OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego’s Mohammad Tajvarpour is one of 20 members in the inaugural class of SUNY’s AI for the Public Good fellows.
Tajvarpour’s work in establishing forward-thinking coursework and research led to his selection, SUNY Oswego said in its announcement.
“This one is very new. It’s based on SUNY’s strategy to incorporate AI into the curriculum,” said Tajvarpour, an associated professor who teaches in SUNY Oswego’s College of Business and Entrepreneurship and noted that participants were chosen from a competitive pool of applicants.
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SUNY Chancellor John King, Jr. announced the inaugural class in September, which includes faculty and staff fellows who are experts in their fields of study. The fields range from health sciences to sustainable-resources management to English.
The AI for the Public Good fellows will be a resource to SUNY’s colleges and universities by providing targeted support for faculty and staff working to update courses and learning activities to incorporate AI literacy. That includes the effective and ethical use of AI and teaching students to critically evaluate AI-generated content.
“The main goal is to create programs and guide the way faculty and students are using AI, but in an ethical way, and benefiting from the good things that come with AI,” he noted. “They wanted people with experience with AI, working with data and publishing in the field.”
SUNY Oswego called Tajvarpour an “established pioneer” in teaching in this area, first teaching a “ChatGPT for Business” course in the summer of 2023 that looked at the potential, promise, and possible pitfalls of incorporating the AI platform into a range of business operations.
The course is now a part of SUNY Oswego’s MBA graduate curriculum, although Tajvarpour noted the school is expanding it into a course called Generative AI for Business.
“People from many different MBA backgrounds have taken the course and told me they found it very applicable,” Tajvarpour said.
The first round of fellows will travel between different SUNY campuses and work with cohorts on the incorporation of AI, but with a focus on how to do so ethically.
“One of the goals of the fellowship program is to go to other campuses and help them develop resources, curriculum, guidelines and discussions on how to use AI in a responsible manner,” he said.
