Second Star to the Right: Essays on Leadership in Star Trek

'Star Trek' provides an opportunity to explore the final frontier of leadership through its nearly six decades of series and films. With its basis in Enlightenment thinking (reason coupled to compassion) and its encouragement of diversity in its myriad forms, 'Star Trek' offers guidance on how to improve the human condition that has application in leadership across academic and professional fields. Leaders are constantly called upon to solve problems, direct institutional growth, and, on occasion, even solve humanitarian crises. Leadership development need not be complicated or overly staid. It should be engaging. 'Star Trek' provides us a venue through which to make it so. This book explores the application of 'Star Trek' to the practice of leadership across a diverse array of professional and academic fields. 'Second Star to the Right: Essays on Leadership in Star Trek' provides a set ... of exceptional chapters from a diverse range of scientists, professionals, writers, and thinkers. It will help you to utilize the wealth of 'Star Trek' canon applied across a robust array of fields to broadly inform the practice of leadership for a better world.  Show more

Introduction: A Transdisciplinary Trek Through Leadership
Jason A. Kaufman and Aaron M. Peterson
Minnesota State University, Mankato & Converse University
About the Authors

CHALLENGES
Chapter One
A Tall Ship and a Star to Steer Her By: The Sacrifice of the Captain’s Chair
Aaron M. Peterson
Converse University
Chapter Two
Friendship, Loyalty, Whistleblowing in Star Trek
Bradley Chilton
University of Georgia
Chapter Three
Getting...  to Hlja’: Star Trek Can Teach Us About Adaptive Leadership and Conflict
Scott Maravilla
William and Mary School of Law
Chapter Four
Human Beings Cannot Survive as a Species Without Extraterrestrial Interference
Michael Dismuke
Independent Scholar

OPPORTUNITIES
Chapter Five
The ABCs of Effective Mentorship in the Lab and Across the Stars
Michael L. Wong
NASA Hubble Fellowship Program, Carnegie Institution for Science
Chapter Six
Kill Your Darlings: A Meta Look at Collaboration and Storytelling
Drew Nichols
Professional Film and Television Editor
Chapter Seven
Modeling Corporate Compassion and Empathy in Star Trek Deep Space Nine
Bradley O. Browne
Dice in Mind Podcast
Chapter Eight
“The Needs of the Many”: Star Trek’s Unification Principle of Heroic Leadership
Scott T. Allison and James K. Beggan
University of Richmond & University of Louisville

EQUITY
Chapter Nine
Star Trek’s Universal Principles: A Study in Leadership
Derek Tyler Attico
Speculative Fiction Author and Star Trek Scholar
Chapter Ten
No Room for Bigotry on the Bridge: Star Trek, DEI, and Cultural Competence
Emily Strand
Ohio Dominican University

EMOTIONS
Chapter Eleven
Kathryn Janeway: A Leader with Feeling
Laurie Ulster
TrekMovie.com
Chapter Twelve
Keeping Khan Under Pressure: A Cognitive Behavioral Framework for Enhancing Emotional Regulation
David Smith and Jason von Stietz
German Sports University Cologne & Movie House Sport Psychology
Podcast

EDUCATION AND ETHICS
Chapter Thirteen
Go Boldly: Hologram Janeway as Teacher and Leader
Kelli Fitzpatrick
Iowa State University
Chapter Fourteen
The Weight of Command: Controversial Leadership in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s “In the Pale Moonlight”
Sebastian Stoppe
Saxony-Anhalt State Institute for School Quality, Halle/Saale, Germany

EXPLORATIONS
Chapter Fifteen
Producing the Future: The Naval Academy and Starfleet Academy
Claude Berube
CDR, USNR (Ret)
Chapter Sixteen
From Game Room to Ready Room: Developing Leadership Skills with Star Trek Tabletop Roleplaying Games
Jim Johnson
Independent Writer
Chapter Seventeen
Shakespeare’s Influence on Star Trek
Jimmy LeDuc
Education Design Lab

THESE ARE THE VOYAGES…
Chapter Eighteen
Humble Leadership and the Grand Captains of Star Trek
Jason A. Kaufman
Minnesota State University, Mankato

Index  Show more

Jason A. Kaufman is a professor of educational leadership and director of the institutional review board at Minnesota State University, Mankato and a licensed psychologist. He is a co-author of 'Leadership in Star Trek: Lessons from the Captain's Chair'. He is also co-host of the 'Dice in Mind' podcast. Jason's research agenda is loosely bifurcated among two partially overlapping foci. On the empirical front, he focuses on the potential for mind-body and nature-based interventions to promote human functioning. However, his most recent papers have been policy papers regarding the exploration of...  space. Concurrently, Jason has been writing with his friend and colleague, Aaron Peterson, on the potential of 'Star Trek' to promote a better world through leadership.

Aaron M. Peterson is an assistant professor of leadership at Converse University. He is a co-author of 'Leadership in Star Trek: Lessons from the Captain's Chair'. Aaron’s research agenda focuses primarily on the process of conflict engagement in higher education as well as other sectors. He also explores leadership best practices in higher education and other arenas. This latter focus has really come into better focus as Aaron has been writing with his friend and colleague, Jason Kaufman, on the merits of 'Star Trek' to promote a better world through leadership.  Show more

Star Trek, leadership, leadership studies, leadership development, psychology, humility, patience, compassion, relationship, diversity, equity, inclusion