Intersectionality and Leading Social Change in Education

Aubrey H. Wang is an award-winning Professor of Education Leadership at Saint Joseph’s University, USA.Margaret Grogan is Professor Emerita of Education Leadership at Chapman University, USA.

“Wang and Grogan’s book is both vibrant and much needed. With a rich theoretical grounding, the seven leaders highlighted provide a thoughtful, textured, and intersectional view who they are and how they lead. Wang, Grogan, and their seven leaders address a key and persistent need, illuminating what diverse leadership driven by social change looks like and feels like. In the current political context that positions school leaders as either martyrs for their school or incompetent managers, this book is nuanced, authentic, and provides an essential counter-narrative. Wang and Grogan clearly show us how critical leadership praxis is transformative for schools as locations of social change.”George Theoharis, Professor of Educational Leadership and Inclusive Elementary/Early Childhood Education, Syracuse University, USA“In Intersectionality and Leadership for Social Change, Wang and Grogan have eloquently curated space for seven dynamic and eloquent educational leaders to share their experiences of intersectional marginality. The result is a novel, innovative resource for the professional development of educational leaders advancing equity in schools and districts. Approached through a Critical Leadership Praxis lens, these powerful stories of 'resilience and the power of identity forged through adversity' (Nguyen) provide readers both sources of inspiration and models for emulation, showing transformation of self and of others as two sides of one coin.”Martin Scanlan, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Higher Education, Boston College, USA

• 1. Introduction: Leading Social Change from the Lived Experience of Intersectionality 2. The Warrior Within: A Journey Towards True Self 3. Intersectional Encounters 4. Second Chance 5. Compassionate Leadership as a Biracial Superintendent 6. Latina: Leading While Silencing Imposter Syndrome 7. Leading in the Shadows: Serving the Invisible 8. Getting Out of My Own Way 9. A Critically Self-Reflexive Model for Leader Professional Development: Centering Intersectionality