Leadership Identity Journey

CAROL A. MULLEN, PhD, is Professor of Educational Leadership at Virginia Tech, Director of the School of Education, and Associate Dean for Professional Education of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. Carol is a known scholar in education who has published in the area of artistic research as related to human development.FENWICK W. ENGLISH, PhD, is the R. Wendell Eaves Senior Professor of Educational Leadership in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fen is a leading scholar in education who has conducted studies on the use of visual data in research.WILLIAM A. KEALY, PhD, is a retired Associate Professor of Instructional Technology. Bill is known for his research on instructional media and visual information, and he is an accomplished artist who has a fine arts degree in painting and sculpture.

Whether you’re a veteran administrator, or a younger person only contemplating getting into academic leadership, you’ll want to read and reflect on this book. You’ll be helped to know what to expect as typical for someone who accepted the leadership call. You’ll know to watch for and learn from your mentors. You’ll become aware of the universality of significant leadership-journey challenges. You’ll be better prepared for setbacks and wounds to your self-esteem. You’ll be inspired to both accept and surmount challenges and to spot opportunities to provide assistance and comfort to others. Best of all, you’ll be better equipped to enjoy the journey.

• List of Figures and TablesForeword: Confessions of a (Reforming) Structural-Functionalist-Karen Seashore LouisAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Sketching the Universal Leadership JourneyChapter 2: Witnessing Educational Leaders on the Mythic Journey Chapter 3: Seeing, Believing, and Constructing Meaning Chapter 4: Describing Relevance for Leadership PracticeChapter 5: Revealing Relevance for Practice, Preparation, and Research CodaReferencesAbout the Authors