Institute Staff

Alesia Woszidlo
Alesia Woszidlo, Ph.D.
  • 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
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.
  • 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
Lindsey Kraus
Lindsey Kraus, Ph.D.
  • 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
Corinne Butler
Corinne Butler
  • Graduate Program Coordinator
  • Contact for graduate admissions, inquiries about the graduate program, scheduling graduate exams, and permission numbers for graduate level courses.