Kara Lasater Source Confirmed

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Associate Professor

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

8 h-index 28 pubs 256 cited

Research Areas

Teacher Education and Leadership Studies COVID-19 and Mental Health Family and Disability Support Research Education Systems and Policy Mental Health Research Topics Health and Medical Research Impacts Behavioral and Psychological Studies

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Kara Lasater's research investigates compassionate relationships and their impact within educational and community settings, particularly in response to crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Her work explores how educators' attitudes, values, and beliefs shape family-school partnerships, especially amidst demographic changes. Lasater has also examined issues of incivility and workplace toxicity in K-12 schools, and has published on the role of leadership in fostering supportive environments. Her scholarship extends to reimagining schools as places of hope and healing, particularly in contexts affected by addiction. Lasater has a career h-index of 8 and has accumulated 256 citations across her 28 publications. She collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

  • h-index: 8
  • Publications: 28
  • Citations: 256

Selected Publications

  • Centering Relationships in Leadership Preparation (2025) DOI
  • The Prevention of Nicotine use in the State of Arkansas that has Geographic Tobacco use Disparities: the Perceived Prevention Needs and Realities of School Professionals (2025) DOI
  • Compassionate Leadership as Witness: Paying Attention When We Don’t Want to Know (2022) DOI
  • Families, Schools, and Addiction: (Re)Envisioning Schools as Places of Hope and Healing (2022) DOI
  • Compassion: the legacy of the pandemic in rural schools and communities (2022) DOI
  • Developing Family-School Partnerships in the Midst of Demographic Change: An Examination of Educators’ Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs and the Discourses They Shape (2021) DOI
  • Redefining mentorship in an era of crisis: responding to COVID-19 through compassionate relationships (2021) DOI
  • Developing Positive Data Cultures in High-Stakes Environments: The Role of School Leaders (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

John Pijanowski University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 3 shared publications Ed Bengtson University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Kevin P. Brady University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Ashley H. Clawson University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication

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