Department Leaders Summer Institute

Registration for the 2021 Summer Institute is now open, and is complimentary for partners in our Department Services Program.

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The Department Leaders Summer Institute provides an opportunity for department leaders to have face-to-face conversations about the various challenges of administering a department and to share successful practices for dealing with these challenges.

The next Department Leaders Summer Institute will be held June 14–18, 2021, and will take place virtually / online, allowing registrants to attend any selection of sessions, or to watch recordings of sessions they are unable to attend live. The event will feature two focused discussion sessions a day, including a multi-day track on how to strengthen anthropology departments by making connections to other units on and off campus, in addition to social and networking events.

Discussion topics will include:

• COVID Check-in: How can we support one another in a post-vaccine world?
• Making the case for anthropology: How to think like an administrator, and how to get what you want
• Working with faculty: Mentoring junior colleagues, handling difficult personalities
• How to leverage interdisciplinary connections to make your new curriculum succeed
• Learning the ropes: A session for new / incoming chairs
• Articulation between two- and four-year schools
• How to create and sustain community partnerships off campus
• How to manage your budget for equitable faculty working conditions
• Creating and assessing student learning outcomes, for program review and other purposes
• Does it count for tenure? How to encourage public and community-based scholarship

View the schedule at a glance. 

The inaugural institute was held in 2018 at the George Washington University, Washington, DC; view the recap. The second summer institute was held on June 11–13, 2019 at Loyola University, Chicago; view the recap.

Questions?

Please contact: Daniel Ginsberg