Barbara Kellerman (academic)
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Barbara Kellerman is a professor
of public leadership, currently at Harvard University
's John F. Kennedy School of Government
. Previously, she was a professor at Fordham
, Tufts
, Fairleigh Dickinson
, George Washington
, Uppsala
, and Dartmouth
universities. She was one of the founders of the International Leadership Association
.
, and her M.A. (Russian and East European Studies), M.Phil., and Ph.D. (Political Science) degrees from Yale University
. She was awarded a Danforth Fellowship and three Fulbright fellowships.
In addition to the above-named professorships, Kellerman served as Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Fairleigh Dickinson (1987–90); held the Fulbright Chair in American Studies at Uppsala (1996–97); was Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Leadership at the Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland (1997–2000); served as Founding Executive Director of the Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership (2000 to 2003); and as the Center’s Research Director from 2003-2006. She was also cofounder of the International Leadership Association (ILA), which is now some 2,000 members strong.
In recent years Kellerman has become as interested in followership as in leadership; as interested in bad leadership as in good leadership; and as interested in how women lead as in how men lead. Her approach to leadership and followership is interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary. And, instead of being primarily practice-based, it is in the venerable tradition of the liberal arts.
In recent years she has given talks in Berlin, London, Moscow, Rome, São Paulo, Shanghai, Zurich, Jerusalem, Turin, Toronto, and Montreal. She is on the Advisory Board of the Leadership Research Network, on the Advisory Panel of the White House Leadership Project Report, on the editorial Board of Leadership Quarterly, and on the Publications Committee of the International Leadership Association
.
Kellerman has received the following awards and accolades:
Professor
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of public leadership, currently at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
's John F. Kennedy School of Government
John F. Kennedy School of Government
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools...
. Previously, she was a professor at Fordham
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
, Tufts
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
, Fairleigh Dickinson
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private university founded as a junior college in 1942. It now has several campuses located in New Jersey, Canada, and the United Kingdom.-Description:...
, George Washington
George Washington University
The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
, Uppsala
Uppsala University
Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...
, and Dartmouth
Dartmouth University
Dartmouth University is a defunct institution in New Hampshire which existed from 1817 to 1819. It was the result of a thwarted attempt by the state legislature to make Dartmouth College, a private college, into a public university. The United States Supreme Court case that settled the matter,...
universities. She was one of the founders of the International Leadership Association
International Leadership Association
The International Leadership Association is the foremost member association for individuals with a professional interest in leadership and leadership studies. Members of this association include scholars, educators, and practitioners from business, community, and government sectors, among others....
.
Education, academic career, and research interests
Kellerman received her B.A from Sarah Lawrence CollegeSarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
, and her M.A. (Russian and East European Studies), M.Phil., and Ph.D. (Political Science) degrees from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. She was awarded a Danforth Fellowship and three Fulbright fellowships.
In addition to the above-named professorships, Kellerman served as Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Fairleigh Dickinson (1987–90); held the Fulbright Chair in American Studies at Uppsala (1996–97); was Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Leadership at the Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland (1997–2000); served as Founding Executive Director of the Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership (2000 to 2003); and as the Center’s Research Director from 2003-2006. She was also cofounder of the International Leadership Association (ILA), which is now some 2,000 members strong.
In recent years Kellerman has become as interested in followership as in leadership; as interested in bad leadership as in good leadership; and as interested in how women lead as in how men lead. Her approach to leadership and followership is interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary. And, instead of being primarily practice-based, it is in the venerable tradition of the liberal arts.
Appearances, articles, activities, and awards
Kellerman has appeared often on media outlets such as CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, NPR, Reuters and BBC, and she has contributed articles and reviews to the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and Harvard Business Review. Her blogs have appeared primarily on web sites such as Harvard Business Review and Washington Post.In recent years she has given talks in Berlin, London, Moscow, Rome, São Paulo, Shanghai, Zurich, Jerusalem, Turin, Toronto, and Montreal. She is on the Advisory Board of the Leadership Research Network, on the Advisory Panel of the White House Leadership Project Report, on the editorial Board of Leadership Quarterly, and on the Publications Committee of the International Leadership Association
International Leadership Association
The International Leadership Association is the foremost member association for individuals with a professional interest in leadership and leadership studies. Members of this association include scholars, educators, and practitioners from business, community, and government sectors, among others....
.
Kellerman has received the following awards and accolades:
- Winner, Wilbur M. McFeely Award, National Management Association, 2010 "for outstanding contributions" to the fields of leadership and management
- Ranked by Forbes.com as among "Top 50 Business Thinkers" 2009
- Ranked by Leadership Excellence as in Top 15 "Best Minds on Leadership" 2008-2009
Books
- Leadership: Essential Selections on Power, Authority, and Influence (Editor) will be published in April 2010 (ISBN 1591391660)
- Followership: How Followers Are Creating Change and Changing Leaders (ISBN 1422103684)
- Women & Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change (ISBN 0791440729)
- Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters (ISBN 1591391660)
- Reinventing Leadership: Making the Connection between Politics and Business (ISBN 0791440729)
- Cutting Edge: Leadership 2000, coeditor with Larraine Matusak and contributor (ISBN 1891464213)
- The President as World Leader, with Ryan Barilleux. (ISBN 0312052081)
- Leadership and Negotiation in the Middle East, coeditor with Jeffrey Rubin, and contributor (ISBN 0275924890)
- Political Leadership: A Source Book, editor (ISBN 082295382X)
- Women Leaders in American Politics, coeditor with James David Barber (ISBN 0139622675)
- The Political Presidency: Practice of Leadership (ISBN 0195040376)
- Leadership: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, editor and contributor (ISBN 0135276713)
- All the Presidents Kin: Their Political Roles (ISBN 0814745865)
- Making Decisions, with Percy Hill et al. (ISBN 0201031035)