Institute Staff

Alesia Woszidlo
Alesia Woszidlo, Ph.D.
  • Director, Institute for Leadership Studies
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Leadership Studies
  • Associate Professor, Communication Studies
  • Academic Director, Kansas Women's Leadership Institute
  • Courses Teaching:
  • LDST 420: Communication, Leadership & Conflict Management
  • COMS 930: Stress and Coping
Mary Banwart
Mary Banwart, Ph.D.
  • 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
Amy Leyerzapf
Amy Leyerzapf, Ph.D.
  • Lecturer and Director of Instructional Design and Development
  • Center for Teaching Excellence Teaching Scholar
  • 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 Capstone
Lindsey Kraus
Lindsey Kraus, Ph.D.
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, Institute for Leadership Studies
  • Lecturer, Institute for Leadership Studies
  • Academic Program Coordinator, Women's Global Leadership Consortium
  • Academic Program Coordinator, Kansas Women's Leadership Institute
  • Dean's Faculty Fellow for Experiential Learning