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Kara Lasater
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Associate Professor
Also affiliated: Aridhia (United Kingdom) (2023–2024); Methodist University (2025)
Faculty Researcher
9 h-index
33 pubs
303 cited
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Biomedical Subjects
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Biography and Research Information
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Kara Lasater's research focuses on the intersection of education, relationships, and community well-being, particularly within school settings. Her work has explored the critical role of compassionate relationships in leadership preparation and responding to crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Lasater has investigated how family-school partnerships are developed amidst demographic changes, examining educators' attitudes and the discourses they shape. Her publications also address the legacy of the pandemic in rural schools and communities, advocating for schools to be reimagined as places of hope and healing, especially in addressing families affected by addiction. She has also examined issues of incivility and workplace toxicity in K-12 schools. Lasater's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 9, with 33 total publications and 295 citations. She has collaborated with researchers including John Pijanowski, Ed Bengtson, Kevin P. Brady, and Ashley H. Clawson.
Metrics
- h-index: 9
- Publications: 33
- Citations: 303
Selected Publications
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Centering Relationships in Leadership Preparation (2025)
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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)
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Compassionate Leadership as Witness: Paying Attention When We Don’t Want to Know (2022)
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Families, Schools, and Addiction: (Re)Envisioning Schools as Places of Hope and Healing (2022)
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Compassion: the legacy of the pandemic in rural schools and communities (2022)
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Developing Family-School Partnerships in the Midst of Demographic Change: An Examination of Educators’ Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs and the Discourses They Shape (2021)
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Redefining mentorship in an era of crisis: responding to COVID-19 through compassionate relationships (2021)
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Developing Positive Data Cultures in High-Stakes Environments: The Role of School Leaders (2021)
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The Case for Considering Intellectual Virtues in Educational Leadership (2020)
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Data Use Among Principals and Teachers: Divergent Paths or Common Ground? (2020)
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The self-care practices of school principals (2020)
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Data use for equity?: How data practices incite deficit thinking in schools (2020)
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The Data Culture Continuum: An Examination of School Data Cultures (2019)
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Principal Engagement in the Professional Development Process (2019)
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Judgment Doesn't Heal the Hurting (2019)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
John Pijanowski
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- Redefining mentorship in an era of crisis: responding to COVID-19 through compassionate relationships
- Developing Family-School Partnerships in the Midst of Demographic Change: An Examination of Educators’ Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs and the Discourses They Shape
- Centering Relationships in Leadership Preparation
Kristina N. LaVenia
Bowling Green State University (US)
2 shared publications
- Families, Schools, and Addiction: (Re)Envisioning Schools as Places of Hope and Healing
- Compassionate Leadership as Witness: Paying Attention When We Don’t Want to Know
Waheeb S. Albiladi
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
1 shared publication
- Developing Positive Data Cultures in High-Stakes Environments: The Role of School Leaders
Ed Bengtson
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- Developing Positive Data Cultures in High-Stakes Environments: The Role of School Leaders
Christina H. Smith
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
1 shared publication
- Redefining mentorship in an era of crisis: responding to COVID-19 through compassionate relationships
Kevin P. Brady
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- Redefining mentorship in an era of crisis: responding to COVID-19 through compassionate relationships
Tracey Crowe
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
1 shared publication
- Developing Family-School Partnerships in the Midst of Demographic Change: An Examination of Educators’ Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs and the Discourses They Shape
Meghan Scales
1 shared publication
- Compassion: the legacy of the pandemic in rural schools and communities
Kelley Sells
Kansas Public Schools (US)
1 shared publication
- Compassion: the legacy of the pandemic in rural schools and communities
Meleah Hoskins
College of the Muscogee Nation (US)
1 shared publication
- Compassion: the legacy of the pandemic in rural schools and communities
Jordan Dickey
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center (US)
1 shared publication
- Compassion: the legacy of the pandemic in rural schools and communities
Ashley H. Clawson
1 shared publication
In database
- 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
Page D. Dobbs
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- 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
Victor Kwaku Akakpo
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- 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
Victoria N Mugambi
Arkansas Department of Health
1 shared publication
In database
- 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
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