User:Moman13

Michael A. Owens, PhD, is an educational researcher and advisor. He seeks to inspire improvement in educational organizations and has spent the bulk of his professional career doing research in educational leadership and followership.

From 2017 to 2023, he was an associate professor in Brigham Young University’s Educational Leadership and Foundations Department in the David O. McKay School of Education. Prior to working at BYU, he worked at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. he grew up in suburban Los Angeles before attending Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Partway through his undergraduate years, he served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He earned a BA in International Relations before returning to California to teach Latino immigrant students in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

He returned to BYU’s Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations to earn a Masters Degree in International Development Education, during which time he interned at the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIPE/Buenos Aires, part of UNESCO) in Argentina. After receiving his Master’s Degree, he attended the University of Utah, where he earned a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy and worked with the university’s TRiO Upward Bound program. His experiences in Argentina, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Detroit have shaped his research agenda, which focuses on leadership and followership in schools and other educational organizations that serve youth in cities.

In addition to his professional pursuits, Mike is interested in heraldry, papercraft (specifically, cutting paper snowflakes), and kite flying.

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