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I am an associate professor in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California where I teach courses on the nonprofit sector, philanthropy, and innovation. I am also the Research Director for the NSF I-Corps Hub West as well as the co-Director of the MINERVA Lab, a collaboration with the Viterbi School of Engineering.
My research focuses on the financing of innovation. I estimate the impacts of federal funding and philanthropic grantmaking on research & development, small business, and entrepreneurship. I primarily use micro-level data and micro-econometric methodologies. I also examine issues around gender equity and diversity on innovation and the role of organizational structure on public good provision. Areas of Expertise: Public Policy, Policy Implementation, & Evaluation Science & Innovation Policy, Research & Development Philanthropy & Nonprofits, Social Innovation Current Courses: PPD 371 The Nonprofit Sector & the Public Interest, Undergraduate PPD 689 The Nonprofit Sector & Philanthropy, Graduate PPD 561 Policy Analysis Practicum PPD 478 Social Innovation, Undergraduate PPDE 580 Social Innovation, Graduate I earned my PhD in Public Policy from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and my BA from Hendrix College. |
