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I'm a teacher, researcher, and lifelong student currently working at Northeastern University. My research areas include persuasive communication, digital media, food and drink rhetorics, and generative artificial intelligence.
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Read my blog at mcalibai.substack.com!
My Story
My work lies at the intersection of active learning and digital communication. As a sommelier with a food writing background, I apply the gastronomic concept of pairing to my research, teaching, and professional writing by combining diverse strategies to enhance understanding. Through unconventional pairings between innovative technologies and metaphysical frameworks, my work explores experimental methods of developing effective rhetoric in the generative age.
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I'm from Atlanta, Georgia and moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 2024 to pursue pedagogical research in the development of modern systems for public communication and rhetoric. As the world of communication undergoes a transformative shift into a new age of generative composition, I apply active learning goals and experimental teaching methods to explore innovative rhetorical strategies for modern communicators. My goal is to help people learn how to express and communicate ideas using the most effective, responsive, and human-centered rhetorical strategies of the age.
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As a research mentor, I welcome any students who are passionate about their interests and devoted to community-engaged goals. Students researching subjects in sustainable and progressive healthcare, women's healthcare, queer culture, sustainable business strategy, generative AI, business ethics, and Indigenous innovation, methodologies, or knowledge systems are especially encouraged to reach out to me.