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.
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
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Changes
in religious ecology and socioeconomic correlates for neighborhoods in a
metropolitan region. Journal of Urban
Affairs, 38:3 (2016), 409-428. Todd
L. Combs, co-author.
Structure,
context, and ideological dissonance in transnational religious networks. Voluntas,
26:1 (2015), 382-407.
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.
·
“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).
·
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
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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
·
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
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
§ Academic Director, Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2008-2014
§ 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
Introduction to Policy
Analysis
Politics of Immigration
Policy
Multi-method Research
Design
Politics of Poverty and
Welfare
Leadership and Management
in Nonprofit Organizations
Introduction to Public
Policy
Nonprofit Organizations
in the Public Policy Context
Emerging Issues in
Colorado Philanthropy
Professional Writing
(preparatory MPA course)
Organizational
Communication
Critical Thinking and
Writing
Mass Media and Mass
Communication in Society
Research Methods in
Communication
Public Relations
Public Speaking
Intermediate Composition
Organizational
Development and Change (as a Graduate
Teaching Assistant)
Public Policy Analysis (as a Graduate Teaching Assistant)
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and
Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
International Society for Third-sector Research (ISTR)
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR)
Political Science and
Public Policy Administration, University of Missouri St. Louis. (2007- 2014).
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.
Training and
Seminars
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)
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