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DAY ONE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2009
 
"The National Trend Toward Assessment: Are You and Your Department Prepared?"
1:00-2:30 pm
Room: Homeland

Dr. Susan G. Lehmann
Fund for the Improvement of Secondary Education (FIPSE)
U.S. Department of Education

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Dr. Fletcher E. McClellan, Chair
Elizabethtown College

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Concurrent Breakout Sessions by Type of Institution
2:45-4:00 pm
Room: St. George (Ph.D and M.A. Departments)
Room: Federal Hill (B.A. Departments)

Strategies and Tools for Conducting Departmental Assessments (Professional Development Workshop)
4:15-5:45 pm
Room: Homeland

Dr. Candace Young
Truman State University
Author of "Program Evaluation and Assessment: Integrating Methods, Processes, and Culture," in Michelle D. Deardorff, Kerstin Hamann, and John Ishiyama, eds., Assessment in Political Science (2008).

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Dinner Sponsored by APSA at the Blue Sea Grill
7:30-9:30 pm

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DAY TWO: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2009
 
Best Practices Showcase
8:00-9:30 am
Room: Homeland

“Going Beyond Diversity Talk: Actions and Strategies that Work.”
9:45-11:15 AM 
Room: Homeland

Paula McClain, Duke University.  Dr. McClain is Professor of Political Science, Public Policy, and African American Studies at Duke University.  She also serves as the Director of the APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute.

LaMont Toliver is director of the UMBC Meyerhoff Scholarship Program, a nationally-recognized program that has supported diversity in the STEM disciplines for over two decades.

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Roy T. Meyers, University of Maryland Baltimore County.  Dr. Meyers is Professor of Political Science and director of the Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program at UMBC--an interdisciplinary public affairs program that prepares students to become effective leaders in government, non-profits, corporations and the community.

From Tenured Professors to Adjuncts and Lecturers? Managing the Changing Academic Workforce in a Time of Scarcity (Professional Development Workshop)
11:30-12:45 pm
Room: Homeland

Featured Speaker:
John Curtis, Ph.D.
Director, Department of Research and Public Policy
American Association of University Professors

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Breakout Sessions
2:15-3:45 pm
Room: St. George (Ph.D and M.A. Departments)
Room: Federal Hill (B.A. Departments)

Concluding Plenary: APSA President Peter Katzenstein
4:00-5:00 pm
Room: Homeland