The University of Chicago

Emily Lynn Osborn

Associate Professor, Department of History and the College, Master of the New Collegiate Division

Emily Lynn Osborn is a faculty member in the Department of History and the College at the University of Chicago, and the Master of the New Collegiate Division. Her scholarship focuses on the social, political, and technological histories of Francophone West Africa. She is the Faculty Director of UChicago’s Senegal Study Abroad CIV and is a recipient of the Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Osborn chaired the Artificial Intelligence and Education Working Group (AIEWG) in 2025, which resulted in a report on AI and its role in our educational mission. She is currently chairing a university Writing Advisory Group (WAG) that is developing principles and recommendations for teaching and learning with text in the AI landscape.