PhD theses

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eugena Anderson (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 (chair).

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Holly Dobbins (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.

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

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

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).

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).

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).

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).

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.

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).