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Marc Watkins

Navigating how AI impacts education, culture, and society.

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    Assistant Director of Academic Innovation, Director of the Mississippi AI Institute, Lecturer of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi. I train faculty in AI literacy.

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