About:
Gigi Smith is the Director of the Writing and AI Literacy Center, Head of the Writing and AI Literacy Services department, and AI Literacy Chair at College of Western Idaho (CWI). A former CWI student, she cares deeply about CWI as an ecosystem for individuals to find their resolve in advancing themselves, their communities, and the industries they join. After working at Boise State University as writing center administration and faculty for foundational writing courses, she joined CWI with her own resolve to scale impact on student success through academic support services.
Smith loves creating and operationalizing projects that focus on innovating what it means to learn, teach, and impact society. She serves on CWI’s AI Steering Committee, the Learning Commons Leadership Team, and is always iterating on new ways for improving education through augmenting human strengths with AI tools. Education is her career, passion, and a hobby as well; when she’s not teaching Writing and Rhetoric at Boise State, she will teach research writing, literature, and communications courses for adult learner accelerated programs. If not on a college campus somewhere, you will likely find her at a waterfront with a book and picnic, on a pickleball court, seated at her piano, or snowboarding with family.
Education:
M.A., English Literature – Boise State University
B.A., English Literature – Boise State University
A.A., English – College of Western Idaho