{"id":2638,"date":"2025-07-02T19:51:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T19:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2025\/?page_id=2638"},"modified":"2025-09-10T22:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:22:13","slug":"department-chairs-mini-conference-and-luncheon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/apsa2025\/department-chairs-mini-conference-and-luncheon\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Chairs’ Mini Conference and Luncheon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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APSA Department Chairs\u2019 Mini-Conference & Luncheon
<\/strong>“Political Science Departmental Leadership in Turbulent Times<\/strong>“<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Friday, September 12, 2025 | 8:00 a.m. \u2013 1:30 p.m. <\/strong>| APSA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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APSA Department Members are invited to attend the Department Chairs\u2019 Mini-Conference and Luncheon at the 2025 American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Suitable for new and current Department leaders, the 2025 Department Chairs\u2019 Mini-Conference and Luncheon explores political science departmental leadership in a changing higher education landscape, offers support to department chairs, graduate directors, and undergraduate directors, and provides professional networking opportunities. The mini-conference theme is “Political Science Departmental Leadership in Turbulent Times.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Political science departments face new challenges given the evolving US political climate. Join us for the 2025 Department Chairs Mini-Conference focused on leading a political science department during turbulent times. Each roundtable will feature department leaders from diverse institutional types and geographic regions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Schedule<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
8:00 a.m. \u2013 9:15 a.m.<\/td>Roundtable One: Departmental Leadership and American Civics Course Mandates  <\/td><\/tr>
9:15 a.m. \u2013 10:00 a.m.<\/td>Coffee Break and Networking<\/td><\/tr>
10:00 a.m. \u2013 11:15 a.m<\/td>Roundtable Two: Responding to the New Budget and Funding Climate <\/td><\/tr>
11:30 a.m.<\/td>Department Chairs Luncheon Opens <\/td><\/tr>
12:00 p.m.<\/td>Remarks from APSA<\/td><\/tr>
12:15 p.m. \u2013 1:30 p.m.<\/td>Roundtable Three: Resources to Support Faculty Academic Freedom <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Thank you to APSA\u2019s Departmental Services Committee for their hard work planning and supporting the 2025 Department Chairs\u2019 Lunch and Mini-Conference!<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

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(Chair) Miki Kittilson, Arizona State University <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shamira Gelbman, Wabash College <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natalie Masuoka, University of California, Los Angeles  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philip Habel, University of Alabama <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carolyn Warner, University of Nevada, Reno <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alice Jackson, Morgan State University <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Learn more About APSA\u2019s Departmental Programs and Departmental Member Benefits<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Departmental Services Program (DSP)<\/a> provides a forum for political science departments, large and small, to address common issues and plan and develop publications and services for chairs, faculty, and students. The program, overseen by the Departmental Services Committee<\/a>, supports political science teaching, scholarship, and service, and provides resources for department chairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join the over 500 departments of varying sizes and types participating in this program and benefit from this special connection to the discipline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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