Career Journeys of Diverse Leaders in Higher Education

Editors:George Blumenthal is the Chancellor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, and a Member and Former Director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.Josefina Castillo Baltodano is the Founder and Executive Director of the Executive Leadership Academy at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and Former President of Marian University, Wisconsin, USA. Contributing Editor:Ding-Jo H. Currie is a Distinguished Faculty and Director of the Leadership Institute for Tomorrow, California State University, Fullerton, USA; President, Lingnan Foundation, USA; and Former Chancellor of Coast Community College District, USA. Assistant Editors:Johnnella E. Butler is Professor Emerita and Former Provost at Spelman College, USA, and Founding Fellow and Faculty Member of the Executive Leadership Academy at University of California, Berkeley, USA.Samantha A. Rushing is Associate Director and Executive Assistant to the Board of the Executive Leadership Academy at University of California, Berkeley, USA, and Program Administrator of Berkeley Global Executive Education, at University of California, Berkeley, USA.

• 1. Seizing the Moment: How a First-Generation Astrophysics Student Made an Impact as the Leader of a Major Research University 2. Hispanic Culture, Faith, and Leadership: A University President's Path from Philanthropy to Promoting Diversity and Inclusivity 3. The Pathfinding Asian Woman President: Three Lessons for Leading an Inclusive College for the 21st Century 4. Creative Leadership in Institution Building: The Unconventional Journey of a Woman Quantum Physicist in India 5. A Latino President’s Retrospective: Diversity, Ethnicity, and Race in American Higher Education 6. One Woman’s Path to the Presidency of a Woman’s College 7. An American Indian Woman Breaks Through Barriers to Reach Higher Education Leadership: My Climb to the Highest Rung 8. From Segregation in Mississippi to University Leadership in California: Seizing Opportunities, Making a Difference, and Paying It Forward 9. Divinely Ordered Steps to Leadership: Positioned for Purpose 10. The Leadership Journey of the Black, Latina, and Native American College President: From Poverty to the Presidency

"Career Journeys of Diverse Leaders in Higher Education is an inspiring and insightful collection of essays. Filled with humor and wisdom, the individual chapters tell the life stories of a diverse group of presidents and chancellors who charted unusual paths to leadership and brought with them the vision that was the fruit of their experience. At a moment when diversity has become an issue of political controversy, this volume shows the benefits and values it can bring to our colleges and universities."Dr. Carroll Christ, Chancellor, UC Berkeley, USA