b'Conference registration open from 7:00AM5:00PM THURSDAY3:30PM4:45PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS ITRADITIONAL PANEL GENDER ISSUES: Creating and Sustaining Equitable CampusesCampus-wide discussions about inclusion and equity are occurring at many institutions, either as outcomes of student-led calls for change, findings from climate studies, or institutional responses to bias incidents. This session explores the nature of these conversations on various campuses, the level of engagement from campus constituencies, and structures that have been ef-fective in terms of engendering constructive dialog and change. For example, we present information based on a university-wide diversity, equity, and inclu-sion effort that was triggered, in part, by the publication of a student manifesto demanding a more inclusive community in one instance, and sparked by racist flyers posted by external groups on campus and on social media, in anoth-er instance. We also review some the plans that have been implemented to revise campus climate and update policies or curricula in response to these conversations.TRADITIONAL PANEL THE STATE OF THE HUMANITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATIONThis roundtable brings together two historians who are also academic deans to engage in a conversation with the audience about the state of the human-ities in higher education. With declining majors, reduced state support for higher education, and ongoing strategic resource allocations, some human-ities departments and programs have been consolidated or have lost the ability to offer a major or a masters degree. While, for example, the American Historical Associations Tuning Project and Career Diversity have helped his-torians articulate the relevance of the discipline, this panel serves to broaden the conversation about the changes in higher education and the impact of those shifts on the humanities. Panelists will consider an array of issues con-fronting the humanities, and higher education. The panelists will address the role of the humanities, advocacy, resource allocations, curriculum develop-ment and changes, student learning, faculty impact, and evolving climate in universities during times of change.TRADITIONAL PANEL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS:Best Practices for Field and Study Abroad ExperiencesField research and study abroad courses have very unique challenges that on-campus research and classes do not experience. Besides being offered in locations that might have different rules, regulations, laws, and policies, faculty and students in these experiences are on-call 24/7 with almost no down time. This creates situations of less privacy and personal spaces getting thinner and thinner, leading to a breaking down of many barriers to normal interactions between faculty and students. The potential for physical and emo-tional harm are greatly elevated by these losses. For many years, these types Register at ccas201911'