2012 UCEA Convention

Culturally Responsive Leadership: Developing Social Justice within Colonized Students’ Population in a Mexican University. Elia Villasenor, Arizona University
Controversial immigration and curriculum laws, along the United States have impacted Latino students’ decisions to return to their native country to earn a B.A. degree. This paper analyzed leadership practices in a Mexican university. It draws upon the literature and qualitative research findings to examine how department heads in the University of Sonora, conceptualize and enact “culturally responsive leadership” in the benefit of repatriated students. Findings demonstrated a lack of critical perspectives on culturally responsive leadership.
Mentoring Advice from Women Higher Education Leaders. Jenny Susan Tripses, Bradley University; Julia Ballenger, Stephen F. Austin State University; Linda J. Searby, Auburn University
The purpose of the study was to understand ways women university administrators have experienced mentoring relationships, as mentors or protégés. This paper adds to the limited research on mentoring relationships of women leaders in higher education who have acquired upper-level leadership positions through analysis of an open-ended question that sought their advice to women’s organizations to promote and support mentoring and networking to aspiring women academic leaders.
Mentoring Future Scholars: The Socialization of Latina Doctoral Students. Mariela A. Rodriguez, University of Texas at San Antonio
Exploratory case studies were used to obtain the experiences and perceptions of five Latina doctoral students in an educational leadership program. Two themes emerged from the data analysis: (1) mentoring by faculty members was of high value and (2) the socialization practice focused on the process of scholarly publications was key. Such practices will help students to hone their scholarly potential into future endeavors within academia.