Dribbling While Leading: Identity, Purpose, and Courage

1 credits · Undergraduate

Leadership can be explored through the lens of sports as a powerful entry point for examining teamwork, resilience, and moral decision-making while connecting those lessons to broader historical and cultural contexts. Using examples from athletics such as Dawn Staley and her autobiography alongside Man's Search for Meaning, Everyone Communicates, Few Connect, and The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It: The Memoir of Jo Ann Gibson Robinson, students examine how individuals develop purpose, communicate effectively, and lead within complex social environments. Sports narratives highlight leadership under pressure, while study of The Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement deepens understanding of human dignity, moral courage, and social responsibility.