Lance Eaton

Dr. Lance Eaton is the Senior Associate Director of AI in Teaching and Learning at Northeastern University.  He has earned a Master's in American Studies (UMASS Boston), Public Administration (Suffolk University), and Instructional Design (UMASS Boston). He completed his Ph.D. in Higher Education (UMASS Boston) with a focus on academic piracy and how scholars navigate the privatization of research literature in the 21st century.  His work engages with the possibility of digital tools for expanding teaching and learning communities while considering the profound issues and questions that educational technologies open up for students, faculty, and higher ed as a whole. He has engaged with scores of higher education institutions about navigating the complexities and possibilities that generative AI represents for us at this moment

Antonia Levy

Antonia Levy brings over a decade of experience leading faculty development and accessibility initiatives at CUNY School of Professional Studies, where she serves as Associate Director of Faculty Development and Instructional Technology. A proud alumna of the school’s Disability Studies program and co-creator of the OpenUDL framework — which connects Universal Design for Learning and open pedagogy — she is deeply invested in building higher education systems that work for everyone from the ground up. Originally from East Germany and trained as a sociologist, Antonia approaches the possibilities and tensions of generative AI in education through the lens of equity and access, asking not just what these tools can do, but who they serve and who they leave behind.

Mounika Ragula

Dr. Mounika Ragula serves as an Instructional Technology Designer at Le Moyne College in NY. She holds a PhD in Curriculum, Instruction, and Media Technology from Indiana State University. Dr. Ragula possesses substantial expertise in instructional design and instructional technology, particularly in the areas of online teaching, strategic integration of technological tools in teaching and course design, creation of accessible instructional content, and utilization of open educational resources. She also serves as the digital accessibility liaison to advance the accessibility of course content at the college.