Boston College faculty to join AAC&U institute on AI, pedagogy, and curriculum
Cross-disciplinary team will take part in national initiative exploring artificial intelligence in higher education.
Tim Lindgren, Assistant Director of Design Innovation at the Center for Digital Innovation in Learning, Boston College, has announced on LinkedIn that he will co-lead a team participating in the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum.
AI, pedagogy, and curriculum
The institute, which begins in September 2025, is designed to help colleges and universities respond to the challenges and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence. Teams will spend the academic year developing and implementing action plans across teaching, curricula, and institutional practices, supported by institute faculty through webinars, mentorship, and milestone events.
Lindgren explains that relationships and collaboration are central to his work on AI in education. “Maybe because everyone is equally out to sea, there seems to be a new-found eagerness to connect, to share information, and to collaborate in new ways, both within our institutions and beyond.”
Boston College team
The Boston College group reflects this collaborative approach, drawing together faculty and staff from multiple disciplines and units. Alongside Lindgren, the team includes:
Callid Keefe-Perry, Assistant Professor of Contextual Education and Public Theology, Clough School of Theology and Ministry
Nirmal H. Trivedi, Assistant Director, Teaching, Learning & Technology, Center for Teaching Excellence
Brian K S., Associate Dean for Research, Lynch School of Education & Human Development
Paula Mathieu, Associate Professor, English Department
Peter Salvitti, Chief Technology Officer, Information Technology Services
Melanie Hubbard, Head Librarian, Digital Scholarship & Data Service, O'Neill Library
Yuhan Li, Associate Director, Learning Design, Center for Digital Innovation in Learning
John FitzGibbon, Associate Director, Digital Learning Innovation, Center for Digital Innovation in Learning
Noël Ingram, Digital Teaching Programs Administrator, Center for Digital Innovation in Learning
Institutional perspective
Lindgren highlights Boston College’s Jesuit, Catholic identity as a resource in approaching AI in education, saying: “Our goal is also to draw on the distinctives of being at a Jesuit, Catholic institution as a resource, where there is a long tradition of educating students as whole people, where it’s part of the mission to explore how we’re formed by the world around us (in including by our technologies) and how we seek to shape that world, ideally for the greater good.”
He continues, “at a time when we’re trying to find our way forward—with more questions than answers—I feel lucky to have this sustained conversation with thoughtful, committed colleagues to look forward to this year.”
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