Nancy
Theresa Kinney, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor
Political
Science and Public Policy Administration
University
of Missouri - St. Louis
SSB
347, 8001 Natural Bridge Rd. St. Louis, MO 63121-4499 314-516-5420
ntkinney@umsl.edu
Professional
Summary
Dr. Nancy Kinney specializes in policy research on issues
related to the involvement of nonprofit organizations in the formulation and
implementation of public policy. She has
a particular research interest in policy innovations that incorporate
faith-based organizations. In addition,
she has examined the role of nonprofit organizations in international
humanitarian activity, civic engagement and legislative advocacy. She has an extensive employment history in
nonprofits as well as involvement in board governance. Her teaching experience has emphasized
curriculum planning and instructional design.
Education
University of Colorado
at Denver, Denver CO
Graduate School of Public Affairs
Doctor of Philosophy in Public Affairs (August 2001)
Concentrations: Public
Policy, Nonprofit Administration
Thesis: When
Religion Speaks for the Poor: Religious
Groups and the Formulation of Public Welfare Policy
University of Denver,
Denver CO
Master of Arts in Mass Communication (May 1991)
Concentration: Public Information
Regis College,
Denver CO
Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies (August 1984)
Concentration:
Religion and culture
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
The role of a
transnational religious network in development in a weak state: the
international links of the Episcopal Church of Sudan. Development in Practice, 22:5-6 (2012), 749-762.
Persistence in the face of change: Patterns of community service in urban
African American churches. Community Development Society
Journal, 39:3 (2009), 46-58.
The meek amidst the mighty: Factors in the rare occurrence of
clergy in municipal elective office. Politics & Policy,
36:1 (2008), 60-79.
Urban congregations as
incubators of service organizations. Nonprofit Management and Leadership,
18:1 (Winter 2007), 193-214. Mary L. Carver, co-author.
Places of worship and
neighborhood stability. Journal of Urban Affairs, 28:4
(2006), 335-352. William Winter, co-author.
Engaging in “loose talk”: Analyzing salience in discourse from the
formulation of welfare policy. Policy Sciences, 38:5 (2006), 251-268.
The
implications for inmate rights of the voluntary provision of religious
services. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 17:2 (June 2006), 188-201.
Toppling
Jefferson’s wall or tiptoeing around it? Evaluating the
implementation of faith-friendly welfare policy. Administration
& Society, 38:1 (March 2006), 3-30.
The impact of restrictive
immigration policies on political empowerment:
ethnic organization persistence in early 20th Century St.
Louis. Citizenship Studies, 9:1 (February 2005),
59-72.
Essential
websites about the nonprofit sector. Journal of Public Affairs
Education, 9:3(July 2003), 221-224.
Improving the quality of public
administration research on nonprofits:
Dismantling the three-sector model.
International
Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, 3:3-4 (2000), 319-344.
Kathryn Cheever and Pete Wolfe, co-authors.
Online journals
“Partners without
borders: Frontiers in collaboration between U.S. and Sudanese nongovernmental
organizations.” ISTR Conference
Working Papers Volume VI (2008). http://www.istr.org/conferences/barcelona/WPVolume/Kinney.pdf
“The political dimensions of donor nation
support for humanitarian INGOs.” ISTR Conference Working
Papers, Volume V (2006). http://www.istr.org/conferences/bangkok/WPVolume/index.htm
Book Reviews
Players in the Public
Policy Process. Voluntas, 20:1 (March 2009), 91-93.
In Progress
“Dependency and resilience in a
post-entitlement era.” Under review for Birgit Bütow & María Luisa Gómez
Jiménez (eds.). Social Policy and Social Dimensions on
Vulnerability and Resilience.
“What
do we expect of each other?
Psychological contracts in nonprofit employment relations.” Deborah Balser, co-author.
Under review.
"Transnational
networks of religious volunteers." Under development.
Book prospectus: “Globalization,
transnational religious networks and the implications for civil society in the
developing world.”
Book
prospectus: Case study text, “Nonprofits
in an era of government retrenchment.”
Papers
and Presentations
·
“The role of U.S. denominations
in mobilizing International Voluntary Service (IVS).” Presented July 11, 2012 to the 10th
International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research
(ISTR), Siena, Italy.
·
“What do we expect of each
other? Psychological contracts in
nonprofit employment relations.”
Presented November 17, 2011 to the 40th Annual Conference of the Association for
Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
·
"Research on job expectations and practice in
improving job search behaviors: Can nonprofit education programs aid employment
chances of graduates?" Presented March 25, 2011 at the BenchMark
3.5 Conference on Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy and Social Enterprise, San
Diego.
·
“The potential for civil society development by religiously
motivated international partnerships.”
Presented July 7, 2010 to the 9th International Conference of
the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR), Istanbul, Turkey.
·
“The impact of policy change on
nonprofit human services employment.”
Presented November 20, 2008 to the 37th Annual Conference of the
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
(ARNOVA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
·
“Partners across borders: New frontiers in
cross-national development partnerships.” Presented July 12, 2008 to the 8th
International Conference of the International Society for Third-Sector Research
(ISTR), Barcelona, Spain.
·
“Democracy and teleology: Control of planned change in
faith-based organizations.” Presented June 19, 2008 to the 3rd International
Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis: Democracy, Governance
and Methods, University of Essex, United Kingdom.
·
“A bridge over troubled policy
waters: The immigrant-serving organization in a turbulent policy environment.”
Presented November 16, 2007 to the 36th Annual Conference of the
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
(ARNOVA), Atlanta, Georgia.
·
“Political dimensions of donor
nation support for humanitarian INGOs (International Non-Governmental
Organizations).” Presented July 10, 2006
to the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) Conference, Bangkok,
Thailand.
·
“Urban Congregations as
Incubators of Service Organizations.”
Presented November 18, 2005 at the 34th Annual Conference of
the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
(ARNOVA), Washington, DC.
·
“Strengthening the
participation of faith-based organizations in community development.” Presented November 10, 2005 at the HUD Urban
Scholars Symposium, The National Academies, Washington, DC.
·
“Preliminary findings on
congregational incubators.”Presented April 4, 2005 at the American Society of
Public Administration (ASPA) National Conference, Milwaukee, WI.
·
“Organized Religious Interests
and the Making of Welfare Policy, 1960s-1990s.”
Presented May 22, 2004 at the 2004 Policy History Conference, St. Louis,
MO.
·
“Findings from a regional
dataset about the community service activities of religious
congregations.” Presented November 21,
2003 at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Research
on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Denver, CO.
·
“Has accountability increased
with the implementation of charitable choice or are administrators turning a
blind eye?” Presented November 7, 2003
at the 25th Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public
Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Washington, DC.
·
“Potential to match the
promise? The scope of community service
activities by religious congregations.”
Presented at the 2nd Creating Livable Communities Symposium,
April 15, 2003. Sponsored by the Public
Policy Research Center, University of Missouri St. Louis.
·
“Perceptions of barriers to
faith-based participation in welfare reform implementation: Experiences in one state.” Presented November 15, 2002 at the 31st
Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations
and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Montreal, Quebec.
·
“Historical perspectives on the
effects of episodic policy change on immigrant organizations in St.
Louis.” Presented October 26, 2002 at
the 27th meeting of the Social Science History Association, St. Louis, MO.
·
“Policy learning as an
indicator of increased capacity in legislative advocacy.” Presented Thursday, April 18, 2002 at the
Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness and Performance Conference, Kansas City,
MO.
·
“The Internet as a window on
the world for students of nonprofit management.” Presented February 8, 2002 at the 25th
National Public Administration Teaching Conference, Knoxville, TN.
·
“Engaged in ‘Loose Talk’ about
the Making of Public Social Welfare Policy:
Analyzing the Salience of Charitable Choice as a Political
Innovation.” Paper presented Nov. 29,
2001 at the 30th Annual Conference of the Association for Research
on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Miami, FL.
§ “Rightly
divided: The Effects of Religious Group
Rhetoric on Welfare Policy Discourse Structuration.” Paper presented at the 2001 Annual Conference
of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), Columbus, OH
(2001).
§ “The
Role of Religious Group Advocacy in Contemporary Social Welfare Policy
Formulation.” Poster session
presentation at the Association of Public Policy And Management’s (APPAM) 22nd
Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington (2000).
§ “The
Limits and Potential of Contemporary Social Welfare History for Policy
Formulation Involving Religious Groups.”
Presentation of a paper at the Association for Research on Nonprofit
Organizations and Voluntary Action’s (ARNOVA) 29th Annual
Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana (2000).
§ "Framing
Constitutional Discourse through Voluntary Provision of Prisoners' Religious
Services." ARNOVA 27th Annual
Conference, Seattle, Washington (1998).
§ “Organizational
Communication in Religious Groups.” Submitted as a Yale PONPO Working Paper
(1997).
§ "The
Sense-Making Communication Model and Adolescent Information Needs: Radio Public
Affairs Programming." Unpublished
graduate research (1991).
Awards
and Scholarships
·
Fellow, Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences (CASS), 2012
·
Fellow, Center for
International Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2008-2009
·
Public Policy Research Center
Fellowship, University of Missouri St. Louis, 2007-2008
·
Innovation Grant for
Integrating Technology in Teaching and Learning, University of Missouri-St.
Louis, 2005
·
Fellow, Center for
International Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2005-2006
·
U. S. Dept. of Housing and
Urban Development Urban Scholars Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2004-2005
·
National Poverty Center Summer
Workshop, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, 2004
·
Public Policy Research Center
Fellowship, University of Missouri St. Louis, 2003-2004
·
Center on Philanthropy
Dissertation Research Grant, Indiana University, 2000-2001
·
Research Assistant, Graduate
School of Public Affairs, 1998-1999 & 1999-2000
·
Graduate Teaching Assistant,
Graduate School of Public Affairs, 1999-2000
·
Church Training and Deaconess
House Scholarship, 1998
·
John D. Rockefeller III
Fellowship, Yale University Program on Nonprofit Organizations (PONPO), 1997
·
Professional Development Grant,
Regis University, 1995-1996
·
Graduate Teaching
Assistantship, University of Denver, 1990-1991
Honors
Phillip Milstein Dissertation
Award, Graduate School of Public Affairs, awarded 2003
Pi Alpha Alpha honor society for
students of Public Affairs and Administration, 2000
Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and
Colleges, 1998-1999
Institutional
Service
§ Academic
Director, Nonprofit Management and Leadership Program, University of
Missouri-St. Louis, 2008-present
§ Co-chair,
Search Committee, Center for Ethics in Public Life, University of Missouri
– St. Louis, 2008
§ Search Committee, Des
Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Analysis, 2007
§ Center for Ethics in
Public Life, Interim co-director. University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2007
§ Committee
on Student Publications, University of Missouri St. Louis, 2003-2004 & 2004-2005
§ Planning
Committee, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Missouri-St. Louis,
2001-2002
§ Trustees
Committee on New Ventures, Regis University, 1998-2001
§ Search
Committee, Graduate School of Public Affairs, 1999
§ Student
representative, Ph.D. committee, Graduate School of Public Affairs, 1998-1999
§ Search
Committee, Liberal Arts Program Chair, School for Professional Studies, Regis
University, 1997