This panel includes faculty/administrators representing three separate campuses of Indiana University who have been spearheading different humanities initiatives and outreach efforts. Speakers examine how their offices have strengthened institutional support for and engagement with the humanities, both within and outside of the university. They discuss how their efforts have strengthened campus research culture for students and faculty alike, built bridges between the university and their surrounding communities, and integrated the humanities into the daily lives of communities across the state. At a time when the humanities face multiple different crossroads, the impacts of the efforts of these scholar-administrators demonstrate different institutional approaches to the humanities that offer both models and toolkits for others hoping to strengthen the agency, value (and valuation), and visibility of the humanities.

Panelists: Deborah Cohn, Indiana University Bloomington; Ed Comentale, Indiana University Bloomington; Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick, Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus; Jason Kelly, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis