The National Center is pleased to announce the preliminary list of plenary sessions, panel presentations, and interactive workshops for our 2016 annual national conference. The event will take place at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City on April 3-5, 2016. The theme of the conference is Our Future is Now in Higher Education. Additional details about the conference will be announced in future E-Notes, and on our website. The following is a list of currently confirmed panels, panelists, and workshops:
Plenary Presentations
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The History, State, and Future of Shared Governance with Larry Gerber, Professor of History, Auburn University, and Barbara Lee, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Rutgers University with moderator Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed (panel in formation)
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Friedrichs v. CTA: What the Future May Bring with Cynthia Estlund, Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, Charlotte Garden, Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law and Ruben Garcia, Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law with moderator Frederick P. Schaffer, General Counsel and Senior Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs, City University of New York
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Collective Bargaining and Labor Representation in a Right to Work Environment with William Connellan, Director of Academic Support Services, University of Florida, Thomas Auxter, former United Faculty of Florida President, Sonya Alvarado, Field Representative, Michigan AFT, and Michael Egan, Assistant Executive Director, CTA Negotiations and Organizational Development (panel in formation)
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Faculty as Mandatory Reporters under Title IX with Coleen Chin, Senior Attorney, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, and John Rose, Dean for Diversity, Hunter College, City University of New York with moderator Jeffery Frumkin, Associate Vice Provost and Senior Director, Academic Human Resources, University of Michigan (panel in formation)
| Negotiating Over Job Security for Contingent Faculty with Jonathan Karpf, Associate Vice President, CFA AVP Lecturer-North and Bargaining Team member,
San Jose State University, Alexandra Matish, Associate Director, Academic Human Resources, University of Michigan, and Anne McLeer, SEIU Local 500 Director of Higher Education and Strategic Planning (panel in formation)
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Pensions and Retiree Health Insurance Savings for Contingent Faculty and Graduate Assistants with Timothy E. Lane, Managing Director, TIAA-CREF, and Scott Sommer, UAW Region 9A Sub-Regional Director (panel in formation)
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Brown University Redux with Wilma Liebman, Visiting Scholar, Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations and former NLRB Chairman, Joe Ambash, Fisher & Phillips LLP, and Paula Voos, Associate Dean and Director, Undergraduate and Master's Programs in Labor and Employment Relations, Rutgers University with moderator Harris Freeman, Professor, Legal Research and Writing, Western New England University and Massachusetts Commonwealth Employment Relations Board member
| Graduate Assistants, Unionization, and Negotiations with Michael Eagen, Director and Counsel, University of Connecticut Office of Faculty and Staff Labor Relations, Kenneth Lang, UAW Region 9A International Representative, Julie Kushner, UAW Region 9A Director, and Raymond L. Haines, Associate Vice Chancellor for Employee Relations, State University of New York with moderator James O. Castagnera, Associate Provost and Associate Counsel, Rider University
| Collective Bargaining at Academic Medical Centers with Karen Stubaus, Vice President, Academic Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University, Ilyssa DeCasperis, AAUP-Biomedical Health Sciences of New Jersey, Rutgers University, and John Vander Weg, Wayne State University Associate Provost for Academic Personnel with moderator Fred Kowal, United University Professions President, State University of New York (panel in formation)
| Collective Bargaining Issues Concerning Postdocs with Jerome J. Kukor, Dean, Graduate School, Rutgers-New Brunswick, and Sayil Camacho, Graduate Student at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Education and Information Studies (panel in formation)
| Multi-Employer Negotiations in Higher Education with Lesley Burke-O'Flynn, Federation of Post-Secondary Educators Staff Representative, Scot Beckenbaugh, FMCS Deputy Director for Mediation Services and Field Operations/Programs, and
Nicholas Anastasopoulos, Mirick O'Connell LLP with moderator Michael Loconto, Deputy Director for Policy and Compliance, Harvard University
| Discrimination and Harassment Issues in Higher Education with Merrick Rossein, Professor of Law, City University of New York School of Law, and Jason Walta, Senior Counsel, National Education Association (panel in formation)
| LGBT Issues in Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations with Thomas Lepak, Senior Trial Attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Sean Robinson, Morgan State University Associate Professor of Higher Education, and Rachel V. See, National Labor Relations Board with moderator Elizabethe C. Payne, Interim Director, LGBT Social Science and Public Policy Center, Roosevelt House, Visiting Associate Professor, Hunter College, CUNY and Director, The Queering Education Research Institute
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Affordable Care Act Update with John Abraham, American Federation of Teachers Benefits Department Director with panelist and moderator Larry Singer, Senior Vice President, Segal Company (panel in formation)
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Transforming the Collective Bargaining Process at Florida Gulf Coast University with Ronald Toll, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Tony Barringer, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Jennifer Baker, Director of Budget and Management Service, Academic Affairs and Chief Negotiator for Administration, David Steckler, United Faculty of Florida, Chapter Grievance Chair and Negotiation Team Member, and Elizabeth M. Elliott, United Faculty of Florida, Chapter President and Chief Negotiator for Faculty
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Higher Education Issues at Public Sector Labor Boards with Marjorie Wittner, Chair, Massachusetts Commonwealth Employment Relations Board, Seth Agata, Chairperson, New York State Public Employment Relations Board, and Adam Rhynard, Oregon Employment Relations Board member
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Legal Issues in Higher Education: Annual Review of Court and Administrative Developments with Mary Kay Kilmesh, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, and Aaron Nisenson, American Association of University Professors Senior Counsel (panel in formation)
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Annual Panel: Year in Higher Education with Margaret E. Winters, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Wayne State University and moderator Jeffrey Cross, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Eastern Illinois University (panel in formation)
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Interactive Workshop Trainings
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Data Analysis for Use During Collective Bargaining with Howard Bunsis, Chair, AAUP Collective Bargaining Congress, Professor, Accounting, Eastern Michigan University, and John Swarbrick, Associate Vice Chancellor for Labor Relations, California State University System
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Advanced Collective Bargaining Training for Experienced Administrator Negotiators with Nick DiGiovanni, Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP, and Joseph McConnell, Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP
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Advanced Collective Bargaining Training for Experienced Faculty Negotiators with David Cecil, United Academics/AFT-AAUP Executive Director, University of Oregon, and Michael Mauer, American Association of University Professors Senior Labor Advisor
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Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations Training for New Administrators and Union Representatives with Susan Pearson, Associate Chancellor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Deborah Williams, NEA Faculty Association President and Lead Negotiator, Johnson County Community College
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Microaggressions and Implicit Bias on Campus with Barbara Diamond, Diamond Law: The workshop will use a documentary film to prompt discussion and learning about implicit bias and microaggression theory in a four part series (bias, race and ethnicity, LGBT and disability). Click here for documentary trailer.
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Improving Communication Skills for the Bargaining Table with Michael E. Shay, Labor Management Consultant, Labor Management Project, and Tamara Robinson, Labor Management Consultant, Labor Management Project
| Best Practices in Labor-Management Committees in Higher Education with
Sally Klingel, Director, Labor-Management Programs, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, ILR School, Cornell University
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Conference Registration
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Conference registration permits attendance at all panels and workshops, a Sunday buffet dinner, and a continental breakfast and lunch on Monday and Tuesday.
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Conference Hotel Information
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Affinia Dumont Hotel
150 East 34th Street, NY, NY 10016
Affinia Shelburne Murray Hill Hotel
303 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY 10016
Room rate $289/night (room block to open mid-December 2015)
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The 2016 national conference is being underwritten by a grant from TIAA-CREF with additional support from Segal/Sibson.
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