Building a digital humanities generative AI learning community [we seek funding to train a multidisciplinary cohort of UCF humanities instructors on applications for AI within their disciplines and on…

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees $147,675 on April 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) to train a multidisciplinary cohort of UCF humanities instructors on generative AI applications within their disciplines and integrate those applications into the digital humanities curriculum. The funding supports technical resources and faculty stipends to enable revision of courses in the Digital Humanities minor, which currently emphasizes traditional methods misaligned with job market demands and has experienced low enrollment. The award runs through March 31, 2028, with place of performance in Florida.

Building a digital humanities generative AI learning community [we seek funding to train a multidisciplinary cohort of UCF humanities instructors on applications for AI within their disciplines and on how to incorporate those applications into the digital humanities (DH) classroom. In doing so, we will revitalize the curriculum for the DH minor at UCF. Currently, courses offered in the DH minor emphasize traditional DH methods that are useful for future graduate students, but the evolving generative AI landscape requires critical literacy for students that equip them for the job market. Low enrollment in the DH minor indicates that students seek courses with more relevance to their future careers; redesigning this minor will accomplish this goal and will provide students and instructors with critical AI literacy whose impact will extend beyond the classroom. This funding will be used for technical resources and for stipends to enable UCF faculty to invest time in revising these courses.]