In June 2007 representatives from 47 different colleges and universities from across the nation came to Claremont, California to learn how to integrate leadership studies with other liberal arts disciplines at the "Leadership Across the Liberal Arts Curriculum" workshop co-sponsored by Claremont McKenna College, Loyola Marymount University and the University of Richmond. A great deal of momentum was generated and ideas exchanged during the two-day conference and it was clear that there was a continuing need to broaden and deepen the conversation. Building upon the 2007 summer workshop, the goal of the Summer Institute 2008 is to showcase teaching and research at the intersections between leadership and the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Session themes include character education; leadership across the curriculum; democratic leadership; international perspectives on leadership; personal religion, public leadership; philosophical foundations of leadership; women in leadership; and diverse inclusive leadership.

With grant partners Claremont McKenna College and Loyola Marymount University, the Jepson School of Leadership Studies invites scholars and students interested in leadership studies to attend the Summer Institute for Leadership and the Liberal Arts on the University of Richmond campus May 19-21, 2008. There is no registration fee and meals will be provided to all attendees. Lodging will be provided on a limited first-come first-served basis (see link below)  from now until April 4. For those who don’t register in time to take advantage of the complimentary accommodations, you may still register at the Embassy Suites Hotel* on your own before April 18 and receive the conference room rate of $139 for two double beds or $159 for one king bed. The Jepson School Summer Institute is made possible through a grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation.

5:30  WELCOME RECEPTION

6:15-8:00 DINNER

REMARKS

Kenneth P. Ruscio, President, Washington & Lee University

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

Thomas Meriwether, Professor, Department of Psychology and Philosophy, Virginia Military Institute

Charles Westerberg and Carol Wickersham, Department of Sociology
Doing the Right Thing Well: Experiments in Ethical Leadership

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

10:30-10:45 Refreshment Break

10:45- 12:15 Day 1 Session II

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

Regina E. Schulte-Ladbeck, Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh; and Margaret E. Heely, University of Pittsburgh, School of Arts and Sciences
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 Assistant, Institute of Public Administration, University of Delaware
Leadership and the Liberal Arts

12:15-1:30 Lunch – UR dining hall

1:30-3 pm Day 1 Session III

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

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

3:15-4:45 Day 1 Session IV

Mark Bagshaw, Professor of Management and Leadership, Marietta College; and Luding Tong, Associate Professor of Chinese Language, Literature, and Culture, 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, NUST Institute of Management Sciences Rawalpindi-Pakistan; and Zhanar Temirbekova, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Culture-universal and Culture-specific Aspects of Transformational Leadership: A Comparison of Six Non-Western Countries

Doug 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, Department 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

10:45- 12:15 Day 2 Session VI

Terry Price, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Leadership Studies, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
What reasons might leaders use to justify their behavior?

Nathan Harter, Associate Professor, Department of Organizational Leadership, Purdue University
Introducing Philosophical Anthropology

John Parrish, Institute for Leadership Studies, Loyola Marymount University
The Philosophy of Public Leadership

12:15-1:30 Lunch – UR dining hall

1:30-3 pm Day 2 Session VII

Muna Muhammad Odeh, Visiting Researcher, Institute of Advanced Studies- Sao Carlos, University of Sao Paulo
Women as social entrepreneurs: a comparative study with focus on Brazil

Ruth Axelrod, George Washington University
Women’s Leadership Learning: using Psychosocial Development Theory to Inform Practice

3:15-4:45 Day 2 Session VIII

Todd Pittinsky and Stefanie Simon, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University
Intergroup Leadership: Promoting Positive Relations in Israel

Grace Hwang,  Leadership Studies and Programs, Kansas State University
The Power of Personal Stories in Teaching Inclusive Leadership

Richard Couto, Professor, Ph.D. Program in Leadership and Change, Antioch University; and Senior Fellow, 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