CELTcast Episode 10

Podcast: CELTcast – The Podcast of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Institution: Concordia University Wisconsin & Ann Arbor (CUWAA)

Hosts: Kate Robertson & Kari Bjerke

Producer: Ashley Curtin

Guests: Dr. Sean Cho Ayres

Featured Article: How I rehumanize the college classroom for the AI-augmented age

Dr. Sean Cho Ayres is a poet, AI ethics researcher, and educator currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Kennesaw State University. He completed his PhD in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Cincinnati, where he worked at the Digital Scholarship Center and served on the editorial teams of The Cincinnati Review and Acre Books. He currently serves as Editor in Chief of The Account: A Journal of Poetry, Prose, and Thought and Poetry Editor at Overhead Lit. Across his scholarship, poetry, and public-facing essays, he aims to develop approaches that treat AI as a human story—one shaped by labor, culture, and care—and to advocate for creative practices that foreground transparency, ethics, and the lived experiences behind technologies.

additional article: Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI

Here is a little blurb about the extra article: This essay is a thoughtful, honest reflection on teaching in the age of AI, reminding us that the awkward moments, mistakes, and human messiness in the classroom are actually where learning happens—and why those things still matter more than ever.