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Schedule for Associate Directors and Administrators Network Meeting at the 2019 CHCI Annual Meeting

This year's CHCI Annual Meeting will feature not only a range of keynote addresses, cultural institution visits, and professional development sessions, but also an entire day devoted to our Member Networks.

This year, the Associate Directors and Administrators Network has organized panels and activities for June 19, 2019 around the topics of “The Art of Administration” and “Engaging Faculty in Humanities Centers.” These panels will address the nuts and bolts of how the work of a humanities center gets done and the role of humanities centers in the trajectory of faculty careers.

See the full schedule below. If you are interested in attending this event, please RSVP here.


Associate Directors and Administrators Network

Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Location: TBD

9:00 am - 9:45 am | Welcome and Introductions

9:45 am - 11:15 am | Session 1: The Art of Administration in Humanities Centers

  • Kimberley Yates, Associate Director, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto
  • Amanda J. Swain, Executive Director, Humanities Commons, UC Irvine
  • Christina M. Chia, Associate Director, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University

11:15 am - 11:30 am | Break

11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Session 2: Engaging Faculty in the Work of Humanities Centers

Leveraged Geography, Productive Partnership: Using Grants to Advance Faculty Success

  • Charlotte Bacon, Associate Director, The Leslie Center for the Humanities, Dartmouth College

Supporting and Empowering Faculty of Color and Indigenous Faculty

  • Jennifer Ho, Professor, Department of English & Comparative Literature, & Associate Director, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, UNC Chapel Hill

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Lunch

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Flash Challenge Workshop

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | CHCI Business & Wrap Up

5:30 pm | Pub Social Hour