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'08-'09 Regional Meetings

TTI Working Conference Agenda
Monday, June 9, 2008
Lubin House
11 East 61st Street
New York, NY 10065

Co-Chairs

Nancy Cantor
Chancellor and President
Syracuse University
Steven Lavine
President
California Institute of the Arts

Session Facilitators

Devorah Lieberman
Provost
Wagner University
Craig Calhoun
President of the Social Science Research Council
New York University
Sarah Robbins
Professor of English and Education
Kennesaw State University
Jack Tchen
Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis
New York University
Morning
8:30 – 9:00 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
Pergament Room
9:00 – 9:30 am Opening speakers
Welcome & Introduction of TTI National Co-Chairs - Jan Cohen-Cruz, Director of Imagining America
Focus statement - Nancy Cantor, Chancellor & President of Syracuse University
Pergament Room
9:30 – 10:45 am Engaging the Report: Voices in Response
Moderator: Mike Smith, Dean of School of Government at UNC Chapel Hill
Panel:
♦Kelly Quinn, Assistant Professor at Miami University
♦Clement Price, Professor at Rutgers University – Newark
Matthew Countryman, Associate Professor at University of Michigan
Pergament Room
10:45 – 11:00 am Break following organization of four concurrent thematic sessions. Julie Ellison & Tim Eatman, TTI Co-principal investigators - Introduction of session facilitators and presentation of working group charge.
11:00 – 12:00 am Working Groups Session 1
Facilitator Theme Room
Craig Calhoun Scholarship in public: Broadening the definition, making the case
ChargeMembersOutcomes
Palitz Room (2nd Floor)
Devorah Lieberman The arc of the career: Fostering innovation by early career faculty
ChargeMembersOutcomes
Classroom
(3rd Floor)
Sarah Robbins Deans, chairs and directors: Supporting engagement by supporting mid-level academic leaders
ChargeMembersOutcomes
Talent Room (2nd Floor)
Jack Tchen The nontraditional academic: Mediating relationships among faculty members, campus units, and public engagement
ChargeMembersOutcomes
Library
(3rd Floor)

Afternoon-all sessions will be held in the Pergament Room

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 – 2:15 pm

Working Groups Session 2

2:15 – 2:30 pm

Remarks - Chris Waterman

2:30 – 3:15 pm

Chris Waterman - Afternoon Moderator Group reports and discussion leading to action

3:15 – 3:25 pm

Break

3:25 – 4:10 pm

General discussion: common priorities

4:10 – 4:45 pm

Summary and Wrap-up - David Scobey, National Advisory Board Chair of Imagining America
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