The AIS Conference
The Goals of the Association
The following excerpt from the AIS by-laws will acquaint you with the goals of the Association:
The Association for Integrative Studies was founded in 1979 to promote the interchange of ideas among scholars and administrators in all of the arts and sciences on both intellectual and organizational issues related to furthering integrative studies. It is incorporated as a non-profit educational association in the state of Ohio and recognized as such by the IRS. The purposes of the Association are to:
1. Articulate the
nature of integrative studies and to document their importance for higher
education and for society;
2. Establish standards of excellence for the conduct of integrative studies
in both teaching and research;
3. Maintain a communications network for the exchange of scholarly and
pedagogical information on integrative study among faculty and administrators
in undergraduate and graduate higher education in the arts and sciences
as well as in the professions;
4. Enhance research and teaching in integrative studies by promoting the
development of interdisciplinary theory, methodology, and curricular design:
5. Facilitate the success of interdisciplinary endeavors by collecting
and sharing information on supportive personnel policies, program structures,
and administrative methods;
6. Serve as an organized voice and a source of information on integrative
and interdisciplinary approaches to the discovery, transmission and application
of knowledge;
7. Become a broad-based professional home for reflective interdisciplinarians.
The Association publishes the AIS Newsletter quarterly as well as the journal Issues in Integrative Studies. The 2007-2009 AIS President is Pauline Gagnon, University of West Georgia; the Executive Director is William Newell, Miami University of Ohio. For membership information, contact the AIS Office, Western College Program, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 or email aisorg@muohio.edu. The Conference Liaison from the Board is Roslyn Abt Schindler, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202 roslyn.schindler@wayne.edu.
The upcoming Association for Integrative Studies conference will be hosted by University of Illinois at Springfield, October 23-26, 2008, in Springfield, Illinois.