2022 Department Leaders Summer Institute Schedule at a Glance

2022 Department Leaders Summer Institute Schedule at a Glance

All times Eastern.

Wednesday 6/22

• 6:15 PM—Opening reception and dinner

Thursday 6/23

• 8:00—Registration and continental breakfast
• 9:00—Welcome and introductions
• 9:15—Keynote: Anthropological Perspectives on Leadership for Equity and Accessibility
• 10:00—Panel: Chair as Participant Observer in the University: Developing a Vernacular of Upper Administration's Priorities
• 11:00—Facilitated discussion
• 12:00—Networking lunch with affinity groups
• 1:30—Case studies: How to chair a department and keep your sanity. Potential topics include:
• Difficult Conversations
• Work-Life Balance and How to Live as Chair
• Establishing a Departmental Culture
• Learning to Be a Chair through On-the-Job Training
• 2:30—Discussion of case studies; implications for equity and accessibility
• 3:45—Wrap up and reflect on day 1
• 5:30—Visit to the World on the Move exhibition at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library
• 7:00—Dinner

Friday 6/24

• 8:00—Breakfast
• 9:00—Case studies: Strategies and tactics. Potential topics include:
  
  • Budgeting
  • Tenure and promotion processes
  • Alumni relations
  • Program review
• 10:30—Workshop: Professionalization offerings for undergraduate anthropology majors
• 12:00—Lunch on your own
• 1:00—Plenary discussion: Themes, takeaways, next steps toward equity and access
• 1:45—The AAA Department Services Program and what it provides
• 2:00—Wrap up and recommendations for 2023
• 2:30—Adjourn

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