Dr. Rachel Toncelli

Associate Director of the Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning through Research (CATLR) at Northeastern University

Dr. Rachel Toncelli is Associate Director of the Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning through Research (CATLR) at Northeastern University, where she facilitates faculty development in critical AI literacy, AI integration into pedagogical practice, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Her approach to this work draws on extensive experience as a teacher, teacher educator, and higher education administrator, including her service as Director of English Language Learning and Assistant Dean of the College at Brown University. She has also served as an English Language Specialist for the U.S. Department of State.

Dr. Toncelli co-authored Artificial Intelligence, Real Teaching (University of Michigan Press, 2025) and was a co-recipient of the 2024 TESOL International Association Ron Chang Lee Award for Excellence in Classroom Technology for collaborative work creating a blueprint for integrating GenAI into language teaching. She is currently co-leading an international research project for AIEOU (AI in Education at Oxford University) that investigates the role of the human teacher in higher education in the age of AI. She has published in peer-reviewed journals and presents regularly at national and international conferences.

Conference attendees are warmly invited to connect with Rachel on LinkedIn to begin the conversation ahead of the event.