Academic Staff


Academic Staff

Mary Banwart
  • Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Mentoring, and Growth, Office of Faculty Affairs
  • Associate Director, Institute for Leadership Studies
  • Professor, Communication Studies Department
  • Program Director/PI, Women's Global Leadership Consortium

Mauricio Gomez Montoya
  • Student Experience Designer for University Honors Program
  • Lecturer for Institute for Leadership Studies
  • Courses Taught:
  • LDST 690: Sports and Social Justice in the U.S.
He/him/his

Lindsey Kraus
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies for Institute for Leadership Studies
  • Academic Program Coordinator for the Women's Global Leadership Consortium and the Kansas Women's Leadership Institute
  • Courses Taught:
  • LDST 200: Introduction to Leadership Strategies and Applications
  • LDST 203: Introduction to Leadership, Honors
She/Her/Hers

Amy Leyerzapf
  • Senior Lecturer and Director of Instructional Design and Development
  • Honors Faculty Fellow
  • Teaching LDST 203: Introduction to Leadership, Honors
  • Teaching LDST 535: Seminar in Leadership Strategies and Applications
  • Teaching LDST 705: Professionalization Seminar in Leadership Studies
  • Teaching LDST 715: Leadership, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching LDST 850: Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion Capstone
She/Her/Hers

Bailee Meyers
  • Associate Director Marketing and Programs for KU Memorial Union
  • Lecturer for Institute for Leadership Studies
  • Courses Taught:
  • LDST 320: Event Development & Management

Ray Pence
  • Associate Teaching Professor, Acting Undergraduate Director for Department of American Studies
  • Lecturer for Institute for Leadership Studies
  • Courses Taught:
  • LDST 700: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion

Jacob Stutzman
  • Lecturer for Institute for Leadership Studies
  • Courses Taught:
  • LDST 200: Introduction to Leadership Studies and Applications
  • LDST 520: Leadership Ethics
  • LDST 710: Leadership Theory
  • LDST 720: Leadership Ethics

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  • Assistant Director for Academic and Professional Development
  • Lecturer for Institute for Leadership Studies
  • Courses Taught:
  • LDST 760: Leadership Communication
She/Her/Hers

Alesia Woszidlo
  • Director for the Institute for Leadership Studies
  • Director of Graduate Studies in Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion
  • Associate Professor, Communication Studies
  • Academic Director, Kansas Women's Leadership Institute
  • Courses Taught:
  • LDST 420: Communication, Leadership, and Conflict Management