Challenging Situations

Bill Bernhard

Department of Political Science

bernhard@illinois.edu

You are not alone!

• Academic Human Resources

• Staff Human Resources• Faculty-Staff Assistance

Program• Office of Equal

Opportunity and Access• Campus Legal Counsel• Graduate College• DRES• Public Affairs

• Counseling Center• Student Affairs• Office of Conflict

Resolution• Vice-Chancellor for

Research• Public Safety• International Student

and Scholar Services• And MANY Others

So Many Resources!

• Where do you go first?– In life-threatening emergency: public safety– Other cases: immediate supervisor (Dean)

What will support look like?Possible Solutions

Administrative, Legal,

Political Implications

Broad Resource Networks

Sense of Perspective

They will help you solve the challenge; they will not solve it for you!

The Best Surprise…

Always inform your immediate supervisor!

Eventually, Someday…