Nancy Southern

Nancy Southern, Ed. D served as executive faculty member at Saybrook University for over 10 years chairing the MA and PhD programs in Organizational Systems and the School of Organizational Leadership and Transformation. She now participates as an adjunct faculty member in the OS programs. She teaches courses in Action Research, Organizational Culture and Cross-Cultural Management, Transformative Learning, Self and Organization, Dialogue, and Leading Organizational Transformation. Her research interests intersect culture, collaboration, community and innovation using qualitative methodologies including action research, hermeneutics, phenomenology, and other interpretative and transformative approaches.

Nancy's work is focused on creating cultures of collaboration in public, private, and non-profit organizations and local communities. She has worked with senior and mid-management teams to help build their capacity for engaging in meaningful conversations and appreciative, critical inquiry to address their challenges and create the organizational changes they desire.

Nancy serves on the editorial boards of the Journal for Transformative Education, and the OD Review. She has published three book chapters and numerous articles that reflect her inquiry into creating the conditions for transformative learning and change.

Nancy's papers can be found at https://saybrook.academia.edu/NancySouthern

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