East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations Student Works 5-2021 If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It: Walt Disney’s Hero’s Journey to Professional Identity Charles McCoin East Tennessee State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd Part of the Educational Administration and Supervision Commons, Educational Leadership Commons, Other Education Commons, and the Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons Recommended Citation McCoin, Charles, "If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It: Walt Disney’s Hero’s Journey to Professional Identity" (2021). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3882. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3882 This Dissertation - unrestricted is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It: Walt Disney’s Hero’s Journey to Professional Identity ________________________ A dissertation presented to the faculty of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis East Tennessee State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership ______________________ by Charles M. McCoin May 2021 _____________________ Dr. Virginia Foley, Chair Dr. John Boyd Dr. Pamela Scott Keywords: identity, storytelling, Walt Disney, Hero’s Journey ABSTRACT If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It: Walt Disney’s Hero’s Journey to Professional Identity by Charles McCoin The purpose of this multi-method single-case study was to examine the application of Joseph Campbell's Heroic Journey model as a means of professional identity creation in the life of Walt Disney.