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DESCRIPTION:As generative AI reshapes how we create\, teach\, and learn\, w
 hat does it mean to remain curious\, original\, and human? Professors from
  education\, writing\, and cinematic arts will explore how artificial inte
 lligence is transforming creative practice and pedagogy—while raising ur
 gent questions about equity\, access\, and imagination.\n\n \n\nPanelists:
 \n\nStephen J. Aguilar is an Associate Professor at the USC Rossier School
  of Education and leads USC’s Center for Generative AI and Society. His 
 research focuses on how emerging technologies and Generative AI influence 
 teaching\, learning\, and motivation globally. His work on digital equity 
 has shaped state-level policies\, helping over one million families access
  high-speed internet. A frequent public commentator\, Dr. Aguilar has been
  featured in The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, NPR\, and The Washington 
 Post. He holds a BA from Georgetown\, an MA from the University of Chicago
 \, and a PhD from the University of Michigan. Previously\, he taught middl
 e school and led technology initiatives for Teach For America.Jen Sopchock
 chai Bankard is a Professor of Writing in USC’s Dornsife College of Lett
 ers\, Arts and Sciences. As a member of the A.I. Strategy Committee and th
 e Committee on Information Services\, she is almost always participating i
 n conversations about A.I. in higher education. Before USC\, she studied e
 xpository writing at Brown University and film adaptation at Northeastern 
 University. When she’s not teaching or talking about A.I.\, she writes f
 ilm and television reviews for The Long Take and hosts The Long Take Revie
 w\, a film podcast that applies concepts from Rhetoric and Composition to 
 the Oscar race.Pablo Frasconi studied with Stan Brakhage at the University
  Film Study Center / University of New Hampshire\, Durham\, and with docum
 entarians from the National Film Board of Canada in Toronto at York Univer
 sity. His films are in hundreds of collections\, including UC Berkeley\, t
 he NY Public Library\, and the Smithsonian. He has received 20 grants and 
 fellowships for filmmaking\, including from the National Endowment for the
  Arts\, the American Film Institute\, and Park Foundation. His work\, incl
 uding Towards the Memory of a Revolution\, Survival of a Small City\, The 
 Woodcuts of Antonio Frasconi\, and The Light at Walden\, has been featured
  at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)\, NYC\, The San Francisco Museum of Mo
 dern Art (SFMOMA)\, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) national broadcast\,
  and in WIRED Magazine\, Filmmaker Magazine\, and The New York Times. Fras
 coni is a professor at the University of Southern California’s School of
  Cinematic Arts\, where he teaches editing\, poetic cinema\, documentary\,
  and critical making. His book\, Creating Experimental Documentary Films: 
 Theory and Practice Beyond Convention\, was published by Routledge in June
  2025. He is currently completing the feature documentary film: BIRTH OF A
  POET: The Life of William Everson.Pedro Noguera (moderator) is the Dean o
 f the Rossier School of Education\, and a Distinguished Professor of Educa
 tion at USC. He is one of the nation’s leading scholars on issues relate
 d inequality and public policy in education. Prior to coming to USC\, he h
 eld endowed chairs at UCLA\, NYU\, Harvard\, and the University of Califor
 nia\, Berkeley. He is the author of 15 books\, hundreds of articles and ed
 itorials\, and serves as an advisor to several states\, school districts\,
  foundations\, NGOs and nonprofits. Noguera has received eight honorary do
 ctorates from American universities\, and he has received several awards f
 or his research and advocacy efforts aimed at promoting educational equity
 . In 2023 he was ranked 1st in the nation for influence and impact in the 
 field of education by Education Week. He was born in NY City to Caribbean 
 immigrants\, and is the father of five children\, and grandfather to five.
  \n\nThis panel is part of the 2026 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at
  USC.
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SUMMARY:Creativity and Curiosity in the Age of AI: From the Arts to Educati
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