Transformative Leadership in Action

Jacklyn A. Bruce is an Associate Professor of Agricultural & Human Sciences at North Carolina State University.Katherine E. McKee is an Assistant Professor of Agricultural & Human Sciences Department at North Carolina State University.

• Chapter 1: Theoretical UnderpinningsLeading to Transform Our World; Carolyn M. Shields;Chapter 2: Leadership as a Mechanism for Change Disrupting DominancePrivilege, Positionality and Possibilities for Shared Power; Jennifer Tilghman-Havens;Chapter 3: Transformative Leadership in Leadership Education Pedagogy: Becoming a Transformative LeaderThe Student Leader Activist Identity Continuum; Katherine E. McKee and Jacklyn A. Bruce;Tales from the Real World: Putting Leadership Theory into Social Justice Practice; Anna Patton;Chapter 4: Learners PedagogyDeveloping Learner Identities Through Countering Othering; James Mohr and Kristine F. Hoover;Tales from the Real World: Putting Compassion into Action: The Making of the CCC; Rebecca Schisler;Case Study: Educational Equity; Lauryn Mascareñaz;Chapter 5: Allies Pedagogy;Developing Ally Identities; Mac Benavides, Tess Hobson, Aliah Mestrovich Seay, Chance Lee, and Kerry PriestTales from the Real World: Call to Action to Engage in Critical Indigenous Leadership Activism & Allyship; Danielle Mitchell, and Kathy Bishop;Case Study: Centering Queer Students; Elizabeth Indermaur and Coleman SimpsonChapter 6: Advocates PedagogyDeveloping Advocate Identities; Jacklyn A. Bruce and Katherine E. McKeeTales from the Real World: Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) as Advocates in Corporate America; Kyle Jordan Case Study: Have Nots to Haves; Glenn W. “Max” McGeeChapter 7: Activists PedagogyDeveloping Activist Identities; Jacklyn A. Bruce and Katherine E. McKeeTales from the Field: Creating Pathways for Reunification for the Disregarded; William Clark;Tales from the Field: Disrupting Poverty through a Whole Family Approach to Jobs Initiative in New England; Josephine Hauer;Case Study: Reckoning with Slavery through Student Activism; Erika Cohen Derr, Aysha Dos, and Adanna J. Johnson;Case Study: Artists as Leaders for Social Justice; Carol BurbankChapter 8: A Systems Approach PedagogyIdentifying and Leveraging Institutional Entry Points; Renee Wells Tales from the Field: Under the Influence of Masculinity; Carmelin RiveraCase Study: Women in the Movement for Black Life: Transformative Activist Leadership Reshaping Black Politics; Sharon Gramby-Sobukwe

‘Transformative Leadership in Action offers a deeply reflective and reflexive account of the bravery and vulnerability necessary for substantive social change, meaningful personal transition, and groundbreaking policy initiatives in an increasingly uncertain world. Through brief research accounts, personal stories, and professional cases, the contributing scholars deftly capture the compassion and determination needed to continually refine one’s allyship prowess. The ideas, tactics, and strategies collected here should be considered required reading for all aspiring allies, accomplices, change agents, advocates, and activists.’