{"id":532,"date":"2026-07-15T13:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/ai\/?page_id=532"},"modified":"2026-07-15T13:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:57:58","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/ai\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The AI Taskforce is a one-year task force created by Clark&#8217;s President, David Fithian. The Task Force includes membership from the Provost\u2019s Office, Information Technology Services, the Goddard Library, faculty, and staff, with a full listing of membership below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Convened in January 2026, our one-year mission is to evaluate Clark&#8217;s current use of AI, identify and address AI-specific policy needs, and create a central resource guide to help all members of the Clark community consider their use of AI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">We will transition the Task Force to a more permanent AI Steering Committee in early 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ai-task-force-membership\">AI Task Force Membership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Co-chair: <\/strong>John Magee, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Co-chair: <\/strong>Joseph A. Kalinowski, Vice President and CIO, ITS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Hamed Alemohammad, Director of the Center for Geospatial Analytics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Kat Andler, Associate Teaching Professor, Becker School of Design and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Lawrence Bolduc, University Librarian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Joanne Dolan, Director of Academic Technology and Client Support, ITS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Sherry Freyermuth, Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Mark Jacobs, AI Pedagogy and Curriculum Innovation Specialist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Jennifer Plante, Associate Dean of Academic Success<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Rhonda Podell, Director of Legal &amp; Insurance Operations, and Institutional Policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column 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