CSU + Adobe Center of Excellence at SJSU

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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 CSU+Adobe for All . It advances equitable, future-ready teaching and learning by fostering exploration, innovation, as well as digital and AI fluency across the CSU-system. 

The Center functions as 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. 

2026 Digital Literacy Summit

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

The Ace Hub

This is a space for exploring how creative digital activities can deepen student learning. Our goal to help faculty create meaningful assignments that invite students to explore ideas, engage with different perspectives, express their thinking, and connect course content to their identities, goals, and future pathways.

Meet The Team

The Leadership Team

  • Magdalena Barrera (SJSU Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Accreditation Liaison Officer)

  • Ryan Skinnell (ACE Center Co-Director and SJSU Professor of Rhetoric and Writing)

  • Karen D. Wang (ACE Center Co-Director and SJSU Assistant Professor of Instructional Design and Technology)

  • Friederike Bruehoefener (Assistant Vice Provost, SJSU Center for Faculty Excellence and Teaching Innovation)

  • Yingjie Liu (Director of Digital Learning Strategies, SJSU Center for Faculty Excellence and Teaching Innovation)

  • Radha Aravamudhan (ACE Assessment Coordinator and SJSU Adjunct Professor of Aerospace Engineering)
Faculty Leads in Digital Literacy

  • Liliana Castrellon (Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership)

  • Lucy Headrick (Assistant Professor, Management)

  • Bianca Hinojosa (Assistant Professor, Psychology)

  • Tina Korani (Associate Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication)

  • Yue Luo (Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering) 

  • Matthew Maguire (Associate Professor, Management)

  • Nick Szydlowski (Digital Scholarship Librarian, MLK Library)