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Joe Nalven

Joe Nalven is a former Lecturer of Anthropology and Lawyering Skills at the University of San Diego.
  • The AI Critic
    January 21, 2026

    The AI Critic

    A method for using AI to analyze and critique academic work.
  • Running Blind
    January 14, 2026

    Running Blind

    Institutions—especially higher education—are adopting artificial intelligence without a clear sense of direction.
  • Can Trump’s AI EO Really Fix AI Bias?
    September 18, 2025

    Can Trump’s AI EO Really Fix AI Bias?

  • De-Computing Is Not the Answer to Our AI Problem
    July 30, 2025

    De-Computing Is Not the Answer to Our AI Problem

  • An AI Experiment: Visualizing Tiresias’ Melancholy in a Neuro-Symbolic Clash with Zeus and Hera
    July 25, 2025

    An AI Experiment: Visualizing Tiresias’ Melancholy in a Neuro-Symbolic Clash with Zeus and Hera

  • What Should He Study? AI Has Unraveled the Computer Science-to-Career Pipeline
    July 2, 2025

    What Should He Study? AI Has Unraveled the Computer Science-to-Career Pipeline

  • Ohio State’s ‘AI Fluency Initiative’ Invites Innovation—and Hard Questions
    June 21, 2025

    Ohio State’s ‘AI Fluency Initiative’ Invites Innovation—and Hard Questions

  • Of Pain and Pedagogy—What We Sacrifice When We Learn with AI
    May 28, 2025

    Of Pain and Pedagogy—What We Sacrifice When We Learn with AI

  • Professor AI: The Least-Bad Solution to Combating Campus Anti-Semitism
    April 22, 2025

    Professor AI: The Least-Bad Solution to Combating Campus Anti-Semitism

  • AI-Infused Pedagogy: Learning from Blanche Bruce, the First African American to Serve a Full Term in the U.S. Senate
    April 9, 2025

    AI-Infused Pedagogy: Learning from Blanche Bruce, the First African American to Serve a Full Term in the U.S. Senate

  • An AI Essay: The Convergence of MLK and Inauguration Day
    January 13, 2025

    An AI Essay: The Convergence of MLK and Inauguration Day

  • A Faculty Guide to AI Pedagogy and a Socratic Experiment
    January 1, 2025

    A Faculty Guide to AI Pedagogy and a Socratic Experiment

  • A Report on the American Classroom 2024:  Is Free Speech Just a Matter of Process?
    October 23, 2024

    A Report on the American Classroom 2024: Is Free Speech Just a Matter of Process?

  • Review of “Chronicle’s” AI Guide
    September 25, 2024

    Review of “Chronicle’s” AI Guide

  • The Art of AI: Tackling Complex Problems in Interdisciplinary Courses
    August 2, 2024

    The Art of AI: Tackling Complex Problems in Interdisciplinary Courses

  • Curricular Visions: Technology as Human Nature
    May 9, 2024

    Curricular Visions: Technology as Human Nature

  • Progressive Overreach and the Procrustes Impulse
    April 19, 2024

    Progressive Overreach and the Procrustes Impulse

  • Minding the Sciences—Wicked Science and Understanding Climate Change: Uncertainty, Risk, and Pragmatics
    March 7, 2024

    Minding the Sciences—Wicked Science and Understanding Climate Change: Uncertainty, Risk, and Pragmatics

  • The Chatbot as a Study Partner: Caveats for Guidance
    February 13, 2024

    The Chatbot as a Study Partner: Caveats for Guidance

  • AI in the Campus Art Gallery: A Multidisciplinary Exploration through Art and AI
    December 11, 2023

    AI in the Campus Art Gallery: A Multidisciplinary Exploration through Art and AI

  • AI in the Campus Art Gallery: A Way to Supersede Academic Silos
    December 4, 2023

    AI in the Campus Art Gallery: A Way to Supersede Academic Silos

  • The Future of AI?
    July 19, 2023

    The Future of AI?

  • Teaching with a Chatbot: Persuasion, Lying, and Self-Reflection
    April 13, 2023

    Teaching with a Chatbot: Persuasion, Lying, and Self-Reflection

  • Academic Freedom, Academic Responsibility, and the Democratic Valence
    February 8, 2023

    Academic Freedom, Academic Responsibility, and the Democratic Valence

  • Why Bother with Race or Merit When Random Selection is Available?
    November 11, 2022

    Why Bother with Race or Merit When Random Selection is Available?

  • Two North Stars: One for Liberty, One for Equality
    October 19, 2022

    Two North Stars: One for Liberty, One for Equality

  • Is There a Defense of the Critical Classroom? Part Two: Individual Identity and Social Relations
    September 14, 2022

    Is There a Defense of the Critical Classroom? Part Two: Individual Identity and Social Relations

  • Is There a Defense of the Critical Classroom? Part One: Administration and Curriculum
    September 7, 2022

    Is There a Defense of the Critical Classroom? Part One: Administration and Curriculum

  • A Wicked Inquiry into the National Conversation on Race: Why You Should Read My Book
    July 5, 2022

    A Wicked Inquiry into the National Conversation on Race: Why You Should Read My Book

  • Truth in Children’s Literature: A Response to Dr. Siu’s American Ogres
    July 1, 2022

    Truth in Children’s Literature: A Response to Dr. Siu’s American Ogres

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