Dr. Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., executive director of the Wellesley Centers for Women, and Dr. Dionne Stephens contributed to Women Leading Change in Academia: Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Cliff, and Slipper edited by Callie Rennison and Amy Bonomi. The groundbreaking collection brings together the perspectives of diverse women academic leaders who discuss their rise to leadership and effective change-making in higher education despite underlying structural barriers or biases that disadvantage women.

Drs. Maparyan and Stephens reflect on their leadership experiences and explore the "legitimate leader"