Faculty Scholarship and Achievement

The Jepson School’s diverse faculty members engage in a broad range of scholarly endeavors. Recent achievements. Recent books include:

	Hickman identifies theories, concepts and practices for leading change Leading Change in Multiple Contexts identifies both theories and concrete examples to help readers understand how to lead change in a variety of settings. Using the latest research and vignettes, leadership studies professor Gill Robinson Hickman outlines ways of leading change in organizations and in the community, as well as locally, nationally and globally.
	New volume in Jepson book series examies the role of the liberal arts in creating good citizens, leaders Leadership and the Liberal Arts: Achieving the Promise of a Liberal Education is the second volume in the Jepson Studies in Leadership series. Edited by J. Thomas Wren, Ronald E. Riggio and Michael A. Genovese, the book is a collection of essays by college presidents, deans and leading scholars from multiple disciplines who reflect on the effectiveness of modern liberal education to make students good citizens and leaders.
	Hicks offers roadmap for governing a devout and diverse America Douglas A. Hicks outlines a vision for a more inclusive and tolerant society when it comes to religious beliefs in With God on All Sides: Leadership in a Devout and Diverse America. Published by Oxford University Press, the book provides ideas for how leaders and average citizens can navigate conflicts in public policymaking and civic life and looks at the kind of leadership needed in an increasingly religiously diverse country.
	New three-volume set explores leadership from the perspectives of psychology, politics and the humanities Leadership at the Crossroads, a new-three volume set edited by leadership studies professor Joanne B. Ciulla, draws on multiple disciplines in the liberal arts to take a wide-angled view of leadership and to explore the complexities and challenges leaders face. The first volume in the set, Leadership and Psychology, is edited by Jepson School professors Crystal L. Hoyt, George R. Goethals and Donelson R. Forsyth. Ciulla is the editor of the third volume, Leadership and the Humanities.
	Price book examines reasons leaders give to justify breaking the rules Are leaders ever justified in breaking the rules? Are they morally special? Should they do whatever it takes to achieve group goals? In Leadership Ethics: An Introduction Terry L. Price, associate professor of leadership studies, considers moral theories such as relativism, egoism, virtue ethics, social contract theory, situation ethics, communitarianism, Kantianism and cosmopolitan theories such as utilitarianism and transformational leadership to explain why everyday leaders are not justified in breaking the rules.
	Hicks publishes book on faith, morality and the economy Global Neighbors: Christian Faith and Moral Obligation in Today's Economy is a collection of essays from a diverse group of leading theologians, ethicists, economists and church leaders discussing the challenges for people of faith to live faithfully, morally and responsibly in today's global market. Douglas A. Hicks, associate professor of leadership studies, co-edited the book with Mark Valeri, a professor of church history at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education.
	Peart's book explores 'new subject' of analytical egalitarianism Dean Sandra J. Peart's latest book, co-edited with David M. Levy, a professor of economics at George Mason University, is a collection of essays on "analytical egalitarianism," a relatively new and unexplored subject in the field of economics. In the book, titled The Street Porter and the Philosopher: Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism, the authors define analytical egalitarianism as "a theoretical system that abstracts from any inherent difference among persons."