

Fusing Artistry with Technology to Explore the Creative Potentials of AI
FOCUS QUESTIONS

IMPACTS
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New AI-courses
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Partnerships between Babson and arts organizations
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Pedagogical materials and trainings
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Ongoing demonstrations in theater and gallery spaces
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Theme leadership at the Babson AI Generator Annual Conference
LEADER

Beth Wynstra
Associate Professor of English
Faculty Director, Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching
Founding Artistic Director of The Empty Space Theater
Leader of The Generator’s AI Arts & Performance Specialty Lab
“I am interested in courageous collaborations between artists/practitioners and AI. I am also interested in how AI can inspire bold classroom activities, assignments, and assessments. I’ve observed how such pedagogical innovations can cultivate creativity and critical thinking, while preparing students to thrive in a world outside the university.”
AI research interests
- AI for performance and improvisation
- AI and pedagogy
- AI and public discourse
Beth Wynstra is Associate Professor of English and Faculty Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching at Babson College. Beth teaches courses in Dramatic Literature, Theater History, Acting, and Public Speaking, and she regularly directs plays and musicals. Beth’s research interests include American drama, political theater, and gender studies, and her book Vows, Veils, and Masks: The Performance of Marriage in the Plays of Eugene O’Neill (University of Iowa Press, Theater History and Culture Series) was published in 2023. She regularly lectures and serves as a dramaturg or researcher at prominent regional and professional theaters across the U.S.
Recent publications
“The Heart/Roots Project and a Pandemic Pivot.” Journal of American Drama and Theater 35.2 (2023).
Vows, Veils, and Masks: The Performance of Marriage in the Plays of Eugene O’Neill. University of Iowa Press, Theater History and Culture Series (2023).
“From Page to Stage: Dramaturging the Female Voices of the Provincetown Players” in Teaching Modernist Women Writers in English. Modern Language Association of America (2021).