Biography

Beth Ritter-Guth is a long-time adjunct in the English department at DeSales University. Her current work features the Internet of Things, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Artificial Intelligence programming in addition to ethical hacking, cyber law, gaming, gamification, drones, voice programming, and the digital humanities. 

She is an active member of the Educause Community of Practice on Artificial Intelligence and is one of voices found in the annual Horizon Report. She is a passionate advocate of the ethical use and creative possibilities of Generative AI content, and has been working with others in a variety of spaces helping faculty, administrators, and students cultivate best practices as they emerge.

She’s earned multiple awards for the use of these technologies including the 2024 ITC eLearning Award for Ariticial Intelligence (AI), the Teacher of the Future award by the National Association of Independent Schools, the Nobel Teacher of Distinction Award, the Campus Leadership Team Award by Campus Technology, the Innovator of the Year by the League of Innovation, and the Leadership & Innovation award from NJEdge, the Award for Innovation in eLearning by the Instructional Technology Council, and the Spartan Award with her NCC OLET team for leadership during the pandemic.

Her work has been featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Campus Technology Magazine, Wired Magazine, USA Today and America Online.