Selected Readings

Find a resource to expand your ideas on how to be successful. These books will relate to the event of the month sponsored by the Minority Student Success Initiative and are recommended by the program staff or the month's presenters. Read ahead! Read afterwards! BUT . . . read!

Book List for the month of November | Click here for the book list for September and October



The Student Leadership Challenge: Five Practices for Exemplary Leaders, James M. Kouzes and Barry Posner, 2008


Help! I'm a Student Leaders: Practical Ideas and Guidance on Leadership, Dough Fields, 2005.


Leadership for Students: A Guide for Young Leaders, Frances Kames, 2009


The Student Leadership Guide, Brendon Burchard, 2008


The Student Leadership Practices Inventory, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, 2005.


The Handbook for Student Leadership Development, Susan R. Komives, John P. Dugan, Julie E. Own and Craig Slack, 2011


Exploring Leadership for College Students Who want to Make a Difference, Susan Komives, Nance Lucas and Timothy McMahon.


Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: A Guide for College Students, Marcy L. Shankman and Scott J. Allen, 2008.


Lead, Follow, or Get out of the Way, Jim Lundy, Berkeley Books, New York, New York (1991)




Major in Success, Patrick Combs, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA (1994)




Click here for the book list for September and October.