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What is leadership? Is it a set of innate characteristics, or a set of skills anyone can learn? How do you define a good leader, and how can the effectiveness of different styles of leadership change based on context?
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Course Description
Leadership Institute A is the first iteration of our classic Leadership Institute. Taught by Professor Anna Mahoney PhD, Executive Director of the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy at Dartmouth, this course asks the essential questions: What makes a great leader? Can leadership be learned, or is it inborn? What are my leadership strengths and how can I apply them to the topics I care most about?
This course features six and a half days of in-person instruction at Dartmouth in the Rockefeller Center's Public Policy seminar room, followed by two days of immersive outdoor leadership training at the Appalachian Mountain Club's Highland Center. Housing at the Highland Center includes bunk rooms and three hot meals. No special gear or prior outdoor experience is required to participate in this program. Please contact us if you have physical mobility concerns.
Schedule:
While on the Dartmouth campus, Leadership Institute participants follow the same daily schedule as the Summer Scholars program.
Instructor Bio
Dartmouth Leadership Institute is led by Dr. Anna Mitchell Mahoney, the Executive Director of the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College and a Lecturer in the Government Department. Mahoney joined Dartmouth in 2023 after nine years at the Newcomb Institute at Tulane University. Mahoney conducts research centered on women's representation and gendered institutions. Her current intersectional working project (with co-authors) include: an investigation of Black women legislators as bridges between Black Caucuses and women's caucuses at the state and federal levels. Her work has been published in Politics and Gender, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, and Representation. She has a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from Loyola University New Orleans, a masters in Women's Studies from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Rutgers University New Brunswick. Her hobbies include reading and attending her children's many sporting events.
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Course Syllabus
To view a sample syllabus, please contact your program specialist, or reach us at info@summerdiscovery.com or call +1 (516) 447-4907.
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Admission Criteria
An interest in all things leadership is the key to success in this program! Additionally, your application criteria include:
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Who should attend this course?
This course is ideal for students interested in exploring leadership through multiple perspectives, including theory, real-life application, and cultural context. It is especially suited for those who seek to reflect on their own leadership abilities and want to experience hands-on learning through both classroom and outdoor settings.
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Benefits of Attending this Course
Unique benefits of the Leadership Institute include participation in a two-day outdoor leadership experience in the White Mountains, providing practical, hands-on leadership development, and the chance to learn from an interdisciplinary team of instructors, offering diverse perspectives on leadership from different academic disciplines, industries, eras, and cultures.
In addition to a university-level course experience, students will leave this course and the Dartmouth Summer Scholars program with portfolio-building documentation in recognition of their summer achievements, including:
Summer Discovery Certificate of Completion
After successfully finishing this course, you will be awarded a certification completion for your accomplishment.
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