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Ph.D., MS, MA, NRP, PG-Cert
Technology and innovation leader, professor, author, geospatial researcher, and former paramedic. Dr. Fisher works across AI adoption, instructional technology, emergency management, remote sensing, and institutional strategy.
Dr. Blaine Fisher works where technology has consequences. His professional record spans enterprise AI adoption, instructional technology, emergency management, geospatial science, consulting, and teaching. The common thread is practical judgment inside complex systems. He helps people use new tools without losing sight of ethics, context, or the humans who have to live with the result.
At Tulane University, he serves as Senior Instructional Technology Manager in the Innovative Learning Center. Since October 2012, he has worked across platform adoption, AI strategy, faculty development, and learning infrastructure for a 13,000-student institution. He administers Canvas across academic units, leads AI-focused faculty capability work, and founded WAVE, Tulane's AI Visionaries and Educators Network.
His faculty work extends across Tulane's School of Professional Advancement and the School of Science and Engineering. He teaches information technology, emergency management, GIS, and remote sensing, with courses that range from AI in Modern Society to Health and Medical Issues in Emergency Management. His research life moves into the field: the Birdsfoot Delta through MissDelta, and Classic Maya defensive landscapes at Dos Aguadas, Guatemala.
Dr. Fisher is the author of The AI Human: Navigating a Transformed World, the Pracademics Editor and Editorial Board Member at Homeland Security Today, and founder of Sparkfish Consulting, LLC. Before his academic technology career, he worked as a paramedic in the New Orleans region. That background still shows. He teaches and advises like someone who has seen plans meet weather, pressure, scarcity, and time.
October 2012-present
Leads enterprise academic technology work across AI adoption, Canvas administration, faculty development, and learning infrastructure. Current work includes the W.A.V.E. Workshop Series, Preflight Bootcamp, WAVE network, and three generations of Tulane internal training platforms.
January 2022-present and December 2014-present
Teaches applied technology, AI, UI/UX, enterprise applications, emergency management, and health and medical issues. Courses serve undergraduate and graduate audiences with an emphasis on practice, ethics, and decisions under pressure.
Current
Teaches geospatial and remote sensing material through Earth and Coastal Sciences and Engineering, including spatial data in restoration planning.
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January 2024-present
Works on a $22M, five-year National Academies funded consortium focused on the Birdsfoot Delta. The project includes 14 institutions and uses remote sensing, GIS, LiDAR, multispectral, thermal, and photogrammetric methods.
2020-present
Leads the Pracademic Affairs section, a peer-reviewed journal space connecting scholarly research with frontline homeland security and emergency management practice.
Current
Runs an independent advisory practice serving executive, university, and international clients on AI adoption, AI curriculum design, enterprise technology strategy, and faculty capability building.
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Dr. Fisher teaches applied technology and emergency management through practical work, ethical framing, and the habits people need when tools change faster than institutions.
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The research portfolio connects coastal fieldwork, drone-based sensing, GIS analysis, and archaeology. The scale changes. The question stays grounded in terrain.
2024-2029
MissDelta is a $22M, five-year initiative funded by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The consortium includes 14 institutions and focuses on the Birdsfoot Delta. Dr. Fisher contributes remote sensing and geospatial science work using LiDAR, multispectral, thermal, and photogrammetric systems.
Visit MissDeltaLSU Ph.D., 2024
Dr. Fisher's dissertation examined Classic Maya defensive earthworks at Dos Aguadas through LiDAR and GIS. The work uses remote sensing, photogrammetry, spatial analysis, population estimation, least-cost path analysis, and volumetric labor investment analysis.
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Writing on this site includes the book, newsletters, blog work, editorial leadership, dissertation research, and peer review service.
2025, ISBN 979-8993144207
The book frames AI adoption as a promotion where human value shifts from execution to stewardship. It gives educators and leaders frameworks for agency, ethics, and critical thinking in an automated world.
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Biweekly LinkedIn newsletter on AI, work, education, and practical adoption.
Subscribe on LinkedInNotion blog connecting technology, archaeology, terrain, and field observation.
Read the blogBiweekly articles on instructional technology for Tulane faculty and staff.
Pracademics Editor and Editorial Board Member at Homeland Security Today. Invited peer reviewer for Advances in Archaeological Practice, Cambridge University Press and Society for American Archaeology, 2026.
A reverse-chronological archive of keynotes, panels, workshops, academic presentations, and recorded sessions.
Bossier City, LA. Session: AI in the Justice System: What It Is, What It Isn't, and How to Use It Wisely.
Lafayette, LA. Panelist for AI in the Classroom: Trends, Tools, Techniques and Trust.
Solo presenter for a recorded session on teaching, AI, and emerging classroom practice.
Watch recordingMayo College, Ajmer, India. Mentor for a residential student workshop on generative AI, ethics, and emerging tech.
View programNew Orleans. The Evolution of Education: From Push to Pull in an AI World.
Dubai, UAE. Four-day AI Certified Workshop at Jumeirah College.
Tulane. Co-presented with Kay McLennan.
Baton Rouge. Strategic Fortifications and Warfare: Dos Aguadas.
New Orleans. 9-5 AI: Using Artificial Intelligence for Day-to-Day Productivity.
New Orleans. AI Panel: Future Predictions and Ethical Considerations.
Tulane. The Nexus of Technology, Pedagogy, and Equitable Learning with Dr. Bradley Cohen.
New Orleans. AI Decoded: From Neural Networks to Tomorrow's Intelligence. Roughly 100 in-person attendees and live-streamed to over 2,000 across multiple banks.
New Orleans. Field Guide: Using Virtual Reality to Stage Immersive Learning Activities.
Tulane workshop on applying AI to course design.
Tulane. Co-presented with Eunice Ofori.
New Orleans. Universal Design for Learning.
New Orleans. Hybrid Learning and Lessons Learned.
New Orleans. LiDAR Technology and Maya Archaeology.
Using Virtual Reality Simulations in Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Activities.
Tulane workshop on Canvas workflow efficiency.
Leadership in Online Education.
Standardizing Online Courses: A Programmatic Approach to Curriculum Cohesion.
Creating and Managing Asynchronous Internal Training Programs.
Sparkfish Consulting, LLC is Dr. Fisher's independent advisory practice for AI adoption, curriculum design, executive technology strategy, and geospatial consulting.
Recent engagements include executive workshops in Dubai with Futures Abroad and the Command Z Future Tech Lab at Mayo College in Ajmer, India with Big Red Education.
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AI Fundamentals, AI for Research, AI as a Second Brain, Applied AI, AI-enhanced course design, 9 to 5 AI for productivity, data science foundations, and executive AI workshops.
The National Desk, 19 February 2025
The National Desk, 7 February 2025
The National Desk, 21 January 2025
WVUE Fox 8
NOLA.com, August 2020
Citizen Chef with Tom Colicchio, June 2020
Dr. Blaine Fisher is a technology and innovation leader, professor, author, geospatial researcher, and former paramedic. He leads AI and instructional technology work at Tulane, teaches across technology and emergency management, studies remote sensing and Maya archaeology, and advises institutions through Sparkfish Consulting.
Dr. Blaine Fisher is a technology and innovation leader, professor, author, geospatial researcher, editorial leader, and former paramedic based in New Orleans. At Tulane University, he serves as Senior Instructional Technology Manager in the Innovative Learning Center and teaches Information Technology and Emergency Management through the School of Professional Advancement. His work includes enterprise AI adoption, Canvas administration, faculty development, and AI workshops for faculty and staff. He is a remote sensing and geospatial scientist with MissDelta, a $22M National Academies funded Mississippi River Delta research initiative, and his LSU doctoral research examined Classic Maya defensive earthworks at Dos Aguadas, Guatemala through LiDAR and GIS. He is the author of The AI Human: Navigating a Transformed World, Pracademics Editor and Editorial Board Member at Homeland Security Today, and founder of Sparkfish Consulting, LLC.
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Louisiana State University. Dissertation: Strategic Fortifications and Warfare: Analyzing Defensive Earthworks at Dos Aguadas, Guatemala through LiDAR and GIS.
Tulane University.
Tulane University. Concentration in anthropology and emergency management.
University of New Orleans.
Southeastern Louisiana University. Minors in Health Education and Promotion, and History.
National EMS Academy.
May 2017, Tulane School of Professional Advancement.
Award pageUniversity of New Orleans, November 2012.
Tulane SoPA and Newcomb College Institute.
Audubon Nature Institute, January 2010.