Chair Conference | Directors of Graduate Study Conference

11:30
Registration

12:15
Welcome and kick off

12:30-1:40
How to Grow a Department in “Bad Times” and Plan for a Brighter Future

1:40-2:00
Break

2:00-3:15
Creating a Positive Department Climate
Select one of the following:

1. Encouraging Senior Faculty to be Constructive Leaders

2. Integration and Support of New Faculty

3. Making Effective Hires?

4. Managing Faculty Conflict

3:30-4:30
Department Survey and Data Update

4:30-5:45
Issues Linked to the Institutional Context
Select one of the following discussion groups:

1. AA and BA Granting Institutions

2. MA Granting Institutions

3. PhD Granting Institutions

5:45-6:30
Break

6:30-8:15
Opening Plenary Session on W.E.B. DuBois

8:30-9:30
ASA Welcoming Party

7:30
Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:45
A [Breakfast] Briefing on Key ASA Projects

1. Rethinking the Sociology Major and Curriculum

2. The Core Library Collection Project

3. The Advanced Placement (AP) Course in Sociology in High Schools

4. Professional Masters Degree

8:45-9:00
Break

9:00-10:15
Your Life as a Chair
Select one of the following:

1. Surviving and Thriving in your First Years as Chair

2. Chairing a Joint Department

3. Building Cooperation – from “My” Work to “Our Work”

4. Working Well with Support Staff

10:15-10:30
Break

10:30-11:20
Remembering and Honoring the Past

1. The ASA Centennial (2005): Maintaining Department Archives and Writing a Departmental History

2. ASA Archives and Data Resources

11:20-12:15
Connecting Your Department’s Future to the Higher Education Agenda - Where are the Opportunities?

12:30
Plenary Session