Megan Selbach-Allen and I are initiating a new working group for RUME, to create space for a community discussion around the role of LLMs or Generative AI in RUME research. We want to work on developing norms around what ethical use looks like in different contexts and potentially different phases (ie grad school vs professional levels) of a scholar's career. Currently there appears to be a lot of disconnect shaped by individual experiences and opinions but not a lot of clear standards or guidance on what ethical use of Gen AI looks like in scholarly work. This is a separate conversation from research on AI use in undergraduate classroom contexts.
More information can be found at the conference webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/rume2026/program_1/working-groups
Additionally, later in the conference we are hosting a panel for the community on "The Ethical Use of AI in Research" featuring several journal editors. More details will be provided in the conference schedule.
If you have questions, please feel free to email me (Melinda Lanius) at mdl...@auburn.edu