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Kara Lasater Data-verified
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Associate Professor
faculty
9 h-index
33 pubs
290 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Kara Lasater's research investigates the complex interplay between families, schools, and community well-being, particularly within rural settings. Her work has focused on developing partnerships between families and schools, examining educators' attitudes and beliefs that shape these relationships. Lasater has explored the role of compassion and relationships in leadership preparation and in responding to crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. She has also examined issues of incivility and workplace toxicity within K-12 school environments. Her publications address themes of mentorship, creating environments of hope and healing, and the legacy of crises in educational settings. Lasater's scholarship is supported by collaborations with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Her work has been recognized with an h-index of 8, with a total of 29 publications and 258 citations.
Metrics
- h-index: 9
- Publications: 33
- Citations: 290
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)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Kristina N. LaVenia
4 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
- Incivility and Workplace Toxicity in P-12 Schools
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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
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 (US)
1 shared publication
- 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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