Education:
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Expertise:
Development management, non-profit organizations, inter-sectoral relations, state-society relations, migration and information technology
Background:
Jennifer Brinkerhoff is an associate professor of public administration and international affairs. She holds a Ph.D. in public administration (development administration emphasis) from the University of Southern California (Los Angeles), and an MA in public administration from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Her teaching and research interests include organizational behavior, inter-organizational relations, development management, non-governmental organizations, and international and community development. Dr. Brinkerhoff's research includes Converting Migration Drains into Gains: Harnessing the Resources of Overseas Professionals, co-edited with Clay Wescott, (Manila: Asian Development Bank, 2006); Partnership for International Development: Rhetoric or Results? (Lynne Rienner, August 2002); three co-edited special journal issues; and twenty peer-reviewed articles published in such journals as Public Administration Review, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Voluntas, Public Administration and Development, International Review of Administrative Sciences, and Evalution and Program Planning. She is the winner of the Independent Sector's 2002 Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize (first place) for "outstanding published research that furthers our understanding of philanthropy, voluntary action, nonprofits, and civil society in either the United States or abroad" (awarded for her co-edited symposium on government-nonprofit relations in comparative perspective). She served as the Chair of the American Society for Public Administration's Section on International and Comparative Administration (1998-1999) and currently serves on its Executive Committee.
Dr. Brinkerhoff's applied work encompasses partnership, civil society, institutional development, development management, and training methodologies, and includes work in Africa, China, Mongolia, Central Asia and Russia for the U.S. Agency for International Development and the World Bank.
Dr. Brinkerhoff's current research interests include Digital Diasporas, Identity, and International Policy Processes, an exploration of how diaspora members use information technology to negotiate their identity and then mobilize that identity to influence policy and quality of life in their home and adopted countries; Working for Change: Making a Career in International Public Service (co-authored with Derick W. Brinkerhoff); and The Role and Effectiveness of NGOs in Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (with Stephen C. Smith and Hildy Teegen), a research program building on their co-organized conference of the same title (Washington, DC, May 12-13, 2004).
Courses Taught:
Pad 217 International Development Policy and Administration
Pad 218 International Development NGO Management
Pad 219 Development Management Processes and Tools
Last update: 7/10/2008
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