How to Chair a Department

Informationen zum Autor Kevin Dettmar (Claremont, CA) is the W. M. Keck Professor of English and director of The Humanities Studio at Pomona College. He is the author of The Illicit Joyce of Postmodernism: Reading Against the Grain and Gang of Four's "Entertainment!" in Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series and is a contributor to the New Yorker and the Atlantic . Klappentext Based on his dozen years of chairing departments, Kevin Dettmar provides invaluable advice on: hiring tenure-track and visiting faculty; mentoring faculty colleagues at every stage of their careers; working with staff and other departmental administrators; managing department resources and budgets; meeting the needs of students; dealing with stress and conflict; connecting the department to the larger university or college as a whole; overseeing the department's curricula; maintaining a scholarly or creative profile; preparing for career moves after chairing a departmentHow to Chair a Department demystifies this important faculty position and argues that the role of chair, though sometimes seen as a burden, can prove to be a genuine opportunity for personal and professional growth.

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"This practical guide breaks down the job of chairing a department into its component parts and responsibilities and then offers advice on the many aspects of the job"--