Kansas State University faculty and doctoral students participated in the 25th annual International Leadership Association (ILA) Global Conference. The conference took place online Oct. 3-4, 2023, and in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Oct. 12-15.
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 conference theme, Cultivating Leadership for a Thriving Future, speaks to the essential role leadership educators, practitioners, and researchers play in convening and holding space, fostering rich and open dialogue, and creating opportunities for mutual learning and appreciation of different perspectives and ways of being. Through this kind of leadership, we can build a future based on hope, mutual respect and the common good.
Staley School scholars participated in both the in-person and online sections of the conference. Their scholarship reflects the Staley School of Leadership’s research priorities: advancing leadership learning and development, building civic capacity, and leading change.
“The scholarship presented by K-State students and faculty reflect the kind of collaboration and innovation needed to advance leadership education in higher education and public leadership research and practice,” said Trisha Gott, Ed.D., assistant professor and associate dean of the Staley School of Leadership.
Following is a list of the presentations and their contributors:
- What Iran’s Women Life Freedom Movement Tells Us About Public Leadership – Ahmadreza Shamsi Yousef, Kansas State University
- The ILA “General Principles for Leadership Programs” as an Operating Framework – Jay Gary, Trisha Gott, Kansas State University; Dennis Roberts, New Dimensions in Education; Rian Satterwhite, University of Nevada Las Vegas; Gayle Spencer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Adaptive Challenges in Higher Education: Program Leaders Panel – Trisha Gott, Kansas State University; Daniel Jenkins, University of Southern Main; Dorine Lawrence-Hughes, University of Michigan; Comfort Okpala, North Carolina A&T University; Cristina Wildermuth, Barry University
Cultivating Leadership: Deans and Directors on the Future of Leadership Studies – Mary Tolar, Kansas State University; Kristin Bezio, University of Richmond; Rich Witney, University of La Verne; Adam Goodman, Northwestern University- Implementing the ILA “General Principles for Leadership Programs” in Your Organization – Rian Satterwhite, University of Nevada Las Vegas; Trisha Gott, Kansas State University
- New Approaches to Leadership Education for Organizational Change and a Thriving Future for All – Chair: Trisha Gott, Kansas State University; Commentator: Kerry Priest, Kansas State University
- Fostering Inclusive Leadership Through Reflective Judgment, Saya Kakim, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
- Strategic Organizational Development: A Case Study for Meaningful DEIB Change – Roberta Maldonado Franzen, Duke University, and R.J. Youngblood, Kansas State University
- Teaching Digital Storytelling as a Tool for Leading Change – Mac Benavides, Kansas State University
- Advancing Collective Leadership for Sustainable Development – Sonia Ospina, New York University, Laurence Dessein, Teach for All, Lori Kniffin, Fort Hays State University, Mac Benavides and Kerry Priest, Kansas State University
- Leadership Journey – Change Makers in Africa: Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Impact Stories – Chair: Chibuzor Mirian Azubuike, Kansas State University, Commentator: Trisha Gott, Kansas State University
- Reimagine Transformative Leadership Practices and Skills Development for Youth Civic Engagement – N’zoret Innocent Assoman, Kansas State University
- Collaborations Established Through the Mandela Washington Fellowship Towards Sustainable Development in Africa – Xatyiswa Maqashalala, Kansas State University
- Mandela Washington Fellowship: Success Through Cultivated Leadership and Intentionality – Charlene Chekenya, Wagner College
- Mandela Washington Fellowship: A Label of Leadership Excellence – Ida Jatta, Ohio State University
- Africa’s Youth Situational and Purpose-Driven Leadership: Impact of Mandela Washington Fellowship – Elgon Centre for Education
- Advancing Qualitative Research Design: A 20-Year Look at the Journal of Leadership Education – Lori Kniffin Fort Hays State University, Megan Zeman and Kerry L. Priest, Kansas State University
Chibuzor Mirian Azubuike was also featured speaker for a plenary panel entitled Serving as Catalysts for Change. As a panelist, she shared stories and insights from her experience as a 2017 Mandela Washington Fellow and founder of the Haske Water Aid and Empowerment Foundation.
