Nancy Theresa
Kinney, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor
Political Science
and Public Policy Administration
University of Missouri
- St. Louis
SSB 347, One
University Boulevard w St.
Louis , MO 63121-4499
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 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
Graduate
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
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Fellow,
Center for International Studies,
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Center
on Philanthropy Dissertation Research Grant, Indiana University, 2000-2001
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Research
Assistant, Graduate School of Public Affairs, 1998-1999 & 1999-2000
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Graduate
Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Public Affairs, 1999-2000
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Church
Training and Deaconess House Scholarship, 1998
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John
D. Rockefeller III Fellowship,
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Professional
Development Grant,
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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
Publications
Articles
Published or Forthcoming
Persistence
in the face of change: Patterns of
community service in urban African American churches. Community
Development Society Journal, 39:3 (2009), 46-58.
Book
review: Players in the Public Policy Process.
Voluntas, 20:1 (March 2009),
91-93.
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
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
Papers and
Presentations
·
“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), Phildelphia, Pennsylvania.
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“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.
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“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.
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“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.
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“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,
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“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),
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“Strengthening the
participation of faith-based organizations in community development.” Presented November 10, 2005 at the HUD Urban
Scholars Symposium, The National Academies,
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“Urban
congregations as incubators of service organizations.” Presented April 4, 2005
at the American Society of Public Administration (ASPA) National Conference,
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“Organized Religious Interests and the Making of
Welfare Policy, 1960s-1990s.” Presented
May 22, 2004 at the 2004 Policy History Conference,
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“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),
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“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),
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“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
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“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),
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“Historical perspectives on the effects of
episodic policy change on immigrant organizations in
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“Policy learning as an indicator of increased
capacity in legislative advocacy.”
Presented Thursday, April 18, 2002 at the Nonprofit Organizational
Effectiveness and Performance Conference,
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“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,
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“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,
§ “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),
§ “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,
§ “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,
§ “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
§
Academic Director, Nonprofit Management and
Leadership Program, University of Missouri St. Louis, 2008-
§
Search
Committee, Co-chair, Center for Ethics in Public Life directors, University of
Missouri St. Louis, 2008
§
Search
Committee, Des Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy
Analysis, University of Missouri St. Louis, 2007
§
Center
for Ethics in Public Life, Interim co-director. University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2007
§ Committee on Student Publications,
University of
§ Planning Committee, Center for Teaching
Excellence,
§ Trustees Committee on New Ventures,
§ Search Committee,
§ Student representative, Ph.D. committee,
Graduate School of Public Affairs, 1998-1999
§ Search Committee, Liberal Arts Program
Chair, School for Professional Studies,