Rigorous research that you can actually use
I lead research that is rigorous enough to withstand peer review and relevant enough to hold the attention of senior executives, nonprofit leaders, and policymakers.
Research professionals are often told to choose: academy or industry. I have spent my career refusing that tradeoff. I currently manage mixed-methods research on board governance, social entrepreneurship, and how organizations measure their impact. That work is shaped by a decade of cross-disciplinary scholarship on social capital, community economic development, and impact evaluations.
Regardless of forum, the questions are the same: How do organizations build capacity? How should they measure performance? What should leaders do with the answers?
And if the honest answer is “it depends,” what's their next step?
