Event Facilitators: 

Dr. Jim Dunnigan, Arizona State University
Dr. Dunnigan is currently on the faculty at Arizona State University where he teaches EdD research courses in the Mary Lou Fulton School of Education.  He has over 25 years of experience as a K-12 teacher, administrator, and college instructor in both public and private institutions.  He is a member of the Artificial Intelligence Learning Futures Collaborative at ASU.  He has extensive knowledge of AI and how generative AI is impacting teaching and learning.  He holds a Doctorate in Education as well as a Master in Teaching degree.  He is the founding chair of the CPED AI CIG.

Dr. Kristi Santi, University of Houston
Kristi L. Santi, Ph.D., is a Professor of Special Populations in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Houston, where she serves as Specialization Lead for the Ed.D. in Professional Leadership–Special Populations. An active member of the CPED AI Group, Dr. Santi has led hands-on workshops at the CPED Conference on Human-AI partnerships in doctoral education, including AI-supported course design, dissertation preparation, and student research support. She has developed AI chatbots for graduate courses, teaches students to use AI in literature reviews, and collaborates with faculty across multiple U.S. universities on AI-supported approaches to dissertation defense preparation. Dr. Santi brings a practitioner's perspective to conversations about AI's evolving role in higher education.

Dr. Tonikiaa Orange, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)
Dr. Tonikiaa Orange brings more than three decades of experience in K–12 teaching, school leadership, and higher education. She serves as Director of the UCLA Educational Leadership Program (ELP) and Director of the UCLA Center X Culture and Equity Project, where she develops equity-centered leaders committed to transforming schools and communities. Her work is grounded in culturally responsive and sustaining practices, anti-racist leadership, and restorative justice. A former principal and Los Angeles Unified School District classroom teacher, Dr. Orange's scholarship addresses equity-centered coaching, culturally responsive pedagogy, and the education of African American and Standard English Learner students. She is a contributing author to Preparing and Sustaining Social Justice Educators (Harvard Press, 2021) and All Students Must Thrive (Houghton Mifflin, 2019).

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