CSU + Adobe Center of Excellence at 91ÁÔÆæ

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Supporting System-Wide Innovation, Data Sharing, and Equity

The Adobe Center of Excellence (ACE) at San José State University is part of the . It advances equitable, future-ready teaching and learning by fostering exploration, innovation, as well as digital and AI fluency across the CSU-system. 

ACE functions as both a physical and a digital hub, providing training, hands-on workshops, curricular resources, and pedagogical consultation that enable intentional integration of multimodal, digital, and AI-enabled learning experiences.

The Center promotes inclusive, scaffolded pathways to digital literacy, particularly in high-impact courses such as First-Year Writing (FYW) and DFW-rate courses, where strengthened creative and AI literacies can significantly improve retention, close equity gaps, and enhance student engagement at scale. 

The Creative and Digital Literacy Hub

More information coming soon.

 

The Digital Literacy Summit took place at 91ÁÔÆæ on April 21-22, 2026. Please read the Summit Impact Report [pdf] for information about its success. 

The Leadership Team 

(ACE Center Co-Director and 91ÁÔÆæ Professor of Rhetoric and Writing)

(ACE Center Co-Director and 91ÁÔÆæ Assistant Professor of Instructional Design and Technology)

(Director of Digital Learning Strategies, 91ÁÔÆæ Center for Faculty Excellence and Teaching Innovation) 

Radha Aravamudhan (ACE Assessment Coordinator and Adjunct Professor of Aerospace Engineering)

(91ÁÔÆæ Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Accreditation Liaison Officer)

Friederike Bruehoefener (Assistant Vice Provost, 91ÁÔÆæ Center for Faculty Excellence and Teaching Innovation)

Faculty Leads in Digital Literacy

(Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership)

Lucy Headrick (Assistant Professor, Management)

Bianca Hinojosa (Assistant Professor, Psychology)

Tina Korani (Associate Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication)

(Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering) 

Matthew Maguire (Associate Professor, Management)

(Digital Scholarship Librarian, MLK Library)