Dr. Chrissann R. Ruehle

Artificial Intelligence (AI) researcher and consultant

Dr. Chrissann R. Ruehle is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) researcher and consultant. She was recently appointed the Provost Faculty Fellow for AI, and she is a Management Faculty member in the Lutgert College of Business at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU). Prior to her appointment at FGCU in 2017, she taught Digital Marketing, International Business, and Management courses at Sinclair College and the University of Dayton in Ohio. She has been a higher education faculty member for 13 years and worked in industry for 19 years in a variety of management, consulting, and marketing leadership positions in technology, healthcare, and manufacturing industries.

Dr. Ruehle holds a Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) from the University of South Florida, an M.B.A. from Indiana Wesleyan University in Ohio, and a B.S. in Business with a Marketing Concentration from Miami University of Ohio. Her doctoral dissertation titled, “Understanding the Complex Ethical Landscape of Artificial Intelligence Adoptions” explores forces shaping the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Industry. She has developed a very active research pipeline and currently has five (5) articles undergoing review at top tier academic journals.

Dr. Ruehle completed the IBM Artificial Intelligence Practitioner-Instructor Certification through the IBM Skills Academy. She facilitated FGCU’s first Artificial Intelligence certification course during the Fall 2021 and facilitated another session this past summer. Her research focuses on AI ethics and governance practices, generative AI (ChatGPT, Bard), along with chatbots and virtual agents.