Namsook Kim, clinical associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, Graduate School of Education, has been named to the second cohort of SUNY’s AI for the Public Good Fellows. SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. announced the new cohort earlier this week.

Kim is one of 11 faculty and staff fellows announced who, King says, are committed to helping their peers responsibly incorporate AI into the student experience. 

The second cohort of SUNY AI for the Public Good Fellows will build on the work of the first cohort of fellows to provide professional development resources and opportunities for the incorporation of the effective and ethical use of AI in teaching and learning. This year’s focus will be on offering support across the system for the discipline-specific exploration and integration of artificial intelligence.

At UB, Kim leads a cross-campus community of practice that brings together gateway writing instructors, librarians, writing consultants and residential educators to integrate responsible AI into discipline-specific teaching and help update the information literacy core competency.

She is expanding this work beyond faculty to include educators who support students’ holistic learning.

“Namsook brings decades of experience training educators at the intersection of language, culture and education, with a strong focus on inclusion and equity,” says Graduate School of Education Dean Suzanne Rosenblith.

“Her expertise in communication literacy and digital learning, along with her current work on AI-integrated open educational resources, makes her especially well suited to help faculty, instructional designers and librarians across SUNY prepare students to evaluate and use AI effectively and ethically.”

“Being named a SUNY AI for the Public Good Fellow is a deeply meaningful honor and an opportunity to dedicate my expertise to system-wide service,” adds Kim. “This award recognizes the societal imperative for equitable, student-ready college education in an AI-reshaped world. The fellowship enables me to help SUNY faculty communities of practice move from punitive AI policing or avoidance toward inclusive, AI-empowered practices that foster communication literacy, AI competency, student belonging and persistence, and career readiness.”