The Bradley Family Leadership Educator In Residence (LEIR) program is a once-a-semester program in which Tulane hosts a scholar-practitioner of leadership theory and behavior to conduct leadership training, education, and development for the Tulane community. This program's design is grounded in the collective creation of a leadership learning curriculum filled with opportunities from across campus through experiential learning. Leadership learning is inherently interdisciplinary in practice and the Leadership Educator in residence program allows students, faculty, and staff with a hands-on learning opportunity to develop their capacity to become ethical and effective agents of change.
The purpose of this program is as follows:
- To bring a interdisciplinary cohort of educators to Tulane University
- To create opportunities to engage with distinct voices and leadership philosophies
- To promote a campus culture where leadership is valued
This program is typically a week long and offers a variety of ways to engage with the practitioner's expertise and wisdom. These could include: workshops for students, faculty, staff, or alumni; guest speaker in a class; consultative work with established teams; one-on-one mentoring sessions; and/or lunch and learn conversations.
The Leadership Educator in Residence Program is made possible by the generosity of Millie Pilié Bradley (NC '73; MBA '75) and R. Allan Bradley Jr. (MBA '75).
Spring 2026 Leadership Educator in Residence - Dr. V Chunoo, Florida State University
The Spring 2026 Bradley Family Leadership Educator in Residence will be held from March 16 - March 20, 2026. More details will be announced soon!
Dr Vivechkanand (Dr V) S. Chunoo is an assistant teaching professor in the Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences at Florida State University. He teaches courses in leadership theory and practice, leadership in groups and communities, ethical leadership, and change-based leadership. He has co-edited three books on leadership education. In 2020, he led a team in developing one of the nine strategic priorities of the 2020–2025 National Leadership Education Research Agenda (NLERA). He currently serves as the associate editor for New Directions for Student Leadership. He is so thrilled to be joining us at Tulane this March!
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Interested in having a session for your department or organization?
If you would like to host an event for your class, department, or organization? Please contact Bridget Fish, Associate Director for Leadership Learning, with your request.
3/16 - Culturally Relevant Leadership Learning in Action
- LBC 203
- 9:00 am - 10:30 am
- RSVP here
- Breakfast will be provided
- Join the LBC for the opening keynote for our Spring 2026 Bradley Family Leadership Educator in Residence. Dr. V Chunoo will be speaking about Culturally Relevant Leadership Learning Models, values making in leadership, and more. In his presentation, he will guide participants in conversations about the application of these models and additional ways to think about using them.
3/16 - Culturally Relevant Leadership Learning in Action
- Bowers Auditorium, 1555 Poydras
- 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
- RSVP here
3/18 - Untapping Potential, Unleashing Possibility, and Building Community
- Woldenberg Art Center, 205
- 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- RSVP here
- This workshop will be an overview of basic definitions of leadership, distinctions between leadership and followership, starting with why and so much more. This workshop provides the opportunity to discover the six “simple” steps to making the most out of college leadership learning. This workshop could be good for undergraduate students staring their leadership learning journeys, administrators who work with new students in a leadership learning context, faculty and staff who teach undergraduate students in leadership workshop and beyond.
3/18 - Failure Tales with Wave of Support, Featured Speaker
- Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium
- 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- RSVP here
- Join us for our 4th annual Failure Tales: a night of turning moments of failure into stories of triumph! This event aims to prove that resilience, perseverance, and personal growth are often found in the most unexpected places. Hosted by Wave of Support and Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life, Failure Tales will feature a variety of storytellers from the Tulane community to share their personal experiences with setbacks and challenges. Together, let's create a campus that not only accepts failure but celebrates it as an integral part of the journey towards success!
3/20 - Ethical Leadership: Guiding with Integrity in a Complex World
- Glazer Family Club, Yulman Stadium
- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- RSVP here
- Lunch will be provided
- Join the LBC for the closing keynote for our Spring 2026 Bradley Family Leadership Educator in Residence. Dr. V Chunoo will be speaking about ethical orientations in leadership, various leadership theories, and exploring ethical dilemmas in leadership - think The Trolley Problem. Interested in learning more about what ethical leadership means, come to this event!
Spring 2023 - Dr. Marcy Levy Shankman, co-author of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: A Guide for Students (Second Edition) (Jossey-Bass, 2015)
Fall 2023 - Amatoga Jeremie and Monique McGhee, Learning and Development Consultants with Gallup
Spring 2024 - Dr. Jamie Washington, cofounder of the Social Justice Training Institute and co-president of the Washington Consulting Group
Fall 2024 - Celeste Headlee, Communication and Human Nature Expert, Award-winning journalist, and Author
Spring 2025 - Miriam O'Donoghue, The LSP Method, LEGO Serious Play
