N.A.C.C., Author at Nonprofit Academic Centers Council

Why Do Some Academic Articles Receive More Citations from Policy Communities?

Dr. Ji Ma
Assistant Professor in Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies
RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service
LBJ School of Public Affairs
The University of Texas at Austin

Why Do Some Academic Articles Receive More Citations from Policy Communities?
Dr. Ji Ma and Yuan (Daniel) Cheng
Public Administration Review, 2024

In this article, the authors (1) present the landscape of the citations of Public Administration and Policy (PAP) scholarly articles in policy documents and (2) examine influencing factors along three dimensions: collaborative teams, cross-disciplinary interactions, and disruptive paradigms. Using data from the 30 most-cited PAP peer-reviewed journals and 38,062 documents from 1107 policy institutions, they find that 10.1% of all PAP scholarship receives high citations from both academics and policy communities. Collaborative teams, cross-disciplinary interactions, and disruptive paradigms can all increase the citations within policy communities, yet the relationships are not linear. Nonacademic authors can consistently attract more policy citations, whether publishing alone or collaborating with academics. According to the paper’s abstract, an article should ideally cite no more than 13 disciplinary subjects. No significant trade-off between scholarly and policy impact as scholarly citations and the academic reputation of authors often translate into policy citations. These findings offer novel and concrete insights into optimizing academic research for policy impact.

Dr. Ji Ma focuses on the nonprofit sector and data science. He studies why and how social relation matters in social and economic behaviors. His research interests include: impact of social relation on social, political, and economic behaviors; education and knowledge production in nonprofit and philanthropic studies; open data in policy studies; computational social science research methods.

Ji has a Ph.D. in Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, with a Ph.D. minor in Data Science at IU School of Informatics and Computing. Before joining LBJ School, he worked at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard as Research Fellow. Ji has received numerous national and international awards, including Ford Foundation China Fellowship, Emerging Scholar Award from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, and Penn Summer Doctoral Fellows from the University of Pennsylvania. He also has a diverse industrial experience: he was a social entrepreneur, a consultant of business management, and a journalist.

By N.A.C.C.|2024-10-10T15:16:50-04:00October 10th, 2024|NACC Member Research|

Assistant or Associate Professor – Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Specialization

The School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, effective 1 July 2025. Through research, teaching, supervision, and service to the university, the community and the profession, the successful candidate will participate in the delivery of the School’s Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at https://carleton.ca/sppa/pnl-program/ and other graduate programs.

Closing date for applications: File review will begin November 30, 2024.

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By N.A.C.C.|2024-10-10T16:34:13-04:00October 9th, 2024|Job Posting|

Core Values in Public Administration and Policy: Three Levels of Evaluation in the Public Sector

Emily Brandt, PhD
Adjunct Professor
The University of Texas at Arlington
Program Manager, Business Development
Center for European Policy Analysis

Core Values in Public Administration and Policy: Three Levels of Evaluation in the Public Sector
Dissertation, Doctor of Philosophy in Public and Urban Administration, Summer 2024

This dissertation is composed of three separate but interrelated papers that examine the role of core values in public administration and public policy and how they show up at the societal, bureaucratic, and individual levels to inform the identification of the use of values, engaging proper awareness of how these values impact public sector actions, and how individuals can engage the right values frameworks in the face of conflict in various public and public service contexts. The first paper takes a societal look at core values via a systemic literature review on American morality policies; policies that inspire great debate not because of their intrinsic value, logically based reasoning, or data-informed decisions, but instead focus on the symbolic messages these policies convey to a polity about what core values are held in higher esteem by a society. The second paper analyzes where bureaucrats believe the locus of ultimate responsibility for change lies after they publicly contest a policy’s enforcement, compliance, or regulation on the grounds of moral and ethical considerations. Finally, the third paper proposes a conceptual definitional framework of morally conscious decision-making; a concept that can be used by individual public administrators to make values-based decisions when facing a dilemma, to ensure moral engagement in public sector work. Together these three papers help illustrate the influence of core values on public policy and administrative issues.

Emily Brandt is an adjunct professor at University of Texas at Arlington and a Program Manager at the Center for European Policy Analysis. She recently completed her doctoral degree in Public Policy and Public Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington, and previously earned her Master’s Degree from the University of North Texas in International Studies. She has spent the past 10 years working at international development nonprofits on programs focused on promoting democracy, human rights, and governance primarily in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Her work has been published in Administration and Society, and she has two forthcoming articles exploring bureaucratic objection in the media and codifying societal values in public policy.

Dissertation Advisors

First Advisor: Alejandro Rodriguez, PhD
Second Advisor: Emily Nwakpuda, PhD
Third Advisor: Karabi Bezboruah, PhD

By N.A.C.C.|2024-08-26T13:09:56-04:00August 26th, 2024|NACC Member Research|

A Message from Your Board President: August 2024

Angela R. Logan, PhD
St. Andre Bessette Academic Director
Master of Nonprofit Administration
Associate Teaching Professor
Mendoza College of Business
University of Notre Dame

It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: The Start of a New Academic Year

Hello! As you are settling in to read this, if you’re like me, you are also probably starting to make the mental shift from the slower days of Summer to the accelerated pace of the start of the academic year! I don’t know about you, but the older I get, the more quickly Summer seems to fly by. This year was no different: between caregiving, teaching, and professional travel, I barely had a chance to do all the things I encouraged you to do in my June message. And yet, while I bask in the glory that is the Supermoon Blue Moon outside my window, I can’t help but think about the “once in a blue moon” experiences we all get to enjoy…every year!

There’s the moment during New Student Orientation where students come to campus for the first time, full of a mixture of excitement and dread. They may be filled with questions like: “Why did I enroll?” “Will I get a job when this is all over?” “Where do I park?” “Is my Academic Director as cool as everyone told me she is?” Okay, that last one may just be what my students are wondering.

Similarly, as faculty, we, too, are often filled with questions: “Did I upload my syllabi to the online platform?” “Where is my classroom?” “What time does my class start?” “Is this the year I’m going to get ahead on my grading?” Again, that last one is just me! Nevertheless, whether rooted in anxiety, imposter syndrome, or trying to balance professional and personal responsibilities, this time of the year often leads to a wicked bad case of “Academic Year Scaries.”

Whenever I’m plagued with the “Academic Year Scaries,” I engage in one of my love languages, pebbling. Inspired by the behavior of Gentoo penguins, who are known to leave pebbles in their mates’ nests as a sign of affection, the term pebbling is “the act of sending memes, links, and videos.” According to noted psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School, Adam Grant, “It signals that you’re thinking of (someone) and want them to share your joy.”

On a recent pebbling binge, I discovered some great advice for how to approach this academic year from Melissa Harris-Perry, Presidential Chair Professor of Politics & International Affairs and head of The Anna Julia Cooper Project at Wake Forest University. I thought I’d wrap this month’s message with excerpts from her Facebook post:

“As faculty members, we labor with challenges too. We are trying to navigate all the complexities of our professional and personal lives and working to be present, prepared, and effective in the classroom and beyond.

Give your students and yourself some grace, some space, some humor, and some second chances.

Try just one thing that is different and see what happens. If you hate it, stop. If it’s a disaster, never use it again. And give your students permission to try something new. See what happens if you reward the effort rather than outcome.

Drink a little more water.

Nap if you can.

Look for the opportunities that imperfection brings.

Try to remember that at times- in moments- if we are lucky, teaching can be really and truly the very best job in the world.

We got this.”

Friends, we got this! Make it a ridiculously amazing academic year!

All the best,

Angela R. Logan
Board President, NACC

By N.A.C.C.|2024-08-21T15:36:12-04:00August 21st, 2024|President's Message|

Voices from the Community: The Perspective of Nonprofit Organizations in Student Philanthropy Courses

Peter Weber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies
Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies Coordinator
College of Human Sciences
Auburn University

Erin Casolaro
Harbert College of Business
Auburn University

Claire Simpson
College of Human Sciences
Auburn University

Portia Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist
Consumer & Design Sciences

Voices from the Community: The Perspective of Nonprofit Organizations in Student Philanthropy Courses
Peter Weber, Erin Casolaro, Claire Simpson, Portia Johnson
Journal of Public Affairs Education, July 2024

This paper investigates the perspective of community members engaged with experimental learning in student philanthropy courses. While most scholarship explores the impact that student philanthropy practices have on students’ learning process and the overall effectiveness of these courses, this study aims to understand the impact of student philanthropy courses on community partners. We rely on a survey and focus groups to assess the perspectives of both nonprofits that participated in student philanthropy courses and nonprofits that decided against participating. We find that nonprofits see relational and advocacy benefits in participating in these courses, beyond the most obvious potential benefit of being awarded a grant. While we found overall satisfaction with the course, we also identified barriers to participation, which informs a list of practical recommendations. This study points to the possibility to better student philanthropy processes and improve the experience of participating nonprofits.

Peter Weber is an associate professor of philanthropy and nonprofit studies and program coordinator of the Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (PNPS) Program at Auburn University, and currently holds the Mike and Leann Rowe Endowed Professorship in International Studies. He holds a doctorate in Philanthropic Studies from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, as well as a Master in History and a Master in International Studies in Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship, both from the University of Bologna in Italy. His research focuses on the way individuals participate in public affairs through voluntary organizations and philanthropic practices. His latest research project investigates the emergence of philanthropic innovations through the lenses of program-related investments (PRIs) by private as well as community foundations. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, including Voluntas, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Journal of Civil Society, Nonprofit Policy Forum, Global Society, Journal of Public Affairs Education, and Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Murray State University, and Auburn University. Among others, his teaching interests focus on grant-making practices, nonprofit management and governance, nonprofit advocacy and public policy, and community engagement. In recognition of his service to the field of nonprofit studies, he was recognized by the 2013 ARNOVA Emerging Scholar Award and selected as a Future Philanthropic Educator Fellow by the Learning by Giving Foundation (2015). At the national level, he serves as the VP of governance on the board of the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC), which is the international membership organization of nonprofit and philanthropic research centers and education programs.

Erin Casolaro is a recent graduate of Auburn University with degrees in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies and Accounting. She is a current Master of Accountancy candidate at Auburn University. Throughout college she has worked to bridge her accounting and nonprofit passions through research and internships at the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Geographic Society, and RSM. She was awarded an Undergraduate Research Fellowship during her time at Auburn.

Claire Simpson is an undergraduate student at Auburn University, expected to graduate in May 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies and a Business Minor. Her dedication to academia is reflected in her consistent placement on the Dean’s List and her recognition as a Kappa Omicron Nu Human Sciences Honor Society inductee. She has conducted impactful research as an Undergraduate Research Assistant, collaborating on projects such as the Alabama FAST Initiative, where her interests in philanthropy, nonprofit studies, and finance intersect.

Dr. Portia Johnson is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist with a joint appointment with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the Department of Consumer and Design Sciences at Auburn University. She earned a Ph.D. in Financial Planning, Housing & Consumer Economics from The University of Georgia, bachelor’s from The University of Georgia, and a master’s in business administration from Arizona State University. Johnson’s research agenda includes household financial well-being and education, post-secondary access, and sustainable homeownership. Johnson has published 10 academic peer-reviewed articles, and 38 extension articles and briefs. She’s given over 60 presentations at conferences and public forums and received $1.5M in grants. Johnson has received numerous state, regional, and national awards for her applied research and community extension educational programming, including being named National awardee for the New Professional Award by the past Presidents of National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences for her contributions to Cooperative Extension.

By N.A.C.C.|2024-08-20T21:43:17-04:00August 20th, 2024|NACC Member Research|

What to Be (or Not to Be): Understanding Legal Structure Choices of Social Enterprises from a Resource Dependence Perspective

Latha Poonamallee
Associate Professor of Management and Social Innovation
Chair of Management Programs
Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment
The New School

What to Be (or Not to Be): Understanding Legal Structure Choices of Social Enterprises from a Resource Dependence Perspective
Simy Joy, Latha Poonamallee, and Joanne Scillitoe
Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 2024 | First published online: October 29 2021

Choice of legal structures is a key decision that social enterprises make early in their lives. The range of options now includes not only the traditional for-profit and non-profit structures, but also the new hybrid structures. Viewing legal structures primarily as ‘governance mechanisms to support the mission’, the current social enterprise literature regards ‘mission’ as the normative basis for legal structure choices. Empirical work in the non-profit and social enterprise literatures, however, surfaces another salient, yet under-theorised concern driving legal structure choices, namely resources. In this paper, we aim to develop resource dependence perspectives as an alternate theoretical lens to understand legal structure choices. In this study of 14 New York based socio-tech enterprises, we uncover how, in an interplay of resource needs, autonomy and legitimacy concerns, legal structures emerge as strategic tools to attract the external resource providers that the social enterprises want to form resource relations with and avoid the ones they are wary of. Our findings contribute to advancing the notion of legal structures as a ‘vehicle for resource mobilisation’, and to lay the foundations for a resource dependent framework to examine social enterprise legal structure choices.

Dr. Latha Poonamallee is a tenured Associate Professor of Management & Social Innovation and Chair of the Faculty of Management at the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment & School of Undergraduate Studies, and University Fellow at The New School.

She works on two major research areas both focused on how management, organizations, and leadership can be vehicles to create a more sustainable, prosperous, just, and equitable world.

She serves as Editor in Chief of the Society of Advancement of Management Journal, a preeminent journal that has been published for over 75 years. She also received a Fulbright Scholarship to assist Botswana government, USAID, and Botswana Civil Society in developing a nation-wide social entrepreneurship ecosystem.

She is also the co-founder and Chairperson of In-Med Prognostics, a neuroscience firm that uses AI and Deep Tech to develop brain health predictive analytics. This firm has received accolades such as the Falling Walls Conference (Germany), BIRAC grant (Government of India grant), and GE Health Care’s Edison Startup Collaboration Venture.

Dr. Poonamallee received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University, M.B.A. from Pondicherry University, and B.A. and M.A. from University of Madras.

By N.A.C.C.|2024-08-20T14:26:01-04:00August 20th, 2024|NACC Member Research|

Assistant Professor of Housing and Homelessness Solutions

The University of Oregon’s School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management is accepting applications for a tenure-track faculty position (Assistant Professor Rank) starting September 15, 2025. The position is a 1.0 FTE, 9-month, full-time faculty position. Candidates must have research and teaching interests in the nonprofit or government sectors. We seek candidates with demonstrated scholarly potential and strong teaching skills.

This position is appropriate for a candidate specializing in policy, public administration, or nonprofit management, which addresses the critical issue of housing insufficiency. We encourage applications from candidates interested in identifying socially just and economically viable solutions to the housing crisis and homelessness.

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By N.A.C.C.|2024-08-20T13:44:59-04:00August 20th, 2024|Job Posting|

Term Faculty (Non-Tenure Track), DePaul University

The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at DePaul University seeks three full-time non-tenure track faculty members to teach courses in its School of Public Service 2024-25 academic year. Two positions require the ability to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in public administration, public management, and public policy. The third position will contribute courses to our graduate and undergraduate curriculum in nonprofit organizations and nonprofit management. These positions will be housed in the School of Public Service and primarily serve graduate students, although there will be opportunities for undergraduate teaching. Depending on expertise, successful candidate(s) will teach a range of courses including Introduction to Public Policy, Introduction to Public Service Management, Introduction to Nonprofit Management and the School’s Integrative Seminar graduate-level capstone course. A secondary ability to teach on topics such as local government, advocacy and lobbying, nonprofit fundraising, policy analysis, statistics and research methods, economics, and/or public financial administration is preferred. Emphasis will be placed on finding candidate(s) with skills linking theory to practice in classroom activities. Assigned classes will be in person on DePaul’s Chicago campuses (Loop and Lincoln Park) and remote, both synchronous and asynchronous, following successful completion of DePaul Online Teaching Series faculty training program. At the discretion of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, administrative duties may be assigned in place of a course assignment.

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By N.A.C.C.|2024-08-08T19:18:10-04:00August 8th, 2024|Job Posting|

Funding Health Care for People Experiencing Homelessness: An Examination of Federally Qualified Health Centers’ Funding Streams and Homeless Patients Served (2014–2019)

Dr. Marcus Lam
Associate Professor
School of Leadership and Education Sciences
Department of Leadership
University of San Diego

Dr. Nathan Grasse
Associate Professor
School of Public Policy & Administration
Carleton University

Funding Health Care for People Experiencing Homelessness: An Examination of Federally Qualified Health Centers’ Funding Streams and Homeless Patients Served (2014–2019)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(7) | June 2024

Abstract
It is estimated that three million people annually experience homelessness, with about a third of the homeless population being served by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Thus, FQHCs, dependent on government funding for financial viability, are vital to the infrastructure addressing the complex issues facing people experiencing homelessness. This study examines the relationship between various government funding streams and the number of homeless patients served by FQHCs. Data for this study come from three publicly available databases: the Uniform Data System (UDS), the IRS Core files, and the Area Resource File. Fixed-effects models employed examine changes across six years from 2014 to 2019. The results suggest that, on average, an additional homeless patient served increases the expenses of FQHCs more than other patients and that federal funding, specifically Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) funding, is a vital revenue source for FQHCs. We found that the number of homeless patients served is negatively associated with contemporaneous state and local funding but positively associated with substance use and anxiety disorders. Our findings have important implications for the effective management of FQHCs in the long term and for broader public policy supporting these vital elements of the social safety net.

Introduction
Homelessness is an intractable issue that requires interventions at multiple levels. At the macro level, public policies and elected officials are critical to driving government funding and public opinion to bring awareness to the homelessness problem and the subsequent consequences of inaction. At the micro level, interventions by social workers and medical professionals that help homeless persons find shelter and receive health care are critical to short-term survival and care. At the meso level, community-based not-for-profit organizations (NPOs) that employ medical professionals, social workers, and other frontline workers are an often overlooked but essential component of the multi-pronged solution to providing vital health, social, and shelter services to people experiencing homelessness.

Marcus Lam’s research focuses on identifying strategies for the sustainability of health and human service nonprofit organizations. Specifically, his program of research advances two interrelated domains: 1) the effect of organizational and environmental factors on nonprofit sustainable resources and 2) the influence of resources on organizational programs, services, and client outcomes. Prior to joining SOLES, Dr. Lam was on faculty at the Columbia School of Social Work in New York City. Dr. Lam has also served as a senior research associate at the UCLA Center for Civil Society and has published reports on the state of the nonprofit sector in Los Angeles, the state of arts and culture funding in Los Angeles, as well as methodological chapters in the Global Civil Society Yearbook. He has also held fellowship positions with the Nonprofit Finance Fund, Los Angeles Program and EMES European Research Network on social enterprises and the social economy.

Nathan Grasse is an Associate Professor in the Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL) program at Carleton University. He holds a Bachelor of Science (BS), a Master of Public Administration (MPA), and a PhD in Political Science, all from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States. His academic focus primarily revolves around the governance of public-serving organizations, highlighting the connections between governance and financial management. This encompasses a detailed study of revenue structures, the influence of organizational and environmental factors, and how strategic choices impact financial health and other organizational outcomes.

Dr. Grasse’s expertise includes nonprofit finance and financial management, governance and leadership, and strategic management. He emphasizes the critical role of charities in addressing social issues, enhancing representation, and delivering services in communities. Recognizing the challenges these organizations face in financial management and governance, particularly due to a reliance on historical or anecdotal information, his work aims to expand knowledge in these areas. This focus is vital for the effective management of charitable organizations, providing them with more robust frameworks and guidelines to improve their decision-making processes.

By N.A.C.C.|2024-07-24T10:24:26-04:00July 24th, 2024|NACC Member Research|

The Contributions of Community-Led Newspapers to the Resilience of Rio’s Maré and Rocinha Favelas During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Vanessa Guerra
Assistant Professor in Urban and Environmental Planning
School of Architecture
University of Virginia

Dr. Max O. Stephenson, Jr.
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
Director, Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance
School of Public and International Affairs
Virginia Tech

Desirée Poets
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Core Faculty of the Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought
(ASPECT) PhD Program

Molly Todd
Teaching Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology and the International Affairs Program
University of Colorado Boulder

The Contributions of Community-Led Newspapers to the Resilience of Rio’s Maré and Rocinha Favelas During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Vanessa Guerra, Max Stephenson, Desirée Poets, and Molly F. Todd
Journal of Urban Affairs | June 2024

This article explores how two community-led newspapers in Maré and Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, promoted social resilience in their respective favelas during the first 6 months of COVID-19. We reviewed stories published in both newspapers and interviewed a sample of their journalists to investigate the newspapers’ responses to the pandemic’s effects, government policies (or lack thereof), and resident reactions to evolving virus-related risks during our study period. We employed Keck and Sakdapolrak’s social resilience framework to examine our data and found that the newspapers contributed significantly to the resilience of both communities during our study period. Contrary to the neoliberal view of resilience as self-reliance, these newspapers sought instead to encourage sustained collective agency and to challenge oppressive governance through generative activities and advocacy. Our findings deepen understanding of the role of community-organized activities in marginalized populations’ struggles to assert their right to the city, particularly during crises.

Vanessa Guerra is an assistant professor in Urban and Environmental Planning at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture. She focuses her research, teaching, and practice on urban interventions that promote social inclusion and sustainable development in cities and regions. Her research interests include urban informality, urban resilience, inclusive cities, spatial justice, coproduction, and cognitive urbanism. Prior to her position at UVA, she served as a research associate and Interim Program Director of Rhizome LLC at Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture and Urban Studies and as a consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Max O. Stephenson, Jr. serves as a professor in the Virginia Tech School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA). With a distinguished career in public policy, civil society studies and public administration, he also serves as the Director of the Institute for Policy and Governance. He holds a Ph.D. in Government and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia. Dr. Stephenson’s research interests include civil society, democratic governance and political agency, and social equity and social change, reflected in his extensive publication record and numerous academic contributions. He is recognized for his interdisciplinary approach, integrating constructs from political science, public administration, and community development to address complex social challenges.

Desirée Poets is Assistant Professor of Political Science and a core faculty of the Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought (ASPECT) PhD Program. Through ethnographically informed, creative, and collaborative methods, Poets has been working with urban Indigenous, favela, and maroon (in Portuguese, quilombola) communities and movements in Brazil’s Southeast Region since 2013. Her research focuses on settler colonial, postcolonial, and dependency theories in Latin America; urban (de-)militarization; arts, collective memory and community change, and questions of gender, ethnicity, class, and race.

Molly Todd is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and the International Affairs Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. She earned her PhD in 2023 from the interdisciplinary ASPECT program at Virginia Tech, where her research focused on community-engaged art and borders in the Americas. Her research employs collaborative methods across sites in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States to observe & participate in the ways that artistic production navigates and shapes border politics and their imaginaries. She has published several articles reflecting these efforts, as well as a chapter in the edited volume Maré from the Inside: Art, Culture, and Politics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (VT Publishing 2021).

By N.A.C.C.|2024-07-24T10:22:21-04:00July 24th, 2024|NACC Member Research|

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