Research Opportunities
Keep an eye out for our Spring 2027 grant program. In Spring 2026, the Center launched a competitive grant program supporting collaborative research projects between faculty and students. These grants funded innovative investigations at the intersection of AI and liberal arts disciplines, providing students with mentored research experiences while advancing scholarly understanding of AI’s humanistic dimensions.
See our 2026 recipients’ presentations.
Congrats to our recipients and their student researchers.
Carol Radgowski, Allon Boettcher, Aidan Girard, and Yann Aubert: “Deep Reading in the Age of AI: Developing an Interactive Reading Companion for Humanistic Interpretation” supervised by Scott Powers (French).
Katie VanHouten, Alex Farkas, and Blake Bauer: “Are AI production tools helpful for video production?”, supervised by JD Swerzenski (Communication and Digital Studies)
Aloysious Kabonge, Belen Telahun, Kenzie Lotz, and Cole Hopkins: “Artificial Intelligence for Emergency Alerting Systems and Reliability” supervised by Jeff Goldthorp (Computer Science)
Bethanie Hackett ’26 (majors: Computer Science & Political Science), Garrett McKenzie ’27 (majors: Computer Science & Data Science),Laura Rider ’27 (majors: Computer Science & English), “Improving Political Discussion on Social Media with Automated Bot Intervention” supervised by Stephen Davies (Computer Science)
Eric McGowan & Mackenzie Swain, “AI Literacy: Understanding Intelligent Systems in Practice and Education” supervised by Karen Anewalt and Jennifer Pollack(Computer Science)