About this Event
Alan Garfield is Professor Emeritus of the Digital Art and Design Department at the University of Dubuque, in Dubuque, Iowa USA. He is an artist, trained as an art historian, and established the first undergraduate computer graphics curriculum in the United States in 1981. His recent work focuses on the integration of AI in the humanities. He served as Director of the Bisignano Art Gallery from 2008-2019 and continues to advise. His wife and he live in Madison, Wisconsin, one house away from their 3yr old and 5yr old grandsons. “That should tell you everything,” he says. His formal education is eclectic: BA, University of Iowa; MA, State University of New York-Binghamton; postgraduate work at Wadham College, Oxford. His interests, as measured by publications, include ethics in higher education, artificial intelligence, 2D and 3D animation algorithms, video game content, 19th century French philosophies, Holocaust studies, refugee art, and Beat Generation art and poetry. Along with the local Imam and a Catholic colleague, he started the interfaith group “Children of Abraham” in 2011 which still meets monthly. His CV lists over 50 peer reviewed publications and talks at various international conferences. His latest activities have focused on AI in education, with talks at conferences at Cambridge and Oxford universities and as editor of various education publications. In April 2026, he was Conference Chair of ICEDS at the University of Hull in the UK. His keynote was entitled: “Is AI Coming for your Job as an Educator?”
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Rock Island Library Watts-Midtown Branch, 2715 30th Street, Rock Island, United States
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