Education, Research, and Artificial Intelligence: Reflections from the AEFP Community

The session will invite panelists to share how they see AI shaping research, education, and the work that we do. We are especially interested in perspectives on questions such as: How might AI change the kinds of research we conduct, how we conduct it, and how we train the next generation of scholars? What implications might these technologies have for teaching, mentoring, and the preparation of students in education policy and related fields? And more broadly, how might AI shape education systems and the policy questions our field engages with?

Rather than formal presentations, we hope this will be a reflective and forward-looking conversation among colleagues who are thinking seriously about these issues.

Speakers: 

• Brendan Bartanen, Associate Professor, University of Virginia (moderator)
• Jing Liu, Associate Professor in Education Policy, Director of the Center for Educational Data Science and Innovation, University of Maryland
• Susanna Loeb, Professor of Education and Director of the SCALE Initiative, Stanford University
• Jennifer Steele, Professor, School of Education, American University