Contact Information

Email:
  graddyre@price.usc.edu

Mailing Address:
Price School of Public Policy
650 Childs Way
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626
I am an assistant professor in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California where I teach courses on the theories and policies of nonprofits and social innovation.  

My research is at the intersection of nonprofits and innovation. Specifically, I study how organizational structure and grantmaking strategies impact innovation. I earned my PhD in Public Policy from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and my BA from Hendrix College.

Areas of Expertise: Public economics, philanthropy, nonprofits and social innovation, science and innovation policy, research & development

Affiliations: 
Fellow, USC Center on Philanthropy & Public Policy
Fellow, USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation
Fellow, USC Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM)
Academy of Management (AOM)
American Economics Association (AEA)
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
National Tax Association (NTA)

Current Collaborators: 
Bercovitz, Janet (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Duquette, Nic (University of Southern California)
Eyer, Jonathan (University of Southern California) 
Feldman, Maryann (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & National Science Foundation)
Lanahan, Lauren (University of Oregon)
Mitra, Paulami (IÉSEG School of Management)
Moulton, Jeremy (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Painter, Gary (University of Southern California)
Phillips, Mark (University of Southern California)
Trembath, Dawn (North Carolina Fourth Sector Research Project)

Current Courses:
The Nonprofit Sector and the Public Interest (PPD 371), a Learning by Giving course
Social Innovation (PPD 478 & PPDE 580)
The Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy (PPD 689)