University of San Diego School of Leadership and Education Sciences

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Leadership Events News and Scholarship
Spring 2010

IN THIS ISSUE
•	Awards and Accolades
•	Outstanding Book on Leadership
•	Safe Space Ally Network
•	Qatar Course Recap
•	CEPAL Receives Additional Funding
•	Caster Center News
•	ELDA Recognized
•	U.S. Presidents: Leadership Lessons?
•	Student Updates
•	Alumni Updates
•	Faculty Updates
•	Doctoral Graduate Assistantships
•	Easter Basket Drive
•	AH Management Institute 2010
•	Updates from Graduates
•	New Graduates

UPCOMING EVENTS

�	ELDA 10 Year Anniversary June 9, 2010

�	Community College Leadership Academy June 13-16, 2010

�	Charged 2020 June 30 - July 1, 2010

�	Nonprofit Human Resources Symposium July 16, 2010 1 -5 p.m.

�	Leadership for Change July 16-18, 2010

DATES TO REMEMBER

August 25
Final fee payment deadline for Fall 2010 term

August 31
Dean's New Student Welcome

August 31
Leadership Studies Welcome Back

September 1
Last Day of Classes

September 6
Labor Day
No classes, offices closed

September 13
Last day to enroll in course. Last day to drop without a W.

October 1
Financial Aid applications available for Intersession

October 11-22
Online Registration for Intersession classes

November 1
Spring Registration begins

November 19
Final fee payment deadline for Intersession

November 24 - 26
Thanksgiving Break

November 24
Last day to defend dissertation for January graduates

November 29
Portfolios due for January Graduates

December 13
Last day of classes; Last day to petition for August 2011 graduation; Dissertation and Thesis due in Graduate Records

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Awards and Accolades

This spring the following Department of Leadership Studies faculty and students were bestowed with honors and awards.

William P. Foster Outstanding Dissertation Award, selected by the SOLES faculty: Laura J. Deitrick '10 (Ph.D.) and David Mark Silver '10 (Ph.D.)

Dean Paula Cordeiro and Laura Deitrick

Student of the Year, selected by faculty in the three M.A. programs:

Pictured from left to right, Leadership Studies & ELDA programs: Kelly Hargrove '10 (M.A.), Higher Education Leadership: Khalia Ii '10 (M.A.)
Nonprofit Leadership and Management: Elizabeth Castillo '10 (M.A.)

Kelli Dorey and Athena Perrakis

Leadership Studies Faculty Member of the Year, selected by department graduate students: Athena Perrakis, Ph.D.

Sergio Rodriguez

SOLES Staff/Administrator of the Year,
selected by SOLES students:
Sergio Rodriguez,
current student, M.A. in Leadership Studies

LASH Faculty Award: Patricia Saraniero '07 (Ed.D.).

Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award
for professional career achievement

Originated in 1995, the Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Awards are named in honor of President Emeritus, Author E. Hughes. His outstanding achievements over his 24 years as president and his commitment to excellence mirror the extraordinary accomplishments of the fifty-four honorees who proudly wear the medallion bearing his name. This year's honoree from SOLES was Rich Newman '05 (Ed.D.), Principal, Monterey Ridge Elementary.

Call for Nominations - Outstanding Book on Leadership

The University of San Diego Book award is given to the author(s) of the most outstanding book on leadership published in a given year. The current call for nominations is for books with a 2010 copyright.

The selection committee will be chaired by Professor Robert Donmoyer and will include faculty member, George Reed, doctoral students Paige Haber, David Facer, Sam Chung, Bethan Theunissen and Lindsay McDougle, doctoral alum, Chris Procello '08 (Ph.D.), Leadership Studies master's student, Whitney Strain, and one undergraduate Leadership Studies minor student, Stephanie Shepherd.

To nominate a book, fill out and submit the brief electronic nomination form. Nominations will be accepted through June 30, 2010.

Department Provides Safe Space

Walk down the hall past the Leadership Studies faculty, staff and adminstrator offices and you'll see plenty of these emblems on the doors. Each emblem designates employees who've completed training to become a SAFE SPACE ALLY. By displaying a SAFE SPACE emblem, members of the university community provide visible markers of validation, support, and respect for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community as well as other potentially marginalized populations. The Safe Space Allies Network enhances the ability of students, staff, administrators and faculty to demonstrate proactively and personally the University's core values of community, inclusion, and respect for all - regardless of sexual orientation or other identity. Grounded in Catholic Social Thought, the University's mission affirms that all human life is sacred and that the dignity of the human person is the foundation of a moral vision for society. To learn more about the program, visit the United Front Multicultural Center.

USD Students Share Expertise and Learn with Qatar Professionals

Back: Khalia Ii, Sara Christovich, Christine Killoran, Lauren Johnson, Christina Wellhouser, Richard Bakken, Cheryl Getz, Nicolas Kajimoto, Front: Laura Sabin, Jacqueline Loya, Paige Haber, Kelli Dorey

A group of eleven master's and doctoral students from the department went on a 2-week global study course to Qatar in January in partnership with the University of Maryland and the Qatar Foundation's Education City. The students participated in a number of cultural experiences, interacted with staff on the campuses, and participated in the 3-day Young Professionals Institute. This model collaboration is a powerful way to contribute to existing research and scholarship to advance student success. Cheryl Getz and Paige Haber were the instructors for this course. The events drew media attention from the Gulf Times and the Pennisula.

CEPAL Receives Additional Funding

Scott Himelstein, director of the Center for Education Policy and Law (CEPAL), is pleased to announce CEPAL has received funding to work on two education-related research projects. The first project, funded by the San Diego Public Library Foundation, involves the research into and development of a charter high school. The high school will be located on the sixth and seventh floor of the planned new San Diego Central Library in downtown. The second project, funded by the City of Chula Vista, involves a feasibility study related to the pursuit of higher education partners in a planned university campus. The principal researcher on both projects is Frank Kemerer. Other SOLES faculty and staff involved in the projects include Lea Hubbard, Laura Deitrick, research associate and doctoral student, Julie Zoellin Cramer, and CEPAL staff attorney, Allison Deal. Ms. Deal joined the CEPAL staff this year and is an alumna of the USD School of Law.

CEPAL is a joint center of the School of Leadership and Education Sciences and the School of Law.

News from the Caster Family Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research

A team of doctoral students Taylor Peyton Roberts, Heather Carpenter, and Lindsey McDougle traveled with Center Director Laura Deitrick, and faculty members Bob Donmoyer and Mary McDonald to present at the Seventh Annual West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference at Portland State in April. Taylor Roberts also traveled to Georgia to attend the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology's 25th Annual Conference in April, where she volunteered as an ambassador and helped promote I/O At Work (a website that summarizes academic articles to bridge the gap between research and practice in HR and other fields: www.ioatwork.com. Caster Research Assistant Bethan Theunissen attended the Academy of Religious Leadership.

On May 20th the Caster team released its latest research report "A Spotlight on San Digeo's Third Sector" to an audience of 150 nonprofit leaders, funders, and government officials. This project was lead by Caster Research Assistant Melanie Hitchcock with assistance from research assistant Tom Cessarini. The full report may be found on the SOLES website www.sandiego.edu/npresearch.

Tom Cesarini and Melanie Hitchcock

Additionally, Heather Carpenter and others released the Center's first national study which examined Human Resource Trends in nonprofit organizations. The study received mention in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. An HR training event is planned for June 16th at SOLES and will feature the research as well as several interactive workshops on HR. Event details may be found at: http://hrsymposium.kintera.org

ELDA Recognized as Exemplary Principal Preparation Program by Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education

On February 19 2010, 1200 deans and faculty of schools of education convened at the annual conference of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan discussed the importance of our nation providing outstanding school principal preparation programs so that all children in our nation's K-12 schools achieve success. Secretary Duncan cited three programs in the country that serve as models of school leadership preparation. The University of San Diego's Educational Leadership Development Academy (ELDA) was cited as one of the most effective and innovative school leadership programs in the nation.

U.S. Presidents: Leadership Lessons?

This semester ten graduate students (five masters degree students in leadership, two doctoral students, and three law school students) enrolled in a course designed to answer the question: Are there leadership lessons that can be learned by examining the leadership skills and and traits of American Presidents? The course was taught by Professor Emeritus Ed DeRoche.

The framework for the course included four in-class sessions (one per month) and six online session via WebCT. The readings included several articles on presidential leadership including a speech by historian Robert Dallek, and articles by historian Doris K. Goodwin and others. The text used in the course was David Gergen's Eyewitness To Power. Several web site resources were also used.

DeRoche found that the students recognized the unique nature of the leadership position of a president as a major leader in the U.S. and in the world. "The students came to appreciate how effective presidents used their skills and talents to deal the three "Ps" of the position-the public-- the politics--and the propaganda within a political climate rife with a variety of circumstances and crises that occur during their time in office."

So, after a semester of study, DeRoche affirms that the students would answer the course question affirmatively. The leadership lessons would be captured in such words as character (integrity, trust, courage, charisma, loyalty, etc), vision/mission, delegation, accountability, communication (listening & persuading), and building and maintaining positive relationships.

Current Student Updates and News

Leadership Minor students Nina Baumgardner, Danielle Lewis, Emily McMahon, and Marisa Miller along with instructor and doctoral student, Paige Haber, presented two workshop sessions at the National Collegiate Leadership Conference in Tucson, Arizona in February. The two sessions were "Marketing Your Leadership Experiences in the Real World" and" Who am I and Where am I Going: Identifying Values, Visions, and Personal Mission Statements". These two sessions session stemmed from a course project in EDLD 350: Leadership in Groups on developing a professional workshop presentation.

Cynthia Davalos, first year doctoral student,

Cynthia Davalos with Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, Penny Rue

received UC San Diego's Staff Diversity Award for Student Affairs. Cynthia was honored for her work in outreach and yield. She was also recognized for her collaborations with current students on issues of diversity and access. Each Vice Chancellor awards one employee from their division to receive this award. Cynthia accepted her award from Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and Chief Diversity Officer Sandra Daley.

Robert Gailey '10 (Ph.D.) moderated the plenary session at the San Diego Microfinance Summit that featured a panel of international microfinance practitioners. Gailey also served on a panel for a breakout session entitled "Microfinance in Academia". On the breakout panel were professors from USD, UCSD, SDSU, and PLNU demonstrating a great collaboration across academic institutions in San Diego.

Associate Professor, Cheryl Getz, with doctoral students Paige Haber and Sean Horrigan presented a pre-conference session at the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) annual convention in Boston in March titled "Leadership Development & Authentic Learning through Case-In-Point Teaching and Facilitation". Paige Haber, along with her colleague Marcy Shankman, also presented "Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: Using Innovative Ideas to Identify Revolutionary Results". Additionally,Paige Haber was recently selected as a 2010 Annuit Coeptis Emerging Professional for excellence in leadership, research, professional association service, and teaching by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA).

Paige Haber is also the co-author on a recently accepted publication in the Leadership Review. The article is titled "Gender and leadership through the lens of emotionally intelligent leadership" and is co-authored by M. L. Shankman, C. Facca and S. Allen.

Doctoral student Karen Kramer Horning was invited by The Rainbow Educator Management Team to be a Rainbow Educator for the 2010-2011 school year. The Rainbow Educators are a group of students, staff, alumni, and faculty who create and present workshops on campus at USD on sexual orientation and other diversity issues. You can find more information about the Rainbow Educators and their mission here: http://www.sandiego.edu/unitedfront/re/

Cara Miller, doctoral student and instructor of EDLD 351: Leadership Seminar presented at the 7th Annual Action Research Conference on May 14, 2010. She presented with three students in the Leadership Minor: Nina Baumgardner, a junior, Cassie Hoppock, a senior, and Marisa Miller a junior. The presentation "Leadership Seminar: Co-Researching an Undergraduate Leadership Course" was an account from a teacher and students who completed a capstone undergraduate leadership studies course using Action Research to study their work together in real time. Students were invited to join the teacher as co-researchers of the experience of learning and teaching about leadership, engaging the principles of Action Inquiry.

Doctoral student, Steve Smith, in conjunction with Principal Jonathan Ton and teacher Leah LaVelle created the Learn to Lead program for Eighth-grade GATE and Seminar students at Montgomery Middle School
The Learn to Lead program was profiled in a recent SDUSD newsletter as well as their blog.

Sara Kathleen Henry '10 (Ph.D.) was promoted to Director of the Center for Communication and Leadership at the University of California, San Diego. She will oversee the UCSD Express to Success Programs and the Intergroup Relations Program and will work to advance new initiatives related to communication and leadership skill development for college students.

Alumni Updates - Graduate Programs

Jackie Freiberg '94 (Ed.D.) was named one of the Top 5 honorees for 2010 by Speakers Platform. Each year, Speakers Platform recognizes five speakers within fifteen popular topic areas. Freiberg appeared in the Top 5 for Leadership speakers. http://www.Speaking.com/top5

Tunde Hegedus '10 (M.A.) was awarded a scholarship by the Hungarian American Coalition. She received the Dr. Elemer and Eva Kiss scholarship award. http://www.hacusa.org/scholarships/scholarship.html.

Arnulfo Manriquez '05 (M.A.) has been appointed as the new President and CEO of the Chicano Federation of San Diego County. View the full press release.

Diana Ross '09 (M.A.) is Collaborative Director of Mid-City CAN (Community Advocacy Network). Mid-City CAN will oversee the Building Healthy Communities Initiative in City Heights, as funded by The California Endowment, which will focus resources over the next 10 years to the community. City Heights was visited by First Lady, Michelle Obama in April to help launch this effort. To learn more, listen to this interview on KPBS.

Faculty and Administrator Updates

Professor Paula Cordeiro chaired the session "International Perspectives on School Leadership and Ethics in Education" at the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Annual Meeting.

Professor Bob Donmoyer also participated in AERA's 2010 Annual Meeting. He presented his paper "Competing Conceptions of Instructional Leadership: Portraits of Practice Gleaned From Three Research Studies" at the session, "21st-Century Instructional Leadership in Canada and the United States: Research-Based Images of What Is, a Discussion of What Ought to Be (and What Still Needs to Be Researched)" and he served as the discussant at the session "Conceptual and Theoretical Considerations in Qualitative Research".

Professor Robert Donmoyer and Associate Professor Fred Galloway published "Reconsidering the Utility of Case Study Designs for Researching School Reform in a Neo-Scientific Era: Insights From a Multiyear, Mixed-Methods Study " in Educational Administration Quarterly 2010; volume 46; originally published online.

Professor Lea Hubbard presented research on ELDA's POST initiative that she conducted with Professor Paula Cordeiro and doctoral student Tammy Moriarty. The presentation titled "Supporting Veteran Principals: A Matter of Coaching and Context" was presented in New Zealand at the NZEALS Conference in April.

Lea Hubbard also recenlty published, "Research to Practice: The Case of Boston Public Schools, Education Matters and Boston Plan for Excellence" in C. Coburn & M.K. Stein (Eds), Research and practice in education: Building alliances, bridging the divide. Landham, MD., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

CEPAL Associate Director and Professor-in-Residence Frank Kemerer is pleased to report that Stanford University Press has just posted the first semi-annual update for his book California School Law on the book's website. Written with co-author and attorney Peter Sansom, the update brings the second edition of California School Law up to date. The second edition was published in 2009. The update is available on the book's website at www.californiaschoollaw.org. It may be downloaded at no cost.

Doctoral Graduate Assistantships

We are pleased to welcome the following doctoral students to the Department and SOLES who have been hired in the following Graduate Assistantship positions.

Nathaniel Dunigan
Graduate Research Assistant, SOLES Global Office
Maureen Guarcello
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Leadership Studies

Alexander Lehman

Graduate Research Assistant, Educational Leadership Development Academy (ELDA)

Valerie Livesay
Graduate Research Assistant, Office of Outreach and Recruitment

Daniel Tillapaugh
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Leadership Studies/Leadership Minor

They join our current team of Graduate Assistants who will be returning to their current GA positions:

Heather Carpenter

Graduate Research Associate , Caster Family Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research
Tom Cesarini

Graduate Research Assistant, Caster Family Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research

Julie Cramer
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Educational Policy and Law (CEPAL)

Crystal Dujowich

Global Center Assistant Coordinator, SOLES Global Office

Paige Haber

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Leadership Studies/ Leadership Minor

Melanie Hitchcock
Graduate Research Assistant, Caster Family Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research

Cynthia Martinez

Global Center Coordinator, SOLES Global Office

Rob Rankin

Graduate Research Assistant, SOLES Office of Assessment

Bethan Theunissen

Graduate Research Assistant, Caster Family Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research

We'd like to thank Lindsey McDougle and Cara Miller for their work over the last few years in the Caster Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research and the Department of Leadership Studies Leadership Minor, respectively.

American Humanics 14th Annual Easter Basket Drive

Students in the American Humanics Student Association raised funds, purchased supplies, assembled, and delivered 125 Easter backpacks to children living in group foster care homes and the Toussaint Teen Center. Each child received personal items, school supplies, and candy.

Thank you for bringing a smile to a child's face Easter Morning!

Alyssa Black Laura Crespo
Paula Cordeiro Nicole Holliday
Stacey Kasendorf Alfred Chavez Jr