service: Professional Development

Events Attended

  • 2024: Scaling Collective Access
  • 2024: Androids, Spirits, and Chatbots
  • 2024: ISAN
  • 2023: The Conversations We Should Be Having about Generative AI
  • 2018: Teaching Techniques

Overview

This appendix describes the professional development activities I have undertaken internally and externally since joining Pace in 2018, in relation to my creative and scholarly activity, my teaching, and my service. These activities primarily consist of webinars. For bibliographic information, refer to my CV.

Events Attended

  • Hubrig, A. (2024, March 15). Scaling collective access: From your presentation to the field.

I attended and participated in webinar on ensuring the accessibility of conference presentations and of conferences themselves.

  • Vee, A. (2024, Mar 14). "Androids, spirits and chatbots: Historicizing AI writing." CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative.

I attended a webinar on the role of AI in the digital humanities and writing studies.

  • International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative. (2024, Mar 1-3).

I attended the flagship conference on autoethnography.

  • Clarke Gray, B. (2023, Jun 16). "The conversations we should be having about Generative AI."

I attended a webinar unpacking the widespread early adoption of ChatGPT.

  • Morrison, A. (2023, May 4). "Everything I need to know about ChatGPT, I learned from my students." Festival of Teaching and Learning. University of Alberta, CAN.

I attended a webinar dissolving the widespread enchantment with ChatGPT and examining the problems of viewing GenAI as a means of optimizing student writing and learning.

  • Faculty Center. (2018, Aug 27-30). Teaching Techniques Seminar, Pace. (Participant)

I attended a three-day workshop on teaching techniques on being hired as a Lecturer at Pace.