CUNY Graduate Center, Concourse Level
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016

(Entrance on Fifth Avenue between 34th and 35th Street)

Schedule
2018
Monday, April 16th
8:30 AM

Continental Breakfast

National Center

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
9:15 AM

Welcome

Jennifer Raab, CUNY Hunter College
Katherine Conway, CUNY
Rene Castro, California State University System
Malini Cadambi Daniel, SEIU
William Herbert, National Center/CUNY Hunter College

Proshansky Auditorium

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM

Plenary: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Legacy for Our Times

William P. Jones, University of Minnesota
Jeanne Theoharis, CUNY
Derryn Moten, Alabama State University
Ronald Mason Jr., University of the District of Columbia

Proshansky Auditorium

9:30 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM

Break

National Center

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM

1. Labor Management Alliances in Support of Higher Education Funding

Becca Kenna-Schenk, Western Washington University
Herb Simon, University of Washington
Kelly Evans, College Promise Coalition (Gates Foundation)
Bill Lyne, Western Washington University

Proshansky Auditorium

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

2. Can an Ombuds Help Resolve Conflicts & Improve Labor-Management Relations?

Julie Schwartz Weber, Montgomery College Ombuds
Harold N. Zarin, Montgomery College
Jacia Smith, City of Baltimore
Jason Rivera, Rutgers University - Camden
Sarah Miller Espinosa, Montgomery College Founding Ombuds

Room C197

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

3. The Politics and Impact of Accreditation

Judith Eaton, Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Alyssa Picard, AFT
Robert Shireman, Century Foundation
John D. Vander Weg, Wayne State University
Kevin Dougherty, Columbia University

Room C198

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

4. Research Panel: Wage Discrimination at Universities and Professional Schools

Kenneth Thornicroft, University of Victoria
Laurel Smith-Doerr, University of Massachusetts
Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, University of Massachusetts
Ruth Milkman, CUNY

Room C201-202

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

5. Adjunct Faculty: Recently Negotiated First Contracts at Private Institutions

Robin J. Sowards, United Steelworkers
Renée Cavalovitch, Robert Morris University
Maida Rosenstein, UAW Local 2110
Joseph McConnell, Morgan, Brown, & Joy
Eve Weinbaum, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Room C204

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

6. Financialization of Higher Education: Interest Swaps and Their Consequences

Aman Banerji, Roosevelt Network
Ademali Sengal, Columbia University
Adam Guerino, TIAA
William Jarvis, Bank of America Corp.
Jacob Apkarian, CUNY

Room C205

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

7. Research Panel: Examining the Employment Profile of Institutions Under the Mission-Driven Classification System and the Impact of Collective Bargaining

Stephen Katsinas, University of Alabama
Nathaniel Bray, University of Alabama
Louis Shedd, Shelton State Community College
Pamela Silverblatt, City University of New York

Room 9206-07

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM

Lunch: Food Service

National Center

Concourse Lobby

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:15 PM

Luncheon Greetings

Christina Cutlip, TIAA

Proshansky Auditorium

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM

Keynote Presentation

David Weil, Brandeis University

Proshansky Auditorium

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM

Break

National Center

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
3:45 PM

1. Academic Freedom in Trying Times (CLE)

Risa Lieberwitz, AAUP General Counsel
Frederick Schaffer, CUNY School of Law
Donna Young, Albany Law School
Lynn Pasquerella, Association of American Colleges and Universities

Proshansky Auditorium

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

2. Employee Retirement Plans and Alleged Breaches of Fiduciary Obligations (CLE)

Mark Brossman, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Steve Kronheim, TIAA Associate General Counsel
Allie Rivera, Strategic Retirement Group
Kathryn Diaz, Office of NYC Comptroller Scott M. Stringer

Room C197

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

3. Book Session: Kim Tolley, ed., Professors in the Gig Economy: Unionizing Adjunct Faculty in America

Timothy Reese Cain, University of Georgia
Luke Elliott-Negri, CUNY
Gregory Saltzman, Albion College
Kim Tolley, Notre Dame de Namur University

Room C198

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

4. Research Panel: Assigned Leaders in Unionized Environments - Strategies for Change in Academic Libraries

Adriene Lim, University of Oregon
H. Austin Booth, University of Buffalo
John Schumacher, SUNY
Todd Bruns, Eastern Illinois University
Carey Hatch, State University of New York

Room C204

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

5. Bargaining for a First Contract at Siena College and the University of the District of Columbia

Charles Seifert, Siena College
Mara Drogan, Siena College
Ronald Mason Jr., University of the District of Columbia
David Rodich, SEIU Local 500
Arlene King-Berry, University of the District of Columbia

Room C201-202

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

6. Overseas Campuses: Collective Bargaining, Labor Relations and Tax Compliance

James Castiglione, Kean University
Jason Lane, State University of New York
Nimit Mehrotra, Ernst & Young LLP
Andrew Ross, New York University
Malini Cadambi Daniel, SEIU

Room 205

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

7. Workshop Training in Straight Up Negotiations (SUN) by Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services

Javier Ramirez, FMCS
Conrad Bowling, FMCS

Room 9206-07

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM