Department chairs

Suzanna Klaf and Amanda L. Irvin describe five ways chairs can, and should, help sustain positive changes to teaching and learning that have resulted from the pandemic.

Their work is often overwhelming and underappreciated—and increasingly complicated by COVID, racial issues, severe financial exigencies and other challenges, writes Ralph A. Gigliotti.

Alan Martino reflects on his and others’ experiences navigating campus job visits and onboarding processes for new hires -- and provides some suggestions for improvement.

Campus visits for job candidates can often create obstacles that especially impact applicants with disabilities, write Nazely Kurkjian and Ann R. Hawkins.

The new Netflix series portrays a chair of a department at a moment when the position has never been more demanding and the humanities are at an inflection point, writes Amanda Bailey.

The principal investigator and other leaders play a key role in encouraging group dynamics that make people feel respected and included -- or not, Elizabeth A. Luckman, C. K. Gunsalus, Nicholas C. Burbules and Robert A. Easter write.

Michael Stepniak and Brian Pertl urge deans and directors to take a risk during these tumultuous times and hire faculty and staff members who have a natural impulse to nudge against tradition.

Ralph A. Gigliotti shares the results of a new study that reveals that the disruptions of the recent months have significantly exacerbated the challenges beleaguering department chairs.

Cathy Marie Ouellette offers the insights she has gained as a new department chair during the pandemic.