MID ATLANTIC LEADERSHIP SCHOLARS FORUM
"Leadership Perspectives for a Changing World"
April 17, 2010 - Christopher Newport University

The Mid Atlantic Leadership Scholars Forum is an academic conference open to undergraduate and graduate students who have a scholarly interest in the study of leadership. The Forum invites proposals for individual papers related to leadership studies that address the theme "Leadership Perspectives for a Changing World." View additional information >>

IN THIS ISSUE - Volume 2, Issue 1

Thomas Jefferson: Building a Wall of Separation Between Church and State
Kenton Buck, Justin Davis, Crystal Levenson, Kristina Neighbour, Tyler Wake, and Amber Wixtrom
Thomas Jefferson is remembered most often for his roles as founding father, author of the Declaration of Independence, and third president of our nation. However, one of his key achievements is too often forgotten, eclipsed by the drama of our government’s creation: the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which secured the protection of intellectual liberty and individual freedom in the emergent nation of America. It serves in part as the basis for the establishment clause of the Constitution of the United States of America and builds a wall of separation between church and state. In examining Jefferson’s role in the creation of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, we focused on the historical, cultural, and political contexts surrounding its passage and the indirect and behind the scenes approach that defined Jefferson’s leadership. more >>

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is Leading the Environmental Movement within the Bay Area
Kelsey Brunton
Social movements and social change, like the civil rights movement, have been analyzed for years to investigate their distinctive leaders, followers, and certain conditions in which they come forward. These movements require an emergence of a leader, a face to their cause--an individual to lead the change. The environmental movement has swept the United States and much of the world. Many organizations, grass roots programs, activists, and leaders have evolved from this movement. A case study examined the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) to determine their contributions to the environmental movement; specifically, it examines their pioneering efforts to rally individuals for a regional cause. Analysis of their tactics used to implement change for the Chesapeake Bay, the fight for clean water, has lead to the conclusion that the CBF is spearheading the environmental movement within the watershed states. more >>

The Influence of Context on Cleopatra
Lindsay Harold, Kerri Anton, Krisen Duca, Cate Henefin
Many have heard of the great Cleopatra. Some people only know her as a queen of Egypt while others remember her as being a temptress and adulteress with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. Many scholarly students have read the Shakespearean plays of her multiple affairs and dramatic suicide, but few people know Cleopatra the leader. Her leadership skills are debated to be better than any man’s, yet most people have no idea of the actions she had to take or the power those actions required in her leadership position. Who was the real Cleopatra, and how did her leadership style and decisions affect her people and Egypt? She was born in 69 B.C.E. in Alexandria, Egypt as part of the Ptolemaic Dynasty. She grew up and led in very turbulent times. Events such as war, famine, and the expansion of the Roman Empire affected Cleopatra in many ways. Her personal history and the historical context, contemporary context, and immediate context of this turbulent time in Egypt explain why she made the decisions she did and what kind of power she utilized as a leader. Her ideas, guiding principles, and public values are also influenced by these variables. more >>

CASE STUDY

The Decision to Lead: A Case on the Development of a Leader
Kathryn Dolan
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Volume 2, Issue 1

This issue consists of three articles and one leadership case study. Kenton Buck, Justin Davis, Crystal Levenson, Kristina Neighbour, Tyler Wake, and Amber Wixtrom take a look at the instrumental leadership characteristics of Thomas Jefferson in drafting the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Kelsey Brunton examines the tactics of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to implement environmental change in the Chesapeake Bay region. Lindsay Harold, Kerri Anton, Kristen Duca, and Cate Henefin analyze the influence of context on the leadership of the ancient Egyptian ruler Cleopatra. Finally, Kathryn Dolan examines the importance of communicating a clear vision to followers through a case study on a summer leadership camp in her article “Decision to Lead: A Case on the Development of a Leader.” The case study is intended for classroom use and includes full teaching notes. >>

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