This collection contains scholarly articles, reports and other publications authored by faculty members in the Department of Educational Leadership at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

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Submissions from 2025

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The Role of Leadership in Creating DEI Plans in U.S. Higher Education, Beatriz DeSantiago-Fjelstad, Leslie Darmofal, Kelly Meier, Henry Morris, and Luis Posas

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“By the sound of sparrows, I knew it was dawn”: The Impact of Women’s Latest Protests in Iran, Antonia Felix

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Resurrection: Poems, Antonia Felix

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Five-Day Rustic Nature Retreat with Guided Visual Imagery Enhances Cognitive Flexibility and Well-Being in College Faculty and Staff, Jason A. Kaufman, Andrew Lenartz, T. Elliot Floyd, and Laura Safa

Submissions from 2024

Meditation in the Woods: Is There a Return Effect?, Jason A. Kaufman

Submissions from 2023

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Benefits and Barriers: Women's Access to Mobile Tech in Iran and the MENA Region, Antonia Felix

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"I Call It Hunting": Centuries of Violence Against Native American Women, Antonia Felix

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A Case for Nature in Long-Haul Space Exploration, Jason A. Kaufman, T. Elliott Floyd, and Andrew Lenartz

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Leadership in Star Trek: Lessons from the Captain's Chair, Jason A. Kaufman and Aaron M. Peterson

Submissions from 2022

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An Interplanetary Land Ethic, Jason A. Kaufman, T. Elliott Floyd, and Andrew Lenartz

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Artemis and An Environmentally Sustainable Future Beyond Earth, Jason A. Kaufman, T. Elliott Floyd, and Andrew Lenartz

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Meh: Faculty Life After the Pandemic, Aaron M. Peterson, Jon A. Jensen, Jessica Lauritsen, James LeDuc, Erik Loge, Molly Schaefer, Larry Tate, Jessica Yang, Phonlawut Samarnkiatsakul, and Jason A. Kaufman

Submissions from 2021

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Pivoting in a Time of Pandemic: The Faculty Experience, Aaron M. Peterson, Jason A. Kaufman, James LeDuc, and Larry Tate

Submissions from 2020

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The Nature of Clinical Hypnosis, T. Elloitt Floyd, Bernadeia Johnson, and Jason A. Kaufman

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Resilience and the African American Superintendent, Bernadeia Johnson, Lakisha Witter, and Jason A. Kaufman

Submissions from 2019

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Two Heads are Better than One: Collaborating for Undergraduate Research, Jon A. Jensen and Jason A. Kaufman

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Stress and Coping Among Public School Principals in a Midwest Metropolitan Sample, Jason A. Kaufman

Submissions from 2018

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Nature, Mind, and Medicine: A Model for Mind-Body Healing, Jason A. Kaufman

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Meditative Training Improves Undergraduate Executive Functioning, Jason A. Kaufman and Jon A. Jensen

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Lessons from the Googleplex, Promeet J. Singh and Jason A. Kaufman

Submissions from 2017

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The Meditative School Administrator, Jason A. Kaufman

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At the Intersection of Technology and Nature: The Potential for a Bright Green Future, Jason A. Kaufman and G. David McNay

Submissions from 2016

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Organizational Culture Among Master's Colleges and Universities in the Upper Midwest, Jason A. Kaufman

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Community in the Telepresence Classroom, Jason A. Kaufman and G. David McNay

Submissions from 2015

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A Model of Our Contemplative Nature, Jason A. Kaufman

Submissions from 2014

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Lean and Lab-rich Psychology: Undergraduate Research for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Jason A. Kaufman

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Our Contemplative Nature, Jason A. Kaufman

Submissions from 2013

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Promoting Undergraduate Research in Minnesota: A Luoma Leadership Academy Project, Jason A. Kaufman, Marilyn Swan, Mark Johnson, Michelle Malott, and James A. (Jim) Grabowska

Submissions from 2012

The Role of Birth Order in Personality: An Enduring Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Adler, Daniel Eckstein and Jason A. Kaufman

Submissions from 2009

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Starting a Psychology Laboratory at a Community College, Jason A. Kaufman

Submissions from 2007

An Adlerian Perspective on Guided Visual Imagery for Stress and Coping, Jason A. Kaufman

Submissions from 2006

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Stress and Social Support Among Online Doctoral Psychology Students, Jason A. Kaufman

Submissions from 2005

A Holistic Approach to Enhancing Healthy Coping Responses to Stress, Jason A. Kaufman, Daniel Eckstein, and David Sarnoff

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Five Ways of Assessing Relationship Satisfaction, Alex (Sasha) Lessin, Janet Kira Lessin, Daniel Eckstein, and Jason A. Kaufman