Experience

Publications

• Passing the Torch on the #SassyDreamingTour

  Business Dialog, Towson University

  Mariana Lebrón is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics’ management department. In 2002, she was one of 7,500 selected from 210,000 nominees to carry the torch for the Olympic Games. Her research explores the leadership influence of power and diversity (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) on performance. She has spoken at numerous companies, organizations and conferences about how power influences leaders and how leaders develop top performing teams and inclusive educational learning environments. Join Dr. Mar's #SassyDreamingTour as we together inspire life's greatest dreamers to make the impossible...possible. Through real-life anecdotes and inspiring story-telling, she passes the torch as we together ignite your passion and spirit to stand strong, always believing in the power of your dreams...no matter what anyone else says. During this journey, she works with you and your organization to meet your specific needs. She can bring the torch to share and pass, or she can motivate your team with inspirational stories and leadership lessons that Sassy Dreamers of all ages have shared with her. Since 2005, she has spoken with 1000s and listened to 100s one-on-one share courageous, uplifting, and hopeful stories of determination, struggle, and success.

• Passing the Torch on the #SassyDreamingTour

  Business Dialog, Towson University

  Mariana Lebrón is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics’ management department. In 2002, she was one of 7,500 selected from 210,000 nominees to carry the torch for the Olympic Games. Her research explores the leadership influence of power and diversity (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) on performance. She has spoken at numerous companies, organizations and conferences about how power influences leaders and how leaders develop top performing teams and inclusive educational learning environments. Join Dr. Mar's #SassyDreamingTour as we together inspire life's greatest dreamers to make the impossible...possible. Through real-life anecdotes and inspiring story-telling, she passes the torch as we together ignite your passion and spirit to stand strong, always believing in the power of your dreams...no matter what anyone else says. During this journey, she works with you and your organization to meet your specific needs. She can bring the torch to share and pass, or she can motivate your team with inspirational stories and leadership lessons that Sassy Dreamers of all ages have shared with her. Since 2005, she has spoken with 1000s and listened to 100s one-on-one share courageous, uplifting, and hopeful stories of determination, struggle, and success.

• Lebron, M. "Leading for Change." In S. Hurd & R. Stein(Eds.), Building and Sustaining Learning Communities(p.110-120).

  Anker Publishing

  Bolton,MA:Anker Publishing.

• Passing the Torch on the #SassyDreamingTour

  Business Dialog, Towson University

  Mariana Lebrón is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics’ management department. In 2002, she was one of 7,500 selected from 210,000 nominees to carry the torch for the Olympic Games. Her research explores the leadership influence of power and diversity (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) on performance. She has spoken at numerous companies, organizations and conferences about how power influences leaders and how leaders develop top performing teams and inclusive educational learning environments. Join Dr. Mar's #SassyDreamingTour as we together inspire life's greatest dreamers to make the impossible...possible. Through real-life anecdotes and inspiring story-telling, she passes the torch as we together ignite your passion and spirit to stand strong, always believing in the power of your dreams...no matter what anyone else says. During this journey, she works with you and your organization to meet your specific needs. She can bring the torch to share and pass, or she can motivate your team with inspirational stories and leadership lessons that Sassy Dreamers of all ages have shared with her. Since 2005, she has spoken with 1000s and listened to 100s one-on-one share courageous, uplifting, and hopeful stories of determination, struggle, and success.

• Lebron, M. "Leading for Change." In S. Hurd & R. Stein(Eds.), Building and Sustaining Learning Communities(p.110-120).

  Anker Publishing

  Bolton,MA:Anker Publishing.

• Lebron, M. Developing Student Centered Leadership Through Floor Councils

  Talking Stick, Association of College and University Housing Officers-International,

• Passing the Torch on the #SassyDreamingTour

  Business Dialog, Towson University

  Mariana Lebrón is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics’ management department. In 2002, she was one of 7,500 selected from 210,000 nominees to carry the torch for the Olympic Games. Her research explores the leadership influence of power and diversity (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) on performance. She has spoken at numerous companies, organizations and conferences about how power influences leaders and how leaders develop top performing teams and inclusive educational learning environments. Join Dr. Mar's #SassyDreamingTour as we together inspire life's greatest dreamers to make the impossible...possible. Through real-life anecdotes and inspiring story-telling, she passes the torch as we together ignite your passion and spirit to stand strong, always believing in the power of your dreams...no matter what anyone else says. During this journey, she works with you and your organization to meet your specific needs. She can bring the torch to share and pass, or she can motivate your team with inspirational stories and leadership lessons that Sassy Dreamers of all ages have shared with her. Since 2005, she has spoken with 1000s and listened to 100s one-on-one share courageous, uplifting, and hopeful stories of determination, struggle, and success.

• Lebron, M. "Leading for Change." In S. Hurd & R. Stein(Eds.), Building and Sustaining Learning Communities(p.110-120).

  Anker Publishing

  Bolton,MA:Anker Publishing.

• Lebron, M. Developing Student Centered Leadership Through Floor Councils

  Talking Stick, Association of College and University Housing Officers-International,

• Book Review: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

  Academy of Management Learning and Education

• Passing the Torch on the #SassyDreamingTour

  Business Dialog, Towson University

  Mariana Lebrón is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics’ management department. In 2002, she was one of 7,500 selected from 210,000 nominees to carry the torch for the Olympic Games. Her research explores the leadership influence of power and diversity (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) on performance. She has spoken at numerous companies, organizations and conferences about how power influences leaders and how leaders develop top performing teams and inclusive educational learning environments. Join Dr. Mar's #SassyDreamingTour as we together inspire life's greatest dreamers to make the impossible...possible. Through real-life anecdotes and inspiring story-telling, she passes the torch as we together ignite your passion and spirit to stand strong, always believing in the power of your dreams...no matter what anyone else says. During this journey, she works with you and your organization to meet your specific needs. She can bring the torch to share and pass, or she can motivate your team with inspirational stories and leadership lessons that Sassy Dreamers of all ages have shared with her. Since 2005, she has spoken with 1000s and listened to 100s one-on-one share courageous, uplifting, and hopeful stories of determination, struggle, and success.

• Lebron, M. "Leading for Change." In S. Hurd & R. Stein(Eds.), Building and Sustaining Learning Communities(p.110-120).

  Anker Publishing

  Bolton,MA:Anker Publishing.

• Lebron, M. Developing Student Centered Leadership Through Floor Councils

  Talking Stick, Association of College and University Housing Officers-International,

• Book Review: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

  Academy of Management Learning and Education

• Passing the Torch on the #SassyDreamingTour

  Business Dialog, Towson University

  Mariana Lebrón is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics’ management department. In 2002, she was one of 7,500 selected from 210,000 nominees to carry the torch for the Olympic Games. Her research explores the leadership influence of power and diversity (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) on performance. She has spoken at numerous companies, organizations and conferences about how power influences leaders and how leaders develop top performing teams and inclusive educational learning environments. Join Dr. Mar's #SassyDreamingTour as we together inspire life's greatest dreamers to make the impossible...possible. Through real-life anecdotes and inspiring story-telling, she passes the torch as we together ignite your passion and spirit to stand strong, always believing in the power of your dreams...no matter what anyone else says. During this journey, she works with you and your organization to meet your specific needs. She can bring the torch to share and pass, or she can motivate your team with inspirational stories and leadership lessons that Sassy Dreamers of all ages have shared with her. Since 2005, she has spoken with 1000s and listened to 100s one-on-one share courageous, uplifting, and hopeful stories of determination, struggle, and success.

• Lebron, M. "Leading for Change." In S. Hurd & R. Stein(Eds.), Building and Sustaining Learning Communities(p.110-120).

  Anker Publishing

  Bolton,MA:Anker Publishing.

• Lebron, M. Developing Student Centered Leadership Through Floor Councils

  Talking Stick, Association of College and University Housing Officers-International,

• Book Review: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

  Academy of Management Learning and Education

• Leading in the Real World: Operationalizing a Power-Based Model of Collaboration for Leadership Experiential Learning

  Organization Management Journal

  Using a power-based conceptual framework, we present a collaboration model to guide faculty and student affairs (SA) staff in working together to develop experiential learning assignments that help students apply leadership concepts to on-campus organizational problems. The Power-Based Student-Centered Collaboration Model (PSCM) consists of four stages through which faculty, SA staff, leadership course students, and student organization leaders operationalize their legitimate, coercive, expert, reward, and informational power in sharing resources for mutually beneficial student-centered learning experiences. Power structures provide coordinating mechanisms for information-exchange, decision-making, and role clarification in team-based collaborations. Using the PSCM, we developed a 6-week assignment Leading in the Real World for an organizational leadership course. By assessing leadership challenges, leadership course students helped student organization leaders improve performance. We outline how to build collaborative teams for motivating learning experiences that engage students in learning leadership. We discuss students’ reflections on faculty, SA staff, and student organization leaders’ feedback.

• Passing the Torch on the #SassyDreamingTour

  Business Dialog, Towson University

  Mariana Lebrón is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics’ management department. In 2002, she was one of 7,500 selected from 210,000 nominees to carry the torch for the Olympic Games. Her research explores the leadership influence of power and diversity (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) on performance. She has spoken at numerous companies, organizations and conferences about how power influences leaders and how leaders develop top performing teams and inclusive educational learning environments. Join Dr. Mar's #SassyDreamingTour as we together inspire life's greatest dreamers to make the impossible...possible. Through real-life anecdotes and inspiring story-telling, she passes the torch as we together ignite your passion and spirit to stand strong, always believing in the power of your dreams...no matter what anyone else says. During this journey, she works with you and your organization to meet your specific needs. She can bring the torch to share and pass, or she can motivate your team with inspirational stories and leadership lessons that Sassy Dreamers of all ages have shared with her. Since 2005, she has spoken with 1000s and listened to 100s one-on-one share courageous, uplifting, and hopeful stories of determination, struggle, and success.

• Lebron, M. "Leading for Change." In S. Hurd & R. Stein(Eds.), Building and Sustaining Learning Communities(p.110-120).

  Anker Publishing

  Bolton,MA:Anker Publishing.

• Lebron, M. Developing Student Centered Leadership Through Floor Councils

  Talking Stick, Association of College and University Housing Officers-International,

• Book Review: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

  Academy of Management Learning and Education

• Leading in the Real World: Operationalizing a Power-Based Model of Collaboration for Leadership Experiential Learning

  Organization Management Journal

  Using a power-based conceptual framework, we present a collaboration model to guide faculty and student affairs (SA) staff in working together to develop experiential learning assignments that help students apply leadership concepts to on-campus organizational problems. The Power-Based Student-Centered Collaboration Model (PSCM) consists of four stages through which faculty, SA staff, leadership course students, and student organization leaders operationalize their legitimate, coercive, expert, reward, and informational power in sharing resources for mutually beneficial student-centered learning experiences. Power structures provide coordinating mechanisms for information-exchange, decision-making, and role clarification in team-based collaborations. Using the PSCM, we developed a 6-week assignment Leading in the Real World for an organizational leadership course. By assessing leadership challenges, leadership course students helped student organization leaders improve performance. We outline how to build collaborative teams for motivating learning experiences that engage students in learning leadership. We discuss students’ reflections on faculty, SA staff, and student organization leaders’ feedback.

• Learning by Doing in Leadership Education: Experiencing Followership and Effective Leadership Communication Through Role-Play

  Journal of Leadership Education

  This paper describes the implementation of a role-play exercise to illustrate the influence of followership styles and effective communication on leader-follower relationship formation and development.

• Passing the Torch on the #SassyDreamingTour

  Business Dialog, Towson University

  Mariana Lebrón is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics’ management department. In 2002, she was one of 7,500 selected from 210,000 nominees to carry the torch for the Olympic Games. Her research explores the leadership influence of power and diversity (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) on performance. She has spoken at numerous companies, organizations and conferences about how power influences leaders and how leaders develop top performing teams and inclusive educational learning environments. Join Dr. Mar's #SassyDreamingTour as we together inspire life's greatest dreamers to make the impossible...possible. Through real-life anecdotes and inspiring story-telling, she passes the torch as we together ignite your passion and spirit to stand strong, always believing in the power of your dreams...no matter what anyone else says. During this journey, she works with you and your organization to meet your specific needs. She can bring the torch to share and pass, or she can motivate your team with inspirational stories and leadership lessons that Sassy Dreamers of all ages have shared with her. Since 2005, she has spoken with 1000s and listened to 100s one-on-one share courageous, uplifting, and hopeful stories of determination, struggle, and success.

• Lebron, M. "Leading for Change." In S. Hurd & R. Stein(Eds.), Building and Sustaining Learning Communities(p.110-120).

  Anker Publishing

  Bolton,MA:Anker Publishing.

• Lebron, M. Developing Student Centered Leadership Through Floor Councils

  Talking Stick, Association of College and University Housing Officers-International,

• Book Review: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

  Academy of Management Learning and Education

• Leading in the Real World: Operationalizing a Power-Based Model of Collaboration for Leadership Experiential Learning

  Organization Management Journal

  Using a power-based conceptual framework, we present a collaboration model to guide faculty and student affairs (SA) staff in working together to develop experiential learning assignments that help students apply leadership concepts to on-campus organizational problems. The Power-Based Student-Centered Collaboration Model (PSCM) consists of four stages through which faculty, SA staff, leadership course students, and student organization leaders operationalize their legitimate, coercive, expert, reward, and informational power in sharing resources for mutually beneficial student-centered learning experiences. Power structures provide coordinating mechanisms for information-exchange, decision-making, and role clarification in team-based collaborations. Using the PSCM, we developed a 6-week assignment Leading in the Real World for an organizational leadership course. By assessing leadership challenges, leadership course students helped student organization leaders improve performance. We outline how to build collaborative teams for motivating learning experiences that engage students in learning leadership. We discuss students’ reflections on faculty, SA staff, and student organization leaders’ feedback.

• Learning by Doing in Leadership Education: Experiencing Followership and Effective Leadership Communication Through Role-Play

  Journal of Leadership Education

  This paper describes the implementation of a role-play exercise to illustrate the influence of followership styles and effective communication on leader-follower relationship formation and development.

• Lebron, M. How Little Johnny Changed Me

  Chicken Soup for the College Soul

  Finalist.

• Passing the Torch on the #SassyDreamingTour

  Business Dialog, Towson University

  Mariana Lebrón is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics’ management department. In 2002, she was one of 7,500 selected from 210,000 nominees to carry the torch for the Olympic Games. Her research explores the leadership influence of power and diversity (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) on performance. She has spoken at numerous companies, organizations and conferences about how power influences leaders and how leaders develop top performing teams and inclusive educational learning environments. Join Dr. Mar's #SassyDreamingTour as we together inspire life's greatest dreamers to make the impossible...possible. Through real-life anecdotes and inspiring story-telling, she passes the torch as we together ignite your passion and spirit to stand strong, always believing in the power of your dreams...no matter what anyone else says. During this journey, she works with you and your organization to meet your specific needs. She can bring the torch to share and pass, or she can motivate your team with inspirational stories and leadership lessons that Sassy Dreamers of all ages have shared with her. Since 2005, she has spoken with 1000s and listened to 100s one-on-one share courageous, uplifting, and hopeful stories of determination, struggle, and success.

• Lebron, M. "Leading for Change." In S. Hurd & R. Stein(Eds.), Building and Sustaining Learning Communities(p.110-120).

  Anker Publishing

  Bolton,MA:Anker Publishing.

• Lebron, M. Developing Student Centered Leadership Through Floor Councils

  Talking Stick, Association of College and University Housing Officers-International,

• Book Review: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

  Academy of Management Learning and Education

• Leading in the Real World: Operationalizing a Power-Based Model of Collaboration for Leadership Experiential Learning

  Organization Management Journal

  Using a power-based conceptual framework, we present a collaboration model to guide faculty and student affairs (SA) staff in working together to develop experiential learning assignments that help students apply leadership concepts to on-campus organizational problems. The Power-Based Student-Centered Collaboration Model (PSCM) consists of four stages through which faculty, SA staff, leadership course students, and student organization leaders operationalize their legitimate, coercive, expert, reward, and informational power in sharing resources for mutually beneficial student-centered learning experiences. Power structures provide coordinating mechanisms for information-exchange, decision-making, and role clarification in team-based collaborations. Using the PSCM, we developed a 6-week assignment Leading in the Real World for an organizational leadership course. By assessing leadership challenges, leadership course students helped student organization leaders improve performance. We outline how to build collaborative teams for motivating learning experiences that engage students in learning leadership. We discuss students’ reflections on faculty, SA staff, and student organization leaders’ feedback.

• Learning by Doing in Leadership Education: Experiencing Followership and Effective Leadership Communication Through Role-Play

  Journal of Leadership Education

  This paper describes the implementation of a role-play exercise to illustrate the influence of followership styles and effective communication on leader-follower relationship formation and development.

• Lebron, M. How Little Johnny Changed Me

  Chicken Soup for the College Soul

  Finalist.

• Passing the Torch on the #SassyDreamingTour

  Business Dialog, Towson University

  Mariana Lebrón is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics’ management department. In 2002, she was one of 7,500 selected from 210,000 nominees to carry the torch for the Olympic Games. Her research explores the leadership influence of power and diversity (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) on performance. She has spoken at numerous companies, organizations and conferences about how power influences leaders and how leaders develop top performing teams and inclusive educational learning environments. Join Dr. Mar's #SassyDreamingTour as we together inspire life's greatest dreamers to make the impossible...possible. Through real-life anecdotes and inspiring story-telling, she passes the torch as we together ignite your passion and spirit to stand strong, always believing in the power of your dreams...no matter what anyone else says. During this journey, she works with you and your organization to meet your specific needs. She can bring the torch to share and pass, or she can motivate your team with inspirational stories and leadership lessons that Sassy Dreamers of all ages have shared with her. Since 2005, she has spoken with 1000s and listened to 100s one-on-one share courageous, uplifting, and hopeful stories of determination, struggle, and success.

• Lebron, M. "Leading for Change." In S. Hurd & R. Stein(Eds.), Building and Sustaining Learning Communities(p.110-120).

  Anker Publishing

  Bolton,MA:Anker Publishing.

• Lebron, M. Developing Student Centered Leadership Through Floor Councils

  Talking Stick, Association of College and University Housing Officers-International,

• Book Review: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

  Academy of Management Learning and Education

• Leading in the Real World: Operationalizing a Power-Based Model of Collaboration for Leadership Experiential Learning

  Organization Management Journal

  Using a power-based conceptual framework, we present a collaboration model to guide faculty and student affairs (SA) staff in working together to develop experiential learning assignments that help students apply leadership concepts to on-campus organizational problems. The Power-Based Student-Centered Collaboration Model (PSCM) consists of four stages through which faculty, SA staff, leadership course students, and student organization leaders operationalize their legitimate, coercive, expert, reward, and informational power in sharing resources for mutually beneficial student-centered learning experiences. Power structures provide coordinating mechanisms for information-exchange, decision-making, and role clarification in team-based collaborations. Using the PSCM, we developed a 6-week assignment Leading in the Real World for an organizational leadership course. By assessing leadership challenges, leadership course students helped student organization leaders improve performance. We outline how to build collaborative teams for motivating learning experiences that engage students in learning leadership. We discuss students’ reflections on faculty, SA staff, and student organization leaders’ feedback.

• Learning by Doing in Leadership Education: Experiencing Followership and Effective Leadership Communication Through Role-Play

  Journal of Leadership Education

  This paper describes the implementation of a role-play exercise to illustrate the influence of followership styles and effective communication on leader-follower relationship formation and development.

• Lebron, M. How Little Johnny Changed Me

  Chicken Soup for the College Soul

  Finalist.

• When Social Identities Integrate: Schumpeterian Entrepreneurs Leading Green Innovation

  Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal

  (in press)

• Passing the Torch on the #SassyDreamingTour

  Business Dialog, Towson University

  Mariana Lebrón is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics’ management department. In 2002, she was one of 7,500 selected from 210,000 nominees to carry the torch for the Olympic Games. Her research explores the leadership influence of power and diversity (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) on performance. She has spoken at numerous companies, organizations and conferences about how power influences leaders and how leaders develop top performing teams and inclusive educational learning environments. Join Dr. Mar's #SassyDreamingTour as we together inspire life's greatest dreamers to make the impossible...possible. Through real-life anecdotes and inspiring story-telling, she passes the torch as we together ignite your passion and spirit to stand strong, always believing in the power of your dreams...no matter what anyone else says. During this journey, she works with you and your organization to meet your specific needs. She can bring the torch to share and pass, or she can motivate your team with inspirational stories and leadership lessons that Sassy Dreamers of all ages have shared with her. Since 2005, she has spoken with 1000s and listened to 100s one-on-one share courageous, uplifting, and hopeful stories of determination, struggle, and success.

• Lebron, M. "Leading for Change." In S. Hurd & R. Stein(Eds.), Building and Sustaining Learning Communities(p.110-120).

  Anker Publishing

  Bolton,MA:Anker Publishing.

• Lebron, M. Developing Student Centered Leadership Through Floor Councils

  Talking Stick, Association of College and University Housing Officers-International,

• Book Review: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

  Academy of Management Learning and Education

• Leading in the Real World: Operationalizing a Power-Based Model of Collaboration for Leadership Experiential Learning

  Organization Management Journal

  Using a power-based conceptual framework, we present a collaboration model to guide faculty and student affairs (SA) staff in working together to develop experiential learning assignments that help students apply leadership concepts to on-campus organizational problems. The Power-Based Student-Centered Collaboration Model (PSCM) consists of four stages through which faculty, SA staff, leadership course students, and student organization leaders operationalize their legitimate, coercive, expert, reward, and informational power in sharing resources for mutually beneficial student-centered learning experiences. Power structures provide coordinating mechanisms for information-exchange, decision-making, and role clarification in team-based collaborations. Using the PSCM, we developed a 6-week assignment Leading in the Real World for an organizational leadership course. By assessing leadership challenges, leadership course students helped student organization leaders improve performance. We outline how to build collaborative teams for motivating learning experiences that engage students in learning leadership. We discuss students’ reflections on faculty, SA staff, and student organization leaders’ feedback.

• Learning by Doing in Leadership Education: Experiencing Followership and Effective Leadership Communication Through Role-Play

  Journal of Leadership Education

  This paper describes the implementation of a role-play exercise to illustrate the influence of followership styles and effective communication on leader-follower relationship formation and development.

• Lebron, M. How Little Johnny Changed Me

  Chicken Soup for the College Soul

  Finalist.

• When Social Identities Integrate: Schumpeterian Entrepreneurs Leading Green Innovation

  Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal

  (in press)

• Imagining Baltimore’s Future through Strategic Alliances and Innovation

  Baltimore Business Review

• Passing the Torch on the #SassyDreamingTour

  Business Dialog, Towson University

  Mariana Lebrón is an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics’ management department. In 2002, she was one of 7,500 selected from 210,000 nominees to carry the torch for the Olympic Games. Her research explores the leadership influence of power and diversity (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) on performance. She has spoken at numerous companies, organizations and conferences about how power influences leaders and how leaders develop top performing teams and inclusive educational learning environments. Join Dr. Mar's #SassyDreamingTour as we together inspire life's greatest dreamers to make the impossible...possible. Through real-life anecdotes and inspiring story-telling, she passes the torch as we together ignite your passion and spirit to stand strong, always believing in the power of your dreams...no matter what anyone else says. During this journey, she works with you and your organization to meet your specific needs. She can bring the torch to share and pass, or she can motivate your team with inspirational stories and leadership lessons that Sassy Dreamers of all ages have shared with her. Since 2005, she has spoken with 1000s and listened to 100s one-on-one share courageous, uplifting, and hopeful stories of determination, struggle, and success.

• Lebron, M. "Leading for Change." In S. Hurd & R. Stein(Eds.), Building and Sustaining Learning Communities(p.110-120).

  Anker Publishing

  Bolton,MA:Anker Publishing.

• Lebron, M. Developing Student Centered Leadership Through Floor Councils

  Talking Stick, Association of College and University Housing Officers-International,

• Book Review: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

  Academy of Management Learning and Education

• Leading in the Real World: Operationalizing a Power-Based Model of Collaboration for Leadership Experiential Learning

  Organization Management Journal

  Using a power-based conceptual framework, we present a collaboration model to guide faculty and student affairs (SA) staff in working together to develop experiential learning assignments that help students apply leadership concepts to on-campus organizational problems. The Power-Based Student-Centered Collaboration Model (PSCM) consists of four stages through which faculty, SA staff, leadership course students, and student organization leaders operationalize their legitimate, coercive, expert, reward, and informational power in sharing resources for mutually beneficial student-centered learning experiences. Power structures provide coordinating mechanisms for information-exchange, decision-making, and role clarification in team-based collaborations. Using the PSCM, we developed a 6-week assignment Leading in the Real World for an organizational leadership course. By assessing leadership challenges, leadership course students helped student organization leaders improve performance. We outline how to build collaborative teams for motivating learning experiences that engage students in learning leadership. We discuss students’ reflections on faculty, SA staff, and student organization leaders’ feedback.

• Learning by Doing in Leadership Education: Experiencing Followership and Effective Leadership Communication Through Role-Play

  Journal of Leadership Education

  This paper describes the implementation of a role-play exercise to illustrate the influence of followership styles and effective communication on leader-follower relationship formation and development.

• Lebron, M. How Little Johnny Changed Me

  Chicken Soup for the College Soul

  Finalist.

• When Social Identities Integrate: Schumpeterian Entrepreneurs Leading Green Innovation

  Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal

  (in press)

• Imagining Baltimore’s Future through Strategic Alliances and Innovation

  Baltimore Business Review

• Power and Influence to Challenge the Status Quo:Donald Trump and Social Activism

  Journal of Leadership Education

  Daring to challenge the status quo impacts innovation. Yet, successful outcomes depend on individual risk-taking and choice to influence others to support new ideas. This Challenging the Status Quo exercise illustrates how leaders use power and influencing tactics to challenge norms by analyzing Donald Trump’s journey as the 45th U.S. President to defy experts and successfully influence followers to support his non-traditional candidacy: businessman lacking political experience becoming leader of the free world. Through integrating videoclips and polls, instructors make power visible, relevant, and thought-provoking as students apply power theory and influencing tactics perspectives to analyze (a) how leaders impact followers’ perceptions, (b) students mutual-influencing strategies, (c) power’s relationship with social identity and privilege, and (d) social impact on innovation via activism and free speech.