Ph.D. collaboration

2024

• Beverly Codallos (chair, University of San Diego) • Nonprofit Leader Experiences in Sector-bending After Lean Six Sigma Training: Tension, Concepts, and Changed Behaviors.

• VinSche' Gray (University of San Diego) • Vital Voices from the Digital Divide: Testimonies of African American Women Leadership Across Tech.

• Maylen Sullivan (University of San Diego) • The Cultural Dimension of Structural School Reforms: The Case of Schedule Changes

• Phillip Hoang Tran (chair, University of San Diego) • Convergence and Divergence: Comparative Analysis of Procedural Rule Changes of the Hong Kong and Singapore International Arbitration Centers within the Framework of Neo-Institutional Theory.

• Caroline N. Walsh (chair, University of San Diego) • Understanding Ethical Leadership in Intelligence: Themes in Accountability, Self-Development, and Communication Among CIA Leaders (under contract as 'Leadership and Morality in Ethical Ambiguity'  with Taylor & Francis).

• Yihe Yang • Intercultural Perspectives on Managing Organizational Change in Response to Government Policy Reform: A Case Study on the Leadership of New Oriental Education.

2023

• Wen Chen Denq  (chair, University of San Diego) • Advocacy on Facebook: A Content Analysis of How Small Los Angeles- Based NPOs Use Social Media to Engage Audiences (chair).

• Andrew Henck (chair, University of San Diego) • Safeguarding from Scrutiny: Toward a Critical Consciousness of Organizational Culture in Humanitarian NGOs  (winner: William P. Foster Award for Best Dissertation).

• Gladys Fernanda Leyva Peñuelas (University of San Diego) • Utilizing Gloria Anzaldua's Concimiento to Survive: Understanding How Women Faculty of Color Overcome Racial Bias & Discrimination in Academia.

2022

• Novien Yarber (chair, University of San Diego) • By Chameleonic Means; Trust-Based Philanthropic Relationships, "The Business of Yes," As Experienced by Black Fundraisers.

• Sanket Patel (University of San Diego) • Technology as a Leadership Context: An Examination of Technostress and Group Performance.

• Adriana Loson-Ceballos (chair, University of San Diego) • Understanding the Benefits of Latino Giving Circles: An Emancipatory Research Study.

• Patrick Butler (chair, University of San Diego) • Examining Unconscious Bias in United States Marine Corps Leadership Writing.

• Eugena Anderson (chair, University of San Diego) • Helmets Off: An Exploratory Investigation Into The Philanthropic Activity Of Black NFL Players (chair).

• Jeffrey Myers (University of San Diego) • Improving the Retention of United States (U.S.) Government Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Employees.

• David Hubinger (University of San Diego) • Understanding Food Waste Behavior and Ways to Influence Positive Change and Waste Reduction.

• Merdin Mohammed (University of San Diego) • A Study of the Challenges Faced by Students Who Identify as Refugees Who Have Experienced Interrupted Education and Trauma.

2021

• Colton Strawser (chair, University of San Diego) • Community Foundations as Community Leaders.

• Teresa Van Horn (University of San Diego) • Doing More with Less: A Quantitative Analysis of Mindfulness, Meditation, Sustainable Consumption Awareness and Practice among University Undergraduates.

2020

• Daniel Anyanwu (chair, University of San Diego) • Institutional Logics and the Double Bottom Line: A Study of Chikum Microfinance Bank Limited.

• Gorn Huvanandana (chair, University of San Diego) • Grassroots Talent Development at La Maestra: Understanding the Perceptions of Leaders and Staff.

• Derek R. Olson (University of San Diego) • Leadership Adapted: Towards an Understanding of How Western-Developed Leadership Theories are Translated and Practiced in the Modern Arab Middle East.

2019

• Yang Jiang (University of San Diego) • Seeking Mirrors: Representation and Identity in Asian Pacific Islander Film Festivals.

• Elena M. McCollim (chair, University of San Diego) • A Tale of two Influences. An Exploration of Downward Accountability in World Vision.

• Crystal Trull (chair, University of San Diego) • Legal Accountability and Nonprofit Governance: An Exploratory Quantitative Study of Board Member and Executive Knowledge of Fiduciary Duties.

• Afnan E. Koshak (University of San Diego) • Exploring, Examining, and Explaining How Participatory Governance Adds Value to Saudi Foundations' Strategy.

2018

• Dominika Bukalova (University of San Diego) • The Development of Local Government Leaders. The Use of Competencies and Methods in a City Context.

2017

• Nina Reiners (visiting scholar at SOLES) • Transnational Lawmaking Coalitions for Human Rights, (adopted), ISA award; book.

• Svitlana Krasynska (chair, University of San Diego) • When Rules and Common Sense Collide: Expressions, Roots, and Impact of Informal Civil Society in Ukraine (winner of the William P. Foster Best Dissertation Award).

• Franziska Boehme (Syracuse, PSC) • Enabling Justice: State Cooperation with the International Criminal Court.

• Holly Dobbins (chair, Social Science) • Nunavut: A Creation Story. The Inuit Movement and Canada's Newest Territory.

• Kathryn Quissell (American University) • Stigma, Social Inequality, and Health Policymaking for HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis.

2016

• Christina Mitchell (chair, University of San Diego) • When Worlds Collide. Bringing the Native/Indigenous Transnational Nonprofit Leader to the Conversation.

• Elizabeth Castillo (University of San Diego) • Spinning Straw into Gold: A Study of Resource Creation, Flow, and Conversion in a Nonprofit Collaboration

2015

• Rachel Sigman (Syracuse, PSC) • Which Jobs for Which Boys? Party Financing, Patronage and State Capacity in African Democracies (chair, 2015).

• Michael Beckstrand (Syracuse, PSC) • Recommendations, Rhetoric, and Reporting: State and NGO Behavior in the Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights (chair, 2015).

2014

• Uwe Gneiting (Free University Berlin) • Principles and Politics: Transnational Advocacy Networks and Private Governance (2014).

• Paloma Raggo (Syracuse, PSC) • Leaders’ Accounts: A Study of Transnational NGOs Leadership Views on Accountability (2014).

• Chan Woong Shin (Syracuse, PSC) • America’s Newest Internationalists? Evangelical Transnationalism and the U.S. Moral Empire (chair, 2014).

2013

• Marame Ndour (École Doctorale de Science Politique, Paris) • La politisiation de l’accès aux médicaments dans l’espace international. L’organisation mondiale de la santé comme foyer d’une dynamique contestataire, Université Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne (2013).

• Saheli Datta (Syracuse, Social Science) • Determinants of Political Transnationalism among Vietnamese Refugees in the United States (chair, 2013).

• David Berlan (Syracuse, Public Administration) • Taking Nonprofits at Their Word. The Role of Conflict over Mission in Organizational Change (2013).

2011

• Haley J. Swedlund (Syracuse, PSC) • From Donorship to Ownership? Evolving Donor-Government Relationships in Rwanda (chair, 2011) book.

• George E. Mitchell (Syracuse, PSC) • Transnational NGOs: A US perspective (chair, 2011).

• Hannah Allerdice (Syracuse, PSC), The Effects of Settlement Policy on Refugee Political Activism: Sudanese Refugees in Australia and the United States (2011).

2010

• Jesse D. Lecy (Syracuse, Social Science) • Markets for Services. Three Essays on Building a Non-Profit Grants Marketplace (2010).

• Bandita Sijapati (Syracuse, Social Science) • Learning Democracy. Political Socialization, Transnationalism and the Nepali Diaspora (2010).

• Asli Ilgit (Syracuse, PSC) • Contesting State Identity and Foreign Policy. Leftist Partisan Discourses in Germany (2010).

• Lindsey Kingston (Social Science) • Legal Invisibility. Statelessness and Issue Non-Emergence (chair, 2010), book.

2009

• Emily Rodio (PSC), ‘More Than Truth: Democracy and South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’ (chair, 2009).

• Stephanie Smith (Syracuse, Public Administration) • Public Policy and Maternal Mortality in South Asia (2009)

• Tobias van Assche (Syracuse, PSC), No Need to Argue: Why Does Concurrence Continue Within Foreign Policy Groups Despite Receiving Negative Feedback? (2008).

• Anna Ohanyan (Syracuse, PSC) • NGOs, IGOs and the Network Mechanisms of Post-Conflict Global Governance (2004).