Nancy Theresa Kinney

Nancy Theresa Kinney, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Political Science and Public Policy Administration

University of Missouri - St. Louis

SSB 347, 8001 Natural Bridge Rd. w St. Louis, MO 63121-4499 w 314-516-5420

ntkinney@umsl.edu

Professional Summary

Dr. Nancy Kinney specializes in policy research on issues related to the utilization of nonprofits—specifically those with a religious connection—in the privatization of human services. She has a particular research interest in the policy innovation known as “charitable choice.” In addition, she has examined the role of nonprofit organizations in civic engagement, particularly in the policy formulation process. 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 http://www.cudenver.edu/gspa/

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

Awards and Scholarships

· 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

Publications

Articles Published or Forthcoming

Kinney, N. T. (2008). The meek amidst the mighty: Factors in the rare occurrence of clergy in municipal elective office. Politics & Policy, 36:1 (2008).

Kinney, N. T. & Carver, M. L. (2007). Urban congregations as incubators of service organizations. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 18:1 (Winter 2007).

Kinney, N. T. & Winter, W. (2006). Places of worship and neighborhood stability. Journal of Urban Affairs, 28:4, 335-352.

Kinney, N. T. (2006). Engaging in “loose talk”: Analyzing salience in discourse from the formulation of welfare policy. Policy Sciences, 38:5, 251-268.

Kinney, N. T. (2006). The implications for inmate rights of the voluntary provision of religious services. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 17:2 (June), 188-201.

Kinney, N. T. (2006). Toppling Jefferson’s wall or tiptoeing around it? Evaluating the implementation of faith-friendly welfare policy. Administration & Society, 38:1 (March), 3-30.

Kinney, N. T. (2005). The impact of restrictive immigration policies on political empowerment: ethnic organization persistence in early 20^th Century St. Louis. Citizenship Studies, 9:1 (February), 59-72.

Kinney, N. T. (2003). Essential websites about the nonprofit sector. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 9:3(July), 221-224.

Cheever, K., Kinney, N. T. & Wolfe, P. (2000). Improving the quality of public administration research on nonprofits: Dismantling the three-sector model. International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, 3:3-4, 319-344.

Manuscripts in Press

Kinney, N. T. (2006). “Persistence in the face of change: Patterns of community service in urban African American churches.” Under consideration as a chapter in an edited volume entitled, In The Vineyard: Churches Engaged in Building Community, Georgia A. Persons and Said Sewell, Editors. 26 pp.

Papers and Presentations

· “A bridge over troubled policy waters: The immigrant-serving organization in a turbulent policy environment.” Presented November 16, 2007 to the 36^th Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Atlanta, Georgia.

· Kinney, N. T. “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 34^th 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.

· “Urban congregations as incubators of service organizations.” 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 32^nd 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 25^th 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 2^nd 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 31^st 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 30^th 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) 22^nd 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) 29^th 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).

Institutional Service

§ 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

University Courses Taught

Memberships

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) http://www.arnova.org/

International Society for Third-sector Research (ISTR) http://www.istr.org/

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) http://www.appam.org/

American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) http://www.aspa.org/

Professional Experience

Political Science and Public Policy Administration, University of Missouri St. Louis. (2007 – present)

Associate Professor, Graduate School faculty.

Political Science and Public Policy Administration, University of Missouri St. Louis. (2001- 2007).

Assistant Professor, Graduate School faculty.

Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado at Denver. (1998 - 2001)

Honoraria Faculty, graduate level course, "Emerging Issues in Colorado Philanthropy" (summer, 2001). Graduate Teaching Assistant for M.P.A. preparatory courses. Research Assistant for two-year federally-funded project on state-mandated assessment in higher education (Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, FIPSE). Student Assistant for Organizational Development and Change course and in development of online Public Policy Analysis course.

School for Professional Studies, Regis University, Denver. (1993 -2001)

Affiliate faculty for adult degree program. Approximately 24 3-credit courses taught in Organizational Communication, Mass Media, Mass Communication and Society, Critical Thinking and Writing, Speech Communication, Strategic Communication in Business, Essentials of Writing, Intermediate Composition. Course consultant for independent study students in Communication Arts. Developed new courses and accompanying syllabi.

Office of New Ventures, Regis University, Denver. (1997-1999)

Academic and curriculum consultant. Curriculum development and in-service training for faculty at colleges and universities offering accelerated degree programs through collaboration with Regis University. Provided academic support in the areas of English and Communication in addition to developing resource materials on instructional design strategies for faculty in intensive degree completion programs.

Episcopal Diocese of Colorado. (1993 - 1996)

Editor and Communication Coordinator. Oversight of diocesan public relations. Editor-in-chief for statewide publication, The Colorado Episcopalian (cir. 14,000). Coordinator for annual giving campaign, including the development of direct appeal program and all collateral design. Strategic planning and communication consultant for diocesan organizations. Conducted diocesan media relations for special events. Management of computer information systems, including restructuring of diocesan data systems and network upgrade.

Adult Learning Source Literacy, GED and ESOL. Denver (1992 – 1993 )

Student Development Coordinator. Responsible for student recruitment, community liaison relationships and monitoring student progress through supervision of field staff and computerized data management. Academic advising for students pursuing higher education. Management of GED testing.

Episcopal Diocese of Colorado. (1987 – 1990)

Director, College and Young Adult Programs. Full-time staff director for promotion and coordination of statewide programs for college students and young adults. Served as program spokesperson to community and campus groups throughout the state. Coordinated special events, conferences, seminars and workshops. Grant administration.

Campus Ministry at Arapahoe Community College, Littleton. (1985 – 1987)

Campus chaplain. Launched outreach services funded by local religious groups to students and campus personnel. Spokesperson for campus activities to local organizations and schools. Organized special events, seminars and workshops in addition to providing pastoral counseling services.

Pacific American Institute. (1986-1987)

Program Coordinator. Organized, promoted and supervised academic program for host family program for Japanese high school students.

University of the South. (1984-1987)

Program Coordinator. University liaison for extension program of theological education. Supervised enrollment , trained group leaders and conducted program publicity.

Living the Good News, Inc. Denver. (1983-1984)

Editor. Supervised writers of educational materials for 6,000 international subscribers.

Training and Seminars

Minnesota Population Center, IPUMS Summer Workshop, University of Minnesota (2007)

National Poverty Center Summer Workshop, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan (2004)

Case Teaching and Writing Workshops, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington (2003)

Graduate internship, Office of Communications, Metropolitan State College (1991)

Basic Grant Writing, Technical Assistance Center, Denver CO (1988)

Fund Raising Principles and Dynamics, Fund Raising School, Indianapolis IN (1987)

Community Service (Representative)

Board Member, St. Francis Day Shelter for Homeless, 1997 - 2001

Board Member, Turnabout Job Placement, 1997-1998

Board Member, Denver Metro area YWCA, 1986-1987

Board Member, Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, 1979-1980