EP 40 - Does Allowing AI Reduce AI? A Surprising Finding with Dr. Megan Haselschwerdt

EP 40 - Does Allowing AI Reduce AI? A Surprising Finding with Dr. Megan Haselschwerdt

In EP 40, John and Jason talk with Megan Haselschwerdt about her transformative semester moving from a futile "cat-and-mouse" game of AI detection to a trust-based partnership with students, demonstrating how transparent dialogue, a more open policy, and addressing "insurmountable" assignment loads are far more effective than policing.

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Guest Bio:

Megan Haselschwerdt, Ph.D., serves as an Associate Professor and HDFS Graduate Program Director in Human Development and Family Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Human and Community Development from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign and a B.S. in Psychology from Indiana University-Bloomington. As an interpersonal violence and family science scholar, Dr. Haselschwerdt’s research focuses on intimate partner violence (IPV) from the perspectives of victimized adults, young adults with childhood exposure, and support professionals. Specializing in qualitative methodologies like grounded theory and reflexive thematic analysis, she also collaborates on mixed-methods studies to examine help-seeking behaviors and develop trauma-informed interventions. She currently directs the Family Violence Across the Lifespan research team, leading initiatives such as the REVEAL Project and the Young Adults Live and Learn Project to promote safety, healing, and justice.

Resources:

• Dr. Haselschwerdt’s Scholarship: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=hTSsBcQAAAAJ&inst=9897619243961157265
• Megan’s AI Use Policies: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I2THuGIaKYstGyZylQS4FgvbNV0B1j3Q3hEpGI4K_l4/edit?usp=sharing
• Jason’s AI Policy (and free / open source icons for communication) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MG9h68__uqPSz6HXNeVymJhal1VNapjyK-2PFa5QFxI/edit?usp=sharing

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Transcript

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[00:00:00] Jason: I'm going to butcher your last name probably

[00:00:02] Megan: Oh yeah, that's okay. We do too.

[00:00:03] Jason: us with that

[00:00:05] Megan: Yeah. So, we say it all very differently in our family, so it's totally fine. I, I say Haselschwerdt as though there's a z Yeah. Other people, other family members say hassle, but yeah, I say it as though there's a z Hazel Schwart.

[00:00:16] John Nash: Okay, cool. I was,

[00:00:18] Jason: Hazel Schwart

[00:00:20] Megan: Mm-hmm.

[00:00:21] John Nash: I took German for years and so I love the sound of German, so I Yeah. I said,

[00:00:27] Megan: Yes. Yeah, we, we.

[00:00:29] John Nash: be totally German of

[00:00:30] Megan: We offend Germans when I say, like, what, how we say our last name? Yeah. It's unrecognizable. Yep.

[00:00:36] John Nash: Nice shirt. Yeah. Okay, cool.

[00:00:40] Jason: Haz-el-Schwart

[00:00:41] John Nash: Haselschwerdt,

[00:00:42] Jason: You

[00:00:42] Megan: Yep. That's totally fine.

[00:00:44] John Nash: Okay. Haselschwerdt.

[00:00:45] Megan: I think Jo, uh, John has it the authentic way and Jason's American butchered from Ellis Island Way works just well too.

[00:00:53] John Nash: I can't, yeah, I can't help myself though. So

[00:00:55] Jason: I can't help myself either

[00:00:57] Megan: ha ha...

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