Politics as Blood Sport: Women Leading Boston Public Schools, 1991–2016

• In Event: Leaders Helping Leaders: Research on Superintendancy and Mentorship Relations

Abstract

Despite a recent increase, the number of women superintendents has remained remarkably low since the 1800s (AASA, 2015; Shakeshaft, 1999). Using feminist poststructural discourse analysis, this qualitative case study explores racialized and gendered discourses depicting women superintendents in Boston from 1990-2016. The findings of this study can be used to reconceptualize educational leadership and community relations in the 21st century.

Author

• Lisa Marie Cullington, University of Massachusetts - Boston