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Marist Commencement
Celebrating the Class of 2025
• The graduate ceremony will be on Friday, May 23.
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Marist Commencement
Celebrating the Class of 2025
• The graduate ceremony will be on Friday, May 23.
• The undergraduate ceremony will be on Saturday, May 24.Academics
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Marist Commencement
Celebrating the Class of 2025
• The graduate ceremony will be on Friday, May 23.
• The undergraduate ceremony will be on Saturday, May 24.Admission & Financial Aid
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Marist Commencement
Celebrating the Class of 2025
• The graduate ceremony will be on Friday, May 23.
• The undergraduate ceremony will be on Saturday, May 24.Student Life
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Kevin M. Gaugler, PhD
Assistant Dean, School of Liberal Arts, Professor of Spanish and Director of the Weiss Language Center
Bio
Dr. Gaugler serves as Assistant Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Marist University and Co-Chair of the Steering Committee on Artificial Intelligence, where he leads institutional initiatives on AI strategy, faculty development, and interdisciplinary collaboration. He is also Co-Chair of the Modern Language Association’s Task Force on World Languages and Generative AI and serves as a review panelist for the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence program. His approach to instruction has been featured in The Language Educator, Campus Technology Magazine, Inside Higher Ed, on PBS's New York NOW and National Public Radio’s The Best of Our Knowledge.
Education
BA, Assumption College
MA, University of Connecticut
PhD, University of Connecticut
Research Interests/Areas of Focus
Computer-Assisted Language Learning; Community-Based Language Learning; Contemporary Peninsular Literature and Film
Selected Publications
Gaugler KM & Matheus CC. (2019). Engineering engagement: Perceived L2 development and short-term service learning abroad. Foreign Language Annals. 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1002/flan.12393
Samuels J., Gaugler, K. and Kronenberg, F. (2018) “The Road to the Lost City of ‘C’: From Simulation to Reality. The Language Educator. 13:4; p44-47.
Gaugler, K. “Technology and the 21st Century Language Classroom.” (2015) Teacher’s Handbook: Contextualizing Language Instruction to Address Goals of the Standards for Foreign Language Learning 5th Edition by Judith Schrum and Elieen Glisan, Cengage Learning p. 409-434.
Creative Work (exhibitions, etc.)
President, Haldane School Foundation
Selected Presentations
"Is This the Dawn of a New Era? AI's Potential to Revolutionize Language Education," Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, Jan 11, 2025.
"Seminar on AI and World Languages," (Presider). Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, Jan 10, 2025.
"Using Generative AI to Create Authentic Engagement & Enrich Your Curriculum" with Lea Graner Kennedy. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) National Convention, Philadelphia, PA, Nov 22, 2024.
"Quixotic Conversations: A Communicative Approach between the Machine and the Humanities," Keynote at The 2024 AI Symposium, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Oct 17, 2024.
"The Potential of AI for Second Language Teaching and Learning," University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, Sept 5, 2024.
"OER (Open Educational Resources) and Generative AI," for Center of Language Studies at Yale University, New Haven, CT, May 14, 2024.
"What is (and What was) Computer-Assisted Language Learning," Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Nov 7, 2023.
"Fostering K-16 Collaboration and Articulation" peer-reviewed presentation with Lea Graner Kennedy, Jen Carson, Nathan Lutz, and Beth Slocum at NECTFL Conference, NY, NY, Feb 17, 2018
"Community-based Games and Simulations to Connect Learners with Communities" peer-reviewed paper with Felix Kronenberg and Jeffrey Samuels at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages National Convention, Nashville, TN, November 18, 2017
"ReImagining the Language Laboratory and Language Learning" invited lecture at Duke University, Raleigh, NC, March 27, 2017
"WHAT IS A CUTTING-EDGE LANGUAGE LABORATORY IN 2016?" peer-reviewed paper with Karina Baragan (Marist student) at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages National Convention, Boston, MA, Nov 19, 2016
"The Language Lab: 2.0" Keynote for ALOUD/NYSAFLT Annual Conference, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, March 2, 2016
"Can the iRevolution become an i+1Revolution?: Technology and a Comprehensible Environment" Keynote Address for the Northeast Association of Language Learning and Technology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, March 14, 2014
"Plenary Session: The Tipping Point: Language Learning for a Changed World" with Carl Blyth and Noah Geisel and Felix Kronenberg. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages National Convention, Orlando, FL, Nov 23, 2013
Teaching in Thirdspace: Emerging Territories for Language Education", Keynote for MALLT-SEALLT Conference, Georgetown University, Washington DC, April 9, 2010
Awards and Honors
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages’ Award for Excellence in Teaching with Technology, 2010
