In this narrative analysis study, seven college students identifying with a disability(ies) detail their experiences with leadership roles and opportunities. Findings from this study reveal the importance of disabled representation in leadership, the ongoing negotiation of disability identity within constructed notions of leadership in college,…

Purpose: The purpose of this interdisciplinary study is to identify the aspects that faculty, student affairs educators and students indicate as salient for effective mentoring relationships that enhance ethical leadership development. Design/methodology/approach: This exploratory qualitative inquiry used the Relational-Ethical-Affective-Dialogic…

The purpose of this study was to identify the strengths and challenges that emerged from the first 3 years of a high school student leadership development program located in an urban setting. This study was developed as an instrumental case study of one student leadership development program serving urban public high schools in South Central…

As the number of college students with disabilities continues to grow, self-advocacy programs have become an increasingly important tool to help students access disability-specific and general student services. Yet, few studies have explored processes surrounding the development of self-advocacy for students with disabilities, in particular the…

This article considers higher education's role in climate crisis, reflecting on the potential of action-oriented pedagogy. As a reflection on practice, the authors consider a new postgraduate course, Climate Crisis and Action (CCA), launched in 2022 as one of a suite of new courses using inside-out pedagogy in one of the oldest (and most recently…

This study explored how 18 Student Leaders of Color (SLOC), mostly Black and Latinx students, navigated racial battle fatigue (RBF) as student leaders at a regional master's comprehensive university in New England and a large public research institution in the Southeast. This study applied RBF as a conceptual framework to explore how SLOC…

School violence has been on the increase over the past few years, despite several interventions put in place by school management, the Department of Education and parents. Nonetheless, school violence remains a debilitating factor to safe and secure schools. It is within this context that this paper examines the participation of Representative…

This qualitative study at the University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, USA, investigated leader identity emergence of study group facilitators. There is a gap in the professional literature regarding study group programs and identity emergence of the student paraprofessionals who facilitate the study sessions. This study built upon previous studies…

This quantitative study was conducted to examine if student organization involvement predicted campus belonging in students at the University of Dayton. Using the 2018 and 2021 Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership instruments, all University of Dayton undergraduate students were invited to participate in the study. The COVID-19 pandemic…

Earning a bachelor's degree has been documented as a potential social equalizer in American society. Yet, it has also been documented that first-generation college students (FGCS) have incongruently accessed and earned college degrees. This phenomenon has potentially perpetuated life-long differences in social outcomes in American society. As…

This chapter amplifies student leader voices as they reflect on their involvement and growth as facilitators and participants of story circles, a structure and process for individuals to use empathy, the arts, and social imagination to support dialogue and change in local communities.

This study advances the literature surrounding the interplay of social networking, socially responsible leadership, and social perspective-taking. The need to explore these connections are important; however, there remains a dearth of evidence from large scale studies (Ahlquist, 2017; Baek, et al., 2012). This study examined to what extent, if…

This manuscript shares insights on the process of creating and operating a student-led equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) club centered in a sport management program through five reflective stories (i.e., three students and two faculty members). Sport Helps Everyone Make Allies is a student-led EDI club created at one of the largest…

Black College athletes mobilized in significant ways in 2020. One noticeable way Black college athletes mobilized was by creating Black student-athlete organizations (BSAOs). Given college athletics' long-standing relationship to racism, capitalism, and exploitation, it is important to understand how BSAOs function within the athletic subculture…

The first purpose of this article is to provide an overview of athlete leadership in modern sport programs. This includes a brief outline of the theoretical perspectives on sport leadership and a discussion of the recent research on who athlete leaders typically are in terms of their demographics, behaviors displayed, and benefits to the team.…