Julie E. Owen

JULIE E. OWEN (she/her) is Associate Professor of Leadership Studies at the School of Integrative Studies, George Mason University, where she coordinates the leadership studies major and minor and is affiliate faculty with Women and Gender Studies and the Higher Education Program.

Owen has 30 years of higher education experience and has published 8 books and over 50 refereed publications, and has given over 150 invited and scholarly presentations. Her most recent books are A Research Agenda for Leadership Learning and Development Through Higher Education, co-edited with Dr. Susan R. Komives (Edward Elgar Press, UK, 2023) and We are the Leaders We've Been Waiting For: Women and Leadership Development in College (Stylus/Routledge, 2020). Her work has been translated into several languages.

She is committed to using her voice to advocate for positive social change leading to more equitable leadership for all, and to consider how identities and social power shape practice. Her research explores the intersections of leadership identity and women’s adult development, as well as the scholarship of liberatory leadership teaching and learning.