In Conversation…Maria Guajardo: Thoughts on Global Leadership
Event description
This online event is part of the Inclusive Practice in Action (IPIA) Global, Inclusive Leadership series. Join academic Maria Guajardo and IPIA curator Brenda Rattray to start to explore what we mean by Global Leadership.
Maria Guajardo
Maria Guajardo is a Professor in the field of Leadership Studies at Soka University, Tokyo, Japan. Previously she served as Dean and Vice-President, with the distinction of being the first female and the first non-Japanese to serve in both of these positions. Her research and publications focus on women, leadership, critical pedagogy, and globalization in higher education.
She recently published two book chapters: Global Citizenship Education and Humanism: A Process of Becoming and Knowing (2021), and The Space in Between: A Letter to an Immigrant Child (2022). She is currently co-editing the book: Value Creating Education: Teacher’s Perceptions and Practices (in press).
Her work in diversity, equity, and inclusion has taken her from Malaysia to Mumbai, and from Singapore to South Africa. A deep commitment to access and justice frames her presence with students in the tradition of bell hooks, Paulo Freire, Parker Palmer, and T. Makiguchi. Maria, a licensed clinical psychologist, daughter of Mexican immigrants, lives in Tokyo with her son, and is working on her fourth language, Japanese.
Global, Inclusive Leadership Series
Alongside this free online session, delegates are invited to explore the theme of global, inclusive leadership through:
- videos and articles shared via our fortnightly newsletter
- Sound Connections’ annual IPIA gathering, Inclusive Practice in Action 2023: Global, Inclusive Leadership, taking place on Thursday 23 March 2023 at Amnesty International
- a follow-up Zoom a few weeks after IPIA to reflect, de-brief and look ahead (date tbc)