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Leveraging Diversity: The Department Chair’S Transformative Role, Edna Chun

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

This workshop focuses on concrete research-based approaches and strategies to strengthen department chair leadership in the area of diversity. Since most of the chair literature is silent on this topic, the workshop draws on the extensive research findings of Edna Chun and Alvin Evans’ book, The Department Chair as Transformative Leader: Building Inclusive Learning Environments in Higher Education (Stylus, 2015) to share best practices and models that illuminate the role of the chair in building diversity in the academic department.

Department Budgeting And Resources, Don Chu

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

In this interactive session, we will look at the three keys to managing the budget and increasing resources for your department. First, chairs need to understand their budgets and how budgets are constructed. Next, chairs can manage their budgets, increase department productivity and work with their deans to invest resources in the department. Lastly, chairs can take steps to increase resource flow into their department

Chair Talks, Tim Hatfield, Susan Hatfield, Christian Hansen

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

Dr. Susan Hatfield, "WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU BEFORE YOU BECOME CHAIR"

Some brief insights related to hindsight to promote foresight.

Dr. Tim Hatfield, "BEING THERE FOR THE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT LOSING YOURSELF"

Few chairs ever assume that position with a deep understanding of the multiple stresses inherent in the role. This talk will address a number of ways to successfully manage the inevitable stresses that chairs face every day.

Dr. Christian Hansen, "RIGHT ON TIME: STAYING ON TOP OF THINGS WHEN EVERYBODY WANTS SOMETHING FROM YOU"

Department Chairs often find themselves buried in demands from faculty, administration, students and outside …

Five Macro Trends And Their Impacts On Higher Education, Mark Putnam

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

understanding marketplace demographics, piecing together economic puzzles, processing governance and the legitimacy of leadership, developing technology and the learner, and recognizing ambiguities of institutions and society.

Be An ‘Appy’ Department Chair, Roger Mchaney

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

Without a doubt, higher education has been impacted by recent technological changes. Faculty, students, and administrators are facing challenges and opportunities related to the spread of social media; the ubiquity of smart phones and tablet devices; and, the growth of wireless communications.

New Chair Alliance, Katherine Frank, Daniel Wheeler

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

• Transition to new roles and responsibilities
• Satisfactions from being a chair – what makes a difference
• Scoping out the work for the whole year
• Managing the everyday
• Planning for the future
• Your development