Education
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2004
M.P.A., University of Georgia, 2001
B.A., Middlebury College, Vermont, 1983
C.E.P., Certificat d’Etudes Politiques, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, France, 1982
C.F.R.E. (Certified Fund-Raising Executive), Association of Fundraising Professionals, 1996
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University 2011 -
- Faculty Chair, Teaching and Learning Faculty, School of Public and Environmenal Affairs, Indiana University 2011 -
- Assistant Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University 2004 - 2011
- Affiliated faculty member: Political Science, Philanthropic Studies
- Served as a fundraising professional and management consultant in various positions in Washington, DC, Connecticut and Georgia, for public interest, cultural, and higher education institutions from 1983–1999.
Awards, Honors & Certifications
- 2009 Recipient, IU Outstanding Junior Faculty Award. Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Indiana University-Bloomington
- Best 2007 Journal Article. Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Management Division, Anaheim, California
- Finalist (with Michael McGuire, Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, IUB) in the 2007 Networks and Public Management Syllabus Competition, sponsored by the Smith Richardson Foundation and University of Pennsylvania
- Trustee Teaching Award, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 2007
- William H. Newman Award for best conference paper based on a dissertation. Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Management Division, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006
- Doctoral Student of the Year Award, Department of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia, 2003
- Emerging Scholar Award, ARNOVA, 2002
Professional Interests
Public and nonprofit management, trade associations, intersectoral relations and collaboration, volunteerism, and the role of the voluntary sector in emergency planning
Current Projects
Professor Gazley is currently working on projects that examine the role of voluntary organizations in emergency planning, the capacity of community organizations to involve student service-learners, and collaborative motivations and collaborative capacity in intersectoral partnerships. She is also collaborating with Good360 (formerly Gifts in Kind International) and the American Society of Association Executives on national studies of their membership.
Selected Publications
Full Vita
- Laura Littlepage and Beth Gazley. (in press). Research on service-learning and the nonprofit sector. In Research on Service Learning: Conceptual Frameworks and Assessment, Bob Bringle and Julie Hatcher (Eds.). Indianapolis, IN: Stylus Publishing.
- Gazley, Beth. (2011). Linking collaborative capacity to performance measurement in government-nonprofit partnerships. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 34(4): 653-673.
- Co-editor (with David Van Slyke, Syracuse University) of a symposium issue on “The future of public administration: Critiques from the Minnowbrook III conference,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (January 2011).
- Haynes, Wendy and Beth Gazley. (2011). Professional associations and public service: Do associations matter? (pp. 54-69). In The State of Public Administration: Issues, Problems, Challenges, Donald Menzel and Harvey White (eds.). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.
- McGuire, Michael C., Jeffrey L. Brudney, and Beth Gazley. (2010). The ‘New Emergency Management’: Applying the lessons of collaborative governance to 21st century emergency planning (pp. 117-128). In Rosemary O’Leary, David Van Slyke, and Soon Hee Kim. The Future of Public Administration, Public Management and Public Service Around the World: The Minnowbrook Perspective. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
- Gazley, Beth, Won Kyung Chang and Lisa Blomgren Bingham. 2010. Board diversity, stakeholder representation and collaborative performance in community mediation centers. Public Administration Review, 70(4):610-620.
- Gazley, Beth. 2010. Why not partner with local government? Nonprofit managerial perceptions of collaborative disadvantage. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 39(1):51-76.
- Brudney, Jeffrey L. and Beth Gazley. 2009. Planning to be prepared: An empirical examination of the role of voluntary organizations in county government emergency planning. Public Performance and Management Review, 32(3):372–398.
- Christensen, Robert K. and Beth Gazley. 2008. Capacity and public administration: Analysis of meaning and measurement. Public Administration and Development, 28: 265-279.
- Gazley, Beth and Monica Dignam. 2008. The decision to volunteer: Why people give their time and how you can engage them. Washington, DC: American Society of Association Executives and The Center for Association Leadership.
- Gazley, Beth. 2008. Inter-sectoral collaboration and the motivation to collaborate: Toward an integrated theory. L.B. Bingham and R. O’Leary (Eds.), Big Ideas in Collaborative Public Management (pp. 36-54). Armonk, NY: M.E Sharpe.
- Gazley, Beth. 2008. Beyond the contract: The scope and nature of informal government-nonprofit partnerships. Public Administration Review, 68(1):141-154.
- Gazley, Beth and Brudney, Jeffrey L. 2007. The purpose (and perils) of government-nonprofit partnership. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 36(3):389-415. Lead article. Winner of Academy of Management Public and Nonprofit Division 2007 Best Journal Article Award. Reprinted in translation in the Israeli Civic Leadership Association journal, 2008.
- Brudney, Jeffrey L. and Gazley, Beth. 2006. Moving ahead or falling behind? Volunteer promotion and data collection. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 16(3):259-276. Lead article.
- Gazley, Beth and Brudney, Jeffrey L. 2005. Volunteer involvement in local government after September 11: The continuing question of capacity. Public Administration Review, 65(2): 131-142. Lead article.
