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Teacher Education

Dr. JoAnn Barbour

JoAnn Danelo Barbour, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Teacher Education
Program Area:
Educational Leadership  

Professional Preparation

Ph.D. Stanford University
Educational Administration and Policy Analysis

A.M. Stanford University
Anthropology

A.M. Stanford University
Educational Administration and Policy Analysis

M.A. Arizona State University
Special Education (major field) and Reading

B.A. Gonzaga University
History

Profile

For over thirty years, Professor Barbour has led and worked with practicing and future leaders in schools and in higher education. She has lived, taught, and led in Washington State, California, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Texas. Interested in a multidisciplinary approach to studying leadership and developing leaders, Dr. Barbour has conducted research in the areas of superintendent work culture, teaching others to build successful teams, and the leader’s role in successful teaming. Currently Professor Barbour is pursuing ongoing research in leadership theory, team leadership and in postmodern pedagogical practices for developing leaders. She is pursuing lines of inquiry such as using films and cases to teach leadership concepts, cultural aspects of leadership, and developing a global worldview in leaders. She has published on pedagogical and leadership issues, and has reviewed for a variety of journals, publishers, and the university community. Courses she teaches include leadership and organizational theories and practices, leading and building teams in diverse settings, and, in development, courses on the anthropology of leadership and leadership ethics and decision making. Currently Dr. Barbour is Chair (Convener) of the Leadership Education Global Learning Community of the International Leadership Association (ILA), is collaborating with other scholars on projects associated with the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), and is Editor of the “Leadership” topic of the internationally peer-reviewed journal Academic Exchange Quarterly.

Philosophy of Leadership

As a leader, I value honesty in myself and others, intellectual curiosity and a concern for others. I strive to maintain high standards, stay current in my disciplines as well as other fields, and model what I want others to achieve. If, as Bennis notes, a leader is original, innovative, develops and challenges, if a leader focuses on people, the horizon, views the long-range, inspires trust, then I attempt to model these traits through my work as an academic, in courses, and in our programs. I value education and the fact that an education can be a means unto itself or a means to achieve greatness in one’s life. I believe an individual can transform society, but she or he must be prepared, willing to work hard, and have courage in order to follow through to create the vision necessary to make change. Leading is active. The leader creates, develops, experiments, practices, or implements. I hope that what I am and what I do, whether alone or in collaboration with others, will develop leaders who transform society.

Selected Links

Academic Exchange Quarterly
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/

University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA):
http://www.ucea.org/

International Leadership Association (ILA):
http://www.ila-net.org/

Additional Leadership Links

Leader to Leader Journal: for online articles.
http://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/

Sage Publications for several journals on leadership such as Educational Administration Quarterly, Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, and many management journals.
http://www.sagepub.com/

The Journal of School Leadership
http://www.rowmaneducation.com/Journals/JSL/Index.shtml

International Journal of Educational Reform
http://www.rowmaneducation.com/Journals/IJER/Index.shtml

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