Glanzer, PerryCox, Samuel James Evans2019-05-222019-05-2220192019-05-22https://hdl.handle.net/2104/10592Traditional four-year universities face challenges in their attempts to articulate a vision of what qualities their student leaders ought to develop over the course of their undergraduate experience. In a narrative of leadership development, The Unusual Reign offers a fictionalized account of how one student leaders’ spiritual growth allows for the cultivation of intellectual virtues. These intellectual virtues result in a capacity for sensemaking, a process by which leaders make sense of their organizations and promote individual and collective growth. The narrative follows Oxford Brickmann, a Resident Advisor whose spiritual combat with God and guilt force him to reevaluate himself, his college community, and his own education in the endeavor to become a wiser leader. In conjunction with other student leaders, Oxford learns how to strengthen the relationships that bring purpose to individual lives and foster community. A novel, The Unusual Reign pulls from studies in virtue epistemology and virtue ethics, students’ spiritual development, higher education research, and organizational theory.en-USBaylor University projects are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. Contact libraryquestions@baylor.edu for inquiries about permission.Creative WritingNovelStudent LeadershipSpiritualityHigher EducationThesisWorldwide access.Access changed 8/16/21.