In a world of social-media influencers with brand deals and high-powered consultants with hidden agendas, it is difficult to identify independent thinkers, or even make sense of what independence means these days. 

 

On this page, I disclose all the organizations that pay me so that readers and anyone thinking of hiring me can make their own judgment about my independence.

Though I draw on my talks to write essays for AI Log, and my essays inform my paid work, I think of AI Log as separate from the work I do for pay. I do not accept advertising for AI Log or any other payment for what I write there. I take pride in having a publication that is entirely non-commercial.​

I get paid to consult with edtech companies about product development, marketing, and strategy. The writing and speaking I do as part of this work may appear on webpages and publications sponsored by the companies I work with. 

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Disclosures 

I give talks and workshops at various educational institutions and conferences for money. Here is a list of my paid speaking engagements for the past year.

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I am paid a stipend for each class I teach at the University of Pennsylvania. What I receive is a lot compared to what many adjuncts earn per class, but it is not a living wage.

 

I serve as a faculty member for the American Association of Colleges and Universities Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum.

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I have worked for Leepfrog Technologies as a consultant. I appeared at Leepfrog’s User Conference and offered webinars to talk with their user community about AI and education.

I have appeared at Explorance World, Explorance’s user conference in Montreal, Canada. I have also appeared in webinars and at Explorance conferences in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. 

In 2024, Grammarly did not pay me, but they did fly me and about a dozen colleagues in higher education to San Francisco, put us up in a hotel across from their headquarters, and took us to dinner. They showed us new functionality they planned to add to their product. 

If you have questions about the work I do for pay, please get in touch. I’m genuinely curious about how people think about earning a living while trying to change the world for the better. I think being transparent about such matters is the right approach. If you would like to read more, here is an essay where I discuss these issues.