Handbook of Urban Educational Leadership

René O. Guillaume, PhD, is an assistant professor and also serves as an interim co-director in the school of teacher preparation, administration, and leadership in the college of education at New Mexico State University. Noelle Arnold, PhD is the associate dean for equity, diversity and global engagement and professor of educational administration in the college of education and human ecology at The Ohio State University. Azadeh F. Osanloo, PhD, is a professor in educational leadership & administration and recently ended her term as the inaugural co-director of the school of teacher preparation, administration, and leadership in the college of education at New Mexico State University.

Section 1: Leaders of Color in Urban Context

Section 1: Introduction

Christine Fagan



Revisiting the Past to Inform the Present: Lessons from a Pre-Brown

African American Leadership Paradigm

Sheryl J. Croft



Black School Leaders Matter: Applied Critical Leadership in a Large

Urban District

Monique Sloan and Cristóbal Rodríguez



The Collective and Unique Contributions of Latina Urban School

leaders: Testimonios of Advocacy and Resistance

Melissa A. Martinez and Rosa Rivera-McCutchen



Are Charter Schools the Educational Promised Land for Black

Leaders? Examining Rational Choice Theory in a Racialized Context

April L. Peters and Ain A. Grooms



An Ecological Model of the Urban Learner: The Geography of a Predominantly Black Institution and Multi-Campus Spaces

Ursula Thomas

Section 2: Human Geographies

Section 2: Introduction

Christine Fagan



“A Sanctuary While You’re Here on Campus”: From Safe/Brave Space

to Places of Respite in Urban Educational Institutions and Classrooms

Douglas Allen and Shelby Chipman



Conceptualized Teacher Resiliency and Self-Determination

Attributes: Urban and Rural School District Perspectives

Detra D. Johnson and Pamela Gray



Extreme Deprivation and Violence: Does Sustained Deprivation

Exacerbate Homicide Rates in U.S. Cities Beyond Deprivation’s Direct (Linear) Effect?

Patricia L. McCall, Kenneth C. Land, Karen F. Parker and Andrew C. Gray

Section 3: Ecology Perspectives

Section 3: Introduction

Sarah Jane Baker



Teacher Leadership for Equity in Urban Schools

Josh Childs, Judson Laughter, Bryant O. Best, and H. Richard Milner IV





Mission Ready: Globalization, Diversity, and Inclusion Viewed Through

the Experiences of Children of Military Service Members

Chadrhyn Pedraza



‘Motherwork’: A Valuable Resource for Urban School Leaders

Terri Watson

Section 4: Urban Knowledge and Ways of Knowing

Section 4 Introduction

Tobe Bott-Lyons



Critically Conscious Educational Leadership Development Through

the Use of Pláticas in an Agentic Learning Space

Brenda Rubio, Chris Milk-Bonilla, and Randy Clinton Bell



HQPE: Exploring the Role of Physical Education in Facing America’s

Educational Debt

Samuel Hodge, Martha James-Hassan, and Alexander Vigo-Valentín



Women’s Perspectives on Deconstructing the Urban Ivory Tower for

Black Women Faculty

Risha Berry, Tomika Ferguson, and Whitney Sherman Newcomb

Section 5: Urban Politics and Educational Leadership

Section 5: Introduction

Kristine Velasquez



Urban Education and Educational Leadership Graduate Preparation

Programs: Preparing Graduate Students Coming From and Going Into

Urban PK-12 Settings

Dr. René O. Guillaume and Elizabeth C. Apodaca



Queering Urban Elementary Schools: Campus Leaders as Allies of

Intersectionality

Dr. Leanna Lucero and Angela Owens



Urban School Administrators Incorporation of Student Voice/Culture

and Community Involvement Towards School Discipline in Urban Middle Schools

John A. Williams III and Chance W. Lewis



The Value of Asian American P–12 Urban Education Principals: A Human

Resources Developmental Perspective on the Barriers and Opportunity Pathways for America’s ‘Model Minority’

Nicholas D. Hartlep



Understanding the Politics of Race, Equity, and Neoliberalism in

Everyday Leadership

Sarah Diem, Anjalé D. Welton, Sarah W. Walters, and Shannon Paige Clark

Section 6: Transnationalism

Section 6: Introduction

Luis Esquivel



Supporting Undocumented Students: Principals Taking Action

Sofia Bahena, Brianda De Leon, and Mariela A. Rodríguez



Conceptualizing Equity in a Borderland Language Ecology

Magdalena Pando



Projecting the Voice of the Voiceless: Undocumented Students in

a Southwest Borderland K-12 School District

Roberto Lozano



‘They don’t even know me’: Effects of the Model Minority Myth on

Asian American Students in a Southwest Borderland High School

Jennifer Maya Haan



A Metaphor Analysis of Tragedy and Trauma: Educational Leadership Responses to Addressing Transnationalistic Terror and Racial Violence

Azadeh F. Osanloo, Sarah J. Baker, Kristine Velasquez, Rick Marlatt, and Noelle Witherspoon Arnold

Acknowledgements

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