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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