A writing instructor at Cañada College in the San Francisco Peninsula, Anna Mills is an proponent of the ethical use of AI in writing courses. Mills is a self-described critical AI literacy advocate, educating faculty on AI-generated writing while also promoting agency in the adoption of the emerging technology. Her work AI Text Generators and Teaching Writing: Starting Points for Inquiry is a sourcebook aggregating resources on AI Large Language Models. These resources include available research on language models and its impacts on learning, as well as strategies for reducing potential adverse effects, such as learning loss. Mills is also a member of the Modern Language Association and Conference on College Composition and Communication joint task force on the use of AI. Prior to her work with AI, Mills was an early adopter and advocate for Open Educational Resources (OER), authoring an advanced composition OER textbook titled How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College, which has been adopted by over 55 colleges and universities. Her other works include

• Mills, A., Bali, M., & Eaton, L. (2023). How do we respond to generative AI in education? Open educational practices give us a framework for an ongoing process. Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching, 6(1),  16-30.

• Mills, A. (2023). Seeing past the dazzle of ChatGPT. Inside Higher Ed. 

• Mills, A. (2023). ChatGPT just got better. What does that mean for our writing assignments? The Chronicle of Higher Education. 

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• Using ChatGPT in the Workplace: Strategies for Faculty, Staff, and Administrators

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