Department Chairs and Program Directors: Navigating Equity Issues & Conflicts
Department Chairs and Program Directors have to address many challenging issues, many of which might have diversity, equity or inclusion considerations. This session explores theoretical frameworks of conflict resolution to help academic leaders identify their dominant conflict resolution style, followed by a discussion of the pros and cons of each conflict resolution style. Participants will be requested to completed a brief self-assessment of their conflict resolution style via a questionnaire prior to the session. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss scenarios related to the challenges of being a department chair or program director. The scenarios presented in this session have been actively collected through real-life experiences of department chairs and program directors at various institutions of higher education.
Fri. April 8, 2022
1–3 p.m.
Department Chairs and Program Directors will be contacted by the Dean of Faculty/VPAA office with registration details for this program.
Biography
Amit Taneja currently serves as the inaugural Senior Vice President and Chief Inclusion, Diversity,
Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Officer at Chautauqua Institution. He previously served
as the Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the College of the
Holy Cross and as the Chief Diversity Officer at Hamilton College. He provided leadership
on a number of institutional priorities, including the creation of DEI strategic plans,
faculty and staff hiring, training, policy and practice updates, etc.
His scholarly research focuses on LGBTQ Students of Color in higher education. He served on the executive committee of the Consortium for Faculty Diversity, as Co-Chair of the Consortium of LGBTQ Resource Professionals in Higher Education, and as the President of the Liberal Arts Diversity Officers (LADO) Consortium. He has previously worked professionally in Residence Life, Disability Services, Multicultural Affairs & LGBTQ Resources. He serves as a consultant and speaker on a range of leadership, diversity and inclusion topics.