Dr. Kenneth R. Magdaleno serves as Director of the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at California State University, Fresno. He is also the Founding Executive Director of the Center for Leadership, Equity, and Research (CLEAR), a nonprofit primarily active in California’s Central Valley addressing the development of educational leaders of color thru mentoring, middle school mentoring for at-risk youth, issues of equity and school discipline, and research on Men and Boys of Color. His most recent published works include Factors Impeding the Social and Academic Progress of African American Males in Foster Care; Educational Leaders and the Acknowledgement Gap (Journal of School Leadership, 2015), Equation for Access (Cabinet Support +Staff Mentorship) = A Leadership Pipeline (International Mentoring Association, 2014 with Dr. Cynthia Teniente - Matson) and Mentoring Latina and Latino Leaders in Keeping and Improving Tomorrow’s School Leaders (Rowman and Littlefield Education, 2010). His primary research interests are developing leadership development and resilience, leadership mentoring, culture and social justice, and critical race theory.