Conferences

Gonzaga DPLS Contributions at Conferences

April 2010 Gonzaga Graduate Philosophy Conference

Spokane, WA

  • Paper Presentation, Daniel Loftin (Doctoral Student), Presenter: The Emergence of the Self


June 2010 Association of Leadership Educators (ALE) Conference

Milwaukee, WI

  • The Cube: An Integrated Framework for Leadership Studies Curriculum at BA, MA,
    and Ph.D. Levels.     Chris Francovich, Heather Crandall, Josh Armstrong, Michael Carey

    Workshop/Paper Presentation, Chris Francovich, Presenter.
  • Teaching Feminist Theory and Gender Issues in Leadership Studies Programs. Roundtable, Kae Reynolds (Doctoral Candidate), Presenter.


June 2010 Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership Annual International Conference

Atlanta, GA

  • Workshop/Paper Presentation in the session Teaching Servant-Leadership: Shann Ferch, co-presenter: Teaching Servant Leadership Through Film.

AIS 2010 Conference Program: "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Integrating Ethics and Sustainability."

October 2010

  • An Ethic of Care – Foundations of an Ethics Relevant to Complexity Science and Sustainable Practice. Chris Francovich, Gonzaga University. Abstract: The work of Nell Noddings persists as a call to reassess and reevaluate ethics and ethics education. Her recognition that ethical behavior emerges in the context of actual relationships with a direct connection to the biology of reproduction and sustenance signals a fundamental watershed in ethical theorizing. Connecting the biological with the social to realize the ethical is of fundamental importance in leadership studies as well as other interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary efforts.

October 2010 Marylhurst University Center for Servant Leadership Regional Conference

Lake Oswego, OR

  • Servant-Leadership: The Interior of the Leader and the Art of Leadership
    Servant-leadership helps leaders develop deeper discernment regarding life, self, and others. Victor Frankl said the last and most crucial of human freedoms is the ability to choose one's own attitude in response to unavoidable difficulties. The ideas of Carl Jung, and human systems thought, dovetail with Greenleaf's work to form an antidote to the cynicism so prevalent in the modern world, and lead people to a more purposeful and meaningful experience of one another. Robert Greenleaf's thought regarding the servant-leader continues to transform society. Greenleaf viewed the servant-leader as a person able to live from a heart of grace and strength, a person with whom others become more wise, more healthy, and more free. The courage involved in this endeavor creates courage in those around us, and causes us to more humbly seek a deepened sense of ourselves. This kind of interior maturity is central to the way of life reflected in servant-leadership. A natural outgrowth of interior maturity is the will to relate well to others: in this interactive presentation, servant-leadership is the start point for conversations on the interior of the leader and the art of leadership. A well-formed understanding of the sacredness of humanity leads us toward relationships that are robust, open, resilient, and full of joy. Keynote Address: Shann Ferch
  • The Servant Leader as High School Coach
    High School coaches who employ a servant-leader coaching style have a positive impact on the satisfaction, motivation and performance of their student athletes. With this in mind we will explore some practical ways that high school coaches can use servant-leadership in their coaching and with their teams. Break-out Session: Brian Davenport
  • Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Mobilizing Servant Leadership Towards Strategies of Gender Integration
    Despite women’s progress in the workforce the glass ceiling remains a very real phenomenon. The masculinized and sexualized contexts of organizations perpetuate the power of gender barriers in the workplace. A systems analysis of the glass ceiling is presented. Servant leadership is proposed as a gender-integrative approach to organizational transformation and recommendations for policy changes based on this systems approach are made. Break-out Session: Kae Reynolds