The DPLS Blog at Gonzaga University

Hello All,

As summer term winds down and professors finish efforts to get papers read and grades in, I want to thank all who attended and participated in Summer Session 2013. This was my first term as new department chair. I have appreciated all the help, advice, and support from faculty colleagues, program coordinator, and doctoral students. Thank you! Hopefully you will take some time for “breaks away” before summer ends for you: breaks away from books, from work, from thinking about work, from indoors, from having to meet deadlines, and so on, even for just a tiny bit of time. And hopefully you will take some time for “breaks to” before summer ends: breaks to have some fun, think about nothing in particular, spend time in whatever way you want, not owe anyone a paper with words written on it, not owe any one a reply of any sort, and so on, for as much time as you can capture.

Best of luck to you in the coming months. Safe travels to all going to your homes. Safe travels and much enjoyment to all who figure out a way to take break time to . . . . . .  With Appreciation, JoAnn Danelo Barbour, Associate Professor and Chair, Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies.

On on a recent Sunday, the DPLS held a Leadership and Technology Colloquium in College Hall. For three hours doctoral candidates and interested others from the Gonzaga community discussed various readings, philosophers, and theorists and their connections to technology and leadership, after Professor Chris Francovich began with a reading from one of Hannah Arendt’s major works. The conversation never stopped; the coffee and croissants lasted throughout; and our thinking was stretched through the afternoon. Thank you to Anna Frost for the work she did in making the event successful. Next time we have a leadership colloquium, we hope to see you there. We know many were working on final papers for summer school courses; or are not on campus for courses this summer. Nonetheless, we missed you!! Look forward to seeing you next time.

Congratulations are in order for Ms. Rae M. Randleman, a doctoral candidate in the DPLS program. Rae recently had an article published in Vol. 7, Issue 1 of The Journal of Feminist Thought. You can access this article and download the pdf from this url address: escholar.salve.edu/jift. The title of her essay, a revised version of her candidacy paper, is “Women as Leaders in Differing Microfinance Models.” Well done, Rae. The DPLS salutes you!!

This attached pdf is a collection of Summer and Fall 2013 deadlines for graduate and doctoral students. To avoid confusion or problems, it is very important that DPLS students are aware of these deadlines based on student level and actual course dates. Though the summer deadlines are probably irrelevant by now, please take note of the Fall 2013 deadlines. Fall 2013 information may be found on pages 1 and 5 in the pdf. If you have any questions, please contact Marnie Broughton, DPLS program coordinator: broughton@gonzaga.edu.

Dear Doctoral Community,

We are honored to have visiting scholar, Dr. Olga Malakhova with us for two days next week. Please see her attached vitae here: Olga N. Malakhova Resume. She will give a brief presentation and receive questions in the Leadership Theory course between 6 and 7 p.m. on next Wednesday night, July 17.  All are invited and we’d love to see you there, in Tilford 117. Unless you are in another class that night of course!

Dr. Malkhova will also be available for office hours to discuss some of her own research and the research interests of our doctoral students or alumni on Wednesday the 17 from 3-5 p.m. in the afternoon in the guest scholars office on the second floor of Tilford (next to Marnie’s office). If you’d like to meet with Dr. Malakhova between 3 and 5, please email Dr. Shann Ferch: ferch@gonzaga.edu.

Earlier that day, Dr. Malakhova will be available for lunch for all who are interested. If you are interested in attending the lunch, please call doctoral student Evelyne Ello Hart: 503-380-1475. Lunch will be held at the Main Market and doctoral students will walk there with Dr. Malakhova from the lobby of the Tilford Center at 12 noon. Thank you all, and please join me in welcoming Dr. Olga Malakhova as a visiting scholar to our Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University.

With gratitude,

Shann

You are invited to this free, informal dialogue for the DPLS/Gonzaga community to present journal articles, books, and other scholarly materials on any number of topics related to Technology & Leadership Studies, such as:

• social media and leadership studies;
• education technology, learning, and presence in the classroom;
• values, technology, and relationships;
• decision making, technology, and power;
• …and more (the imagination is endless!)

Sunday, July 21, Noon-3 p.m., College Hall 101 (calendar here)

Coffee + croissants provided; feel free to bring your own food.

We are a welcoming and gentle community; all are encouraged to present, but people may certainly attend for the dialogue only! Presentations will be 5 minutes max. The presentations and subsequent dialogue will follow the Journal Club format, which is here. PowerPoint is encouraged, but not required. Bring your presentation handouts, but copies of your articles are not necessary.

We would appreciate if you informed us beforehand if you wished to present. Contact Dr. Chris Francovich: francovich@gonzaga.edu.

The Colloquium on Technology & Leadership Studies is sponsored by Journal Club and the Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies.

Hello Gonzaga DPLS Graduates,

If you have completed your dissertation between August 1, 2011, and August 1, 2013, you may be interested in the following announcement from the International Leadership Association (ILA). The contact information is included in the announcement, but note that there is a fairly tight turnaround. Go online and carefully read the criteria for submission, then submit. If you do not meet the deadline this year, consider next year if you are within the timeframe. We have some wonderful research coming from Gonzaga; let’s get it out there!! – Dr. JoAnn Danelo Barbour

ANNOUNCEMENT:
The ILA is pleased to partner with the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond on the annual Frederic M. Jablin Doctoral Dissertation Award. This is an exceptional opportunity open to those who completed their dissertation between August 1, 2011, and August 1, 2013. Submissions for the 2013 Jablin Award may be on any topic and from any discipline as long as they demonstrate substantial insights and implications for the study of leadership. The firm deadline is Thursday, August 1, 2013. The 2013 recipient will be honored at the 15th Annual Global Conference of the International Leadership Association, Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2013, in Montréal, where they will present their dissertation research. In addition to the award, winners receive a $1,000 prize from the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, travel expenses to and registration for the ILA conference, and a one-year membership to the ILA. Please visit jepson.richmond.edu/about/jda/submissions.html for complete submission instructions. For questions about the application process, please refer to Frequently Asked Questions.

DPLS Christopher Horsethief delivers a powerful keynote address.

Great work Christopher!

For those who’d like to, click here to witness it:

http://vimeo.com/69260394

In the keynote address Dr. Christopher Horsethief, a First Nations educator and researcher, explains how boundary objects such as language and culture can provide structure and stability in the wake of cultural trauma. He discusses recent social network research into Ktunaxa community dynamics in which intense social media interaction demonstrate community resilience. He poses the argument that community members’ use of language and culture allow the Ktunaxa, and all collectively traumatized groups, to pursue collectively intelligent negative entropy.

All new students who have not yet done so are asked to attend the New Student Orientation this Fall Friday, September 20, 2013, from Noon-2:30 p.m. in Tilford 117. New Student Orientation is the space to meet the DPLS faculty, meet current students, and get oriented to vital campus and DPLS resources. This is a meeting you don’t want to miss! For more info, please click here.

DPLS offers a handful of graduate assistantships each semester. Jobs vary, but often include assisting professors. Graduate Assistants must reapply each semester for Graduate Assistantships. Fall GA applications are due July 10. Please turn them to Marnie Broughton: broughton@gonzaga.edu. Click here for forms and more GA info.