2022 Department Leaders Summer Institute Schedule at a Glance
This year's event will be held online from June 22–24. There will be three Zoom calls each day, at 11:30, 2:00, and 3:00 Eastern / 8:30, 11:00, and 12:00 Pacific; links will be provided to registered attendees.
Wednesday 6/22
- 11:30 ET / 8:30 PT—Welcome and introductions
- 12:00 ET / 9:00 PT—Keynote: Anthropological Perspectives on Leadership for Equity and Accessibility, and facilitated discussion. Speaker: Ramona Pérez
- 1:15 ET / 10:15 PT—Break
- 2:00 ET / 11:00 PT—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
- 3:00 ET / 12:00 PT—Discussion of case studies; implications for equity and accessibility
- 4:00 ET / 1:00 PT—Adjourn
Thursday 6/23
- 11:30 ET / 8:30 PT—Morning coffee with affinity groups for networking
- 12:00 ET / 9:00 PT—Panel: Chair as Participant-Observer in the University: Developing a Vernacular of Upper Administration's Priorities
- 1:15 ET / 10:15 PT—Break
- 2:00 ET / 11:00 PT—Case studies: Strategies and Tactics. Potential topics include:
- Budgeting
- Tenure and Promotion Processes
- Alumni Relations
- Program Review
- 3:00 ET / 12:00 PT—Discussion of case studies; implications for equity and accessibility
- 4:00 ET / 1:00 PT—Adjourn
Friday 6/24
- 11:30 ET / 8:30 PT—Morning coffee with affinity groups for networking
- 12:00 ET / 9:00 PT—Preview of the AAA Public Education Initiative World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration
- 1:15 ET / 10:15 PT—Break
- 2:00 ET / 11:00 PT—Workshop: Professionalization Offerings for Undergraduate Anthropology Majors. Presenter: Elizabeth Briody
- 3:00 ET / 12:00 PT—The AAA Department Services Program and what it provides
- 3:30 ET / 12:30 PT—Wrap up and recommendations for 2023
- 4:00 ET / 1:00 PT—Adjourn
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