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When AI Changes Entry-Level Work, How Do People Learn?

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AI in Action · Virtual Conversation

About the conversation

AI is taking on tasks that once gave early-career employees opportunities to practice, make mistakes, and develop judgment. What happens when those employees are expected to think strategically before they have built that experience?

This AI in Action conversation explores how employers can adapt hiring, assignments, training, and mentoring to recognize potential and develop the capabilities their teams need. Attendees will examine how to assess candidates’ problem-solving and judgment when AI can help produce polished work, and how co-ops, experiential learning, and project partnerships can help people build and demonstrate those abilities.

What you’ll gain

  • Identify where AI is changing entry-level work and removing opportunities to gain experience.
  • Assess candidates’ problem-solving, judgment, and potential when AI can help produce polished applications and work samples.
  • Adapt assignments and mentoring to help early-career employees build experience and recognize what good work looks like.
  • Set expectations for AI-assisted work, including how employees check outputs, explain their reasoning, and seek guidance.
  • Understand how co-ops, experiential learning, and project partnerships can help employers develop and evaluate future talent.

Meet the speakers

Christine Williamson Panelist

Christine Williamson

Executive Vice President, Head of AI Visibility
Greenough

Christine brings more than 20 years of experience in communications, marketing, and media strategy. Her experience with Greenough’s agency-wide adoption of Claude brings an employer perspective on how AI is changing junior work, training, and mentoring.

Devra Henderson Panelist

Devra Henderson

Veteran Hiring Solutions

Devra brings more than 20 years of experience in operations, executive communications, and strategic marketing. Her work in veteran hiring and her development of an AI-driven alternative to keyword-based applicant screening bring a perspective on how employers recognize and evaluate talent.

Tracey Spinato Panelist

Tracey Spinato

Director, Experiential Education
The Roux Institute at Northeastern University

Tracey leads the Roux Institute’s Experiential Learning Team, connecting learners and industry partners through co-ops, experiential network projects, Working Labs, and full-time talent opportunities. She brings a multidisciplinary background spanning social work, public health, and higher education.

Katie Shorey Moderator

Katie Shorey

Director of Engagement
Live + Work in Maine

Katie works at the intersection of employer engagement, talent attraction, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Her experience includes roles at WEX and People’s United Bank, as well as serving as president of Startup Maine from 2018 to 2025.

Who should attend

Employers, managers of early-career staff, HR and talent leaders, learning and development teams, and leaders planning for AI’s effects on their workforce.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026
1:00–1:40 p.m. Eastern · Online via Microsoft Teams

Register for December 1

Part of AI in Action

AI in Action is Northeastern’s ongoing event series for employers and business leaders exploring how to put AI to work. It brings together researchers, practitioners, and organizational leaders to discuss AI adoption, workforce development, and business value.

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Agenda

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Rick Beaupre
Director of Cybersecurity & AI Governance
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DataPivot Technologies
Catia Pereira
Director - America Sales Engineering
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Kiteworks
Usama Fayyad
Sr. Vice Provost for AI & Data Strategy – Sr. Advisor to the president & Professor of the Practice, Khoury College for Computer Science
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Northeastern University
Jithin Veeragandham
Data Scientist, AI Solutions Hub
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Northeastern University
Omer Alis
Director, AI Solutions Hub
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Northeastern University
Madhu Shashanka
Chief Scientist and Co-Founder
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Concentric AI
Nada Sanders
Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management Fellow Decision Sciences Institute D’Amore- McKim School of Business
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Northeastern University
Meredith McFadden
Research Scientist, Responsible AI Practice, Northeastern University
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Thulasi Tholeti
Research Scientist, Responsible AI Practice at Northeastern University
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Zach Blattner
Director of Partner Products and Programs
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Liz Kohler
Managing Director of Strategy, Operations, and Growth
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The Roux Institute
Emily Avery Miller
Teaching Professor in English
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Northeastern University
Sulagna (Dia) Ghosh
Founder
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Joint Family
Yafeng Wang
Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Engineering
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Northeastern University
Tomo Lazovich
Assistant Professor of the Practice, AI Governance and Policy
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Brown University
Prudence Lam
PhD Candidate
, 
Northeastern University
Steven Geofrey
Associate Teaching Professor, Coordinator of Creative Coding
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Northeastern University, College of Arts, Media, and Design
Smit Desai
Assistant Professor in the College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University
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Weiyan Shi
Assistant Professor
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Northeastern University, ECE & Khoury Computer Science
Melanie Tory
Director, Human Data Interaction Research
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Northeastern University
Mahsan Nourani
Assistant Research Professor
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Northeastern University
Berkeley Almand-Hunter
Technical Director of Partner Products
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Tom Davenport
President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management
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Babson College
Piotr Sapiezynski
Assistant Research Professor
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Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Don Fallis
Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science
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Northeastern University
Andrea De Souza
Chief Corporate Development Officer
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Qubit Pharmaceuticals
Vance Ricks
Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science
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College of Social Sciences and Humanities and Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Zara Muradali
National Managing Principal, Life Sciences
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Grant Thornton Advisors, LLC
Ayan Paul
Research Scientist
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The Institute for Experiential AI
Nicholas Judson
Associate Leader - Energy Systems Group
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MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Lynée Turek-Hankins
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Dartmouth College
Qi “Ryan” Wang
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Northeastern University
Sai Ravela
Principal Research Scientist, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
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MIT Center for Computational Science & Engineering
Stephen George
VP of System Operations and Market Administration
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ISO New England
Graham Turk
Regulatory Program Manager
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Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA)
Galen Nelson
Chief Climate Officer
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Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)
Jinye Zhao
Principal Energy Market Analyst
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ISO New England
Andrea Staid
Principal Technical Leader in the Energy Systems and Climate Analysis Group
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EPRI
Jessica Trancik
Professor
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MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Ryan McGranaghan
Data Scientist and Research Scientist
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Caroline Routh
Recruitment & Engagement Manager
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Sean Martin
Business Development Manager
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The Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University
Chris Torina
Director of Entrepreneurship
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The Roux Institute at Northeastern University
Jim Reavis
CEO
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Cloud Security Alliance
Gemma Galdon-Clavell. Ph.D.
CEO
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Eticas.ai
Gian Corrado, MD
Director, Emergency Sports Medicine & Senior Associate Athletic Director and Chief Medical Officer
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Massachusetts General Hospital & Northeastern University
Alycia Markowski
Clinical Professor
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School of Clinical Rehab Sciences
Daniel Davis, MD
Senior Medical Director, Continuing Health
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Atrium Health
Sammy Assefa, Ph.D
Senior Vp, Head of AI
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US Bank
Mike Pollastri
Senior Vice Provost
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The Roux Institute at Northeastern University
Micheal Wan
Research Scientist
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The Institute for Experiential AI
Christian Reich
Professor of Practice
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Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Saeed Amal
Research Professor
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Northeastern University
Vito Quaranta
Professor of the Practice, Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Northeastern University
Agata Lapedriza
Principle Research Scientist
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The Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University
Jessica DiBiase
MPH and Data Analyst
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Maine Health
Stuart Middleton
Associate Professor
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University of Southampton
Angela Hosking
Dean and CEO
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NU-Charlotte Campus
Gopal Ramchurn
CEO
, 
RAiUK
Donnie Mitchem
Director, Behavioral Health Services
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Outpatient Therapy & Community Services
Danny F. Scalise II
Public Health Director
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Burke County Public Health
John Manning
Emergency Medicine Physician
, 
Atrium Health
Matt Lewis
Founder, CEO and Chief Augmented Intelligence Officer
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LL Mental
Arezoo Movaghar
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
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Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Robert Leeman
Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Sciences
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Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University
Amanda Choflet
Dean, School of Nursing
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Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University
Alisa Lincoln
Director, Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research
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College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University
Rafael Mestre
Lecturer
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University of Southampton
Christine Zazzaro
President And Chief Executive Officer
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McLeod Centers for Wellbeing
Liz Scharnetzki
Faculty Scientist I
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MaineHealth
Ignacio Sarasua
Solution Architect
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Nvidia
Aynsley Bernard
Principal Data Scientist
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Kooth PLC
Aminat Adebiyi
Research Scientist
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IBM Research
Trinity Coakley
Health Science and Psychology Student
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Adam Woolley
Director of Assessment, Clinical Professor, Pharmacy and Health Systems Science
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Elizabeth Mynatt
Dean of Khoury College of Computer Sciences
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Sylvain Jaume
Director, School of Computer Science and Data Analytics
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University of New England
Erin O'Neill
Candidate for M.S. in Health Informatics
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Doug Sawyer
Medical Director
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Maine Medical
Karen Huhn
Professor of Physical Therapy and Program Director
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
David Harder
Professor & Director
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University of Maine Institute of Medicine
Dan Koloski
Head of Learning Programs, Roux Institute and Professor of the Practice, College of Professional Studies
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Northeastern University
Connie Yowell
Senior Advisor to the Provost
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Northeastern University
Justin Manjourides
Associate Professor of Public Health and Health Sciences
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Northeastern University
Aarti Sathyanarayana
Assistant Professor in Health Science and Computer Science
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Northeastern University
Jeanne Latourelle
Senior Vice President, Precision Medicine
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Aitia
John Brownstein
SVP and Chief Innovation Officer
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Boston Children’s Hospital
Colleen Hole
Innovation Strategic Advisor
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Atrium Health/Advocate Health
Jens Rueter
Chief Medical Officer; Medical Director
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The Jackson Laboratory; Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative
Predrag Radivojac
Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean of Research, Khoury College of Computer Science
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Northeastern University
Jason Springs
Co-founder & CEO
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Endpoint Health
Timothy Ruchti
Director Algorithms
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Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions LLC
Isaac Kohane
Professor & Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics
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Harvard Medical School
Patricia Geli
Co-founder, Managing Director, and COO
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C10 Labs
Crystal Brown
CEO & Co-Founder
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CircNova
David Levine MD, MPH, MA
Associate Professor and Clinical Director
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Mass General Brigham
Marinka Zitnik
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
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Harvard Medical School
Larry Brilliant
CEO
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Evity.AI
Rasu B. Shrestha
Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer
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Advocate Health
John Halamka
Dwight and Dian Diercks President
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Mayo Clinic Platform

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