Episode 63: Dr. Louise Geddes on AI and the Humanities

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree, a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good. Our guest today is Dr. Louise Geddes, Associate Dean for Student Success Strategic Initiatives College of Arts and Sciences at Adelphi University. Louise's areas of research include digital media, performance theory, Shakespeare in performance and theatre and popular culture, among many other things. She has taught classes on a wide range of topics including appropriation theory, twentieth century British drama, digital cultures, fan theory and New Media. We are having her on the show to discuss her work on the topic of  AI with Adelphi students and faculty and her recent opinion article titled Why Study the Humanities Anyway? She is also spearheading Adelphi University's first annual Adelphi New York Undergraduate Humanities Conference: The Humanities in an Age of Intelligent Machines.Please subscribe to the show, share , rate and review! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail SmithsonThis show is created and supported by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt and is recorded on campus in beautiful Arcata, California.