The Rise of Chinese American Leaders in U.S. Higher Education: Stories and Roadmaps

Chapter 1. Building Community Partnerships and Strengthening Business Education.- Chapter 2. Leading Universities from a Social Justice Perspective.- Chapter 3. Diversity and Chinese American Leadership: A Contextual and Experiential Approach to Theories with Reality Checks.- Chapter 4. Ancient Wisdom for Modern Leadership.- Chapter 5. Building Leadership Capacity and Organizational Efficiency.- Chapter 6. Navigating Tradition and Transformation: Lessons Learned in Higher Education.- Chapter 7. Leading and Managing: My Experience Serving in Academic Leadership.- Chapter 8. The Presidential Quest from a First Generation Chinese American Academic.- Chapter 9. The Man Who Races Against Time.- Chapter 10. From Leading Others to Leading Yourself.- Chapter 11. Shared Governance in American Higher Education and Water-Like Servant Leadership in Daoist Psychology.- Chapter 12. A Humble Beginning to Higher Ed Leadership.- Chapter 13. Courage at the Intersection of Preparation and Opportunity.- Chapter 14. Data-Informed Decision-Making in Higher Education.- Chapter 15. Leading Research and Enhancing Scholarship: Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Faculty Diversity.- Chapter 16. To Lead, to Serve, and to Transform: From Law School Dean to University President.- Chapter 17. When You Were a Student at Harvard, Did You Dream of Becoming a Dean?.- Chapter 18. The Asian Way: Chia-Wei Woo and the Education of a University President.- Chapter 19. From Community Colleges to Four-Year Universities: My Experience Creating a Community Impact.- Chapter 20. Leading with Courage, Vision, Perseverance, Execution, and Impact.- Chapter 21. An Introvert Leading Higher Education in Academic Nursing and Healthcare.- Chapter 22. Starting from "Two Suitcases" - My Journey Leading Academic and Research Libraries in America.- Chapter 23. My Accidental Path to Leadership and What I Have Learned along the Way.- Chapter 24. High Expectations, Short Fuse: The "Intangibles"

Dr. Honggang Yang served in 1999-2020 as dean for the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Nova Southeastern University. Earlier in the 1990s, he was on the McGregor School of Antioch University faculty, chairing the individualized graduate program in conflict resolution. He also had the honor of serving as Research Associate and Internship Coordinator for the Conflict Resolution Program at the Carter Presidential Center of Emory University. He served on the Editorial Boards of American Review of China Studies, Conflict Resolution Quarterly, and Lexington Book Series for Conflict Resolution and Peace Building in Asia. Dr. Yang is a senior advisory editor of Peace and Conflict Studies, past president and co-founder of the Council of Chinese American Deans & Presidents, and co-founder of NSU's Council for Inclusion and Diversity. He received the 1997 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Department of Anthropology at USF, the 1998 SOCHE Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence from the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education, the 2002 NSU Academic Dean of the Year in Student Life Achievement, and the 2021 Innovative Leadership in Higher Education Award from the Florida Distance Learning Association. He co-edited with Dr. A. Wolfe Anthropological Contributions to Conflict Resolution. He was bestowed Dean and Professor Emeritus in 2021.Dr. Wenying Xu is a Professor of English at Jacksonville University in Florida. She received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Pittsburgh specializing in 19th-century American literature. She has taught American Literature, Multiethnic Literature of the United States, World Literature, and Literary Theory at Truman State University, Sichuan University in China, Florida Atlantic University, Xiamen University in China, Chatham University, and JacksonvilleUniversity. She is the author of numerous