Meet the Instructors

Jackie Zkiab

A native Clevelander, Jacqueline Zkiab is a graduate of John Carroll University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a Concentration in Human Development and Minor in Communication Studies. Ms. Zkiab continued her education at Cleveland State University, where she earned a Master of Arts in Philosophy and Certificate for the Advanced Studies in Biomedical Ethics and found her passion for Higher Education.  Following graduation, she joined Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) as an Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, and was ultimately teaching at both Tri-C and Cleveland State University from 2019-2021, until accepting a Lectureship at Tri-C. During this time, Ms. Zkiab taught in all modalities, and successfully converted her courses to an online platform, ensuring accessibility for all students.  She has since worked in Online Learning and Academic Technology with faculty and students.  In her current role as Instructional Technologist, Ms. Zkiab is the artificial intelligence (AI) lead College-wide and is co-chair of the group on Faculty Development for their AI Task Force.  Ms. Zkiab is excited to join SUNY and share her expertise and experience with us.

Allison Hosier

Allison Hosier has been teaching information literacy in various face-to-face and virtual formats since 2009. She is currently the Head of Information Literacy at the University at Albany, SUNY as well as a co-editor of the journal Communications in Information Literacy. As a scholar, Allison pursues knowledge about how context affects the research process and has published and presented on this topic in a variety of prestigious venues in the library and information science field as well as in her recent book Using Context in Information Literacy Instruction. Recently, Allison has been exploring generative artificial intelligence through an information literacy lens and has hosted a series of webinars related to generative AI including AI at UAlbany and The Role of Generative AI in Library and Information Science Publishing. Allison is excited for her thinking on generative AI to continue to grow and evolve alongside yours through these SUNY learning opportunities.