Leadership Education Most Publishable Paper Award

The Most Publishable Leadership Education Paper award is given each year to the paper in the leadership education global conference stream that receives the highest ranking. Winners are honored at the global conference.  

Leadership Education Luncheon

Submission Deadline: 28 February 2021

To be considered for this award, please submit a paper for presentation in the Leadership Education stream for ILA’s annual global conference.  The call for proposals for the 2021 conference opens 28 January. Visit the conference home page for details. 

Past Winners of the Leadership Education Most Publishable Paper Award

2023
Understanding “Leadergogy” — The Unique Teaching and Learning Methods in a Leader Development Course
John M. Hinck, Assistant Professor, Leadership and Innovation Institute, Air University
Steven B. Davis, Assistant Professor, Leadership and Innovation Institute, Air University
Robert Hinck, Associate Professor of Leadership, Air University 
Sara Kitsch, Assistant Professor of Leadership, Air University 
Derrick Iwanenko, Vice Commandant, Officer Training School, United States Air Force 

2021
Reimagining Culture with Care and Inclusion: Support Networks for Foreign-born Leadership Educators
Jeff Bourgeois, Assistant Professor, Global Leadership at the Indiana Institute of Technology
Sara Zare, Organizational Effectiveness Consultant; Doctoral Student at Pepperdine University

2020
Re-Operationalizing and Measuring Impact of a Leader Development Course
John M. Hinck, Assistant Professor, Leadership, Air University
Steven B. Davis, Assistant Professor, Leadership, Air University

2019
Can Mental Agility Be Taught? Advancing Agile Thinking Capacities in U.S. Military Leaders
Olenda E. Johnson, Professor of Strategic Leadership and Leader Development, U.S. Naval War College
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2018
Changes to Undergraduate Students’ Attitudes to Learning About Leadership, Religion, and Spirituality
Stuart Allen, Professor of Organizational Leadership, Robert Morris University
Peter Williams, Professor of Leadership, EdD Organizational Leadership, ACU Dallas
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2017
It’s Good for What Ails You: Leadership Education in Medical School
Stephen J. Linenberger, Professor of Leadership, Bellevue University
John Schmidt, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Creighton University School of Medicine
Jennifer Moss Breen, Associate Professor & Program Director, Interdisciplinary Leadership EdD, Creighton University
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2015
Aligning Curricular Experiences and Student Development in Leadership Education
Aaron J. McKim, Graduate Student, Agricultural Education and Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University
Jonathan J. Velez, Associate Professor, Agricultural Education and Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University