Vivechkanand Chunoo

Many leadership educators want to incorporate cultural relevance, cultural responsiveness, and social justice into their work but may be uncertain of how to begin. Others may already be working in culturally relevant leadership learning (CRLL) modalities and deeply desire advice on how to elevate their offerings. Here, the authors provide a brief overview of the CRLL model to explain how it can be applied in curricular and co‐curricular postsecondary educational settings. Each author then describes how they have found success implementing CRLL tenets in their areas of influence. Following those descriptions, we offer some critiques and considerations related to CRLL and conclude by suggesting resources to help educators apply CRLL to their efforts.

This article draws on critical race theory, intersectionality, critical feminism, queer and indigenous paradigms to critique existing approaches to leader/ leadership identity development (LID) and to illuminate how people from marginalized and oppressed communities can experience more just and equitable pathways to leadership. It offers recommendations for practice about how to create new possibilities for LID that counters patriarchal, white supremacist, hetero, and cis normative contexts. Liberatory pedagogies are suggested as ways to center social justice in LID.