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Beth Gazley

Professor, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs

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Phone:
(812) 855-1464
Email:
bgazley@indiana.edu
Research areas:
Civil Society Civic Engagement and Volunteering
Local Governance
Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy
Public Management
Areas of Interest:
Nonprofit management and policy
Intersectoral relations and collaboration
Volunteerism and Coproduction
Climate change, hazard science, and disaster resilience

Curriculum Vitae

SPEA 353

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2004
  • M.P.A., University of Georgia, 2001
  • C.F.R.E., Certified Fund-Raising Executive, Association of Fundraising Professionals, 1996
  • B.A., Middlebury College, Vermont, 1983
  • C.E.P., Certificat d'Etudes Politiques, University of Paris, France, 1982

Courses

  • Capstone in Public Affairs
  • Doctoral Seminar in Nonprofit Management Research and Theory
  • Human Resource Management in Nonprofits
  • Management in the Nonprofit Sector
  • Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Biography

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Professor Beth Gazley specializes in nonprofit management and policy. Best known for her groundbreaking work on nonprofit-government collaboration, Gazley is a prolific writer and researcher, with 75 published works since 2001. Her current research involves governmental reliance on charities to fund public services, and civil society and philanthropic behaviors related to climate change adaptation.

Gazley spent 16 years in nonprofit fundraising and management consulting before returning to graduate school. A member of the IU faculty since 2004, Gazley has received a number of publishing awards, along with the Indiana University 2018 W. George Pinnell Award for Service, the 2013 Indiana Campus Compact Brian Douglas Hiltunen Award, the 2012 Indiana University Board of Trustees Thomas Ehrlich Award, the 2012 RGK Center/ARNOVA Presidents Award, and a 2009 campus Outstanding Junior Faculty Award. She has served on the editorial boards of Public Administration Review, Nonprofit Management & Leadership, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. She is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.



Highlights

  • Associate Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, IUB (2019-2022)
  • Director, O’Neill Master of Public Affairs residential and online degree programs (2016-2019)
  • National Academy of Public Administration expert panels: National Park Service Park Cultural Resource Program Comprehensive Assessment Update (2021-2022); Creation of a Department of Energy Foundation (2019-2020)
  • Runner-up, Best 2018 Article, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
  • Founding Chair, O'Neill Teaching and Learning Faculty Group (2011)
  • Chair, Bloomington Faculty Council Faculty Board of Review (2017-2019)
  • Board Member, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
  • Trustee Teaching Award, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University (2007)

In the News

  • "Giving to Ukraine, and predicting corporate fraud" - IU Research Impact Podcast, March 7, 2022
  • "How to responsibly donate to Ukrainian causes" - The Conversation, March 4, 2022 (also in news outlets wordwide)
  • "Want a front-row seat at your child’s graduation? Bidding starts at $200" - Seattle Times, June 10, 2017
  • "SPEA Faculty Help Lead $300 Million 'Grand Challenge' Research Program" - IU Newsroom, May 10, 2017
  • "Trump vows to ‘totally destroy’ restrictions on churches’ support of candidates" - Washington Post, February 2, 2017

Selected Works

  • "What do we know about nonprofit collaboration? A systematic review of the literature," (with Chao Guo), Nonprofit Management & Leadership, (July 2, 2020)
  • “Charitable Support for U.S. National and State Parks Through the Lens of Coproduction and Government Failure Theories,” (with Y.Cheng and C. Lafontant), Nonprofit Policy Forum (2018)
  • “What Drives Good Governance? A Structural Equation Model of Nonprofit Board Performance,” (with J. Nicholson-Crotty), Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (December 2017)
  • Transformational Governance: How Boards Achieve Extraordinary Change, (with K. Kissman) John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey (2015)
  • "Good governance practices in professional associations for public employees: Evidence of a public service ethos?" Public Administration Review (2014)
  • "Achieving the partnership principle in experiential learning: The nonprofit perspective," (with T. Bennett and L. Littlepage). Journal of Public Affairs Education, 19 (3):559-579 (2013)
  • "Building collaborative capacity for disaster resiliency," Disaster Resiliency: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Eds. Naim Kapucu, Christopher Hawkins and Fernando Rivera). New Jersey: Routledge (2012)
  • "Capacity and public administration: Analysis of meaning and measurement," (with R. K. Christensen). Public Administration and Development, 28: 265-279 (2008)
  • "Inter-sectoral collaboration and the motivation to collaborate: Toward an integrated theory," Big Ideas in Collaborative Public Management (L.B. Bingham and R. O’Leary (Eds.). Armonk, NY: M.E Sharpe (2008)
  • "The purpose (and perils) of government-nonprofit partnership," (with J. L. Brudney). Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 36(3): 389-415 (2007)

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