Explore the Questions of Humanity
Gonzaga's Ph.D. or Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies (DPLS) follows the Jesuit tradition of educating the whole person to inspire individuals to consider, confront and actively address the questions of humanity with critical thought and moral conviction.
DPLS explores relationality through a transdisciplinary lens, centering three key aspects of leadership:
- The leader as individual
- Organizational complexities such as culture, development and systems
- Global mindset, cultural competence and cultural intelligence
Extend Your Reach
Our hybrid Ph.D. program is designed for working professionals welcoming students across a broad range of professions who desire to create positive change in their communities and organizations including:
- Education
- Business
- Not-for-Profit
- Health Care
- Government
- Military
- Law Enforcement
- First Responders
- Social Sciences
Your Learning Community
Together with faculty and other student colleagues, you will develop and sustain a learning community in which all members can nurture the personal qualities of self-knowledge, self-acceptance, avid curiosity, a respect for human diversity and individuality, and a call for justice.
With over forty years of program history, you will join a rich tradition of our alum influencing organizations and communities through research, teaching, consulting, relationality and leadership skills.
Be Transformed
Learning alongside others you will:
- Develop deeper insights into yourself.
- Understand the complexity of relationships and relationality.
- Be inspired to create and sustain more meaningful and healthy relationships.
- Explore the questions of humankind.
- Examine the complexity of systems.
- Investigate self and others’ behaviors, values, thought systems, and critical reasoning.
- Identify ways and means of implementing influence to create positive change.
