Banafsheh Karamifar is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and French as a Second Language at Laurentian University, Canada, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Her research bridges critical discourse analysis, semantics, cultures and societies, with a current focus on AI and Generative AI as discursive and socio-technical artefacts.
Andrea C. Valente is an educator, researcher, and consultant in higher education as well as a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at York University, Canada. Her work sits at the intersection of neuro-humanities, pedagogy, applied linguistics, and generative AI, examining how emerging technologies transform teaching, learning, and knowledge production.