Michelle D. Young, Ph.D., Dean of the Berkeley School of Education, is a scholar of educational policy and leadership. Young’s scholarship focuses on how university programs, educational policies and school leaders support equitable and quality experiences for all students and adults who learn and work in schools. This scholarship is divided into two distinct areas: leadership preparation and practice and critical policy analysis. Young has received multiple awards for her scholarship, including the JRLE, William J. Davis, and Emerald Literati Awards highlighting the excellence of individual manuscripts, and the prestigious Edwin M. Bridges Award and the AERA Division A Excellence Award for her career long contributions to research. Throughout her career, she has developed and sustained a reputation as an innovative, civic-minded, ethical leader with a commitment to fostering organizations, policies and structures that foster learning, development and sustainable positive impact. She has worked with universities, practitioners, and state and national leaders to improve the preparation and practice of school and school system leaders and to develop a dynamic base of research on leadership development; provided leadership for the development of both Professional (PSEL) and Preparation (NELP) Standards for Educational Leadership. Her work has significantly increased the focus of research on leadership preparation and brought research to bear on the work of policy makers.