Leveraging AI for Human-Centered Learning

Dr. Marlee Bunch is an interdisciplinary educator, author, and scholar. Her research examines the oral histories of Black female educators in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, who taught between 1954 and 1971. She is the founder of the un/HUSH teaching framework and author of The Magnitude of Us (Teachers College Press, 2024) and Unlearning the Hush (University of Illinois Press, 2025). Dr. Bunch received her doctorate from the University of Illinois. Brittany R. Collins is the Director of Education at Write the World, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to closing opportunity gaps in writing education. She also works as an educational consultant and professional development facilitator focused on trauma-informed teaching, social-emotional learning, and literacy education.

Introduction Poetic Benediction: Grounded Generation 1. What is AI, Anyway? An Overview for Educators Poetic Benediction: Hang Onto It 2. Applying AI to Human Centered Pedagogy: Part I: Culturally Responsive Teaching Poetic Benediction: Beside the Vending Machine 3. Applying AI to Human-Centered Pedagogy Part II: Social-Emotional Learning Poetic Benediction: How to Begin Poetic Benediction: Wait Here 4. Using AI to Integrate Cultural Responsiveness and SEL into English Language Arts 5. Enhancing Equitable History through AI 6. Epilogue: Looking Ahead Appendices Afterword