Eryka Noelle Wilson
- Part-Time Instructor
Eryka's Affiliations: Dietrich School Advising Center, ReadyAI
Eryka Noelle Wilson received her M.A. in English with an emphasis in rhetoric and composition from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. She teaches various levels of composition, including first year composition, professional writing, and research writing. Most recently, Professor Wilson researches the intersection between AI and K-12 education. She has presented her research at conferences in the United States, Japan, Spain, and Germany. Her work has been recently published in the International Society of the Learning Sciences, The Explicator, and the Community College Journal of Theory and Practice. Professor Wilson is also an academic advisor in the Dietrich School’s Advising Center. Born in Chicago, raised in Miami, and now calling Pittsburgh home, Eryka lives in Lawrenceville with her partner, her three kids, and her two cats, Tommy and Bullet. Eryka is a transgender woman who spends her free time volunteering with LGBTQIA+ organizations in Pittsburgh and playing softball.
Courses Taught
ENGCMP0200 - Seminar in Composition
ENGCMP0400 - Written Professional Communication
FP0001 - First Year Seminar
Education & Training
- Florida Atlantic University, 2005. Thesis: “Early American Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Unity”
Representative Publications
- “AI for Acclimation: Assisting Displaced Students in Refugee Facilities through Activity- Driven Lessons.” with Shuhan Li, Amalia Toutziaridi, Erica Hooshi, and Roozbeh Aliabadi. AIET 2024. Barcelona. July 29-31.
- “Transdisciplinary AI Education: The Confluence of Curricular and Community Needs in the Instruction of Artificial Intelligence.” Chapter 11 In Artificial Intelligence in Educational Technologies: New Development and Innovative Practices. doi:10.1007/978-981-99-7947-9_11.
- “Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach to AI Education.” 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education Technology (AIET 2023). With Aditi Singh and Roozbeh Aliabadi. Berlin, Germany, June 30-July 2, 2023.
- “A Fresh Squeeze on Data”: Exploring Gender Differences in Self-Efficacy and Career Interest in Computing Science and Artificial Intelligence among Elementary Students.” With Shuhan Li, Annabel Hasty, and Roozbeh Aliabadi. 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education July 3-7, 2023. Tokyo, Japan, July 3-7. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-36336-8_89
- “Out of State but Not Out of Mind. Online, Part-time, and the Grind.” Proceedings from the 2022 Annual Conference – eLearning. Co-authored with Anthony Sovak, Marc Farrior, and Stephanie Hoon.
- “Aspiring for Equity: Perspectives from Design of AI Education.” International Society of the Learning Sciences. Co-authored with Benjamin Walsh et al.
- “Introduction to Problem-Solving with Data: A Fresh Squeeze on Data (Improving Data Literacy among Youth to Help Eradicate Data Bias in the Future)” Co-authored with Roozbeh Aliabadi, Annabel Hasty, Sultan Albarakati, Haotian Fang, and Harvey Yin. EAAI-22 - The Twelfth AAAI Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence.
Research Interests
- AI in Education
- Dual Enrollment Education
Externally Funded Projects
- Guns Down, Level Up. Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA. Program Manager – Summer 2022 – January 2024. $800,000
- Building an AI Curriculum. Neom, Saudi Arabia. Awarded Summer 2021. $250,000. Re-awarded Summer 2022.
- PASmart Grants; Developing AI Programs at Charter Schools, Awarded Fall 2019. $10,000.