Faculty
Who teaches UConn Women's Leadership courses?
Laura Burton, Ph.D., Professor and Department Head
University of Connecticut
Neag School of Education
Email: Laura.Burton@UConn.edu
Phone: 860-486-3095
Dr. Laura Burton is a professor in UConn’s Neag School of Education and leads its Department of Educational Leadership. Her research interests include understanding leadership in organizations and exploring development, access, and success in leadership. In her work, Dr. Burton focuses on issues of gender in leadership contexts and specifically how stereotypes and discrimination impact women in leadership.
Jennie Weiner, Ph.D., Associate Professor
University of Connecticut
Neag School of Education
Email: jennie.weiner@uconn.edu
Phone: 860-486-4491
Dr. Jennie Weiner is an associate professor in the UConn Neag School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership. The purpose of her research and scholarship is to reframe educational leadership and change to make both more inclusive, equitable, and oriented toward collective uplift and continuous improvement. She focuses on gender and racial bias in leadership as well as issues of educational infrastructure.