Women in Educational Leadership and Community Building (PDF)

Dr. Khalid Arar is a professor of educational leadership and policy, College of Education at Texas State University, Texas, USA and an associate editor of the International Journal of Leadership in Education.

Dr. Rania Sawalhi is a mother of five amazing children and adults. She earned her PhD in educational leadership from the University of Warwick, UK. Rania launched educational leadership labs and is the cofounder of WOMENEDMENA, LIFE, and many other initiatives. She currently works in the Qatar Foundation.

Dr. Rida Blaik Hourani is an associate professor. Rida Blaik Hourani earned her PhD in Education policy and management from the University of Melbourne. Rida Blaik Hourani has worked in the Middle East and Australia and researches policy, educational leadership, school reforms, educational transformation, sociology of education, and social justice.

Dr. Trista Hollweck is a pracademic who straddles the world of research, policy, and practice. She is a former teacher, vice-principal, and school district consultant and currently the director of the ARC Education Project (University of Ottawa) and co-lead of the Canadian Playful Schools Network.

Dr. Corinne Brion is an assistant professor at the University of Dayton. Her research focus is cultural proficiency, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and how culture affects women in leadership positions.