Revolutionizing the Study of Shakespeare and Critical Theory

GW English Professor Integrates AI into the Classroom

April 12, 2023

Professor Alexa Joubin with a student

William Atkins/GW Today

In the article "GW English Professor Uses AI to Teach Shakespeare and Critical Theory," GW Today details how Alexa Alice Joubin, professor of English, international affairs, theatre and dance, and East Asian languages and literatures in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, is using artificial intelligence (AI) in her classroom. 

Here is an excerpt from the article: "Joubin uses ChatGPT and Packback, a new instructional AI platform that is available around the clock to evaluate student work and help them enhance their skills. Generative AI platforms, such as Midjourney and ChatGPT, produce output (images or text) in response to prompts, while instructional tools such as Packback “work in the background to help students write better,” Joubin said."

Read the full article on GW Today.