A Message from Director, Dr. Margaret Sloan
Hello SSLS Friends,
Welcome to our spring 2021 newsletter! We have much exciting news to share and hope you enjoy learning about the latest from SSLS students, faculty, alumni, and friends. Please join me in celebrating our incoming and current students, our newest PhDs, faculty impacts, and alumni who are fulfilling our mission as change agents in their relative spheres of influence.
As we close out this academic year full of challenges and unique opportunities for innovation, SSLS had record numbers of scholarly output, dissertation defenses, and number of donors supporting our students.
The coming year will bring even more opportunity for growth. As JMU prepares to move into a Research 2 university classification, SSLS is ready to contribute to those efforts by creating and supporting meaningful and rigorous research. To help us reach these ambitious goals, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Nara Yoon as a new faculty member.
Summer is on the horizon, and it is beautiful in the Shenandoah Valley. Come and see us when you get a chance and let us know how you are doing! Until then, best wishes for health and peace, and may we all lead well.
Margaret F. Sloan, Ph.D.
The School of Strategic Leadership Studies is delighted to announce Nara Yoon will join SSLS as Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies! In addition to research, service, and advising duties, Nara will instruct nonprofit emphasis courses as well as courses in the core leadership curriculum. Nara will formally join SSLS this coming August.
Education:
Yonsei University (2011), B.A. in Public Administration
Yonsei University (2013), M.P.A. in Public Administration
Syracuse University (2021), Ph.D. in Public Administration
Bio, Research, and Professional Experience:
Nara's research focuses on nonprofit and public management, and often draws on other areas such as public policy and social media technology. Her dissertation investigates questions related to nonprofit board interlock networks, which occur between nonprofits when they have overlapping board members. In this work, Nara examines how these board interlock networks emerge and how they influence board governance policy adoption. Prior to graduate school, Nara worked for a foundation on program evaluation where she designed and evaluated the education services program for secondary schools and nonprofit organizations.
Publications:
Rothbart, M. W., & Yoon, N. (forthcoming 2021). How Do Nonprofit Hospitals Respond to Regulatory
Changes? Evidence from Minimum Charity Care Provision Laws. Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory.
Brudney, J. L., & Yoon, N. (2021). Don’t You Want My Help? Volunteer Involvement and
Management in Local Government. American Review of Public Administration, 51(5), 331-344.
https://doi.org/10.1177/02750740211002343
Brudney, J. L., & Yoon, N. (2021). Volunteers. In List R.A, Anheier H.K, and Toepler S. (eds.) The
International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. New York: Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_153-1
Yoon, N. (2020). Understanding Theoretical Orientation and Consequences of Board
Interlock: Integration and Future Direction. Nonprofit Management and Leadership.
LEADCC21 Recap
LEADCC21 Fast Facts
- 111 Attendees
- 45 Organizations represented
- Conference hashtag #LEADCC21 had a reached 85,000 individual users on social media
- 100% of survey respondents said the conference met expectations
- The conference agenda is available
- Conference proceedings, presentations, and session recordings are available on the JMU Scholarly Commons.
Best Paper Award Winners
Best Doctoral Paper:
Julia Wiener, M.B.A.
Doctoral Student, Department of Leadership Studies, Indiana Wesleyan University
Best Overall Paper:
Through the Fire: Using Derailment Research to Lead Change in the COVID-19 Era
Jeff Strietzel, Ph.D., Baylor University
Ryan Erck, Ph.D., Baylor University
2021 Fundraising Update
So far, SSLS has raised $13,830 this calendar year from 90 donor households. Wow! JMU's Giving Day contributed $12,275 to our annual to-date amount. We are incredibly thankful for each and every one of our donors, the College of Business for featuring SSLS as a giving designation, and our students that volunteered their impact stories for the campaign. SSLS is stronger because of you!
Financial sustainability and ongoing support are essential to providing high-impact professional development experiences to our students. It costs...
- $21,500 to fund one full-year assistantship stipend.
- $3,693 to cover one 3-credit course at the out-of-state rate.
- $1,500 to cover one 3 credit course at the in-state rate.
- $250 to support gathering data for a dissertation proposal
- $100 for student registration for a conference
Last year, we were able to raise $9,054 for SSLS's student support initiatives. We have already surpassed our 2020 calendar year fundraising totals and now, we have the goal of doubling last year's totals in support of our DocDukes. We would be forever grateful if you could help us reach our goal of $18,000 by EOY. ANY contribution is enough to make a difference for our future change agents!
