Spokane County Times

Gonzaga University issued the following announcement on Aug. 19.

Essays from Gonzaga’s School of Leadership Studies Alumni, faculty, and community members are featured in the recently released anthology, Servant Leadership and Forgiveness: How Leaders Help Heal the Heart of the World.

Published by SUNY Press in August of 2020, Servant Leadership and Forgiveness is an insightful, timely gathering of voices from around the world. It draws upon contexts from personal, organizational, and global levels to engage a deeper conversation about the role of leadership and forgiveness in the midst of political and social upheaval.  

Dr. Jiying Song, graduate of the Ph.D. in Leadership Studies program from Gonzaga University and now Assistant Professor of Business Management at Northwestern College, is the book’s first editor. Acknowledging the challenges that 2020 has brought for individuals across the world in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the death of George Floyd, Dr. Song’s work invites us to reflect on what it means to live in a global community and lead through crises.

Dr. Dung Q. Tran, the book’s second editor, is another Leadership Studies Alumni that went on to join the school in a new capacity – as an Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership. He describes Servant Leadership and Forgiveness as an anthology that “weaves together a tapestry of thought leaders who advance forgiveness as a virtuous disposition of heart that can foster holistic healing and health in individuals, organizations, and societies.”  

Other editors include Dr. Shann Ray Ferch, Professor of Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, and Larry Spears, Servant-Leadership Scholar for Leadership Studies at Gonzaga and President of the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership. The collaborative work of these editors brought together 21 essays from an international community of writers, hailing from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. “Their personal and collective commitment to co-creating a more just and humane world is a healing balm for those pained by the global pandemic, faltering economy, coarse political discourse, and emboldened xenophobia and racism.”

More than half of the featured essays were written by Alumni or Advisory Board Members of the School of Leadership Studies, which speaks to the necessity of this topic within leadership education and practice.    

“May this anthology offer you courage, grace, and hope. Let’s learn to forgive and ask for forgiveness. Let’s help heal the heart of the world.” - Dr. Jiying Song.

Essays from Gonzaga’s School of Leadership Studies Alumni, faculty, and community members are featured in the recently released anthology, Servant Leadership and Forgiveness: How Leaders Help Heal the Heart of the World.

Published by SUNY Press in August of 2020, Servant Leadership and Forgiveness is an insightful, timely gathering of voices from around the world. It draws upon contexts from personal, organizational, and global levels to engage a deeper conversation about the role of leadership and forgiveness in the midst of political and social upheaval.  

Dr. Jiying Song, graduate of the Ph.D. in Leadership Studies program from Gonzaga University and now Assistant Professor of Business Management at Northwestern College, is the book’s first editor. Acknowledging the challenges that 2020 has brought for individuals across the world in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the death of George Floyd, Dr. Song’s work invites us to reflect on what it means to live in a global community and lead through crises.

Dr. Dung Q. Tran, the book’s second editor, is another Leadership Studies Alumni that went on to join the school in a new capacity – as an Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership. He describes Servant Leadership and Forgiveness as an anthology that “weaves together a tapestry of thought leaders who advance forgiveness as a virtuous disposition of heart that can foster holistic healing and health in individuals, organizations, and societies.”  

Other editors include Dr. Shann Ray Ferch, Professor of Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, and Larry Spears, Servant-Leadership Scholar for Leadership Studies at Gonzaga and President of the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership. The collaborative work of these editors brought together 21 essays from an international community of writers, hailing from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. “Their personal and collective commitment to co-creating a more just and humane world is a healing balm for those pained by the global pandemic, faltering economy, coarse political discourse, and emboldened xenophobia and racism.”

More than half of the featured essays were written by Alumni or Advisory Board Members of the School of Leadership Studies, which speaks to the necessity of this topic within leadership education and practice.    

“May this anthology offer you courage, grace, and hope. Let’s learn to forgive and ask for forgiveness. Let’s help heal the heart of the world.” - Dr. Jiying Song.

Original source can be found here.