about dr. chi
PROFESSOR. SPEAKER. COACH.
MEET DR. CHINASA ELUE
Dr. Chinasa is a professor, speaker, grief coach, and the CEO and Founder of True Titans Consulting Group. She is an expert on grief leadership in higher education and trauma-informed practices in organizational settings. She supports leaders in moving forward to make impactful change in the midst of uncertainty with empathy and care. She provides strategic coaching and consulting that opens the doors to transformation through policy and practice.
Dr. Elue’s interest in grief is personal. After the devastating loss of her mother, Chinasa felt stuck in grief. Navigating loss with her support system inspired Chinasa to explore more deeply how or to what extent organizational leaders are creating spaces to support those they lead who are experiencing loss of all kinds. The ongoing pandemics and the ever-changing contexts exposed the need for even more of these critical dialogues to occur.
Dr. Elue is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Higher Education at Kennesaw State University. She leads the Research Lab for the Study of Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Effectiveness, and Well-Being of Educational Leaders. The research group’s focus is to foster interdisciplinary, collaborative, and relevant research and partnerships focused on increasing leaders’ emotional capacities and skills needed to lead during complex and uncertain times.
Dr. Elue is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) trained coach who specializes in grief coaching. She is also a Faculty Success Fellow and Coach for the KSU Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning where she leads a BIPOC mutual mentoring group. She obtained a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate from the University of South Florida and is a registered mediator in the State of Georgia. In 2022, Dr. Elue was awarded the Bagwell College of Education Outstanding Diversity Award.
“HOW CAN WE BUILD A MORE EMPATHETIC, INCLUSIVE, AND CARING WORKPLACE? I WANT MY RESEARCH TO IMPACT POLICY AND PRACTICE IN ORGANIZATIONAL SETTINGS.”
- Dr. Chinasa Elue
RESEARCH FOCUS
Dr. Elue is also an associate professor of Educational Leadership and Higher Education at Kennesaw State University. Her research focuses on grief leadership, trauma-informed leadership practices in organizational settings, and the health and well-being of historically marginalized and underrepresented populations.
She received her doctorate in educational leadership from Clemson University with a certificate in Policy Studies, her M.Ed in Educational Leadership from Valdosta State University, and her bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Georgia. Dr. Elue runs the Research Lab for the Study of Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Effectiveness, and Well-Being of Educational Leaders.
