Eric D. Abrams

  • Teacher / scholar from Queens, New York

  • Focusing on artificial intelligence, edtech, secondary ELA, teacher education, and teaching English literature

  • Senior Director of Clinical Experiences @ Iona University

  • Author of Teaching Literature with Artificial Intelligence - coming September 2025

Book cover titled 'Teaching Literature with Artificial Intelligence: Sustaining Students' Creativity and Autonomy in ELA Classrooms' by Eric D. Abrams, featuring a yellow robot holding a blue pencil.

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About Me

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  • English Teacher (8 Years), NYC Public Schools

    Adjunct (2 Years), Teachers College

    Adjunct (1 Year), SUNY Old Westbury

    Student Teacher Supervisor (4 years)

    Clinical Lecturer (current), Iona University

  • SUNY Stony Brook - BA, English

    St. John’s University - MA, Government & Politics

    Brooklyn College - MA, English Education

    Teachers College - PhD, English Education

  • “The Affordance of Thought: (Re)Turning to Our Students’ Humanity” (Submitted & approved for publication in upcoming text, edited by Hrastinski, S. (2026))

    Abrams, E. D. (2025). Teaching literature with artificial intelligence: sustaining students' creativity and autonomy in ELA classrooms. Routledge.

    Abrams, E. D. (2024). Teaching literature (in the age of generative machines): an exploration of the not-so-new relationalities of readers and literary texts in schools. Columbia University ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

  • NCTE Annual Convention 2020: “Teaching of Poetry through Inquiry”

    NCTE Annual Convention 2023: “Responding to Literary Censorship in Schools: How to [Not] Teach a Banned Book” & “Who's Afraid of ChatGPT? Humanizing Practices That Beat the Bot”

    NCTE Annual Convention 2024: “Making Space for Manga in the ELA Classroom” & “Teaching Literature in the Age of Generative Machines: Poster Presentation”

    NCTE Annual Convention 2025: “Autonomy or Automation?: Understanding AI Literacy in the ELA Classroom” & “Exploring Artificial Creativity: How good of an artist is AI?”

    Fieldwork Workshop, Teachers College 2022 & 2023: “How to [Not] Teach a Banned Book”

    Teachers College AI Lab for Educators 2024: “Intelligence & Creativity: Natural, Artificial, and the Spaces Between”

    Iona University, The Future of Teaching Conference 2025: “Do They Even Need to Read Any More? AI Literacy versus Literacy Literacy”