- Phone:
- (812) 855-5263
- Email:
- llittlep@iu.edu
- Research areas:
- Civil Society Civic Engagement and Volunteering
- Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy
- Areas of Interest:
- Civic engagement
- Nonprofit management
- Volunteerism
- Homelessness
SPEA 423
Education
- M.P.A., Urban Public Policy, New York University, 1982
- B.S., Public Affairs, Indiana University, 1980
Courses
- Nonprofit Management
- Grant Writing
- Homelessness in America
- Capstone
Biography
Laura Littlepage, full time with O'Neill Bloomington since 2018, joined O'Neill at IUPUI and the Public Policy Institute in 1992. She is faculty advisor for the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. In addition, she is an affiliate faculty member of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
Littlepage's professional experience includes being a senior researcher with the IU Public Policy Institute from 2000-2018, the administrative director for the Methodist Research Institute from 1999-2000, policy analyst for the IUPUI Center for Urban Policy and the Environment from 1992-1999, deputy director of the Office of Research with the Indiana Department of Commerce from 1990-1992, and policy analyst with the Division of Planning and Budget for the Indiana Department of Transportation from 1989-1990.
Highlights
- Trustees Teaching Award, 2021
- Principal Investigator, Rural Homelessness in Greene County (2020)
- Principal Investigator, The Impact of Inadequate Child Care on Indiana’s Workforce and Economy, Early Learning Indiana (2018)
- Principal Investigator, Conducting the Point in Time Count with the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention (2007-18)
- Principal Investigator, Research for Education Workforce Innovation Network, University of Indianapolis (2016-17)
- Principal Investigator, Obtain Public Input and Facilitate the Development of Goal Statements for the Indiana 5 year State Plan for People with Disabilities, Governor’s Council on People with Disabilities (2016)
Selected Works
- Homelessness in Greene County, Indiana, Center for Rural Engagement, (2021)
- It’s Not All the Same: Implemented and Perceived HR Practices in the Volunteer Context (with Walk and Scott) Review of Public Personnel Administration, (February 2021)
- "Don’t you want to stay? The impact of training and recognition as human resource practices on volunteer turnover," (with M. Walk, R. Zhang), Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 1-19 (2018)
- "Measuring Social Return on Investment: Lessons from Organizational Implementation of SROI in the Netherlands and the United States," (with M. Moody, N. Paydar), Nonprofit Management and Leadership, (2015)
- "Achieving the Partnership Principle in Experiential Learning: The Nonprofit Perspective," (with B. Gazley, T. Bennett), Journal of Public Affairs Education, (2013)
- "What about the host agency? Nonprofit perspectives on community-based student learning and volunteering," (with B. Gazley, T. Bennett), Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, (2012)
- "Service-learning from the supply side: Community capacity to engage students," (with B. Gazley and T. Bennett), Nonprofit Management and Leadership, (2012)
- "Does Public Service Motivation Matter in Volunteering Domain Choices? A Test of Functional Theory," (with D. Coursey, J. Brudney, J. Perry), Review of Public Personnel Administration, (2011)
- "What Drives Morally Committed Citizens? A Study of the Antecedents of Public Service Motivation," (with J. Perry, J. Brudney, D. Coursey), Public Administration Review, (2008)