AI and Education
AI is reshaping education by expanding access to personalized learning tools that adapt to each student’s pace, strengths, and needs. It can reduce administrative burdens for teachers, giving them more time to focus on mentoring, creativity, and human connection. At the same time, schools must address concerns about equity, data privacy, and over-reliance on automated systems. When used thoughtfully, AI becomes a partner that enhances—not replaces—the deeply human work of teaching and learning.
Rev. Dr. Marian Edmonds-Allen
Rev. Dr. Marian Edmonds-Allen is a public theologian, peacebuilder, and values-based strategist working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, ethics, faith, and human flourishing. She is the founder FaithWise.ai and serves as Co-Director of the AI & Spirituality Initiative within the Neurospirituality Lab at Mass General Brigham.
Marian’s work focuses on helping leaders, institutions, and communities navigate technological change with wisdom, integrity, and a deep commitment to human dignity. She develops practical frameworks and educational tools that help individuals engage AI thoughtfully while strengthening moral agency, critical thinking, and meaningful human connection.
She is also Executive Director of Parity, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting religious freedom, pluralism, and protecting human dignity across sectors. Her work brings together faith leaders, technologists, educators, policymakers, and civic organizations to address emerging ethical and social challenges related to AI and digital culture.
Marian speaks internationally on AI ethics, covenantal pluralism, peacebuilding, religious freedom, and values-centered approaches to technology. Her work emphasizes that AI should serve as a tool that supports but never replaces human wisdom, creativity, discernment, and relationships.
Medlir Mema
Medlir Mema is a political scientist, educator, and civic innovator working at the intersection of AI governance, public
policy, and community engagement. A steering committee member at IEEE’s Global AI System’s Flourishing
Initiative, Utah Common Ground, and Utah Multifaith AI Council, he is the director of the AI Ethics and Governance
Institute (AEGIX), serves as Executive Director of Organized Intelligence (OI), and is a Senior Fellow at Faith Matters.
Medlir's work focuses on how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence shape democratic institutions, public
trust, and societal outcomes, with an emphasis on ethical governance and human-centered policy. With a global
background spanning Europe, the United States, and Japan, and educated at The Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
and George Washington University, he brings both academic and practical experience to advancing dialogue,
leadership, and civic infrastructure that bridge divides and enable better decision-making in an age of rapid
technological change.
