Andrew Wefald, Ph.D., ACC
Associate professor and graduate program director of the Leadership Communication Ph.D. wefald@ksu.edu
Deliberative | Input | Context | Learner | Discipline
Campus office: 221 Leadership Studies Building
Teaching
My teaching is a blend of the Socratic method and group facilitation, with a focus on fostering positive, professional, and scholarly relationships with students.
Courses regularly taught
Undergraduate
- LEAD 350: Culture and Context in Leadership
- LEAD 450: Capstone in Leadership Studies
Graduate
- LEAD 701: Foundations of Leadership
- AGCOMM/COMM/ LEAD 814: Graduate Studies in Leadership Communication
- LEAD 820: Contemporary Perspectives on Leadership Theory and Practice
My research interests focus on the intersections of leadership and coaching, and on processual models of leadership. Specific interests include developing students' coaching skills and exploring the impact of coaching on organizations and organizational culture.
- Coaching
- Leadership coaching
- Leadership education and development
- Personality and job attitudes
Grant awards
- Civic Engagement Fellow, K-State's Center for Engagement and Community Development, 2019-2020
- International Research and Exchange reciprocal grant to provide leadership training to teachers in Tanzania, 2020
- K-State annual Program Review and Revitalization award, 2025
- Rost Award for Outstanding Faculty/Staff, Staley School Ambassadors, 2017
- Excellence in Research award winner, Staley School of Leadership, 2025
- Coaching and mentoring
- Leadership and executive coaching
- Leadership development
- Leadership education
- Leadership research and scholarship
- International Coach Federation, member
- International Leadership Association, member
- Association of Leadership Educators, member
- Graduate Council member, Committee on Planning member
- Staley School Academic Affairs committee member
Kliewer, B. W., & Wefald, A. (2025). Leadership-as-Practice Development Coaching: Work-Based Leadership Learning and Development Practice in Civic and Organizational Leadership Contexts. Adult Learning, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10451595251345254
Morrow, C. J., Barnhart, D. P., Wefald, A. J., Smith, A. A. (2025) In Situ – Leadership as practice development and improvisational theatre: Practicing interpersonal and social dynamics through improv to develop collective leadership capacity. Journal of Change Management. 25(1), 31–40. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2025.2453142
Wefald, A. J., & Ramírez, J. M. (2024). Exploring liminal and dominant spaces in interdisciplinary programs: Fostering communitas through relationship‐focused practices and collective leadership. Journal of Leadership Studies, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/jls.21903
Wefald, A. J., (Ed.). (2024). Critical perspectives on the intersections of coaching and leadership. IGI Global. DOI 10.4018/979-8-3693-1086-1
Wefald, A. J., (Ed.). (2024). Navigating the coaching and leadership landscape: Strategies and insights for success. IGI Global. DOI 10.4018/979-8-3693-5242-7
- Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology, Kansas State University
- M.B.A. in marketing, Kansas State University
- B.S. in history, Iowa State University
- Associate Certified Coach, International Coach Federation
I love traveling, and I've taught study abroad courses in Italy and Ireland. My hobbies include music, walking, exercise, and reading. I've been at K-State for a long time, and I love the spirit of collaboration here.
Staley School of Leadership
252 Leadership Studies Building
1300 Mid-Campus Dr. N.
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-6085
leadership@ksu.edu