Interdisciplinarity and the Political Science Department Chair: Implications, Challenges, and Opportunities

Interdisciplinarity and the Political Science Department Chair: Implications, Challenges, and Opportunities 2008 Annual Meeting Workshop for Chairs

Interdisciplinarity and Political Science Department Chair

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Each year at the Annual Meeting, the APSA Departmental Services Committee sponsors a workshop for Department Chairs. The 2008 Workshop for Political Science Department Chairs was dedicated to issues chairs face when addressing pressures to develop interdisciplinary programs and curricula. These range from substantive disciplinary implications to questions regarding teaching undergraduate and graduate students, labor markets for faculty and students, faculty lines, departmental resources, relations with deans and other units, as well as the external funding environment.

Sponsored by the APSA Departmental Services Committee, the Workshop brought together a panel of political scientists and outside speakers with wide-ranging experience and perspectives on such issues. 55 department chairs attended and engaged the speakers in a lively question and answer period. Panelists included:

Virginia Sapiro, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Boston University
Carol Van Hartesveldt, National Science Foundation, Program Director, Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeship
Neal Beck, Chair, Department of Politics, New York University
Lynne Ford, Chair, Political Science Department, College of Charleston

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