Tricks of the trade: Navigating the push and pull of being a chair (and teacher-scholar?)

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How do you like your role as department chair? Have you survived and thrived as a chair, while remaining an active teacher-scholar? Two rookie department chairs attempt to answer these questions, while addressing the challenges and opportunities of a position with great impact on students and colleagues alike. We hope to engage chairs of all kinds (prospective, rookie, and seasoned Jedi masters) in a roundtable discussion that will address the tactics and strategies of balancing the push and pull of competing priorities. We hope this discussion will establish a community of peers that will be a venue for ongoing support and resources.

Author(s):

Erika Small    
Coastal Carolina University
United States

Micheal Stratton    
UNC Asheville
United States