ASA Chair Conference

Theme: The Chair's Role in Enhancing Faculty Excellence

Designed for new and current department chairs at all types of academic institutions, the 13th annual ASA Chair Conference will provide “briefings” on issues of critical importance for departmental leadership. Panels, roundtables, and informal conversation facilitate sharing information and advice. Attendees also meet with chairs from similar institutions to discuss common issues. In addition, the ASA Research Program on the Discipline and Profession will present data on important trends.

The theme of this year’s conference is “The Chair's Role in Enhancing Faculty Excellence.” The conference begins on Friday morning, August 10 at 8:00 am, and concludes at noon on Saturday, August 11. Preregistration and fee payment are required.

Fees for the Chair Conference are $120 for chairs from Department Affiliate departments, $150 for Chairs from non-affiliate departments. The registration fee includes all chair conference materials, beverages on August 10 (lunch is not included), and continental breakfast on August 11. Chair conference attendees must preregister for the Annual Meeting in order to sign up for this conference.

For more details on the Chair Conference agenda, contact the ASA Academic and Professional Affairs Program (202-383-9005 x318,apap@asanet.org).

Friday, August 10 [View Agenda]

8:00 AM	Registration

8:30 AM	Welcome and Kickoff

9:00 - 10:00 AM	Prioritizing Diversity in a Department's Vision Featured Speaker: Lisa Frehill, Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology
10:15 - 11:15 AM	The Power of Data on Faculty Members: Institutional and Disciplinary

11:15 - 11:45 AM	Feedback from Chairs on ASA Footnotes

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM	Lunch Break (on your own)

1:00 - 2:15 PM	Moving From "My Work" to "Our Work"--Enhancing Faculty Collaboration Select one of the following: 1. PhD Departments 2. MA Departments 3. BA Departments

2:30 - 3:45 PM	Issues in Mentoring Faculty Select one of the following: 1. Female faculty 2. Minority faculty 3. Senior faculty

4:00 - 5:00 PM	Chairs' Conversations with ASA Task Forces Select one of the following: 1. Task Force on the Master's Degree in Sociology 2. Task Force on Teaching Ethics Throughout the Curriculum 3. Task Force on Sociology and Criminology Programs

5:00 PM	Adjourn for Dinner (on your own)

7:00 PM	Attend Opening Plenary Session

Saturday, August 11 [View Agenda]

8:00 AM	Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:45 - 10:00 AM	Encouraging and Rewarding Faculty Work in Civic Engagement Select one of the following: 1. PhD and MA Departments 2. BA/BS Departments

10:15 - 11:30 AM	Faculty Members and Public Sociology Today Featured Speaker: Michael Burawoy, University of California-Berkeley
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM	Chair Conference Wrap-Up