So, You Think You Want to Be a Department Chair?!

ā€œI wasnā€™t trained for this!ā€ ā€“ What are core skills for department chairs and how can you prepare yourself for taking on a leadership role in your department
 

Career Planning

  • (NCFDD multi-week course facilitated by Nell Huang Horowitz, Anjana Narayan & Anthony Ocampo; recorded Fall 2024 and available on demand)
  • (NCFDD webinar facilitated by Tasha Souza) upcoming live via Zoom February 20, 2025 (and subsequently available on demand)
  • (NCFDD webinar facilitated by Lisa Hanasono; recorded August 2024 and available on demand)
  • (NCFDD multi-week course facilitate by Julie Artis; recorded in 2014 and available on demand)
     

Leadership, Visioning & Mentoring

  • (NCFDD webinar with Lisa Hanasono, Tasha Souza and Jen Sandoval) upcoming live via Zoom April 17, 2025 (and subsequently available on demand)
  • (NCFDD webinar facilitated by Maria Zuniga, Luna Lu, & Chelsea Chandler recorded in Fall 2024 and available on demand)
     

Management ā€“ Budget, Scheduling, Reviews & more

  • Budgeting and finances workshop (from October 2024)
  • Data Dashboard workshop and (from November 2024)
  • (NCFDD webinar recorded in January 2019 and available on demand)
  • (NCFDD webinar facilitate by Lisa Hanasono; recorded in Fall 2024 and available on demand)
     

Interpersonal ā€“ working with students, faculty and staff

Staff ā€“ UNH Human Resources Coaching for Performance
Faculty ā€“ (lecturer faculty contract)
Faculty - (tenure-track faculty contract)
Faculty ā€“ Promotion & Tenure (Office of the Provost site)
Students - Diversity, Equity, Access & Inclusion trainings related to working with student veterans, students with disabilities, international students, low-income and first generation students, and LGBTQ+ students
All ā€“ Reporting obligations (CREO office video)
 

Well-Being

  • (two-part NCFDD webinar with facilitator Rebecca Pope-Ruark, recorded in Fall 2024 and available on demand)
  • (NCFDD webinar, recorded in March 2024 and available on demand)
     

Resources

  • Kevin Dettmar (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022)
  • (especially the ā€˜Ask the Chairā€™ columns)
  • (especially ā€˜Advancing as an Administratorā€™ or ā€˜Seeking an Administrative Jobā€™)
  • HER Institute
  • Your discipline may have opportunities, for example:
    • Modern Languages Association (English, World Languages)
    • American Chemistry Society

Contact info

  • Reach out to E3 leadership fellow Holly Cashman holly.cashman@unh.edu to talk about planning for taking on leadership role in your department or college