Refusing Generative AI in College Writing Instruction

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:24:12 -0500
ai, genai, llm, writing

A Conversation with Maggie Fernandes, Megan McIntyre, and Jennifer Sano-Franchini

Hear diverse perspectives on genAI in higher education

Please note: This session is open to UMBC faculty and staff only

Join the FDC for an online conversation with the scholars who created Refusing Generative AI in Writing Studies. The speakers will share how and why they decided to create the document as well as its impact as a rhetorical intervention. They will address stock arguments in support of generative AI adoption in the classroom before offering some practical teaching strategies for negotiating some of the challenges that generative AI poses for education. Teachers from all disciplines who assign writing, who are interested in learning about diverse perspectives on generative AI in higher education, and who are interested in resisting Big Tech's incursion in higher education may benefit from attending this teaching talk.

Maggie Fernandes is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Arkansas. Megan McIntyre is the Director of the Program in Rhetoric and Composition and an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas. Jennifer Sano-Franchini is the Gaziano Family Legacy Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies and an associate professor of English at West Virginia University.

This event is co-sponsored by UMBC's Faculty Development Center, Department of Education, and Dresher Center for the Humanities.

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