Introducing the Spring 2024 Faculty Fellow
Daniel S. DeLuca is the Spring 2024 Faculty Fellow, part of a pilot program within the Office of Professional Development (OPD). As part of the program, Daniel will complete and present a research project entitled Exploring Faculty Mindset on AI through Artistic Engagement and offer sessions entitled Explore Multimodal AI through ChatGPT and GPT Agents. The research project aims to deepen faculty understanding and attitudes toward AI in academia by combining reflective discussions with creative exercises. Participants in the study will examine their current AI use in teaching and research and envision future applications through artistic expression, including "portraits" of their AI relationship and speculative designs. The intervention seeks to shift mindsets by highlighting AI's dual nature, fostering a nuanced dialogue about its ethical use and potential in academia.
Daniel teaches in the Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts' Visual Arts department. He is affiliated faculty with the Interdisciplinary Studies department focusing on developing a curriculum that integrates collaborative and creative research strategies with artificial intelligence. He is an artist, designer, and AI researcher working on site-responsive projects exploring the overlaps between art, science, and artificial intelligence. He has created projects for the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Daniel is the former director of Mobius Inc., an experimental artist group and artist-run center in Boston. He has presented work nationally and internationally with Grace Exhibition Space (New York City), Defibrillator Gallery (Chicago), Living Arts (Tulsa), Le Lieu (Quebec City), Venice International Performance Art Week (Venice, Italy), Bbeyond (Belfast), and in numerous public contexts. Daniel was the Distinguished Art Fellow in the graduate program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's College of Visual and Performing Arts from 2019-2022.
The purpose of the Faculty Fellow pilot program is to provide research and programming on a current topic of interest to faculty, bring an interdisciplinary perspective to teaching and learning, support faculty members in their efforts to enhance teaching and learning as well as further the scholarship of teaching and learning on campus, for more information about OPD's Faculty Fellow program, email professionaldevelopment@coastal.edu.