Adrianna Kezar is a professor of higher education at the University of Southern California and codirector of the Pullias Center for Higher Education. Kezar is a national expert of student success, equity and diversity, the changing faculty, change, governance, and leadership in higher education. Kezar is well published with 18 books and monographs, more than 100 journal articles, and more than 100 book chapters and reports. Recent books include Envisioning the Faculty of the 21st Century (Rutgers University Press, 2016), How Colleges Change (Routledge, 2013), Enhancing Campus Capacity for Leadership (Stanford Press, 2011) and Organizing for Collaboration (Jossey-Bass, 2009). She is the project director for the Delphi Project on the changing faculty and student success and was just awarded a grant from the Teagle Foundation for institutions that better support faculty and create new faculty models.
This book examines the new theories and concepts of leadership that are described in the multidisciplinary literature on leadership, and are being applied in other sectors-from government to the non-profit and business communities-to explore the implications for leaders and leadership programs in higher education.
Acknowledgements; Preface-Adrianna Kezar; 1. Revolutionizing Leadership Development. Lessons from Research and Theory-Adrianna Kezar and Rozana Carducci; 2. The HERS Institute. Revolutionary Leadership Development for Women-Lynn M. Gangone; 3. Developing Leaders of Color in Higher Education. Can Contemporary Programs Address Historical Employment Trends?-Bridget R. McCurtis, Jerlando F. L. Jackson, and Elizabeth M. O'Callahan; 4. Facing Organizational Complexity and Change. A Case-In-Point Approach to Leadership Development-Tricia Bertram Gallant and Cheryl Getz; 5. Creating a New Breed of Academic Leaders from STEM Women Faculty. National Science Foundation's ADVANCE Program-Sue V. Rosser; 6. Spirituality, Religious Pluralism, and Higher Education Leadership Development-Robert J. Nash and Lara Scott; 7. Leadership Programs for a Family-Friendly Campus-Jaime Lester; 8. Creating Faculty Activism and Grassroots Leadership. An Open Letter to Aspiring Activists-Jeni Hart; 9. Changing The Guard in Community Colleges. The Role of Leadership Development-Pamela Eddy; 10. Higher Education Leadership Development Programs in the Marketplace-Sharon A. McDade; 11. Reflections on the Leadership Marketplace-Adrianna Kezar and Laurel Beesemyer; About the Contributors; Index.