Interdisciplinary Expertise for an AI-Enabled World
The MACI faculty members are not simply teaching about a rapidly changing field; they are actively researching implications of AI, asking how traditional human-centered workplace skills persevere in the age of AI, and raising fundamental questions about how technology can best serve people and communities.
Their expertise spans fields that include artificial intelligence, philosophy, communication, education, professional writing, sociology, critical thinking, and organizational leadership—giving students the opportunity to explore AI from multiple perspectives. This interdisciplinary approach helps you examine AI and workplace collaboration from multiple perspectives.
Whether you are exploring AI’s impact on the workplace, designing new ways of learning, evaluating AI-generated information, or thinking about how to manage organizational change, you’ll learn from faculty who bring to their teaching both deep academic expertise and a forward-looking understanding of what it means to work in an AI-enabled world.
Dr. Tonia Bock
Professor of Psychology; Associate Vice Provost for Accreditation, Assessment, & Curriculum
Dr. Bock oversees all institutional accreditation efforts for the University of St. Thomas and coordinates the university-wide assessment system focused on student outcomes. She has research interests in character development and moral reasoning, and is part of a university-wide group working to prepare every major for the age of AI.
Dr. Candace Chou
Professor of Educational Leadership; Co-Director, M.A. in Collaborative Intelligence
Dr. Chou's scholarship explores the intersection of technology and education. A Fulbright Senior Scholar and long-time researcher, she has published on AI adoption in higher education, immersive learning, and digital equity. She consults with educational organizations on AI strategies, program design, and faculty development.
Dr. Katlynne Davis
Assistant Professor of English (Professional Writing)
Dr. Davis is a scholar and instructor in the field of technical and professional communication (TPC). She co-leads the Building Digital Literacy research cluster, which is part of the Digital Life Institute, an international group of multidisciplinary scholars who develop projects that examine what it means to be digitally literate in today's world.
Dr. Thomas Feeney
Associate Professor of Philosophy; Director, M.A. in Artificial Intelligence Leadership
Dr. Feeney came to AI through the history of philosophy: he published on Leibniz, Descartes, and the problem of evil before turning to contemporary questions about AI and technology. He chairs St. Thomas' Technology Advisory Committee and serves on the steering committee of St. Thomas' Institute for AI for the Common Good.
Dr. Suzy Kaback
Executive Fellow, Teacher Education
Dr. Kaback, who holds degrees in literacy education and in American history, has spent more than three decades teaching and writing about literacy and learning. She understands literacy broadly—as the ways people use reading, writing, listening, and speaking to learn, make meaning, and participate in communities—and has helped shape MACI since its inception.
Dr. Jonathan Keiser
Associate Vice President of Academic Technology, AI Enablement, and Innovation
Dr. Keiser oversees university-wide AI literacy initiatives. He supervises the Strategic Transformation for Education, Learning, and Research (STELAR) unit along with the instructional technology and media production teams that support STELAR. He holds degrees in biology and science education.
Dr. Monica Liu
Associate Professor of Sociology
Dr. Liu is the founding faculty lead of St. Thomas' AI-Skills Course Designation System, which identifies classes where students direct AI effectively, evaluate AI outputs, and use AI responsibly. She has research interests in AI, workplace transformation, and globalization, with a focus on how culture, incentives, and trust shape whether AI succeeds in practice.
Dr. Michael Rota
Professor of Philosophy
Dr. Rota, who co-founded an edtech company (personifyai.app), developed his department's course on Critical Thinking and Inductive Reasoning. He has published widely on Aquinas and the philosophy of religion and is receiving his M.S. in data science in 2026. His most recent book is on religion and slavery, past and present.
Dr. Jonathan Stoltz
Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy
Dr. Stoltz’s research is focused on epistemology and on the philosophy of logic, both in the ‘Western’ tradition and in the Indian and Tibetan philosophical traditions. He teaches in St. Thomas' M.A. in Artificial Intelligence Leadership program.
Dr. Kristina Wenzel Egan
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Communication Studies
Dr. Wenzel Egan's scholarship explores ways in which communication both sustains and transforms us, and how story sharing can bring comfort, meaning, and connection. She holds degrees in business administration and in organizational communication.
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