Spring 2026 Book Club
Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI
The Academic Integrity Office and the Teaching & Learning Center invite faculty, staff, and graduate students to participate in a spring book club focused on The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI by David A. Rettinger and Tricia Bertram Gallant.
In an era of generative AI, expanding online resources, and growing concern about academic misconduct, this book offers a research-based, forward-looking shift in perspective. Rather than centering efforts solely on detecting or preventing cheating, the authors argue for designing learning environments, assessments, and instructional practices that actively support integrity and student learning.
The book presents practical, evidence-informed strategies for:
- Understanding why students cheat
- Communicating expectations around integrity
- Designing courses and assessments that promote learning and integrity
- Reframing institutional and instructional responses to academic misconduct
- Centering human relationships and ethical development in teaching and learning
This book club will provide a structured, collegial space to explore these ideas together and consider their implications for teaching across disciplines and instructional contexts.
While attendance across all sessions will support the fullest possible conversation of the book, participants are welcome to attend any session that fits their schedule.
The book club will culminate in a live Zoom conversation with co-author Tricia Bertram Gallant, while co-author David A. Rettinger will be featured separately as the keynote speaker at the Teaching & Learning Center’s annual Convocation on April 30th.
Book Club Schedule
All sessions will be held on Zoom.
Wednesday, March 4, 12:00–1:00 pm
Introduction; Chapters 1–2
- Why Students Cheat
- Communicating Integrity
Wednesday, March 18, 12:00–1:00 pm
Chapters 3–4, 6
- Designing Courses for Integrity
- Designing Assessments for Integrity
- Protecting Assessment Integrity
Wednesday, April 1, 12:00–1:00 pm
Chapters 5, 7, Conclusion
- Strategies That Promote Success with Integrity
- Infusing Ethics into Teaching and Learning
Wednesday, April 15, 12:00–1:00 pm — Conversation with author Tricia Bertram Gallant
Tricia Bertram Gallant is an internationally recognized expert in academic integrity and ethics in higher education and serves as Director of the Academic Integrity Office & Triton Testing Center at the University of California, San Diego. She advises universities and global organizations on integrity-centered teaching and assessment practices, including responses to emerging challenges such as generative AI.
How to Participate
- Open to all faculty, staff, and graduate students.
- The first 50 people to register will receive a free copy of the book, available at the TLC (McHenry 1330) on Monday, March 2, between 10AM–3PM.
- Zoom link will be shared with registered participants.