Dr. Jennifer Friend is currently the Associate Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, Policy & Foundations at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is the Director of the Preparing Future Faculty online graduate certificate program and teaches graduate students interested in academic careers. Dr. Friend’s research focuses on educational leadership and issues of social justice in U.S. public education. She uses advanced technologies and digital video production techniques grounded in post-qualitative and arts-based inquiry to illuminate existing inequities in education. Recent publications have appeared in the open access International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research (IJLTER), the Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research (JULTR), the Journal of Research in Leadership Education (JRLE), and Educational Studies. Dr. Friend is the founder and co-chair of the annual University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Film Festival featuring short films that explore the landscape of quality leadership preparation, scholarship, policy, and practice.