ILA Newsletter: INTERFACE
The name evokes those spaces and boundaries where our work reaches out and touches another’s — where theory and practice meet, shake hands, and learn from one another. It honors the fact that the ILA’s membership includes people located in many, and often multiple, independent systems who all Interface in the ILA around their commitment to advance leadership knowledge and practice for a better world. Interface shares articles highlighting association news and work being done by other ILA members.
In addition to author interviews, reports from the field, and member spotlights, the newsletter regularly features the following columns, edited by members:
- Exploring Leadership (video blog);
- PAUSE for Pedagogy (article and video interview);
- Grassroots Leadership & the Arts for Social Change (article & radio show); and
- Global & Culturally Diverse Leadership in the 21st, Century (article).
View a Selection of Recent Articles
Networking & Warm Welcomes
Read this fascinating first-person perspective from Mei-Yan Lu of what it was like to attend ILA’s 2020 virtual Women and Leadership conference as someone new to ILA and a little skeptical at first about online conferencing.
Some Reflections on the Arts for Social Change and Past Projects
Naima Prevots reflects back on her work with the Henry Street Settlement House, the CAREL Arts and Humanities Curriculum Development Program for Young Children, Pearl Primus, and others through the lens of the arts for social change.
Leadership and Delegation: Lessons From Michael Scott
In this PAUSE for Pedagogy, Martinella Dryburgh discusses how she uses an episode of the popular TV show The Office to discuss delegation with students.
In Memoriam of Georgia Sorenson
In 2020, we lost one of the pillars of the leadership field. Georgia Sorenson, a leadership author, mother, teacher, mentor, thought leader, editor, grandmother, passed away on October 18. The ILA was one of her legacies.
U.S. Newspapers and the Holocaust
USHMM’s Eric Schmalz discusses the role students, including those in Corner editor Susan Erenrich’s class at American University, played in answering this question, illustrating the ways students can genuinely make a difference while performing community service.
Leadership and Professional Development: Applying and Facilitating Personal Growth Through Diverse Experiences
In this PAUSE for Pedagogy article, Jay Rojas discusses professional development of leadership educators.
Courageously Holding Space for Change
ILA President & CEO Cynthia Cherrey reflects on ILA’s role as a trusted space where leadership researchers, educators, and practitioners can come together and create our collective future. Includes a video of Nancy Adler’s presentation to the ILA of her Leading Beautifully Award.
Gamenamic Leadership: How Game Design Can Level-Up Leadership Pedagogy
Using phenomenological framework of leadership that applies development and creativity through gaming, games can serve as concrete play experiences that enable learning and development for players and researchers alike.
Carry It On: A Studio Session With Singer-Songwriter Reggie Harris
Grassroots Leadership and the Arts for Social Change Corner editor, Susie Erenrich, invited Reggie Harris on to her radio show to discuss his role teaching people, through stories and song, about the legacy of race and racism in the United States.
Women, Power & Leadership
Political philosopher and former President of Wellesley College and Duke University, Nannerl O. Keohane, takes a deep look into the formidable obstacles women still face when seeking leadership roles including the unfounded belief that few women want to hold significant leadership positions.
On a Mission to Make the World a Better Place
Youth leader Kehkashan Basu (Founder & President of Green Hope Foundation) has a mission to make the world a better place.
The Song I Didn’t Play
John Flynn, an American singer-songwriter and grassroots leader, writes a moving first-person narrative of his work with New Beginnings – Next Step, a nonprofit that helps incarcerated and returning citizens to successfully transition from prison to freedom in the U.S.