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ATLANTA— Rosita Scerbo, an associate professor of visual and digital cultures at Georgia State University, has been selected as a Governor’s Teaching Fellow for the May 2025 Symposium, "Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Holistic Classroom." Scerbo holds appointments in the Institute for Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and the Department of World Languages and Cultures and is an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Africana Studies. The symposium focuses on tools, strategies, and ethical practices for integrating AI into course instruction to develop students’ capacity to understand and use AI effectively and responsibly.
As one of 16 faculty members from institutions of higher education across the state, Scerbo was selected in a highly competitive application and review process. Each selected fellow was endorsed by their institution’s president or provost and provided compelling evidence of instructional innovation. Fellows represent a diverse range of Georgia institutions and disciplinary fields.
“I’m honored to have been selected for the highly competitive Governor’s Teaching Fellows Symposium,” said Scerbo. “It’s been incredibly exciting to explore innovative and ethical applications of AI in higher education alongside such an inspiring group of educators.”
Scerbo is a certified Digital Humanist whose research and teaching focuses on the intersections of visual and digital culture, examining how photography, performance, painting, muralism, digital art and emerging technologies mediate cultural identity, embodiment, and representation. She explores how these visual forms engage with and respond to technologies such as artificial intelligence and video games, highlighting the role of visual culture in shaping contemporary understandings of identity, memory, visibility, belonging and mediated presence.
Each May, Governor’s Teaching Fellows attend an intense one-week seminar on the University of Georgia’s campus. The symposium includes structured faculty development sessions facilitated by experts, instructional design activities, collaboration with faculty peers from other institutions, and independent study reflective of each participant’s needs and interests. Fellows receive a stipend to assist with travel expenses and meals. Lodging is provided by the Governor's Teaching Fellows Program. The Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program also offers an academic year program in which fellows design or re-design a course during six multi-day seminars from September to April.
The Governor's Teaching Fellows Program was established in 1995 by Zell Miller, governor of Georgia, 1991-1999, to provide Georgia's higher education faculty with expanded opportunities for developing important teaching skills. Governor Miller envisioned that this program would address faculty members' pressing need to use emerging technologies and instructional tools that are becoming increasingly important for learning today. To improve the quality of instruction in Georgia's colleges and universities, the Governor's Teaching Fellows Program assumes the complex challenge of moving college faculty members to the leading edge of instructional practice.
Learn more about the Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program and how to apply at: http://ihe.uga.edu/programs/governors-teaching-fellows