Chapter 21: Resonant Voices: Leadership Skills for Women in the Ivory Tower by Kathleen A. Brown
Abstract
Kathleen Brown discusses the concepts of executive presence, collaborative leadership, and linguistic resources as frameworks for leadership. In this chapter, the author explores how one might go about empowering one’s own voice and how this empowerment is related to a resonant voice.
About the Contributor
Kathleen A. Brown (EdD) is currently a Professor at Kurume University in Fukuoka, Japan. Having extended her “one year in Japan” in 1986 to the present, she has built a career in tertiary education, with a particular interest in language program development and assessment. Although her main research areas are needs analysis and testing, she is also an avid proponent of women’s leadership roles in higher education and examining the construct of gender in research.
Citation
Brown, K. A. (2020). Resonant voices: Leadership skills for women in the Ivory tower. In D. H. Nagatomo, K. A. Brown, & M. L. Cook (Eds.), Foreign female English teachers in Japanese higher education: Narratives from our quarter (pp. 283-296). Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.47908/11/21
Kathleen Brown discusses the concepts of executive presence, collaborative leadership, and linguistic resources as frameworks for leadership. In this chapter, the author explores how one might go about empowering one’s own voice and how this empowerment is related to a resonant voice.
About the Contributor
Kathleen A. Brown (EdD) is currently a Professor at Kurume University in Fukuoka, Japan. Having extended her “one year in Japan” in 1986 to the present, she has built a career in tertiary education, with a particular interest in language program development and assessment. Although her main research areas are needs analysis and testing, she is also an avid proponent of women’s leadership roles in higher education and examining the construct of gender in research.
Citation
Brown, K. A. (2020). Resonant voices: Leadership skills for women in the Ivory tower. In D. H. Nagatomo, K. A. Brown, & M. L. Cook (Eds.), Foreign female English teachers in Japanese higher education: Narratives from our quarter (pp. 283-296). Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.47908/11/21
Information About the Book
Title: Foreign Female English Teachers in Japanese Higher Education: Narratives From Our Quarter
Editors: Diane Hawley Nagatomo, Kathleen A. Brown, and Melodie Lorie Cook
Publication date: August 2020
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Title: Foreign Female English Teachers in Japanese Higher Education: Narratives From Our Quarter
Editors: Diane Hawley Nagatomo, Kathleen A. Brown, and Melodie Lorie Cook
Publication date: August 2020
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