Faculty Futures Lab

Discussion of the impact of generative AI on higher education, with a focus on ChatGPT and writing. With Dr. E.J. Sobo, author of “Could ChatGPT Prompt a New Golden Age in Higher Education?” Hosts: Dr. D.J. Hopkins and Dr. Pam Lach

The Faculty Futures Lab podcast is a faculty-led effort to consider the challenges facing institutions of higher education in complex and uncertain times. All guests speak from their own expertise and experience. Produced by the San Diego State University Center for Teaching and Learning. Learn more at ctl.sdsu.edu.

BIOS

Dr. Elisa J. Sobo, a professor at San Diego State University, is the Director for Undergraduate Research in the College of Arts and Letters and a Faculty Fellow in the division of Instructional Technology Services. A Medical Anthropologist, EJ’s research has focused on non-biomedical or alternative approaches to health, including through vaccination selectivity. She is currently investigating yogic sound bath therapy. https://anthropology.sdsu.edu/people/sobo

Dr. D.J. Hopkins (he/him) is a professor at San Diego State University. His publications focus on Shakespeare in performance and theatre in urban contexts. His current research includes immersive theatre and Virtual Reality. He is the Director of SDSU’s Center for Teaching and Learning. https://ttf.sdsu.edu/faculty/theatre_faculty_profiles/d.j-hopkins

Dr. Pamella Lach (she/her) is the Digital Humanities Librarian at San Diego State University and Director of the Library’s Digital Humanities Center (https://library.sdsu.edu/dh), a values-oriented space designed to blur and disrupt disciplinary boundaries. She is co-director of SDSU’s Digital Humanities Initiative (https://dh.sdsu.edu/). https://library2.sdsu.edu/people/pamella-lach

Special thanks to Patrick Flanigan, the SDSU Digital Humanities Center Programs & Operations Specialist. Thanks for making us sound great!

CITATIONS and LINKS

Stein, Jordan Alexander. “Instead of Policing Students, We Need to Abolish Cheating.” Chronicle of Higher Education. 7 Sept. 2023. https://www-chronicle-com.libproxy.sdsu.edu/article/instead-of-policing-students-we-need-to-abolish-cheating?cid=gen_sign_in

Sobo, E.J. “Could ChatGPT Prompt a New Golden Age in Higher Education?” Teaching and Learning Anthropology Journal 6.1 (2023). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5p3048f2

“Suspicion, Cheating, and Bans: A.I. Hits America’s Schools.” The Daily (podcast). 28 June 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily

Faculty Futures Lab returns for a new academic year. Listen to the trailer for Season 4, Episode 1. Featuring Dr. E.J. Sobo, with hosts Dr. D.J. Hopkins and Dr. Pamella Lach. Produced by the San Diego State University Center for Teaching and Learning. Learn more at ctl.sdsu.edu.

This episode is about WRITING: Why we write, and the social justice work that can be done with and in writing. With Dr. Patrick Anderson (UC San Diego) and Dr. Patricia Ybarra (Brown University).

ACT I: Writing to Survive (15 minutes)

—Finding ourselves in writing, writing as a tool for BIPOC and queer activism and advocacy.

ACT II: Coming Together (17 minutes)

—Collaborative writing, the future of the academic conference, and the radical idea of modeling care for each other…

BIOS

Dr. Patrick Anderson is Professor of Communication and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His research has explored the politics of hunger striking (and other forms of self-starvation), the experience of illness within contemporary medical institutions, and the strange history of empathy. He is currently writing a book on police violence, based on his four years serving on San Diego’s Commission on Police Practices, and a book on queer suicide.

Website: patrick.ucsd.edu

Dr. Patricia Ybarra (she/her) is Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University. Ybarra’s most recent book is Latinx Theater in the Times of Neoliberalism. She is currently working on a digital humanities project on Reza Abdoh’s Father Was a Peculiar Man and a monograph on Abdoh and the development of queer theory. 

Website: https://vivo.brown.edu/display/pybarra

Dr. D.J. Hopkins (he/him) is a professor at San Diego State University. His publications focus on Shakespeare in performance and theatre in urban contexts. His current research includes immersive theatre and virtual reality.

Website: https://ttf.sdsu.edu/faculty/theatre_faculty_profiles/d.j-hopkins

Here’s the citation for the article discussed in this episode:

Patrick Anderson and Patricia Ybarra. “Is this Ballroom a Bathhouse?: The Promise and Peril of Coming Together.” Theatre Journal 74.4 (December 2022).

This is not a practical how-to-write kinda episode. If you’re interested in writing productivity, visit the website for the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity. I read the NCFDD’s Monday Motivator every week. I’m no longer on Twitter — find me on Mastodon…? D.J.H.

Guests Dr. Lacie Barber and Dr. Jennifer Imazeki speak with Dr. D.J. Hopkins about the workplace practice known as “Quiet Quitting” and what Quiet Quitting looks like in a higher ed context. What prompts someone to choose Quiet Quitting? And what personal and institutional responses might help…?

Guests

Dr. Lacie Barber (she/her) is an associate professor* at San Diego State University in the psychology department. Her research focuses on worker stress and how leaders can build psychologically healthy workplaces where employees thrive. Her current projects focus on how to manage work-life balance problems arising from constant access to work emails and text messages. Follow her on Twitter: @dr_lbarber

Dr. Jennifer Imazeki is a Senate Distinguished Professor and Professor of Economics at San Diego State University. Her research has focused on the economics of K-12 education, and teaching in economics. In her current role as the Associate Vice President for Faculty and Staff Diversity, she leads the Equity and Inclusion Councils, comprised of diversity liaisons from all campus units, and oversees unit-level diversity planning and campus initiatives to promote inclusive recruitment of faculty and staff.

https://sites.google.com/a/mail.sdsu.edu/jenniferimazeki/

Host

Dr. D.J. Hopkins (he/him) is a professor at San Diego State University. His publications focus on Shakespeare in performance and theatre in urban contexts. His current research includes immersive theatre and virtual reality. @_DJHopkins

https://ttf.sdsu.edu/faculty/theatre_faculty_profiles/d.j-hopkins

Further Reading

Alyson Krueger. “Who Is Quiet Quitting For?” The New York Times. 23 August 2022.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/style/quiet-quitting-tiktok.html

Greg Rosalsky and Alina Selyukh. “The economics behind 'quiet quitting' — and what we should call it instead.” NPR. 13 September 2022.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/09/13/1122059402/the-economics-behind-quiet-quitting-and-what-we-should-call-it-instead

See also: “You’ve Burned Out. Now What?” By Rebecca Pope-Ruark.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/youve-burned-out-now-what

Dean of Communications at Cal State Fullerton, Dr. Bey-Ling Sha, talks about her path to academic leadership and what Inclusive Academic Leadership means to her in 2022. Hosted by Dr. D.J. Hopkins.

Bios

Dr. Bey-Ling Sha is a public relations teacher-scholar, a higher-education leader, a social-justice activist, and the co-parent of two young men. She joined Cal State Fullerton in 2019 as dean of

the College of Communications after 15 years at San Diego State University, where she was a public relations professor, then director of the School of Journalism and Media Studies, and acting associate dean of the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts. Link to Dr. Sha’s bio:

https://communications.fullerton.edu/faculty/bey_ling_sha/bey_ling_sha.php

Dr. D.J. Hopkins is a professor at San Diego State University. His research includes Shakespeare in performance and theatre in urban contexts. His current research includes immersive theatre and virtual reality. @_DJHopkins

https://ttf.sdsu.edu/faculty/theatre_faculty_profiles/d.j-hopkins

This episode of Faculty Futures Lab is part of a new series, “How to Professor,” in which FFL host D.J. Hopkins talks to professors about how they got good at the things they do. This episode is about incorporating the principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into teaching, service, and especially research. Guests: Dr. Lori Barker (Cal Poly Pomona)and Dr. Allison Vaughn (San Diego State). Lori was Allison’s mentor when Allison was an undergraduate student, and they’ve stayed in touch ever since... Hosted by Dr. D.J. Hopkins (SDSU).

Dr. Lori Barker is a professor in the department of psychology at Cal Poly Pomona and a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in multicultural psychology. 

https://experts.cpp.edu/member/lori-a-barker/

Dr. Allison Vaughn is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University and the Associate Director for the SDSU Center for Teaching and Learning.
https://psychology.sdsu.edu/people/allison-vaughn/

Dr. D.J. Hopkins is a professor in the School of Theatre, Television, and Film at San Diego State University. He has published on Shakespeare in performance, among other subjects. He is a 2022 Darlene Shiley Honors College Faculty Fellow. D.J.’s current research includes immersive theatre and Virtual Reality. @_DJHopkins

https://ttf.sdsu.edu/faculty/theatre_faculty_profiles/d.j-hopkins

Special thanks to Allison for suggesting this episode!

A quick intro to the new series from Faculty Futures Lab, How to Professor...

This episode of Faculty Futures Lab is the first in a new series, “How to Professor,” in which FFL host D.J. Hopkins talks to professors about how they got good at the things they do. This episode is about teaching, and the guest is Dr. Elizabeth Pollard.

Dr. Elizabeth Pollard is a Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence at San Diego State University, where she teaches courses in Roman History, World History, and witchcraft studies. More recently, Dr. Pollard has co-founded San Diego State’s brand-new Center for Comics Studies. https://history.sdsu.edu/people/pollard

Dr. D.J. Hopkins is a professor in the School of Theatre, Television, and Film at San Diego State University. He specializes in Shakespeare in performance. His current research includes immersive theatre and virtual reality. On Twitter @_DJHopkins

https://ttf.sdsu.edu/faculty/theatre_faculty_profiles/d.j-hopkins

On April 19, 2022, the SDSU Women Faculty of Color Empowerment Group convened with the support of the CSU a systemwide webinar for women faculty of color, led by Dr. Lande Ajose, Vice President of the Public Policy Institute of California. Listen in to feel a sense of commonality and community with other women faculty of color, or to learn more about the experiences of your colleagues. Facilitated by SDSU faculty Drs. Feion Villodas, marcela polanco, and Nola Butler-Byrd, with support from SDSU graduate student Yasmin Willis.

Psychology professors discuss the mental health challenges faced by faculty in higher ed.

A panel of PhD-holding psychologists discusses responses to the mental health challenges faced by faculty in higher ed, especially in these latter days of the COVID-19 pandemic. With SDSU professors Dr. Lisa Kath, Dr. Allison Vaughn, and Dr. Feion Villodas. Hosted by Dr. D.J. Hopkins.

San Diego State University’s guidance for “Faculty Well-Being”:

https://fa.sdsu.edu/resources/work_life

San Diego State University’s Women of Color Empowerment Group:

https://fa.sdsu.edu/woc

Special thanks to Dr. Joanna Brooks, SDSU Associate Vice-President for Faculty Advancement and Student Achievement and founder of the Faculty Futures Lab podcast.

Bios

Dr. Lisa Kath is an associate professor of industrial-organizational psychology at San Diego State University, specializing in occupational health psychology. Visit https://lisakath.com/.

Dr. Allison Vaughn is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University and the Associate Director for the SDSU Center for Teaching and Learning.

https://psychology.sdsu.edu/people/allison-vaughn/

Dr. Feion Villodas is a Clinical Psychologist, a Faculty member in the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University, and SDSU’s Executive Director of Graduate Life and Diversity.

https://sacd.sdsu.edu/gradlife/team

Dr. D.J. Hopkins is a professor at San Diego State University. He specializes in Shakespeare in performance. His current research includes immersive theatre and virtual reality. @_DJHopkins

https://ttf.sdsu.edu/faculty/theatre_faculty_profiles/d.j-hopkins