Marc Watkins

Marc Watkins is the Assistant Director of Academic Innovation and a Lecturer of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi, where he also serves as the Director of the AI Institute for Teachers. His work focuses on exploring the impact of generative AI on teaching, learning, and faculty development, with an emphasis on promoting AI literacy and ethical engagement across campus. A prolific writer on the subject, he shares his insights regularly on his newsletter, Rhetorica, and his writing has been featured in publications like Inside Higher Ed and The Chronicle of Higher Education. He has over two decades of experience working in education and previously served as an Academic Innovation Fellow, focusing on training faculty and staff in generative AI and developing university policy recommendations.