| “Constant communication”: rural principals' leadership practices during a global pandemic SD Hayes, J Flowers, SM Williams Frontiers in Education 5, 618067, 2021 | 71 | 2021 |
| Almost a principal: Coaching and training assistant principals for the next level of leadership SD Hayes, JR Burkett Journal of School Leadership 31 (6), 502-525, 2021 | 66 | 2021 |
| Using developmental relationships in mentoring to support novice principals as leaders of learning SD Hayes Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning 27 (2), 190-212, 2019 | 63 | 2019 |
| Challenges in preparing aspiring principals for instructional leadership: voices from the field SD Hayes, BJ Irby International journal of leadership in education 23 (2), 131-151, 2020 | 58 | 2020 |
| Responsibility, stress and the well-being of school principals: How principals engaged in self-care during the COVID-19 crisis SD Hayes, E Anderson, BW Carpenter Journal of Educational Administration 60 (4), 403-418, 2022 | 52 | 2022 |
| Principal as Caregiver of All: Responding to Needs of Others and Self. Leading in Crisis. Research Brief. E Anderson, S Hayes, B Carpenter Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2020 | 48 | 2020 |
| Principalship and mentoring: A review of perspectives, evidence, and literature 1999–2019 SD Hayes, J Mahfouz Research in Educational Administration and Leadership 5 (3), 722-751, 2020 | 38 | 2020 |
| Campus administrators’ responses to Donald Trump’s immigration policy: Leadership during times of uncertainty J Burkett, S Hayes International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management 6 (2), 98-125, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| School leadership in uncertain times: identifying dimensions of effective principal leadership SD Hayes, ML Derrington School Leadership & Management 43 (4), 330-347, 2023 | 15 | 2023 |
| Relational mentoring for developing novice principals as leaders of learning S Hayes The Wiley international handbook of mentoring: Paradigms, practices …, 2020 | 13 | 2020 |
| Using improvement science to (re) design leadership preparation: exploring curriculum change across five university programs C Stone-Johnson, S Hayes Journal of Research on Leadership Education 16 (4), 339-359, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| Ineffective school leadership: Teachers weigh-in J Burkett, SD Hayes School Leadership Review 18 (1), 7, 2023 | 7 | 2023 |
| The principal as a data-driven instructional leader: Using PLCs to improve teaching and learning SD Hayes, CG Lee Data leadership for K-12 schools in a time of accountability, 76-97, 2018 | 7 | 2018 |
| UCEA professors’ perceptions of principal preparation program challenges in developing candidates for the instructional leadership role SD Hayes | 7 | 2016 |
| Social media and the first amendment: Educators’ trap game SD Hayes, JR Burkett Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership 21 (2), 52-64, 2018 | 6 | 2018 |
| Learning from Each Other: Experiences of Rural Principals in a Networked Learning Community. JM Partin, SD Hayes Rural Educator 45 (2), 1-15, 2024 | 5 | 2024 |
| Relational mentoring for supporting school principals in social justice leadership SD Hayes, PS Angelle Handbook of social justice interventions in education, 283-302, 2021 | 5 | 2021 |
| Assistant Professors SD Hayes The SoJo Journal: Volume 6# 1-2, 41, 2020 | 5 | 2020 |
| Navigating the Gendered Labyrinths and Managing the Mean Girls and Queen Bees within the Academy: A Dialogue between Two Women Assistant Professors. LA Locke, SD Hayes SoJo Journal 6, 2020 | 5 | 2020 |
| Continuous improvement: A leadership process for school improvement E Anderson, SD Hayes IAP, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |