Description
A team from the University Writing Program (UWP) discusses what is meant by AI literacy in general and specifically in teaching writing. They share some highlights from their research about the use of AI in providing feedback on student writing.
SITT 2024 attendees may want to view this group interview in anticipation of an overlapping group of UWP presenters speaking about research on using AI to supplement peer and instructor feedback on student writing.
Link to the video [video.ucdavis.edu]
About the Interviewees
Lisa Sperber teaches academic and professional writing through the Writing Center. Her prior research and publications are on equitable assessment practices, supporting graduate student writers, and composition teacher-scholars. She received the 2024-25 UCD Professional Development Award to work on this project.
Marit MacArthur teaches business, science, and proposal writing, among other courses, for the University Writing Program and the University Honors Program at UC Davis. Her interdisciplinary research in voice studies, applying an LLM for speech recognition and analysis, has been supported by the ACLS, the NEH, the Mellon Foundation, SSHRC, and most recently, a 2024 NEH Fellowship for Digital Publication. She is a series editor for the journal Critical AI on the topic of Teaching Writing in Higher Ed.
Nicholas Stillman is a Ph.D student in the English Literature Department at UC Davis with an emphasis in Writing, Rhetoric, and Composition Studies. He studies the cultural impact of speculative fiction and AI writing. Nick also works as the Graduate Student Researcher for the UC Davis Writing Center, where he researches the ethical integration of AI into student writing processes.
Carl Whithaus is a Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at UC Davis. He studies the impact of information technology on literacy practices, writing assessment, and writing in the sciences and engineering. His books include Swarms, Viral Writing, and the Local (Pittsburgh 2024), Multimodal Literacies and Emerging Genres (Pittsburgh, 2013) and Writing Across Distances and Disciplines (Routledge, 2008).
