Michelle Kassorla
Associate Professor English- Education
Ph.D. -- Bowling Green State University in Ethnic American Literatures of the US and 20th Century Novel.
M.A. -- Humboldt State University in English Literature
B.A. -- Bowling Green State University with a double major in English and Journalism
- Specializations
Teaching Writing with AI
Teaching Writing with Technology
Multiethnic Literatures of the US
- Biography
Michelle Kassorla, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at Georgia State University, Perimeter College, co-teaches With and Against AI in Composition I and II courses, integrating AI into all assignments this academic year. She’s on the AI Expert Panel for EDUCAUSE, leading the AI Literacy committee for Higher Education. A recipient of a CETLOE fellowship, she published “Teaching with GAI in Mind” and co-authors a textbook and papers with Eugenia Novokshanova. She’s a Co-Principal Investigator in the “Perceptions of AI” study at GSU. She shares her insights on LinkedIn and her blog, “The Academic Platypus.” As a mother of eight boys, she’s continually inspired to excel.
- Recognitions and Awards
CETLOE Faculty Fellow in SOTL for AI (2023-24)
Leadership Academy of Women Faculty (2021-22)
STAR Training
- Committees and Organizations
- EDUCAUSE: AI Expert Panel, Community of Practice in AI, Chair of the AI Literacy Standards Working Group (2024), Horizon Panel (2023-24)
- Perimeter College: Bylaws Committee, Executive Committee, Chair of English 1102
- Publications
AI in Teaching and Learning Conference “GSU Faculty and Student Perceptions of AI”
With Rachel Gurvitch, Jennifer Thompson Hall, and Joshua John Simkins
https://cetloe.gsu.edu/artificial-intelligence-ai/
Atlanta, GA | March 29, 2024College English Association National Conference
“Transforming Composition: The Multimodal AI Project.”
With Eugenia Novokshanova
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zb0Q-UChb2gpXOpJ3JsRKonZsySm8PVN/view?usp=sharing (Page 6)
Atlanta, GA | March 21, 2023Chair, AI Literacy Working Group | EDUCAUSE
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IRXE7KA83gMYlju8b3NBPATkUn9TJYKP/view?usp=sharingMarch 2024-Present
The Alchemy Group
“Embracing the AI Mindset: Transformative Strategies for Course Design”
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Dw31nRMQ9iJQ7dXy-IHFDiRE79GFgR7sIuV0FLMxSXc/edit?usp=sharingOnline Symposium | April 10, 2024
Community of Practice on AI | EDUCAUSE
“Teaching Critical Thinking Skills with AI”
Online | April 16, 2024
Georgia Organization for Student Success Conference
“Lighting the Way to Creativity with AI in the Composition Classroom”
With Eugenia Novokshanova
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yQt5ftBGy6saZZt3ENwFh4e5jsklaSYeNY3vH-XXu08/edit?usp=sharingSt. Simon’s Island, GA | February 8-9, 2024
Video Keynote: Faculty Development Day“Practical AI for Teaching”
Tidewater Community College
Online | January 23, 2024
Keynote: Faculty Development Day |ICC
“Teaching with AI in Higher Education”
Itawumba Community College | November 17, 2023Faculty Development Day | GSU
“Opening our Students to Creativity with AI”nWith Eugenia Novokshanova
Georgia State University | October 13, 2023Teaching and Learning Institute of Inclusive Innovation (TALIII) “AI in Teaching,”
Oglethorpe University | October 10, 2023
Instructional Tech CG Coffee Shop
Panel Speaker on using AI in the classroomEDUCAUSE IT | September 28, 2023
Luncheon Speaker: Southern Association ofCommunity College Researchers Conference“What is the Future of AI in Higher Education?”
Luncheon Speaker September 19, 2023EDUCAUSE, AI Expert Panel
https://files.abstractsonline.com/CTRL/DD/D/AA8/E80/4B1/44D/7B8/81D/966/423/C6E/24/a1984_1.pdf
Spring-Summer 2023EDUCAUSE, Horizon Report
Spring/Summer 2023
chromeextension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://library.educause.edu/-/media/files/library/2023/9/2023hrholisticstudentexperience.pdf?Miniseries: Artificial Intelligence and the
implications for Teaching and Learning
“Teaching with AI”Georgia Gwinnett College | March 29, 2023
https://cte.ggc.edu/miniseries-artificial-intelligence-and-the-implications-for-teaching-and-learning/Faculty Development Day
“Don’t Panic! Using ChatGPT and other AI Tools in your Course
March 3, 2023 PDFHighlights from the First Cohort of the Leadership
For the Advancement of Women Faculty
with Keisha Brown, Valerie Matthews, and Stephanie Galifano
Faculty Development Day, Perimeter Collge
February 2022
https://mediaspace.gsu.edu/media/Highlights+from+the+Leadership+for+the+Advancement+of+Women+Faculty+Inaugural+Cohort/1_almguju0Overview: College to Career 1102 Grant
English Department, Perimeter College
February 2022
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LyChai-h16y247gnmqT_cZv9dyIevRc6fPAXrkreJeE/edit?usp=sharing