Kansas State University faculty and doctoral students participated in the 23rd annual International Leadership Association (ILA) Global Conference. The conference took place live online Oct. 6-7, 2022, and in Washington, D.C., Oct. 13-17.
The ILA is the largest worldwide professional community committed to leadership scholarship, practice, development, and education. Their mission is to advance leadership knowledge and practice for a better world.
The annual conference is a space and resource for professional learning and development. This year’s conference theme, Wisdom in Times of Crisis, invited inquiry into how wisdom might catalyze transformation in global systems contributing to environmental, social, economic, and political crises.
Staley School scholars participated in both the in-person and online sections of the conference, contributing to a total of 16 presentations. Their scholarship reflects the Staley School of Leadership’s research priorities of advancing leadership learning and development, building civic capacity, and leading change.
“The community-engaged scholarship presented by our faculty and doctoral students at this annual global conference pushes the field to grow and innovate both the study and practice of leadership,” said Mary Tolar, dean of the Staley School of Leadership.
The following is a full list of presentations:
Research Poster
Empowering Self and Others in Peace Building Processes Through Community-Engaged Scholarship
- N’zoret Innocent Assoman, graduate teaching assistant, Staley School of Leadership; doctoral student in leadership communication, Kansas State University
- Anisah Ari, graduate teaching assistant, A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication; doctoral student, leadership communication, Kansas State University; global lead, African Center for Aid
Panels, Presentations, and Symposiums Sessions
Navigating Complexities in Leadership: Moving Toward Critical Hope (Book Buzz: Leadership Authors Share Wisdom From Latest Book)
- Kathy Guthrie, associate professor, Leadership Learning Research Center, Florida State University
- Kerry L. Priest, Ph.D., associate professor, Staley School of Leadership; director, leadership communication doctoral program, Kansas State University
Building Capacity vs. Dependency: Making Sense of Dependence on Authority in Hungary
- Tamas Kowalik, community-engagement and education coordinator, UFM Community Learning Center; doctoral candidate, leadership communication, Kansas State University
New Research and Conceptual Approaches in Public Leadership and Civic Engagement: A Comparison of Global Cases
- Chair: Tim Steffensmeier, Ph.D., professor, Staley School of Leadership; director, Office of Engagement, Kansas State University
- Commentator: Marc Ross Manashil, adjunct assistant professor, Silver School of Social Work, New York University; principal, CoInnovate Consulting
How Civic Engagement Initiatives Can Inspire Local Communities to Drive Change
- Roberta Maldonado Franzen, Ph.D., director of people and culture, K-State Libraries, Kansas State University
Social Change in Complex Situations
- Keyhan Shams, graduate research assistant, Third Floor Research, Staley School of Leadership; doctoral student, leadership communication, Kansas State University
Civic Facilitation: New Conceptual Practice and Application of Public Leadership and Civic Engagement
- Brandon W. Kliewer, Ph.D., associate professor of civic leadership, Staley School of Leadership, Kansas State University
- Shaun Rojas, manager, Kansas Community Leadership Initiative, Community Leadership Programs, Kansas Leadership Center
Collaborative Grassroots Community Development: Providing Potable Water in Nigeria
- Chibuzor Mirian Azubuike, graduate teaching assistant, Staley School of Leadership; doctoral student, leadership communication, Kansas State University; founder/director, Haske Water Aide and Empowerment Foundation
Reimagining Leader(ship) Identity Development of Womxn
- Co-Chair: Hannah Sunderman, assistant professor; Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education, Virginia Tech
- Co-Chair: Kate D. McCain, lecturer, Leadership and Integrative Studies, Arizona State University
- Paula Veach, lecturer, Organizational Leadership, Arizona State University; Commander (Ret), Phoenix Police Department, City of Phoenix
- Mai P. Trinh, assistant professor, Leadership and Integrative Studies, Arizona State University
- R.J. Youngblood, assistant director, Academic Achievement Center; doctoral candidate, leadership communication, Kansas State University
- Melissa L. Rocco, faculty director, Leadership Studies, University of Maryland; director, National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs
- Julie E. Owen, associate professor, Leadership Studies, School of Integrative Studies, George Mason University
Moving Chit-Chat to Meaningful: Emergent Qualitative Phenomenological Learning and Inquiry Methods
- Chair: Brandon W. Kliewer, Ph.D., associate professor of civic leadership, Staley School of Leadership, Kansas State University
- Commentator: Eric K. Kaufman, professor; Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education, Virginia Tech
Community-Engaged Scholarship Using Leadership Coaching and Dialogic Process Consulting as a Method of Inquiry
- Andrew Wefald, Ph.D., associate professor, Staley School of Leadership, Kansas State University
Leadership in Virtual Worlds: Ethnographic Methods to Capture Leadership in Asynchronous Video Messaging
- R.J. Youngblood, assistant director, Academic Achievement Center; doctoral candidate, leadership communication, Kansas State University
Deepening Leadership Learning and Development Through Practicing Leadership Discourse Analysis
- Trisha Gott, Ed.D., associate director and assistant professor, Staley School of Leadership, Kansas State University
Isomorphic Forces in the Disciplinary Trajectory of the Field of Leadership Studies
- Trisha Gott, Ed.D., associate director and assistant professor, Staley School of Leadership, Kansas State University
- Corey Seemiller, professor, Leadership Studies in Education and Organizations, Wright State University
Roundtables
Leadership Scholarship: Emerging Issues and Future Directions
- Lori E. Kniffin, assistant professor, Department of Leadership Studies, Fort Hays State University
- Rich Whitney, professor, Organizational Leadership and program chair, Doctoral Program in Organizational Leadership, University of La Verne; Program Chair, Doctoral Program in Organizational Leadership
- R. J. Youngblood, assistant director, Academic Achievement Center; doctoral candidate, leadership communication, Kansas State University
Workshops
Co-Inquiry: An Approach to Co-Creating Wisdom in Challenging Times
- Michael Gleason, associate professor and director, Institute for Leadership Education, Wartburg College
- Jessica Chung, instructor and curriculum coordinator, Leadership Minor, University of Minnesota
- Kathy Guthrie, associate professor, Leadership Learning Research Center, Florida State University
- Christie Navarro, director, Center for Leadership Learning, Office of Undergraduate Education, University of California, Davis
- Kerry L. Priest, Ph.D., associate professor, Staley School of Leadership; director, Leadership Communication Doctoral Program, Kansas State University
- Darren Eric Pierre, lecturer, Office of Global Engineering Leadership, University of Maryland-College Park
- Michelle Cummings Steele, associate dean of academics and associate professor of leadership, College of Leadership and Public Service, Lipscomb University
