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Dr. Scott Meiners
No full textDr. Scott Meiners is a plant ecologist interested in community dynamics, species invasions, and biotic interactions. His undergraduate and Masters degrees are from Miami University (Botany), and his doctorate (Ecology) from Rutgers. He currently teaches at Eastern Illinois University and grows trees on his farm near there.
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Dr. Stephen Eskilson
No full textStephen Eskilson received his PhD from Brown University in 1995. He is the author of Graphic Design A New History (Yale UP, 3rd ed. 2019) and The Age of Glass (Bloomsbury, 2018). He is an avid sailor and pick-up basketball player.
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February 28, 2024: Dr. Scott Meiner & Dr. Alexis Jones
No full textAuthors@EIU is a speaker series that celebrates the research, scholarship and creative success of EIU faculty who are contributing to scholarship or popular learning.
This event features: Dr. Scott Meiner, presenting his book Tree by Tree: Saving North America\u27s Eastern Forests Dr. Alexis Jones, presenting her book Teaching is a Human Interaction: How Thoughtful Educators Respond, are Responsive, and Take Responsibilityhttps://thekeep.eiu.edu/authors_at_eiu_posters/1001/thumbnail.jp
The Role of the Chief Negotiator in Academic Collective Bargaining
Get PDFRegardless of which side he or she is on, the chief negotiator is the face of the team, the representative of the institution or of the union. The negotiator must persuade, cajole, and otherwise advance his or her client’s proposals. He or she is responsible for assessing the impact of proposals, crafting effective contract language, judging the importance of different concessions, and, perhaps most important of all, maintaining the absolutely critical perspective as to what is crucial at the table and what is just noise. And finally, the chief negotiator sets a tone for the discussions, and his or her attitude towards those across the table can be central in how a given round is perceived by the other side. At best, the chief negotiator should leave the relationship as good as or better than he or she found it
