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Raise the Ceiling, Beware the Floor

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:11:18 -0700

During March of 2026, the Williams Record was inundated with a flurry of vitriolic, near-identical op-eds covering the topic of AI in the classroom and our society. I did not feel I had anything new to add to the AI debate, but rather I saw it as a symptom of a much broader, older dilemma that has plagued pedagogy for decades: the debate about how much we should allow automation to replace our learning. So I wrote an article about it and published it to the Williams Record, which is what follows below.

Williams Record: WSO Mobile

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:17:01 -0700

In the February 11th, 2026 issue of the Williams Record¹, there was an article about the new version of WSO Mobile, which had an interesting development cycle. The Williams Record interviewed me about this and published an article about it; I am archiving it here verbatim for historical purposes (in case the original site goes down).

Melania Espinal/The Williams Record

A new version of the Williams Students Online (WSO) mobile app was released for all iOS devices on Jan. 26. According to an email from President of WSO Nathaniel Flores ’27, the release marked the first time the app has been updated in six years.

Williams Record: WSO Interview

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:45:29 -0700

In the September 17th, 2025 issue of the Williams Record¹, there was an article about the changes that had been going on to WSO, as at the time that I had joined the board officially it was somewhat in a state of disrepair and in need of some fixes. I was interviewed and I want to preserve what the Williams Record published about it; I am archiving this interview here verbatim for historical purposes (in case the original site goes down).