Part I Introduction
1 Coming to Care Ethics in Higher Education
Theme and Scope
Coming to a Research Puzzle: A Narrative Beginning
Foregrounding Personal Justifications
Feminist Care Ethics as a Theoretical Framework
My Earliest Stories Linking Care and Higher Education
Noddingss Language of Care
Using Narrative Inquiry to Understand Leadership Experiences and Practices
Narrative Inquirys Methodological Commitments
Research Design Summary
Methodological Characteristics and Considerations
Towards an Understanding of Experiences, Practices, and Possibilities
References
2 Care Ethics that Matter
Practical Justifications
Contextualizing Change
Higher Education in Neoliberal Times
Higher Education Leadership
Social Justifications
Care in Education
Care in Higher Education
Tensions
(En)Countering the First Tension: Organizations as Obstacles to Care
(En)Countering the Second Tension: Leadership as a Barrier to Care
(En)Countering the Third Tension: Gendered Care and Caring
Beginning to Understand Care Ethics in Higher Education Leadership
References
Part II Stories of Experiences and Practices of Care-Centered Leadership
3 Beth
Introducing Beth
Beginning in the Middle
Where Care Comes From
Beginning Again
Weaving Care and Self-Care
As Care Seeks and (Sometimes) Finds Visibility
Being Cared For: Friendship and Feeling Seen
Caring into the Future
References
4 Lynn
Introducing Lynn
Connecting
Journeying Towards Leadership
Embracing Leadership
Care in Her Midst
The Relational Nature of Care
Caring for the Work, Too
Tending to Tensions, Too
The Whole Self-Caring
Self-Care and Rest
Leaning into the Future
Postscript
Reference
5 Abby
Introducing Abby
Learning to Show Up, to Participate, and to Listen
Learning to "Think on My Feet"
There Was No Care
Enacting Feminist Care and Care Ethics
Deep Listening
Being Genuine
Caring and Chairing in Neoliberal Times
Enabling Care, Now and into the Future
Being Surrounded by Care
Lighting the Way
References
6 Genevieve
Introducing Genevieve
Beginnings
The Work of Care
The Hard Work of the Work of Care
Receiving Care
An Arc of Care and Not Care
Creating Care
Research as Self-Care
Making Care Visible
Feeling Cared for as a Leader
Caring and Chairing
Seeing Care
Coda
Reference
Part III Towards Care-Centered Leadership in Higher Education
7 Resonant Threads
Thinking with Resonant Threads
Situating the Writing of the Resonant Threads
Awakening to Three Resonant Threads
Learning to Care: Awakening to Where Care Comes From
Experiences of Care from Mentors
Familial Experiences of Care
With the Threads of This Resonance
The Challenge of Care: Caring in Challenging Moments and Times
The Limits of Care: Tensions in Challenging Moments
The Labor of Care: Risking the Work of Care in Challenging Times
With the Threads of This Resonance
Care for the Self: A Condition of Care
Care for the Self with Movement and Music
Care for the Self with Research and Writing
Care for the Self with Rest and Recalibration
With the Threads of This Resonance
References
8 Conclusion: Care-Centered Leadership in Our Midst
Emerging Visibility of Care-Centered Leadership
Making Care in Leadership in Higher Education Visible
Revisiting Social, Practical, and Personal Justifications: Implications and Possibilities
Revisiting Social Justifications: Social and Theoretical Implications and Possibilities
Revisiting Practical Justifications: Practical Implications and Possibilities
Revisiting Personal Justifications: Implications and What I Will Remember
References
Epilogue: Leading with Feminist Care Ethics in Times of Change.