Touro GSE At Work features Assistant Professor Jasmin Cowin in Faculty Spotlight
It is an honor to be chosen as featured faculty at Touro GSE.
Jasmin Cowin, assistant professor and TESOL practicum coordinator for TESOL and Bilingual Programs at the Touro College Graduate School of Education, has brought innovation to the educator preparation program by presenting virtual, augmented and mixed reality e-learning platforms. Her students use avatars to explore a variety of simulation-based settings in ways that facilitate active knowledge in multi-modal ways, which enhance candidates’ understanding of diverse learners’ educational needs. The student avatars in simulations are controlled by artificial emotional intelligence software. As intensive web applications, these environments provide a safe, risk-free virtual space to explore a range of teaching strategies, while offering immediate feedback as a training tool for teacher candidates during clinical experiences. Cowin’s latest research on e-learning was published in the International Research and Review Journal of Phi Beta Delta Honor Society of International Scholars Fall 2020 edition. She also serves as chair of the New York State Teaching English as a Second Language 51st Annual
Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin, an Associate Professor at Touro University, received the 2024 Touro University CETL Faculty Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching and the Rockefeller Institute of Government awarded her the prestigious Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellowship (2024-2025). As a Fulbright Scholar and SIT Graduate, she was selected to be a U.S. Department of State English Language Specialist. Her expertise in AI in education is underscored by her role as an AI trainer and former Education Policy Fellow (EPFP™) at Columbia University's Teachers College. As a columnist for Stankevicius, she explores Nicomachean Ethics at the intersection of AI and education. She has contributed to initiatives like Computers for Schools Burundi, served as a resource specialist for Amity University in Uttar Pradesh, India, and participated in TESOL "Train the Trainer" programs in Yemen and Morocco. Her research interests include simulations and metaverse for educators-in-training, AI applications in education and language acquisition and teaching, and distributed ledger technologies, with a focus on her 'Education for 2060' theme.
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