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Developing an Intercultural Responsive Leadership Style for Faculty and Administrators

Editor Description:

Hardcover | 2020 | 300 pages
ISBN: 9781799841081

Health, Safety, and Well-being

• These Walls Will Talk: Diplomas and the Stories They Tell, R. Montelongo (2018)
• Medical curriculum enrichment across the life-course using e-Delphi and the community priority index (CPI) ranking algorithm ,Salihu HM, Dongarwar D, Malmberg ED, Harris TB, Thomson, WA. (2019)
• Advancing Holistic Review for Faculty Recruitment and Advancement,Harris TB, Thomson WA, Moreno NP, Conrad S, White SE, Young GH, Malmberg ED, Weisman B, Monroe ADH (2018)

Student Success

• Considering digital technology and innovative learning spaces as “Structures for Serving” at Hispanic Serving Institutions, V. Davila & R. Montelongo (2020)
• Parent and family programming CAS Contextual Statement,Bureau, D., Mallen, J., Self, C., & Snyder, K. (2018)
• Together We S.O.A.R.: A Theoretical Framework for the Underrepresented Student Leader, Simpson, T. E., Simpson Jr., A. L., & Bryant, J. J. (2020)
• The Impact Participation in Recreational Sport in College Has on Student Development and Learning, Simpson Jr., A. L. (2020)
• The Mentoring and Connectivism of African American Male Students Who Participate in Recreational Sports Programs, Simpson Jr., A. L., & Jones, K. (2019)
• The impact of living-learning program scholarships on scholarship recipients, Doyle, J., Wheelis, M., Thompson, L. W., & Strietzel, J. (2019). 
• Indicators for Success for African-American Male College Students: Access to Dual Credit Programs, Wallace, J. L., & Robertson, V. A. (2019)
• The Men of L.E.G.A.C.I. Student Success Program: Building Strategic Platforms for Collegiate Success, Wallace, J. L., & Robertson, V. (2019)

Financial Wellness

Career and Workforce Development

• Engagement and Employability, A. Peck (2017)
• Careers in student affairs: A holistic guide to professional development in higher education,Holzweiss, P. C., & Peck Parrott, K. (Eds.) (2017)
• Career advancement alongside changing trends, Holzweiss, P. C. (2017)
• Professional preparation of new student affairs professionals: The shared responsibility between HE/SA faculty and senior student affairs professionals, Holzweiss, P. C., & Tolman, S. (2020)
• Preparing new professionals for administrative leadership in higher education: Identifying specific skills for training, Holzweiss, P. C., Walker, D., & Conrey, M. (2019)

• “Career Readiness and Employment Expectations: Interdisciplinary Freshman Experience.” Teresa E. Simpson, Mahdi Safa, Alexandra Sokolova, and Paul G. Latiolais (2019)

• Perceptions After Completing the Degree: A Qualitative Case Study of Select Higher Education Doctoral Graduates, Conrey, M. L., Roberts, Jr., G., Fadler, M. R., Garza, M. M., Johnson, Jr., C. V., & Rasmussen, M. (2020)
• An Evaluation by Student and Academic Affairs Professionals of Programs That Support Career Readiness and Meet Employer Expectations, Simpson, T. E., & Wilkinson, M. R. (2020)
• Education Abroad Co-Curricular Experiences That Result in Intercultural Responsive Leadership Growth, Simpson T. E., & Grimes, L. H. (2020)
• New Models for Partnerships Between Co-Curricular Programs and Career Services, Simpson T.E. (2017)
• The Co-curricular Connection: The Impact of Experiences Beyond the Classroom on Soft Skills, Peck, A., Hall, D., Cramp, C., Lawhead, J., Fehring, K., & Simpson, T. (2016)
• Overall effectiveness of a student affairs scholar practitioner quantitative research workshop: A mixed-methods study, Strietzel, J., Kaul, C. R., & Sriram, R. (2020)

Policy and Advocacy

• Student Government Elections: The Experiences of Candidates and Their Perceptions of Political Efficacy, J. Fox (2017)
• Tradition and Innovation: Updating Student Engagement in the College Union, Peck, A., & Hearn, S. (2019)

Supporting the Profession

• Perceptions after completing the degree: A qualitative case study of select higher education doctoral graduates,  Conrey, M. L., Roberts, G., Jr., Fadler, M. R., Garza, M. M., Johnson, C. V., Jr., & Rasmussen, M. (2020)
• Academic Leadership Programs – A Snapshot of What We Know, J. Batchelder & K. Guthrie (nd)
• Examining Degree Types of Academic Leadership Programs in the United States, Guthrie, K. L., Batchelder, J. M., & Hu, P. (2019)
• Leadership You Admire, Batchelder, J. (2020, April)
• A Playwright’s Reflections,Batchelder, J. (2020)
• Beyond geographical space: Online learning and community engagement initiatives,Montelongo, R., & Eaton, P. W. (2018)
• More than a field trip: Using point of view action cameras for online courses, Montelongo, R. (2018)
• Social representations about teaching and learning Chemistry: Identification and evolution in a cohort from a Technical School, Granados Orellanos, I.; Fortino, M.A.; Silvestre, G. (2018)
• Authoring personal and professional success, Holzweiss, P. C. (2017)
• The importance of peer connections in distance education, Fuller, M. B., Holzweiss, P. C., & Joyner, S. A. (2015)
• Empirically exploring cultures of assessment in higher education: Results from the Administrators’ Survey of Assessment Culture, Fuller, M. B., Skidmore, S. T., Bustamante, R. M., Holzweiss, P. (2016)
• Institutional cultures of assessment: A qualitative study of administrator perspectives, Holzweiss, P. C., Bustamante, R. M., & Fuller, M. B. (2016)
• Higher education crises: Training new professionals for crisis management, Holzweiss, P. C., & Walker, D. (2018)
• Online in half the time: A case study with online compressed courses, Holzweiss, P. C., Polnick, B., & Lunenburg, F. (2019)
• Crisis planning for online students: Lessons learned from a major disruption, Holzweiss, P. C., Walker, D., Chisum, R., & Sosebee, T. (2020)
• What Hurricane Harvey taught us about online students, Holzweiss, P. C., & Walker, D. (2020)
• Platicando con nuestras hermanas (talking with our sisters): A case study of latina student affairs administrators' mentoring experiences, Perez, L. O. (2016)

Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice

• Online learning for social justice and inclusion: The role of technological tools in graduate student learning, R. Montelongo & P. Eaton (2019)
• Give Back to Impact: (Re)considering the Motivation for Latinx College Student Organization Involvement and Leadership, R. Montelongo (2019)
• Cultural Factors that Impact Latina/o College Student Success at Predominantly-White Institutions: Past and Current Knowledge for Educators, R. Montelongo (2019)
• Developing an Intercultural Responsive Leadership Style for Faculty and Administrators, A. Spicer-Runnels & T. Simpson (2020)
• How do christian students' academic, emotional, spiritual, and social experiences impact their spiritual identity and development at a secular institution: A grounded theory approach, Wallace, E. (2017)
• How do christian students' academic, emotional, spiritual, and social experiences impact their spiritual identity and development at a secular institution: A grounded theory approach, Wallace, E. (2015)
• Review of the book Ensuring the Success of Latino Males in Higher Education: A National Imperative, by V.B. Saenz, L. Ponjuan, & J.L. Lopez Figueroa, (Eds), Montelongo, R. (2018)
• Latina/o students and involvement: Outcomes associated with Latina/o student organizations. ,Montelongo, R., Alatorre, H., Palencia, J., Plaza, R, Sanchez, D. & Santa Ramirez, S. (2015)
• Strategies and reflections on teaching diversity in digital space(s), Montelongo, R., & Eaton, P. W. (2019)
• Testimonios of senior-level Latino student affairs professionals: Donde hay gana, hay mana, Montelongo, R., & Plaza, R. (2019)
• Considering digital technology and innovative learning spaces as “Structures for Serving” at Hispanic Serving Institutions, Davila, V., & Montelongo, R. (2020)
• Latina/o college student organization involvement and its effect on members twenty years after college attendance, Montelongo, R. (2017)
• Cultural factors that impact Latina/o college students at predominantly White institutions: Past and current knowledge for educators, Montelongo, R. (2019)
• Less than/more than: Issues associated with high-impact online teaching and learning, Montelongo, R. (2019) 
• Historically bold: Three Texas moments that shaped higher education and student affairs, Montelongo, R. (2019)
• “Give back to impact”: (Re)considering the motivation for Latinx involvement and leadership, Montelong, R. (2019)
• Online learning for social justice and inclusion: The role of technological tools in graduate student learning, Montelongo, R. (2019)
• Latinx Network Writers Group: Demystifying the writing process for scholar-practitioners, Montelongo, R. (2020)
• Ethics and ethical decision-making,Holzweiss, P. C. (2017)
• Ethics in higher education: Using collective experiences to enhance training for new professionals, Holzweiss, P. C., & Walker, D. (2016)
• Education Abroad Co-Curricular Experiences that Result in Intercultural Responsive Leadership Growthin the Second Language Learning Classroom,  Simpson, T. E., & Grimes, L. H. (2017)
• Leveraging Institutional Articulation Agreements to Support Collegiate Pathways for Black Males, Wallace, J. L., & Falla, J. T. (2020)
• Dismantling Invisibility in Multiracial College Students: The Impact of Social and Academic Integration on Student Persistence, Spicer-Runnels, A. D. (2020)