Sharon D Kruse
Biographic Data
| ID | 5740793 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon D Kruse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon D |
| FAMILY NAME | Kruse |
| SIGNATURE | KRUSE S D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington State University Vancouver |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0594-3935 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Principal discipline decision-making
This study examines how principals navigate the complex challenges of student discipline decision-making. Through semi-structured interviews with 50 school administrators in a northwestern U.S. state, the research identifies five critical domains of tension: policy constraints, resource limitations, relationship management, value conflicts, and discretionary restrictions. While principals generally have autonomy in decision-making, they face sign…
“I am the Chair”
The paucity of women in leadership roles in the academy has been the focus of the literature in higher education for several decades. The discussion has lamented how few women attain presidencies, chancellorships, or vice chancellor roles, that women of color experience even greater barriers to leadership attainment, and that women are likely to experience both a “glass ceiling” and a “glass cliff”. As a result, women often find themselves trappe…
Department chair leadership
Research exploring the challenges department chairs face has long suggested the role is difficult and lacks tangible reward (Buller, 2012, 2015; Gmelch et al., 2017). Yet, as higher education demographics, settings, and organizational expectations change and chairs function in more uncertain and increasingly complex institutional environments, it is important to understand how chairs describe the challenges they encounter, the ways in which they …
Academic Leadership During a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented crisis with momentous challenges for higher education institutions. Academic leaders have been charged with restructuring their systems, ensuring instructional quality while operating with significantly diminished resources. For department heads of units with leadership preparation programs, the complexity of this crisis is layered upon fundamental scholarship about leadership, which reports the …
Women, leadership, and power revisiting the Wicked Witch of the West
By examining the cultural images present in the popular musical Wicked, cultural norms and biases toward women in leadership and women's leadership practices are explored. The discussion rests on conceptions of male and female leadership 'styles', how power is obtained and utilised within organisational settings and how resistance and reproduction play key roles in how women as leaders are accepted
Reflections on Leading and Learning for Change
This essay summarizes the key themes of each article in this special issue of Education and Urban Society and addresses complimentary issues raised within the articles. Each article addresses an important issue facing school leaders—perennially low-performing schools, enacting instructional leadership in the face of accountability, the district's role in school improvement, and effective practices of instruction and assessment. Together they sugg…
Media Review of Wicked
Teachers’ Professional Community in Restructuring Schools
Professional community among teachers, the subject of a number of recent major studies, is regarded as an ingredient that may contribute to the improvement of schools. The research reported in this article is grounded in the assumption that how teachers interact with each other outside of their classrooms may be critical to the effects of restructuring on students. The analysis focuses on the type of professional community that occurs within a sc…
Teachers’ Professional Community in Restructuring Schools
Professional community among teachers, the subject of a number of recent major studies, is regarded as an ingredient that may contribute to the improvement of schools. The research reported in this article is grounded in the assumption that how teachers interact with each other outside of their classrooms may be critical to the effects of restructuring on students. The analysis focuses on the type of professional community that occurs within a sc…
Women, leadership, and power revisiting the Wicked Witch of the West
By examining the cultural images present in the popular musical Wicked, cultural norms and biases toward women in leadership and women's leadership practices are explored. The discussion rests on conceptions of male and female leadership 'styles', how power is obtained and utilised within organisational settings and how resistance and reproduction play key roles in how women as leaders are accepted
Teachers’ Professional Community in Restructuring Schools
Professional community among teachers, the subject of a number of recent major studies, is regarded as an ingredient that may contribute to the improvement of schools. The research reported in this article is grounded in the assumption that how teachers interact with each other outside of their classrooms may be critical to the effects of restructuring on students. The analysis focuses on the type of professional community that occurs within a sc…
Media Review of Wicked
Women, leadership, and power revisiting the Wicked Witch of the West
By examining the cultural images present in the popular musical Wicked, cultural norms and biases toward women in leadership and women's leadership practices are explored. The discussion rests on conceptions of male and female leadership 'styles', how power is obtained and utilised within organisational settings and how resistance and reproduction play key roles in how women as leaders are accepted
Reflections on Leading and Learning for Change
This essay summarizes the key themes of each article in this special issue of Education and Urban Society and addresses complimentary issues raised within the articles. Each article addresses an important issue facing school leaders—perennially low-performing schools, enacting instructional leadership in the face of accountability, the district's role in school improvement, and effective practices of instruction and assessment. Together they sugg…
Academic Leadership During a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented crisis with momentous challenges for higher education institutions. Academic leaders have been charged with restructuring their systems, ensuring instructional quality while operating with significantly diminished resources. For department heads of units with leadership preparation programs, the complexity of this crisis is layered upon fundamental scholarship about leadership, which reports the …
“I am the Chair”
The paucity of women in leadership roles in the academy has been the focus of the literature in higher education for several decades. The discussion has lamented how few women attain presidencies, chancellorships, or vice chancellor roles, that women of color experience even greater barriers to leadership attainment, and that women are likely to experience both a “glass ceiling” and a “glass cliff”. As a result, women often find themselves trappe…
Department chair leadership
Research exploring the challenges department chairs face has long suggested the role is difficult and lacks tangible reward (Buller, 2012, 2015; Gmelch et al., 2017). Yet, as higher education demographics, settings, and organizational expectations change and chairs function in more uncertain and increasingly complex institutional environments, it is important to understand how chairs describe the challenges they encounter, the ways in which they …
Principal discipline decision-making
This study examines how principals navigate the complex challenges of student discipline decision-making. Through semi-structured interviews with 50 school administrators in a northwestern U.S. state, the research identifies five critical domains of tension: policy constraints, resource limitations, relationship management, value conflicts, and discretionary restrictions. While principals generally have autonomy in decision-making, they face sign…
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (4 works) · Educational leadership (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Education Discipline and Inequality (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)