ACADEMIC TEACHING

Pr. Valerie Morignat has over 20 years of experience in higher education.

She taught as Associate Professor of AI Strategy and Ethical AI Design at aivancity where she delivered AI-centric educational programs empowering executives, learning professionals, and students.
A versatile educator, Pr. Morignat also taught a decade as a Tenured Associate Professor of Cinema and Interactive Arts, in the department of Cinema and Performing Arts of the University of Montpellier III (France). The courses she delivered included "Post-Digital Cinema Aesthetics", "Interactive Media Semiotics", "Transmedia Storytelling", "Philosophy of Virtual Worlds", "Sociology of Hypermedia", "Empathy-Building Design", "Archeology of the Future", and "Arts & Cyberculture". She also taught applied courses in video, videogame design, VFX, CGI, photography, and HCI design.

Before that, Pr. Morignat taught theoretical and applied courses in the Fine Arts department and the Communication and Cultural Mediation department of the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne. She delivered courses on video storytelling and interactive media arts in the Arts and Technologies of Images (ATI), of the University of Paris 8, Vincennes Saint-Denis. Besides, she taught in some of the most prestigious superior schools of arts, design, and business of Paris (France).

With several thousand hours of lectures, workshops and courses under her belt, Pr. Morignat is a highly sought-for educator and cross-functional instructional designer. She has contributed to the creation of Master's degrees with the University of New Caledonia, has been a Visiting Professor and a Research Evaluator with several universities in the U.S. and Canada, and regularly serves as Ph.D. Jury Member and expert evaluator for academic research and tenure assessments. She is a curriculum advisor to several higher education boards who seek her expertise in the ethics of Artificial Intelligence and the responsible design of emerging technologies and virtual experiences.