1st Edition
Leadership Enrichment and Development Peer and Self-Mentoring Women in Higher Education
Chapter 1. Invitation to LEAD
Amy Rutstein-Riley, Diana C. Direiter amd Stephanie A. Spadorcia
Chapter 2. Mapping the leadership heart
Barbara Steckel
Chapter 3. Blocking women’s path: Structural barriers to positions of senior leadership
Robin L. Roth
Chapter 4. Women’s leadership journeys across sectors: Different perspectives but the view is the same
Gail Simpson Cahill and Amy Rutstein-Riley
Chapter 5. Mentoring as an act of leadership
Barbara Govendo
Chapter 6. Leadership identity development: Can the voices of diverse women be heard?
Gail Simpson Cahill and Stephanie A. Spadorcia
Chapter 7. The Girlhood Project: A relational exploration of learning, leading and becoming
Amy Rutstein-Riley
Chapter 8. Empowered voices: Charting the course of women's leadership through LEAD Mastermind peer-to-peer mentoring group
Jana Roberts and Amy Rutstein-Riley
Chapter 9. Epilogue: The Kitchen Table
Diana C. Direiter
Biography
Gail Simpson Cahill is a Department Chair and an Associate Professor of Special Education at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, USA. Dr. Cahill teaches courses in seminar and special education. Dr. Cahill has taught various grades in PreK-12 schools and held several administrative positions in school systems.
Diana C. Direiter is the Dean of Faculty and an Associate Professor of Psychology at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, USA, and a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. She is a founding member and co-facilitator of Leadership Enrichment And Development (LEAD).
Amy Rutstein-Riley is the Dean of the Graduate School of Leadership and Change and Director of the PhD Program of Leadership and Change at Antioch University, USA. Dr. Rutstein-Riley is the founder of The Girlhood Project and a founding member and co-facilitator of Leadership Enrichment And Development (LEAD).
Stephanie A. Spadorcia is the Vice-Provost of Education and an Associate Professor of Special Education and Literacy at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, USA. Dr. Spadorcia is a founding member and co-facilitator of Leadership Enrichment And Development (LEAD). Her teaching and research focus on literacy instruction for children with disabilities.
