This article describes a two-credit critical service-learning course at the University of Minnesota and its evolution to utilize both the Social Change Model and Social Action, Leadership, and Transformation models in complementary ways to support student leadership development.

This article critiques the lack of literature on community college student leadership development and highlights the importance of community colleges as producers of social justice leaders and promoters of positive social change. This article examines how community college educators in the field of sociology prepare their students for success in…

The social change model is one of the most used leadership models at colleges and universities around the globe. With this article, we explore the social change model (SCM) as a framework for socially responsible leadership program design. We discuss the SCM, its history, and the evolution of this approach. Furthermore, we highlight critiques of…

In this chapter, the authors investigate whether students' participation in the experiential components of co-curricular activities--specifically student organizations--is associated with their perspective taking and engagement in social change.

Educational environments have the capacity to cultivate transformative leaders who can resolve global issues and move society toward a positive social change. This chapter focuses on the value of mentorship and community-based service projects to support students' spiritual and leadership development. Lessons learned via a university case study of…

This chapter summarizes findings from a qualitative study that explores how former inter/intragroup dialogue (IGD) facilitators are engaging in social justice work post-college. It also considers the challenges and opportunities associated with social justice leadership in our global society.

This chapter explores the concept of bridge leadership within the context of student activism and student activist leadership on college campuses. This work seeks to uncover certain types of leadership that can often be rendered invisible in social movement spaces.

This chapter explores how two student activists used their roles as student body presidents to lead their campuses to protest the Kent State Shootings in 1970. The administrative responses and their strategies for working with activists are also explored.

This chapter explores the use of powerful pedagogies such as service-learning, cultural immersion, and community-based research to enhance leadership development. Four key principles are presented that describe how leadership educators can facilitate community-based learning in a way that creates an optimal learning environment for students, while…