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Leah A. Raphael

Leah A. Raphael

Program Director, Community-Engaged Scholarship & Restorative Leadership

Departments

Programs

Status

Titles and Positions

  • Program Director, Community-Engaged Scholarship & Restorative Leadership, UCLA Educational Leadership Program

Education

  • Ph.D. Urban Schooling, University of California, Los Angeles, 2026

  • M.Ed. School Leadership Program, Harvard University, 2012

  • M.Ed. Teacher Education Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 2008

  • B.A. Latin American Studies, Wesleyan University, 2002

Select Publications

  • Raphael, L. A. (2026). Designing for justice: Toward an emergent theory of restorative leadership [Doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles]. ProQuest Dissertations.

  • Raphael, L. (2023). Building community with circles: Circle processes offer principals an opportunity to focus on relationships. Educational Leadership, 81(2), 44-48.

  • Rogers, J. & Kahne, J. with Ishimoto, M., Kwako, A., Stern, S.C., Bingener, C., Raphael, L., Alkam, S., & Conde, Y. (2022). Educating for a diverse democracy: The chilling role of political conflict in blue, purple, and red communities. UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access.