2026 AI Innovator in Education Award

Teach with and against AI

Dr. Renuka Gusain

UNC Asheville · Assistant Professor

Faculty excellence

Teaching with and against AI: Ethical, Reflective, and Workforce-Aligned AI Pedagogy—helping students use AI tools critically while keeping ethical reflection and workforce readiness at the center of classroom practice.

• Ethical and reflective AI pedagogy
• Workforce-aligned classroom practice
• Teaching with and against generative AI