CSSH · AI Teaching InnovationA working faculty resource, not an official Northeastern publication
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You don't have to figure this out alone

Get a consult, an assistant, or space to experiment, and connect with other CSSH faculty.

Get hands-on help

Help redesigning an assignment, writing an AI policy, building course materials, or experimenting with AI tools.

Request a consult with CATLR →Northeastern's teaching center matches you with a consultant for one assignment or a whole course. Online or in person, no preparation needed.

AI Instructional AssistantsCATLR-managed graduate assistants who support defined projects: building course materials or AI tools, running student surveys and focus groups, and scanning practices in your field. IA projects are arranged through the CSSH directors, so email us with your idea. It doesn't need to be fully formed. AI Makerspace, with MicrosoftWalk-in AI help, faculty consultations, hands-on workshops, and access to AI tools. No AI experience required. In Snell Library (Boston), opening September 24, 2026. They can also host or promote a workshop you run, find an expert for a class session, and offer Microsoft and Northeastern AI badges and credentials students can earn. AI Innovation LabStart with a problem, leave with a working system: student consultant teams, guided by faculty, build custom AI systems over 6 weeks to 6+ months. Teach a project-based course? The Lab can also match a real client AI project to your course objectives. Email ai-innovation@northeastern.edu.

Who to email at CSSH

Not sure which of us? Email either one and we'll pass it along.

Richeng Piao

Director of AI Teaching Innovation

Email Richeng about:

  • AI tools and “how do I build or use this?”
  • Workshops and events
  • The faculty cohort (community of practice)
  • Papers and quantitative or data assignments
  • Studying AI's impact on student learning
  • This website

r.piao@northeastern.edu

Linda Kowalcky

Director of AI Curricular Transformation

Email Linda about:

  • Redesigning a course so it builds students' AI literacy
  • AI readiness across your program's curriculum
  • The course redesign cohort
  • Discussion prompts and the Four Levers
  • Ethics and responsible AI use in the curriculum

l.kowalcky@northeastern.edu

Email both of us about: an AI Instructional Assistant project, or the CSSH showcase of faculty work.

Join in

Sign up to get involved →Join the CSSH faculty cohort or tell us about your department and a course you'd like to work on. A short Microsoft Form (Northeastern sign-in required). Course ideas are most useful before early November.

Upcoming

  • Thu, Sept. 24, 2026, 3–5 pm · AI Makerspace launch: student AI hackathon in Snell Library, with a Shark Tank-style panel of university and outside guests, a short discussion on the future of work, and a reception. Worth announcing to your students.
  • Fri, Sept. 25, 2026, 12, 2 & 4 pm · AI Makerspace launch: AI escape rooms in Snell Library. Virtual puzzles with physical pieces, so attend in person. Prizes and free food; drop in.
  • Thu, Oct. 1, 2026, 3–4 pm ET · Pedagogy-in-Progress: CSSH Faculty Exchanges on GenAI (virtual)

After launch, the Makerspace plans about one workshop or event a day; check its site for the schedule. More sessions: Northeastern AI events · CATLR events & self-paced courses

Share an example or tell us what you need

Tried something in your course, whether it uses AI or works around it? Have a question this site doesn't answer? We'd like to hear from you: email Richeng Piao.

AI support across Northeastern

CATLRThe university teaching center: workshops, one-on-one consultations, and the AI in Teaching & Learning initiative. Academic TechnologiesQuestions about which AI tools are approved, and help with the technology in your course. NU Claude PortalUniversity-supported AI access for the Northeastern community, so students don't need a paid account. Snell Library: Course PlanningAI literacy modules, course-planning resources, and research support you can bring into a class. Institute for Experiential AIUniversity AI experts, courses, and guest speakers. Its Responsible AI Practice team of ethicists offers consultations and drop-in class lectures on AI ethics. Human-Centered AI hubNortheastern's central AI site: strategy, news, and events.

Ready-made AI materials for your course

Modules, guides, and course materials from CSSH and across Northeastern that you can bring into a class or share with students.

DITI & AI (CSSH NULab)The Digital Integration Teaching Initiative's statement on AI, teaching materials for specific AI applications, and a critical AI literacy approach built for humanities and social science courses. New materials are posted here as they're released. Partner with DITIDITI works with CSSH instructors to bring digital and AI modules into a course, with instructional support. In development: a module on AI for literature reviews, and student and educator guides to AI use and pedagogy. DITI Faculty Guide to AI ResourcesA one-page map of Northeastern AI resources (library tutorials, ITS training, CATLR policies) for deciding whether and how to bring AI into a course. AI in Education bibliographyDITI's public Zotero library of sources on AI and education, for course readings or your own background. CS 1700 · Society of Minds: AI for EveryoneKhoury's AI literacy course for students who aren't studying computer science. Recommend it to your students, or borrow from its public course site: session-by-session schedule and a plain-language AI glossary. Intro to the Major AI moduleFirst-year CSSH students on the Boston, Oakland, and New York campuses take the one-credit Intro to the Major (XXXX 1000). Starting in Fall 2026, it includes a basic module on AI preparedness. The content is still in development and may draw on Snell Library AI tutorials, modules from the New York campus Intro to College, and department faculty talking about AI in their research and fields. Teaching an Intro to the Major section? Email Linda.
In development
 AI at CSSHThe college's page on AI programs, research, and faculty, useful for pointing students to AI-related courses and certificates.

Watch past Pedagogy-in-Progress sessions

CSSH's Pedagogy-in-Progress series brings faculty together for informal conversations about teaching. These AI sessions are recorded.

Inclusive AI (2025)Lance Eaton of CATLR and Vance Ricks of CSSH explore inclusive approaches to AI in teaching.
Opens: CATLR video page
 Generative AI in the Classroom (Fall 2023)Vance Ricks (Philosophy), Malcolm Purinton (History), and Mathew Noonan (Writing Program, English) on how generative AI is changing their courses.
Opens: YouTube

Recordings of the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 AI faculty exchanges are shared on the CSSH intranet page “Generative AI Teaching Policies, Practices and Resources” (Northeastern login). Next live session: Oct. 1.

Guides and self-paced learning

One Thing to Try with AISmall, concrete ideas any instructor can try this week. The easiest place to start. CATLR AI GalleryReal assignments and teaching approaches from Northeastern faculty across disciplines. Tips & Tutorials for EducatorsHow-tos, recordings, and prompting guides from CATLR. Events & self-paced coursesLive sessions and on-demand modules from CATLR.