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Superintendent In(Queer)y
Towards a New Theory of Leadership
Jocelyn Dumaresq, EdD Doctoral Candidate
Research Questions
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This study seeks to explore the experiences of queer superintendents
in order to suggest a queer leadership theory of practice.
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What are the experiences of queer superintendents?

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How has their identity as a queer leader mediated their
leadership practices?

✤

What do their experiences suggest for a queer theory of
leadership practice?
Theoretical Framework

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Queer Theory
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Judith Butler - the Heterosexual Matrix

✤

Michel Foucault - language and power

✤

Jonathan Silin - silence

✤

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick - the closet
Research Design
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15 semi-structured interviews of queer superintendents, assistant
superintendents and district-level administrators

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Narrative Analysis (Clandinin & Connelly)
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A deeper look into 3 interviews

Grounded Theory (Strauss & Corbin)
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A look across all 15 interviews
Key Findings
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RQ 1: Experiences
✤

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Overt discrimination, attempts to pass as straight,
overcompensation, distancing, small support networks

RQ 2: Leadership
✤

Sexuality had an impact on habits of mind, decision-making,
policy passing

✤

Sensitivity was a common leadership quality

✤

The theme of regret (role model, broad changes)
Personal Impact

✤

Going through the EdD program and dissertation process has
affected me by...
✤

Allowing me to meet and interact with queer role models in
positions of power

✤

Reinforcing my role as an advocate for change in my personal and
professional life
Professional Impact
✤

Going through the EdD program and dissertation process
has made me a better
✤

Leader - using research and theory in practice

✤

Thinker - considering ideas, decisions and actions more
critically

✤

Scholar - improving my academic and professional
reading and writing
District Impact

✤

A call for
✤

More inclusive HR policies
✤

✤

Partner benefits, equal opportunity job protection

More sensitive and inclusive hiring practices
Wider Impact

✤

A call for
✤

Diversified teacher and leadership preparation
✤

✤

Participants noted a distinct lack of queer issues in programs

A national support network of queer leaders
✤

Participants viewed networking favorably
Wider Impact

✤

A call for
✤

Diversified teacher and leadership preparation
✤

✤

Participants noted a distinct lack of queer issues in programs

A national support network of queer leaders
✤

Participants viewed networking favorably

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Superintendent in(queer)y

  • 1. Superintendent In(Queer)y Towards a New Theory of Leadership Jocelyn Dumaresq, EdD Doctoral Candidate
  • 2. Research Questions ✤ This study seeks to explore the experiences of queer superintendents in order to suggest a queer leadership theory of practice. ✤ What are the experiences of queer superintendents? ✤ How has their identity as a queer leader mediated their leadership practices? ✤ What do their experiences suggest for a queer theory of leadership practice?
  • 3. Theoretical Framework ✤ Queer Theory ✤ Judith Butler - the Heterosexual Matrix ✤ Michel Foucault - language and power ✤ Jonathan Silin - silence ✤ Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick - the closet
  • 4. Research Design ✤ 15 semi-structured interviews of queer superintendents, assistant superintendents and district-level administrators ✤ Narrative Analysis (Clandinin & Connelly) ✤ ✤ A deeper look into 3 interviews Grounded Theory (Strauss & Corbin) ✤ A look across all 15 interviews
  • 5. Key Findings ✤ RQ 1: Experiences ✤ ✤ Overt discrimination, attempts to pass as straight, overcompensation, distancing, small support networks RQ 2: Leadership ✤ Sexuality had an impact on habits of mind, decision-making, policy passing ✤ Sensitivity was a common leadership quality ✤ The theme of regret (role model, broad changes)
  • 6. Personal Impact ✤ Going through the EdD program and dissertation process has affected me by... ✤ Allowing me to meet and interact with queer role models in positions of power ✤ Reinforcing my role as an advocate for change in my personal and professional life
  • 7. Professional Impact ✤ Going through the EdD program and dissertation process has made me a better ✤ Leader - using research and theory in practice ✤ Thinker - considering ideas, decisions and actions more critically ✤ Scholar - improving my academic and professional reading and writing
  • 8. District Impact ✤ A call for ✤ More inclusive HR policies ✤ ✤ Partner benefits, equal opportunity job protection More sensitive and inclusive hiring practices
  • 9. Wider Impact ✤ A call for ✤ Diversified teacher and leadership preparation ✤ ✤ Participants noted a distinct lack of queer issues in programs A national support network of queer leaders ✤ Participants viewed networking favorably
  • 10. Wider Impact ✤ A call for ✤ Diversified teacher and leadership preparation ✤ ✤ Participants noted a distinct lack of queer issues in programs A national support network of queer leaders ✤ Participants viewed networking favorably