Transforming Leadership Pathways for Humanities Professionals in Higher Education (Navigating Careers in Higher Education) - Softcover

Roze Hentschell (editor) & Catherine E. Thomas (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612498256 ISBN 13: 9781612498256

Publisher: Purdue University Press, 2023

Synopsis

Transforming Leadership Pathways for Humanities Professionals in Higher Education includes thirteen essays from a variety of contributors investigating how humanities professionals grapple with the opportunities and challenges of leadership positions. Written by insiders sharing their lived experience, this collection provides an authentic look at the multiple roles humanities specialists play, as well as offering strategies for professional growth, sustenance, and satisfaction. The collection also considers the relationship between disciplinary areas of study, academic training, and the valuable skill sets and habits of mind that serve higher education leaders.

While Transforming Leadership Pathways emphasizes that a leadership route in higher education can be a welcome and positive professional move for many humanities scholars, the volume also acknowledges the issues that arise when faculty take on administrative positions while otherwise marginalized on campus because of faculty status, rank, or personal identity. This collection demystifies the path into higher education administration and argues that humanities scholars are uniquely qualified for such roles. Empathetic, deeply analytical, attuned to historical context, and trained in communication, teachers and scholars who hail from humanities disciplines often find themselves well-suited to the demands of complex academic leadership in today's colleges and universities.

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About the Author

Roze Hentschell is senior associate dean for Academic Programs at Colorado State University. She helps develop and works to oversee all undergraduate and graduate programs, curriculum, education abroad, and experiential learning for the College of Liberal Arts. She was a 2021–2022 American Council on Education Fellow with a placement at the University of California, San Diego in the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. She is a professor of English with a specialization in early modern literature and cultural studies.

Catherine E. Thomas is associate dean for Student Success Programs and professor of English at Georgia Gwinnett College. She holds leadership roles in a variety of student success initiatives, including tutoring services, the first-year seminar, learning support courses, and first-year learning communities. A teacher-scholar of early modern literature, her research interests include Shakespeare and the comic arts, and early modern gender and sexuality.

Edition details

• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1612498256
• ISBN 13: 9781612498256
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300