NCID-2946
Conor McLaughlin
Staff Learning and Development Specialist
San diego state university
Education/Degree:
1 Leadership Studies Leadership Studies (University of San Diego)
About
Conor McLaughlin (he/they series pronouns) is the Staff Learning and Development Specialist in the Center for Inclusive Excellence. Before (re)joining San Diego State University, Conor was a Teaching Professor at Bowling Green State University. Conor has previously worked at University of San Diego, UC San Diego, San Diego State University, Cornell University, and Columbia University. Conor holds a Ph. D. in Leadership Studies the University of San Diego, where their dissertation explored the use of bell hooks’ "Teaching to Transgress" as a conduit for shifting approaches to leadership and professional practice in student affairs professionals who are white, heterosexual, men. Conor enjoys coffee, photography, music, and cooking as pathways to building community.
Current Work
Conor's current work focuses on practicing leadership in higher education and the ways anyone, no matter their role or position, does leadership and affects positive change. I also explore role of people with multiple privileged identities in supporting socially-just organizational change. I particularly focus on white men, the responsibilities they have to continue examining the ways those identities shape their experiences in the world, and how they can work to practice leadership in ways that do not perpetuate those outcomes.
Research Area Keyword(s)
leadership, higher education, Social Justice, whiteness, masculinity