Pre-Conference
Doctoral Consortium
When: 12 October 2023 | 09:00 – 16:00
Where: Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Price: $149 ILA Member | $190 Non-Member
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Calling all doctoral students! Attend this interactive, cohort-based program to receive feedback on research agendas, strengthen your dissertation journey, gain advice from leaders, and advance your career!
Full Description
ILA’s 7th Doctoral Consortium is an interactive forum that brings together doctoral students at any stage of their program to connect and learn from established scholars, dissertation chairs, and practitioners in the field, and create a community of future leaders.
At this Consortium, you’ll:
- Connect and network with other doctoral students working on a leadership focused dissertations for support, ideas, common interests, and community.
- Meet with scholars and practitioners who are advising doctoral students and publishing their own scholarship in leadership outlets.
- Receive feedback on your research agendas, dissertation goals, and methods of inquiry. Sessions throughout the consortium will include discussions with faculty on tips for successful doctoral students, goal setting, and digging into the dissertation process. You will cover voice, methods, and the importance of finding your voice in the research.
- Advance your careers by learning from one another and from established scholars and practitioners in the field.
Understanding that the study of leadership is multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary, students studying leadership from any discipline will find value in this uniquely designed program!
Past attendees have reported that the ideas and suggestions they received were things they could incorporate immediately to better inform their work as a new researcher and writer.
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9:00 – 9:30 Welcome, Introductions, & Overview of consortium
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9:30 – 10:15 Rules for Success as a doctoral student and working with your chair
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10:15 – 10:30 Break |
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10:30 – 11:15 Mind Mapping: Tools for the Dissertation Student
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11:15 – 11:30 Break |
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11:30 – 12:15 Theoretical Concept and Conceptual Framework
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12:15 – 13:00 Lunch |
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13:00 – 13:45 Which comes first the Research Question or the method
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13:45 – 14:00 Break |
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14:00 – 14:45 Goal setting how to get from Doc Student to Doctor
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14:45 – 15:00 Break |
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15:00 – 15:45 Science of Writing: Strategies and Formulas for Managing Your Writing
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15:45 – 16:00 Wrap Up and conclusions
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Facilitators
Dr. Nathan Eva, Associate Professor, Monash Business School
Associate Professor Nathan Eva is a Fulbright Scholar and works at the Monash Business School on Boon Wurrung Country. His research examines servant leadership and leadership development. A/Prof Eva is a board member of the Network of Leadership Scholars and a facilitator for the International Leadership Association’s Leadership Education Academy.
Dr. L. J. McElravy, Associate Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dr. Isabel Orejel, Asst. Professor, Teacher Education, University of La Verne
Dr. Corey Seemiller, Professor, Leadership Studies in Education and Organizations, Wright State University
Dr. Darren Pierre, Senior Lecturer, Office of Global Engineering Leadership, University of Maryland-College Park
Dr. Darren Pierre serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Clark School of Engineering and Affiliate Faculty in Higher Education Student Affairs program in the College of Education at University of Maryland-College Park. Darren has published a book, over 25 peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters and edited volumes, keynoted numerous conferences, and consulted with universities and corporations across the U.S. In 2020, Darren led a team in the development of the one the priorities for the 2020-2025 National Leadership Research Agenda.
Dr. Rich Whitney, Professor, Organizational Leadership Asst Dean Faculty Affairs and Research, University of La Verne
Dr. Rich Whitney is an Associate Professor and Program Director, in the Organizational Leadership Doctoral Program at the University of La Verne. He studies leadership identity and experiential leadership and currently working with the Boy Scouts on two national leadership programs and creating the Leadership Development program for the 2019 World Scout Jamboree.