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Schedule
2025
Sunday, March 23rd
12:00 PM

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National Center

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

12:30 PM

Welcoming Remarks

William A. Herbert, Executive Director, National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, Hunter College, CUNY
Manoj Pardasani, Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Hunter College, CUNY
Malini Cadambi-Daniel, Executive Director, Professional Staff Congress-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
Ahsan Ali, Director of Labor Relations, Tufts University
Jessica Baker, Hunter College student and National Center intern

Auditorium

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM

Keynote Presentation: Unity in Defense of Higher Education and Collective Bargaining

Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
Lynn Pasquerella, President, American Association of Colleges and Universities
Adrienne Lu, Senior Reporter, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Moderator

Auditorium

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

3:00 PM

Research Panel: 2024 Directory of Faculty Contracts and Bargaining Agents in Higher Education

Jacob Apkarian, Associate Professor of Sociology, York College, CUNY and National Center Affiliated Researcher
Joseph van der Naald, PhD Candidate in Sociology, Graduate Center and National Center Affiliated Researcher CUNY
Mary Taber, Director of Research, UUP, Commentator
Dana Fleming, Associate General Counsel, Tufts University, Commentator
Susan Kelly, President, Microsearch Corporation
Malini Cadambi-Daniel, Executive Director, Professional Staff Congress-CUNY, AFT Local 2334, Moderator

Auditorium

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

4:30 PM

Book Discussion: Organizing Professionals: Academic Employees Negotiating a New Academy (Rutgers University Press, 2025)

Gary Rhoades, Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Higher Education, University of Arizona, and author of ORGANIZING PROFESSIONALS: ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES NEGOTIATING A NEW ACADEMY
Richard Gomes, Staff Representative, AFT New Jersey
Jennie Shanker, Staff Representative, AFT New Jersey
Laura Murphy, Dutchess Community College
Dan Echikson, Organizer, ACT-UAW Local 7902
Ryan Quinn, Reporter, Inside Higher Edu, Moderator

Auditorium

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM