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In Leading Toward Liberation, Annmarie Caño promotes academic leadership as a liberatory practice. She draws from her experiences as a first-generation college student and Latina; clinical psychologist, professor, and researcher; and executive coach and higher education leader. Theoretically grounded in the psychology of liberation, each chapter provides real life examples to illustrate how academic leaders can co-create cultures with others in which everyone can thrive. A set of self-coaching questions is offered at the end of each chapter to support reflection, growth, and action to effect institutional change.

Leading Toward Liberation is a book for everyone! Annmarie Caño offers practical suggestions to develop a liberation mindset. She shows how to transform ourselves and our institutions. I strongly recommend this powerful book!
— Lillian Comas-Díaz, co-editor, Liberation Psychology: Theory, Method, Practice, and Social Justice

Endorsements for Leading Toward Liberation

Leading Toward Liberation is the book I have been waiting for. As an academic leader, my goal has been to create a college environment that provides fertile soil for individual achievement, and subsequently, organizational success. Caño provides a text that supports that lofty goal while also reinforcing the importance of practicing courage, leaning on community, and safeguarding well-being.
— Kecia Thomas, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Annmarie Caño provides a rational and guide for helping educators lead their students on a road to liberation. Caño’s passion for justice, for equal treatment of all citizens, and for educational opportunity that begins and ends with an embrace of each student’s potential is visible on every page.
— Michael J. Garanzini, SJ, President of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Caño provides a compelling argument for and practical guide to liberatory leadership in higher education. Leaders and those they serve will benefit from this reflective liberation mindset as they seek to change the oppressive aspects of academic culture into spaces of inclusivity and thriving. An empowering read.
— Rebecca Pope-Ruark, author of Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal
Dr. Caño’s book reviews several elemental pieces of leadership development for leaders intending to build more emancipatory institutions. Her thoughtful approach is one of introspection and understanding how you ‘fit’ and navigate in leadership spaces. It is also a great guide for navigating the complex demands of positions that are challenging from multiple fronts.
— Keith Whitfield, most recently President at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas