AI Council
The AI Council is a university-wide body of faculty and staff charged with advising Tufts leadership on AI educational strategy. The AI Council advances institutional engagement with AI education through three primary functions.
First, it supports faculty and staff professional development by overseeing the AI Faculty Fellows program, collaborating with TTS/ETS and CELT to enhance faculty literacy and training initiatives, sponsoring cross-school AI-related events, and securing funding to promote AI literacy.
Second, it provides institution-wide AI guidance, working with OIR to administer and review annual surveys on AI-related activities across students, faculty, and staff, and conducting yearly reviews and updates of institutional AI guidelines, including the Tufts Generative AI Usage Guidelines for Faculty, Staff, and Students adopted by the Tufts AI Council in spring 2026.
Finally, the Council fosters cross-school collaboration by partnering with OUSP, employers, and market data to identify educational programming opportunities, collaborate with TIAI to integrate education and research, identify opportunities for core competencies across the curriculum, and review and advise on new AI-related programs during the approval process.
The AI Council works in coordination with the Tufts Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
Council Members
AI Council members and leaders are appointed by the provost’s office in consultation with the school deans and current AI Council. Membership consists of no less than one representative from each of the Tufts schools, with multiple members drawn from schools with more active AI-related education portfolios. In addition to school representation, the Council includes members from a range of AI of perspectives, including critical voices. The Council also includes representation from key administrative units across campus, such as TTS, CELT, library, community standards, career center, CMHS, StAAR, etc.
MEMBERSHIP: 2026-2027
Term: 1-3 years (default, 3 years)
| Name & Directory Link | Rank, Department, School/Unit | Term |
| Abani Patra | Director, Center for Data Foundations of TIAI; Professor, Computer Science and Mathematics, School of Engineering | 2026-2027 |
| Aruna Ramesh | Professor, Diagnostic Sciences—Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dental Medicine | 2026-2028 |
| Augusta Rohrbach | Associate Provost for Faculty Initiatives, Provost's Office | 2026-2028 |
| Carie Cardamone (Associate Chair) | Senior Associate Director, Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, Office of the Provost | 2026-2028 |
| Daniel Chandler | Associate Professor, Medicine, School of Medicine | 2026-2028 |
| Deborah Sunter | Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering | 2026-2028 |
| Dorothy Meaney | Director, Tisch Library | 2026-2027 |
| Elaine Short | Assistant Professor, Computer Science, School of Engineering | 2026 (On leave, returning Fall 2027) |
| Elena Naumova | Barry J. Rosenbaum Professor of Data Science, Friedman School of Nutrition | 2026-2028 |
| Erica Kemmerling (Faculty Fellows Sub-committee Lead) | Associate Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering | 2026-2028 |
| Holly Taylor | Moses Hunt Professor of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences | 2026-2028 |
| Jamee Elder | Assistant Professor, Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences | 2026 (On leave, returning Fall 2027) |
| James Intriligator | Professor of the Practice, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering | 2026-2027 |
| James Skripchuk | Assistant Teaching Professor, Computer Science, School of Engineering | 2026-2028 |
| Jeff Foster (Co-Chair) | Professor and Chair, Computer Science, School of Engineering | 2026-2028 |
| Kasso Okoudjou | Robinson Professor and Chair, Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences | 2026-2028 |
| Kristina Aikens | Senior Associate Director of Writing and Communication Support, StAAR Center | 2026-2028 |
| Kurt Ralske | Professor of the Practice, School of the Museum of Fine Arts | 2026 (On leave, returning Fall 2027) |
| Marvin Schulte | Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine | 2026-2028 |
| Mary Davis (Co-Chair) | Senior Associate Vice Provost for Education, Office of the Provost | 2026-2028 |
| Michael Hemment | Director of Library Technology Services and Interim Director of Student and Alumni Services, Tufts Technology Services | 2026-2028 |
| Nick Seaver | Associate Professor, Anthropology; Director, Science, Technology & Society, School of Arts and Sciences | 2026-2027 |
| Rebekah Plotkin | Director, Center for Professional and Workforce Impact, University College | 2026-2028 |
| Riccardo Giacconi | Assistant Professor of the Practice, School of the Museum of Fine Arts | 2026-2028 |
| Russ Taichman | Professor, Chair, and Associate Dean for Research, Basic & Clinical Translation Sciences, School of Dental Medicine | 2026-2028 |
| Tim Atherton | Professor, Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences | 2026-2028 |
| Thomas Cao | Assistant Professor of Technology Policy, Instruction, The Fletcher School | 2026-2028 |
| Vanessa Nicholson | Assistant Professor, Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine | 2026-2028 |
| Yingjie Lao | Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering | 2026-2028 |
Administrative Support
Laurel Fahey | Program Administrator, Office of the Vice Provost for Education | Office of the Provost