2016 Annual Conference

The Future of Community Colleges

• Martha Kanter, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Higher Education, Steinhardt Institute of Higher Education Policy, NYU
• David Bergeron, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
• Lynette Nyaggah, Community College Association CTA-NEA President
• Stephen Katsinas, Director and Professor, University of Alabama Education Policy Center, Moderator

LGBT Issues in Higher Education Labor Relations (CLE)

• Rosemary DiSavino, Senior Trial Attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Sean Robinson, Morgan State University Associate Professor of Higher Education
• Rachel V. See, National Labor Relations Board
• 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, Moderator

Negotiating Over Technology in Contracts and Curriculum: Copyright or Copyleft?

• Gary Rhoades, Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Higher Education, University of Arizona
• Greg Saltzman, E. Maynard Aris Professor of Economics and Management, Albion College
• Michael W. Klein, Executive Director, N.J. Association of State Colleges and Universities
• Richard Novak, Vice President for Continuing Studies and Distance Education, Rutgers University, Moderator

Friedrichs v. CTA: What the Future May Bring (CLE)

• Cynthia Estlund, Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
• Charlotte Garden, Seattle University School of Law Associate Professor
• Ruben Garcia, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Professor of Law
• Frederick Schaffer, General Counsel and Senior Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs, CUNY, Moderator

Plenary: The History, State, and Future of Shared Governance

• M. Brian Blake, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Drexel University
• Larry G. Gerber, former chair of the American Association of University Professors’ Committee on College and University Governance
• Barbara Lee, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Rutgers University
• Scott Jaschik, editor, Inside Higher Ed, Moderator

America’s Public Regional Universities: Collective Bargaining Matters

• Stephen Katsinas, Director and Professor, University of Alabama Education Policy Center, Presenter
• Theodore Curry, Associate Provost, Associate Vice President, Academic Human Resources, Michigan State Univ., Commentator
• Fred Floss, Fiscal Policy Institute Senior Fellow, Commentator
• Gail Brooks, Vice Chancellor, Human Resources Emerita, CSU, Interim Vive President Human Resources CSU, Fullerton, Moderator

Higher Education Issues at Public Sector Labor Boards (CLE)

• Marjorie Wittner, Chair, Massachusetts Commonwealth Employment Relations Board
• Adam Rhynard, Oregon Employment Relations Board member
• John Winerius, NYS Public Employment Relations Board Deputy Chair
• Phillip Maier, Arbitrator and Mediator, Moderator

Graduate Assistants, Unionization, and Negotiations

• Michael Eagen, Director and Counsel, University of Connecticut Office of Faculty and Staff Labor Relations
• Kenneth Lang, UAW Region 9A International Representative
• Raymond L. Haines, Associate Vice Chancellor for Employee Relations, State University of New York
• James Castagnera, Associate Provost/Legal Counsel for Academic Affairs, Rider University, Moderator

Faculty as Mandatory Reporters under Title IX

• Coleen Chin, Senior Attorney, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights
• John Rose, Dean for Diversity, Hunter College, City University of New York
• Yael Wepman, Director of EEO & Title IX Coordinator, St. John’s University
• Jeffery Frumkin, Associate Vice Provost and Senior Director, Academic Human Resources, University of Michigan, Moderator

Title IX, Academic Freedom and Due Process

• Risa Lieberwitz, Professor, Labor and Employment Law, Cornell ILR, AAUP General Counsel
• Rana Jaleel, UC Davis, Committee W
• Suzanne B. Goldberg, Executive Vice President for University Life, Columbia University
• Peter Schmidt, Chronicle of Higher Education Senior Writer, Moderator

The Impact of Faculty Unit Composition on Collective Bargaining

• Robin Sowards, Organizer and Researcher, United Steelworkers, and Vice President, New Faculty Majority
• Loretta Ragsdell, City Colleges of Chicago Contingent Labor Organizing Committee Vice President and Grievance Chair/IEA/NEA
• James Burkel, Senior Academic Labor Relations Representative, University of Michigan
• Kenneth Doxsee, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Oregon
• Deborah Cooperstein, Adelphi University AAUP Chapter President, Moderator