Serving in the new role of XR Disruptor, Dr. Hutson also serves as Department Head of Art History and Visual Culture at Lindenwood University in Saint Charles, MO. In the role, he was instrumental in establishing the Immersive Arts and Culture Hub and XR and Gaming Lab that serves the whole campus population and heads the VR Champions to integrate the use of immersive experiences across all programs, so all students get an equitable education and the same experiences regardless of background. Dr. Hutson also heads the AI initiative and the AI Ambassadors, overseeing numerous studies on the integration of AI into all majors and teaching students how to future-proof themselves as emerging technologies disrupt higher education and our daily lives. Finally, he has organized an international team of 62 researchers who are piloting a decentered collaborative authorship model in order to leverage interdisciplinarity and insights from different fields to breakdown silos to solve wicked problems. Finally, he serves as editor-in-chief for the International Journal of Emerging and Disruptive Innovation in Education : VISIONARIUM (iJEDIE), an interdisciplinary forum for the publication of original peer-reviewed scholarship, data, and research addressing intersections of education and technology. Since 2010, he have personally taught over 120 online courses, designed and built 26 award-winning online degrees and overseen the development of 38 others, including authentication compliance and design standards. Four of the degrees are now ranked in the top five best online programs nationwide. In addition to having served as head of all online programs, he also hold certificates in instructional design and online course assessment. Dr. Hutson is the senior/corresponding author of over 100 books, chapters periodicals, conference papers, and academic projects. See more here: https://www.james-hutson.com/index.html
Lead XR Disruptor at Lindenwood University
MA, Game Design - 2022
PhD, Artificial Intelligence - 2023
MA, Leadership - 2021
CT 40 Under 40, CIO Times 2023
Visionary Leaders Bringing Ideas in Education & Research, CIO Leaders 2023
Top Lead XR Disruptor of the Year 2023, IAOTP International Association of Top Professionals 2023
10th Annual PHARMA CX SUMMIT 2023
GatherVerse Summit 2023
13th Annual Congress of Neurotalk-2023
2023 National Humanities Conference
Sixteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies
Missouri S&T Innovation in Teaching and Learning Conference 2023
16th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL22)
Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT)
XR and Gamification in Education: Techniques and Methodologies for Adoption
9th Annual Congress on Mental Health
Advancing Research Impact in Society ARIS
Oxford International Round Table Symposiums
Mediums of Disruption, Information, Medium and Society: Twentieth International Conference on Publishing Studies
International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (IHSES)
Fifteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies
Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference
2022 St. Louis Regional Library Network Tech Expo
Affordances and Pitfalls for Humanities in VR
REIMAGINING HONORS, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE: NCHC ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Association for Computers and Humanities Conference (ACH)
12th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts
Digital Humanities and Virtual Reality Workshop
International Conference on Humanities, Educational and Social Sciences (IHSES)
Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference
Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference
Eastern Missouri Distance Learning Summit
11th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts
Teaching and Learning Technology Conference
Italian Series, Sixteenth-Century Society
Renaissance Society of America
Teaching and Learning Technology Conference
College Art Association Conference
AI in the Classroom: Preparing Students for the Future of Work
How Can We Empower Colleges Through AI
VR -Accessibility and Inclusion - Museums I– Presentation
Sixteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies
Intelligence Generate Art, Technology, Knowledge, and Society
International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (IHSES)
Keynote The Poetry of Prompts: Navigating the AI & XR Renaissance in Higher Education
International Conference on Neuroscience and Neurology
Generative AI Action Plan
Technological Tides: ChatGPT and the Imperative of Educational Redesign
Venture Café St Louis
Digital Pedagogy Institute, University of Waterloo
Future Smart Cities (FSC 2023)
Keynote Generative AI & Higher Education: Classroom Integration, Ethical Considerations, & Future Implications
Keynote Human Computer Interaction and Visualization Session
The Future of Entrepreneurship: How Generative AI is Changing the Game
13th Annual Congress of Neurotalk-2023 (NT-2023)
Visualizing Science: Responsible AI: Best Practices
Fourteenth International Conference on The Image, The Image Research Network
Metaverse - Real Virtual Opportunities for the Construction and Real Estate Industry
Navigating the Human Element in AI Integration: Addressing AI Guilt and Fear of Identity Loss in Organizational Culture
International Serious Games Symposium 2023
Educause Showcase Series
International Conferences, Scientific Research Conferences (SRC)
STL ScalePoint- Tech STL