Jo Anne Schneider

Associate Research Professor of Anthropology
E-mail jschneid@gwu.edu
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Dr. Schneider is an ethnographer who studies faith communities and non-profit organizations, disabilities, poverty, and welfare reform.

Research

Dr. Schneider is the principal invesigator for the Faith and Organizations Project, a research/practice initiative exploring the connections between faith communities and the non-profit organizations they create. It is based at the University of Maryland-College Park. A second project, Understanding Hispanic Maryland, is in development

Selected Publications

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Book

2006	Schneider, J.A. Social Capital and Welfare Reform: Organizations, Congregations, and Communities. New York: Columbia University Press.

Articles and Book Chapters

2007	Schneider, J.A. "Connections and disconnections between civic engagement and social capital in community based non-profits," Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 36 (4): 572-597. First presented at the 32st Annual Conference Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Denver, CO, November 2003.
2005	Schneider, J.A. "Getting beyond the training vs. work experience debate: The role of labor markets, social capital, cultural capital, and community resources in long-term poverty," Women, Politics, and Policy, 27 (3/4) invited double special issue. First presented at the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) conference, Washington DC, June 2003. Also published in the conference proceedings.
2000	Schneider, J.A. "Pathways to opportunity: The role of race, social networks, institutions and neighborhood in career and educational paths for people on welfare," Human Organization 59(1):72-85.

Courses Taught

Anth 251: Social Welfare Policy and Poverty

Education

Ph.D. 1988, Temple University
B.A. 1979, Lewis and Clark College