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The Jepson School Summer Institute for Leadership and the Liberal Arts
May 19-21, 2008
University of Richmond

PROGRAM

MONDAY, MAY 19
Location:
Jepson Alumni Center (#49, campus map*)

4-5:15 PM       REGISTRATION

5:30               WELCOME RECEPTION

6:15-8:00        DINNER, Robins Pavilion

REMARKS

       Kenneth P. Ruscio, President, Washington & Lee University

       Sandra J. Peart, Dean, Jepson School of Leadership Studies

TUESDAY, MAY 20
Location: Jepson School, Room 118 Jepson Hall (#17, campus map)

8:30 Coffee and light refreshments
(Note: a full breakfast is served at the Embassy Suites Hotel to their guests)

9:00-10:30 Day 1 Session I

I. Character Education
   Chair: Ronald E. Riggio, Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational
             Psychology and Director, Kravis Leadership Institute, Claremont McKenna
             College

Thomas Meriwether, Professor of Psychology, Virginia Military Institute

Designing, Implementing, and Assessing the Effectiveness of a New Core Curriculum Course in Organizational Leadership at the Virginia Military Institute – A Key Component of the Institute’s SACS Accreditation Quality Enhancement Program

Charles Westerberg, Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of the College, Beloit College; and Carol Wickersham, Sociology Faculty, and Director, Leadership Initiative, Beloit College
Doing the Right Thing Well: Experiments in Ethical Leadership

Melvinia King, Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies and Coordinator of Leadership Studies Minor, Leadership Center, Morehouse College
Ethical Leadership: Pedagogy and Practical Application

10:30-10:45 Refreshment Break

10:45- 12:15 Day 1 Session II

II. Leadership Across the Curriculum
    
Chair: Merwyn Strate, Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership, Purdue
              University


Frank Shushok, Dean for Student Learning & Engagement, Baylor University

Using "Great" Literature as Education for Leadership

Regina E. Schulte-Ladbeck, Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh; and Margaret E. Heely, Director, Office of Experiential Learning, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Leadership in the Natural Sciences – What Should We Teach?

Dr. Myrna L. Bair, Director, Women’s Leadership Development Program, University of Delaware; and Russell Zehtab-Noghiu, Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware
Art, Creativity and Leadership in the Women's Leadership Development Program, University of Delaware

12:15-1:30 Lunch – Heilman Center Dining Hall (#34, campus map)

1:30-3 pm Day 1 Session III

III. Democratic Leadership
     Chair:  Al Goethals, E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professorship in Leadership
               Studies, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond

Thad Williamson, Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
Cutting Leadership Down to Size: Disaggregating Leadership from Authority by Studying Worker-owned Firms

Thomas E. Cronin, McHugh Professor of American Institutions and Leadership, Political Science Department, Colorado College; and President Emeritus of Whitman College
Leadership and Democracy

Tokunbo (Tokz) Awoshakin, Ph.D. Candidate, Leadership & Change, Antioch University, 
The Intersection between Deliberative Dialogue and Civic Leadership

3-3:15 Refreshment Break

3:15-4:45 Day 1 Session IV

IV. International Perspectives on Leadership
     Chair: Joanne Ciulla, Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics, Jepson
              School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond

Mark Bagshaw, Professor of Management and Leadership, Marietta College; and Luding Tong, Associate Professor of Chinese and Director of Asian Studies Program, Marietta College
Liberating the Liberal Arts Through Leadership Studies: An International Perspective

Faith Wambura Ngunjiri, Associate Director, Ethics and Spirituality in the Workplace, Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Yale University
African Spirituality/Religiosity and Culturally Endorsed Leadership: Implications for Leadership Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Raheel Gohar, Research Fellow, National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Institute of Management Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan; Prof. Dr. Azize Ergeneli, Department of Business Administration, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey (author not presenting); and Zhanar Temirbekova, Ph.D. Scholar, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University named Al-Farabi, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Culture-Universal and Culture-Specific Aspects of Transformational Leadership: A Comparison of Six Non-Western Countries

5:30 - 7:30 DINNER Alice Haynes Room, Tyler Haynes Commons (#4, campus map)

WEDNESDAY, MAY
21
Location: Jepson School, Room 118 Jepson Hall (#17, campus map)

8:30 Coffee and light refreshments
(Note: a full breakfast is served at the Embassy Suites Hotel to their guests)

9:00-10:30 Day 2 Session V

V. Personal Religion, Public Leadership
    Chair: Thad Williamson, Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies, Jepson School
              of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond

Douglas A. Hicks, Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Religion, Jepson School of Leadership Studies and Executive Director Bonner Center for Civic Engagement, University of Richmond
Shaping an Inclusive Culture: Three Cases of Religious Diversity and Public Leadership

D. Michael Lindsay, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Religious Belief and Public Leadership: Competing Logics of Action or Advantageous Synergy?

Stephani Richards-Wilson, Assistant Dean, Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, Marquette University
The Role of Spiritual Beliefs in the Formation of Leaders

10:30-10:45 Refreshment Break

10:45- 12:15 Day 2 Session VI

VI. Philosophical Foundations of Leadership
     Chair: Sor Hoon Tan, Associate Professor and Head, Philosophy Department,
               National University of Singapore

Terry Price, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Leadership Studies, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
How to Use Moral Theory to Justify Rule-Breaking Behavior

Nathan Harter, Professor, Organizational Leadership and Supervision, Purdue University
Introducing Philosophical Anthropology

John Parrish, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Loyola Marymount University
The Philosophy of Public Leadership

12:15-1:30 Lunch – Heilman Center Dining Hall (#34, campus map)

1:30-3 pm Day 2 Session VII

VII. Women in Leadership
Chair: Ruth Doan, Batten Professor of the History of Women and Leadership, Hollins
          University

Woody Holton, Associate Professor of History, University of Richmond
Abigail Adams on Household Governance

Ruth Axelrod, Assistant Professorial Instructor, George Washington University
Women’s Leadership Learning: Using Psychosocial Development Theory to Inform Practice

Sandra J. Peart, Dean and Professor, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
We're All "Persons" Now: Economists and their Opponents on Marriage, Property and the Franchise

3-3:15 Refreshment Break

3:15-4:45 Day 2 Session VIII

VIII. Diverse Inclusive Leadership
Chair: Tamara Burk, Director of Leadership Studies, Co-Director, Center for Engaged
          Learning, and Associate Professor of Communication, Columbia College

Stefanie Simon, Research Fellow, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University; and Todd L. Pittinsky (author not presenting), Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School and Research Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University.
Intergroup Leadership: Promoting Positive Relations in Israel

Grace Hwang, Assistant Professor, Leadership Studies and Programs, Kansas State University; Candice Hironaka, Associate Director, Leadership Studies and Programs, Kansas State University; Todd Wells, Assistant Director for Diversity and Programming, Leadership Studies and Programs, Kansas State University; and the following authors (not presenting), also from Kansas State University: Mary Kay Siefers, Gilbert Davila, Suzanne Mayo-Theus,  Ata Karim, Ben Hopper, Chris Lydick, and Alicia Addison.
The Power of Personal Stories in Teaching Inclusive Leadership

Richard Couto, Professor of Leadership and Change, Antioch University, and Senior Scholar, James MacGregor Burns Academy
Liberal Arts and the Competencies of Public Purpose Leadership

4:45-5:00 Closing Remarks:   Sandra J. Peart, Dean, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond

5:30 - 7:30 DINNER Alice Haynes Room, Tyler Haynes Commons (#4, campus map)

 

 

*CAMPUS MAP: http://www.richmond.edu/visit/directions/campusmap.pdf