Dr. Camille Dempsey is an educational technologist and an award-winning educator, scholar, and a cultural theorist who has been recognized internationally for her work in educational technology and artificial intelligence in education. Dr. Dempsey is an Associate Professor and the Coordinator of the cutting-edge M.Ed. Specialty Degree Program in Educational Technology and Online Teaching at PennWest University, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate students online. Recently, she was selected as a Faculty Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence through the International Society for Technology in Education. Dr. Dempsey has also served as faculty in the ISTE K-12 Artificial Explorations program, helping over 122 educators to integrate AI into their programs and schools. She was honored with the “20 to Watch” award in educational technology from the International Society for Technology in Education. She was also recently awarded the Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology Association's “Educational Technology Impact Award,” for her article, The spirit of the times: Virtuality culture and technology-mediated human presence. Dr. Dempsey presents and publishes widely related to her research focused on founding the Theory of Virtuality Culture, educational technology, and artificial intelligence in education. Her work focuses on the ways society is connecting, exploring, and communicating through contemporary technologies, as well as how they restructure human consciousness and mediate human presence and connection. This is what grounds her research in artificial intelligence in education. Most recently, Dr. Dempsey has been investigating intersections between generative AI, education, and contemporary virtuality culture. Her book, Once Upon a Chatbot: Fairy Tales about Artificial Intelligence, is forthcoming, as well as several recent articles related to AI in education.
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