Ethics & Leadership Summer Workshop Series

Ethics Across the Curriculum and the Yard | 12, 15-18 June 2026 

Faculty, staff, and coaches are invited to attend a 30-hour paid (for those eligible faculty) workshop to develop a component of a course, curriculum, or training that seeks to integrate ethical concerns or virtue development into midshipmen programs. 

Workshop Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this workshop, participants shall be able to…

1. Articulate the basic principles and sequence of key leadership themes from USNA leadership courses.
2. Apply the basic principles of moral reasoning as taught in the USNA NE203 ethics course to a project in your discipline.
3. Construct effective learning outcomes related to ethical content in a course, discipline, sport, or other activity.
4. Develop curriculum content that integrates ethics into a course, discipline, sport, or other activity.
5. Collaborate with key influencers across different disciplines to confront the shared challenges of incorporating ethical issues into a course, academic curriculum, discipline, sport, or other activity.

Workshop Output

This workshop culminates with a final project that should be designed to to integrate ethical considerations or virtue development in Midshipmen programs.

Ethics and Leadership in the Age of Generative AI | 22-26 June 2026

Faculty from all disciplines are invited to attend a 30-hour paid (for those eligible faculty) workshop to develop a component of a course or curriculum that improves students’ ability to meet course learning outcomes given the transformative impact of Generative AI, learning more about Generative AI and its impact on leadership and ethics in the process. 

Workshop Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this workshop, participants shall be able to:

1. Increase their understanding of the technology of Generative AI (what it is and what it can do).
2. Appreciate the potential application of Generative AI for future military officers.
3. Analyze how Generative AI impacts leadership (defined at USNA as the process of inspiring, influencing, or directing others toward a common purpose) and how the courses they teach at USNA could be influenced by that impact.
4. Analyze how Generative AI impacts moral reasoning, moral perception, and character development, and how their courses could be influenced by those impacts.
5. Develop and present a project that improves students’ ability to meet course learning outcomes given the challenges and opportunities of Generative AI. 

Workshop Output

This workshop culminates with a final project that should be designed to improve students’ ability to meet course learning outcomes given the challenges and/or opportunities of Generative AI. For an Instructor, that might involve:

1. The addition of a lesson or set of lessons on topics that are increasingly relevant in an age of Generative AI (e.g., the significance of propaganda and deep fakes in cyber war or deliberative democracy).
2. Implementing the use of Generative AI into course activities to better achieve Learning Outcomes.
3. Any other modification that an Instructor deems   increasingly necessary given the existence of Generative AI.

AI: Tools and Agents | 6-10 July 2026 & 13-17 July 2026 

Faculty, staff, and coaches are invited to attend a 30-hour paid (for those eligible faculty) workshop to expand their  understanding of Artificial Intelligence Tools and of potential future applications of Artificial Intelligence Agents, and to consider how that knowledge can better prepare midshipmen for their future roles as military officers. 

Workshop Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this workshop, participants shall be able to:

1. Explain core concepts in artificial intelligence and machine learning 
2. Analyze different conceptions of what classifies AI as agentic. 
3. Identify potential uses of artificial intelligence and machine learning by military officers.
4. Analyze how artificial intelligence can impact leadership (defined at USNA as the process of inspiring, influencing, or directing others toward a common purpose) and how the programs lead by USNA faculty and staff can influence that impact.
5. Engage with the unique leadership and ethical challenges and opportunities created by AI agents.

Workshop Output

Participants will identify an opportunity to apply an AI tool within their sphere of influence, in support of the moral, mental, or physical development of the midshipmen.

Questions about these programs? Contact influence-the-influencer-group@usna.edu.