Advancing leadership learning and development

Our research explores how to create powerful experiences to learn and develop leadership. We study this in the classroom and through our partnerships with nonprofits, businesses and communities. We support leadership educators and developers everywhere by sharing practices that are relevant to today's dynamic world.

Highlights of current work

Coaching for leadership development

Coaching is a developmental strategy for reflection, self-awareness, meaning-making and action - essential skills for leading in a complex world. Our faculty are studying coaching and identity development, cross cultural coaching, professional coaching and more.

High impact practices for leadership learning

Our faculty and graduate instructors are committed to developing and assessing innovative approaches to student leadership learning and development, such as critical reflection, service learning, civic engagement, peer leadership, intercultural learning through arts-based storytelling and student employment.

Leadership educator professional development

Our faculty contributes scholarship that advances the broader field of leadership studies and supports professional development of leadership educators and developers.

Our research statement

Designing meaningful, culturally-relevant learning and development experiences is leadership. We study evidence-based practices that develop leadership mindset, identity and practice. We advance the scholarship of teaching and learning, and we develop innovative approaches to educational and community-based research through our academic programs, organizational initiatives and community partnerships.