Full Description
Step into the lives of extraordinary women leaders in this groundbreaking volume. This compelling collection presents autoethnographies of twenty-five women leaders in English Language Teaching (ELT) from around the world. Grounded in key leadership theories and ELT research, these narratives examine the intersectionality of gender, race, culture, and transnational experiences in shaping leadership identities. Authors candidly share their triumphs and challenges, inspiring readers to embrace their own leadership potential and effect change in their communities and beyond. By articulating the personal, institutional, and global complexities, the narratives inform our understanding of how ELT teachers navigate the path to leadership.
Contributors are: Tasha Austin, Lena Barrantes-Elizondo, Kisha Bryan, Quanisha Charles, May F. Chung, Ayanna Cooper, Tanya Cowie, Taslim Damji, Darlyne de Haan, Su Yin Khor, Sarah Henderson Lee, Gloria Park, Ana-Marija Petrunic, Doaa Rashed, Kate Mastruserio Reynolds, Teri Rose Dominica Roh, Mary Romney-Schaab, Amira Salama, Cristina Sánchez-Martín, Xatli Stox, Debra Suarez, Shannon Tanghe, Lan Wang-Hiles, Marie Webb and Amea Wilbur.
Contents
Foreword
Brett Elizabeth Blake
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
PART 1: An Introduction to Female Leadership in ELT
Introduction to Part 1
Doaa Rashed and Debra Suarez
1 Female Leadership Identity in English Language Teaching: Autoethnographies of Global Perspectives - Framing the Conversation
Doaa Rashed
PART 2: Gender and Culture
Introduction to Part 2
Doaa Rashed and Debra Suarez
2 Power, Identity and Agency: An Autoethnographic Life History of a Latin American ELT Female Leader
Lena Barrantes-Elizondo
3 Power as a Lived Experience: The Negotiation of Professional Identity as a TESOL Leader
Ana-Marija Petrunic
4 Pretending Everything Was Fine: Serving as a Female Leader in Uncertain Territory
Kate Mastruserio Reynolds
5 Age, Power, Gender, and Identity Tensions: An Autoethnography of an African Female Leader
Amira Salama
6 A Leader's Journey: From Followership to Leadership to "Academic Grandma"
Debra Suarez
7 Reimagining Women Leadership in TESOL: Advocating for Change, Harnessing Reflexivity, and Humanizing Practices
Marie Webb, Quanisha Charles, Sarah Henderson Lee, Shannon Tanghe and Gloria Park
PART 3: Race and Power
Introduction to Part 3
Doaa Rashed and Debra Suarez
8 War, Language, and Leadership: A Female English Language Teacher Leader's Perspective
May F. Chung
9 Still We Rise: Collaborative Autoethnographic Perspectives from Black Women in English Language Teaching and Leadership
Ayanna Cooper, Tasha Austin, Mary Romney, Kisha Bryan and Darlyne de Haan
10 LEAPing as a Filipino in Korean ELT: My Journey towards Developing a Transformational Leadership Identity
Teri Rose Dominica Roh
11 The Challenges and Opportunities for Decolonizing TESOL in the Canadian Context: Reflecting on Expressions of Leadership
Amea Wilbur, Taslim Damji and Tanya Cowie
PART 4: Transnationalism and Multilingualism
Introduction to Part 4
Doaa Rashed and Debra Suarez
12 A Journey of Border-Crossing: An Autoethnography of a Transnational Female Leader from Egypt in the United States
Doaa Rashed,/i>
13 Redefining Leadership in TESOL through Multimodal Collaborative Autoethnographic Inquiry: Perspectives from Transnational Women
Cristina Sánchez-Martín and Su Yin Khor
14 Situating the Self: Developing as a Transnational Latina Leader
Xatli Stox
15 Home Away from Home: An Autoethnography of an Asian Female's Leadership Identity
Lan Wang-Hiles
PART 5: A Harmony of Voices
Introduction to Part 5
Doaa Rashed and Debra Suarez
16 A Harmony of Voices: Themes and Conclusion - Complexity of Female Leadership Identity in English Language Teaching
Doaa Rashed and Debra Suarez
Index
