Leadership Studies Program | Faculty Testimonials
Dr. Vicki Crawford
Dr. Vicki Crawford, who teaches a course in Social Justice Leadership, shares: “What is most interesting about teaching social justice leadership is the opportunity it provides to meld both historical study with contemporary analyses of real-world issues. I enjoy the interdisciplinary nature of the course and hearing students wrestle with tough questions and opposing points of view. Social Justice Leadership lays a foundation for deeper explorations and varying approaches to understanding who leads and why. We take up questions such as how leadership might be shaped and influenced by race, gender, and generation? What are examples from the past that remain relevant today?”
Dr. Kristin Moody
Dr. Kristin Moody, who teaches a First Year Experience class in Leadership Studies, says: “What I enjoy most about teaching leadership at Morehouse is a chance to encourage the legacy of leadership and to learn with students. Students here lead in diverse ways around an array of topics, but with honor, passion, and excellence. The opportunity to collaborate on strategies and models for leadership is a privilege. . . . In our class, the goal is for each student to craft his vision for his own leadership. By the end of the semester, each student will have explored history, archetypes, approaches, models, and strategies so each student has a plan to lead that authentically fits his vision.”
Dr. Justin McClinton
Dr. Justin McClinton, who has taught HLS101(FYE) and HLS111 as well as HLS201 over the past academic year, writes: “In my Leadership Studies courses, I focus on key Black leaders throughout American history. It is important that we study these leaders not only from a theoretical perspective but also in an applied sense, because they provide the blueprint for future leaders. What I enjoy most about teaching my Leadership Studies courses is engaging with the Men of Morehouse around the weighty topic of what it means to be a Black Male Leader in the 21st century.”
Dr. Livingston
Dr. Livingston replies: “Combining research and service learning, I teach a range of courses including AFR 200, Black Liberation Movements, which is cross-listed with HLS111. Guided by conversations with our students and as a part of this course, I am developing a book titled “A Black Forge of Freedom: Africana Ethical Thought and Diasporic Liberation Movements, 3500 BCE –2019 CE”; this manuscript traces the history of African social justice thinking from its pre-colonial origins to its diasporic evolution. The book will serve as a resource for our students of social justice thinking by focusing on nine African American leaders: African Methodist Episcopal (AME) ministers, Moses Dickson and Henry McNeal Turner, scholars, W.E.B. Du Bois, and activists, Marcus Garvey, Modjeska Simpkins, Septima Poinsett Clarke, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X. I look forward to continuing my exploration of these leaders as they relate to contemporary challenges facing African Diasporic communities.
