G2: Riding the AI Wave: Using AI to Teach Advocacy
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The G2 Session at the 2025 Annual Conference will include one presentation:
Riding the AI Wave: Using AI to Teach Advocacy presented by Alexis Blavos, PhD, MCHES, Heidi-Hancher-Rauch, PhD, MCHES, and Jodi Brookins-Fisher, PhD, MCHES
Participants should leave this presentation able to: describe three ways to use AI in advocacy course instruction, create and implement one ethical advocacy course assignment using AI, and discuss the implications for using AI in your courses.
This session will be moderated by Heidi Hatcher-Rauch
Sponsored by SOPHE, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1.00 total Category I contact education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours available are 0.
Heidi Hancher-Rauch, PhD, MCHES® (Moderator)
University Faculty and Researcher
Butler University
Heidi Hancher-Rauch, PhD, MCHES®, is a professor of health sciences at Butler University with over 20 years of experience in academia and nearly 25 years in the public health field. Her professional background includes work in community disease prevention and worksite health, with expertise in health policy and advocacy, program evaluation, and evidence-based health promotion. A dedicated health advocate, the majority of her publications and presentations focus on this area. Dr. Hancher-Rauch currently serves as President of the SOPHE Board of Trustees. She has held multiple leadership roles, including Board Trustee for Advocacy & Resolutions, a long-time member of the Advocacy Committee, and delegate to the Coalition of National Health Education Organizations. She has also previously directed advocacy efforts for Indiana SOPHE and serves on the steering committee for the Top 10 Coalition in Indianapolis.
Alexis Blavos, PhD, MCHES®
Associate Professor
SUNY Cortland
Dr. Blavos is currently an Associate Professor in the Health Department at SUNY Cortland, and also serves as the National Director of Advocacy for Eta Sigma Gamma, the Deputy Coordinator and Webmaster for the Coalition of National Health Education Organizations, and the co-chair of the Society for Public Health’s advocacy committee. Dr. Blavos’ academic and work experiences include 10 years of service in the public health field as a practitioner and researcher. Among her many research interests are advocacy and health policy.
Jodi Brookins-Fisher, PhD, FESG, MCHES®
Central Michigan University
School of Health Sciences
Dr. Jodi Brookins-Fisher is the Division Director and Professor in the Division of Public Health, School of Health Sciences at Central Michigan University. She is currently the SOPHE Advocacy Committee co-chair and has served as the President of Eta Sigma Gamma. She is currently the Chapter Sponsor of Eta Chapter at CMU. She is a passionate human rights activist and believes strongly in equity for all groups when it comes to access and affordable health care. Additionally, she feels that advocacy within the Health Education profession should be at the forefront of our current and future endeavors.
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