Grad PIRATE Talks

Promoting Innovative Research And Teaching Excellence

Grad PIRATE Talks provide a forum for graduate student research and teaching assistants to network, share their research, and improve their teaching skills. Each session will feature a 30-40 minute presentation by one or more graduate students followed by a 20-30 minute moderated discussion.


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April 7, 2025

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Meeting ID:
230 869 832 405

Passcode:
RK3qm9gK

Artificial Intelligence:
The Uses and Abuses of AI in Teaching

2:00 p.m.
Mendenhall G21A
Ground Floor


A conversation on the experiences, both challenges and the successes, as teaching assistants in the era of AI.

Featuring ECU Graduate Students

  • Kristin Outland, Communication
  • Naomi Jainarine, Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry
  • Nicole Allen, Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication
  • Jack Atkinson, Business Administration
  • Addison Carrasquillo, Communication
  • Guy W. Wyatt, Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry
  • Grayson Sink, Chemistry
  • Parker Estes, Fine Arts
  • Brittany P. Roenker, Bioenergetics and Exercise Science
  • Amanda Powell, Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry
  • Amanda “Anie”Patterson Partin, Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication

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Individuals requesting accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) should contact ECU’s ADA coordinator at least 48 hours prior to the event at 252-737-1018 or ada-coordinator@ecu.edu