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Department Chair Conversation Series

The Office of Faculty Affairs continues its conversation series to help department chairs more effectively lead and respond to challenges they confront in their departments and/or units. We look forward to another year of robust and engaging conversations about departmental life at UB.

The Spring 2026 Conversation Series has concluded.

More information about the 2026-27 academic year Conversation Series will be coming soon.

About the department chair leadership program

Over this academic year, the Office of Faculty Affairs will be sponsoring a series of monthly lunch-time sessions to discuss various issues related to academic leadership. We will address issues related to effective communication, budgets and resources, mentoring and work/life balance, faculty and student diversity, recruitment and hiring, tenure and promotion to name a few.

Conversation Series sessions are:

  • held monthly as 2 hour lunch-time seminars from noon-2 p.m. (refreshments provided).
  • held the second Wednesday of each month during the fall and spring semester.
  • intended to be interactive and responsive; your feedback and requests drive the conversation and future planning.

Past Workshop Presentations

Requests for past workshop PowerPoint presentations should be directed to facultyaffairs@buffalo.edu.