Jennifer Shea, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Administration
San Francisco State University

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Research Interests

§ Community Resilience

§ Leadership (Community, Collaborative, Cross-boundary)

§ Nonprofit Intermediary Organizations

§ Public Policy & Democracy

Published Work

Accepted for Publication (Fall 2011). Reflections on the Development of a Creative University-Community Partnership. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement [Special Edition: Sustaining Community-University Partnerships].

2011. Taking Nonprofit Intermediaries Seriously: A Middle-Range Theory for Implementation Research. Public Administration Review. (January/February): 57-66.

2010. To Work More or Not to Work More: Difficult Choices, Complex Decisions for Low-Wage Parents, Journal of Poverty 14(3): 245 – 265. (with Randy Albelda)

2010. Women’s Leadership within their Communities. In Karen O’Connor (Ed.), Gender and Women's Leadership: A Reference Handbook Volume 1, pp. 41-49. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (with Erin O’Brien)

2009. Welfare Reform. In Jodi O’Brien (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Society (pp. 877-879). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (with Randy Albelda)

2008. Bridging the Gaps Between Earnings and Basic Needs in Massachusetts, Mass Benchmarks 10 (2): 13-19. (with Randy Albelda)

2006. SEIU Confronts the Home Care Crisis in California, New Politics Vol. XI, No. 1, Summer, http://www.wpunj.edu/newpol/issue41/SheaHolgate41.htm (with Brandynn Holgate)

1996. The Integration of the Visegrad Countries into the European Union: Incentives, Obstacles, and Alternatives, Journal of Public and International Affairs Volume 7: 182-207. (with Christoph Stefes)

Work Under Review and in Progress

§ Managing Mission & Revenue Diversification in Complex Policy and Funding Environments: A Study of Nonprofit Housing Organizations (with Janey Wang)

§ Working the Middle? A Descriptive Analysis of Nonprofits that Re-grant in the Boston MSA. (with Lehn Benjamin)

§ Envisioning Resilience: Understanding Community Resilience in San Francisco.

§ Capacity-Building as Public Policy?: A Critical Look at U.S. Policy Discourse.

§ Nonprofit Intermediaries as Principled Entrepreneurs: Looking through the Lens of Leadership.

Research Reports

§ 2007. Bridging the Gaps Between Earnings and Basic Needs in Massachusetts. Boston: The Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston, October. This report combines the quantitative and qualitative data analysis about how low-income families bridge the gaps between their earnings, public work supports, and what they need to survive, for the state of Massachusetts. For more information on the project and to access the report, visit http://www.umb.edu/bridgingthegaps/ (with Randy Albelda).

§ 2007. Bridging the Gaps Focus Group Report Series – DC, IL, MA, MN & NC. Boston: The Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston, March – October. This is a series of state-specific reports analyzing focus group research conducted as part of a larger project. For more information on the project, visit http://www.umb.edu/bridgingthegaps/ (with Michelle Kahan, Elaine Werby and Randy Albelda).

§ 2006. Latinos in Massachusetts: A Mid-Decade Status Report. Boston: The Mauricio Gastón Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston, August 1. This report was a demographic update published in conjunction with the Fourth Statewide Latino Public Policy Conference and is available at: http://www.gaston.umb.edu/conf2006/download/demographic.pdf (with Charles Jones).

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