Patti Pente, University of Alberta

Research

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Latest funding

The teacher-AI value alignment problem: a postphenomenological investigation and critical AI literacy response
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$78,068
Teaching the machine, teaching ourselves: AI-art as pedagogy for ethical AI literacy in education
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$122,610
Collaborative Canadian landscapes: research into immigrant preschool teachers' and students' artistic sense of place
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$101,193

All 4 grants and awards

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The teacher-AI value alignment problem: a postphenomenological investigation and critical AI literacy response

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Adams, Catherine A.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Ethics; Teachers' work; Postphenomenology; Speculative Methods

$78,068

Teaching the machine, teaching ourselves: AI-art as pedagogy for ethical AI literacy in education

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pente, Patti V.

$122,610

Collaborative Canadian landscapes: research into immigrant preschool teachers' and students' artistic sense of place

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Pente, Patti V.

Keywords: teacher education; visual arts; multicultural education; early childhood education; arts-based research

$101,193

Digital Economy - Creative pedagogy for the digital child: lessons from new media

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Presidential Fund for Innovation and Development

Principal investigators: Pente, Patti V.

$25,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Pente, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Teaching the machine, teaching ourselves: AI-art as pedagogy for ethical AI literacy in education" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]