Doctoral Research Associates
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Carrie M. (Mindy) Duncan, M.A.Research Assistant Mindy Duncan was selected to receive the first Competitive Organizational Change Fellowship in the fall of 2010. As a part of her research assistantship, she will be assisting the development of the Center for the Study of Organizational Change as it develops into a center of excellence for research in the area of organizational change. She received an MA in anthropology from University of Missouri and has experience working in the nonprofit sector. Her specific area of interest is nonprofit organizations. It is her intent to study nonprofit organizations through the application of the case study method, and theoretical frames such as the psychodynamic approach, organizational learning, and the ethnographic approach. Additionally she will explore the extent to which recent neuroscience research can expand and enrich the researchers’ interactions with, and understanding of, the organizations that they interact with. Because organizations are complex social constructs, multiple methods and approaches are needed to fully appreciate their many dimensions. It is her goal to gain a better understanding of how nonprofit organizations successfully manage change whether it is desired or not with specific attention to their approach to governance, building and maintaining networks, and becoming better able to cope with environments in flux. |
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Megan SchoorUniversity of Missouri As an MPA student specializing in Nonprofit Management in the Truman School of Public Affairs, Megan has acquired a vast amount of knowledge regarding nonprofit organizations, as well as a background on organizational and community change. During Megan’s undergraduate career at Truman State University, her passion for community service and change thrived through holding several leadership positions in organizations that emphasized volunteering. Megan was recently accepted into the Ph.D. program in the Truman School of Public Affairs, with a concentration in women’s health services, volunteerism, and organizational change. Her current research interests are focused on the influence of structure – including gender makeup, workplace hierarchy, and perceived mission – in nonprofit organizations’ effectiveness. |
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Erin SchausterUniversity of Missouri Erin Schauster is working on her Ph.D. at the Missouri School of Journalism. Her research interests are advertising ethics, organizational sociology, and health communication. She currently works on a grant project (CASE) through University of Missouri’s Department of Family & Community Medicine to advance tobacco control efforts with the introduction of smoke-free policies, smoking prevention and cessation programs, and strategic communication support efforts. Erin received her B.S. in Journalism from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2002 and her M.S. in Mass Communications from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2005. Between and since those programs, Erin has worked as an account executive at advertising agencies in St. Louis, MO and Nashville, TN. |
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