- Phone:
- (812) 855-6948
- Email:
- fulton@indiana.edu
- Website:
- http://blogs.iu.edu/fulton/
- Room Number:
- 419
- Areas of Interest:
- Nonprofit Organizations & Management ,
- Leadership ,
- Social Movements ,
- Advocacy, Diversity, Quantitative Methods
Education
- Ph.D., Duke University
- A.M., University of Chicago
- B.S., University of California, Berkeley
Courses
- Managing Diversity (Apple Podcasts)
- Nonprofit Management and Leadership
- Statistics for the Social Sciences (Apple Podcasts)
- Introduction to Quantitative Analysis
- Research Methods
Biography
Brad Fulton is an expert on the social, political, and economic impact of community-based organizations. He directs the National Study of Community Organizing—a multi-level study that examines the causes and consequences of racial, socioeconomic, and religious diversity within grassroots advocacy organizations. Fulton co-leads the Observing Civic Engagement project—a field study that uses an innovative data collection technique, known as systematic social observation, to analyze the internal dynamics of organizations. He is also the co-director of the National Study of Congregations’ Economic Practices—a multimethod study that analyzes how religious congregations receive, manage, and spend their financial resources.
Fulton’s research has been published in journals including the American Sociological Review, Social Problems, Nonprofit Management & Leadership, and Voluntas. His research has also been covered by major media outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Huffington Post, and it has earned awards from the Academy of Management, American Sociological Association, American Political Science Association, National Communication Association, and the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action.
Fulton joined O’Neill as an assistant professor in 2015. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Duke University. He also holds a master’s in social science from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Highlights
- Corporation for National & Community Service | $145,788 (Co-PI), 2019
- ARNOVA | Dugan Research Award on Philanthropic Impact, 2018
- Lilly Endowment Inc. | Research Grant $2,996,185 (Co-PI), 2018
- Corporation for National & Community Service | $146,651 (Co-PI), 2018
- ARNOVA | Felice Davidson Perlmutter Best Paper Award, 2017
- Lilly Endowment Inc. | Research Grant $1,670,000 (Co-PI), 2017
- Corporation for National & Community Service | $144,000 (Co-PI), 2017
- ARNOVA | Outstanding Book Award in Nonprofit Research, 2016
- Lilly Endowment Inc. | Planning Grant $104,102 (Co-PI), 2016
- American Sociological Association | Section Article Award, 2016
- American Political Science Association | Section Dissertation Award, 2015
- National Communication Association | Dennis Gouran Award, 2015
- Academy of Management | Best Paper Proceedings, 2014
- ARNOVA | President’s Award for Nonprofit Research, 2013
In the News
- “‘President Pence’ impact on the 2020 race” – S.F. Chronicle, Nov. 3, 2019
- “Religious Attendance and Giving” Religion News Service, Oct. 16, 2019
- “Charitable Giving” – WFIU Public Radio, April 5, 2019
- “Questions about Bezos’ $2 Billion Fund” – CNBC Tech, Sept. 16, 2018
- “Congregations’ Finances” – Inside Indiana Business, Nov. 14, 2017
- “Trump’s Church Politics Idea Has Wide Reach” – NY Times, Feb. 7, 2017
- “An Evangelical Examination of Conscience” – Salon.com Nov. 1, 2016
- “Politically Active Churches” – Political Science Now, June 2, 2016
- “Churches Less Involved in Politics” – Herald-Times, May 23, 2016
- “Diversity in Faith-Based Organizations” – Huffington Post, July 6, 2014
- “Groups Bridge Diversity with Prayers” – Washington Post, June 25, 2014
- “Promoting Unity in Diverse Settings” – New York Magazine, June 25, 2014
Selected Works
- “Representative Group Styles: How Ally Immigrant Rights Organizations Promote Immigrant Involvement,” (with G. Yukich and R. L. Wood), Social Problems, (2019)
- “Critical Standpoint: Leaders of Color Advancing Racial Equality in Predominantly White Organizations,” (with M. Oyakawa and R. L. Wood), Nonprofit Management & Leadership, (2019)
- “National Trends in Food Insecurity and Congregation-Based Food Provision between 1998 and 2012,” (with K. Florez and K. P. Derose), Ecology of Food and Nutrition, (2019)
- “Organizations and Survey Research: Implementing Response Enhancing Strategies and Conducting Nonresponse Analyses,” Sociological Methods & Research, (2018)
- “Prevalence and Predictors of Mental Health Programming Among U.S. Religious Congregations,” (with E.C. Wong and K.R. DeRose), Psychiatric Services (2018)
- “Fostering Muslim Civic Engagement through Faith-Based Community Organizing,” Journal on Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society, 1:43-73 (2017)
- “Network Ties and Organizational Action: Explaining Variation in Social Service Provision Patterns,” Management and Organizational Studies 3:1-20 (2016).
- “Trends in Addressing Social Needs: A Longitudinal Study of Congregation-Based Service Provision and Political Participation,” Religions 7:51-67 (2016).
- A Shared Future: Faith-Based Organizing for Racial Equity and Ethical Democracy, (with R.L. Wood), University of Chicago Press (2015)
- “The Role of Bridging Cultural Practices in Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse Civic Organizations,” (with R. Braunstein and R.L. Wood), American Sociological Review 79:705-25 (2014)
- “Black Churches and HIV/AIDS: Factors Influencing Congregations’ Responsiveness to Social Issues,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 50:617-30 (2011)