Vita

Triparna Vasavada is an assistant professor of public administration in the School of Public Affairs at Penn State Harrisburg. Her research interests are nonprofit management, gender and leadership, disaster management, social network analysis and research methodology. She teaches courses in research methods, and nonprofit management. Professor Vasavada’s recent work appeared in the journal Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. She has presented her work at numerous national and international conferences, including the Association for Research in Nonprofit and Voluntary Association (ARNOVA), Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), and International Society of Third Sector Research (ISTR). As a Ford Foundation Fellow, she has worked as co-managing editor for a leading journal in women studies–‘Gender & Society’. She has been on the founding committee of the Rockefeller College Review- Working Paper Series. She was assistant editor for Book News section in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly News Letter. She has received numerous grants and awards including ARNOVA’s emerging scholar award.

Education

• Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany NY
• MPA., University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany NY
• M.A., Economics Gujarat University School of Social Sciences, Ahmedabad, India
• B.A., St. Xavier College of Arts and Science Ahmedabad, India

Research Areas

• Nonprofit management
• Gender issues in management
• Disaster management
• Social network analysis

Professional Affiliations

• American Society for Public Administration
• Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
• International Society for Third Sector Research

Course Offerings

• PADM 503 Research Methods
• PADM 518 Nonprofit Organizations: Management and Leadership
• PADM 594 Master’s Paper

Selected Publications

What Matters? : A study of leadership style of women leaders of nonprofit organizations in India, manuscript under review with Gender in Management: an International Journal

Toward Doctoral Education in Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies.Co-authored paper published in the journal Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 36(4), pp. 51S-63S.

Visiting a Hindu Temple: A Description of a Subjective Experience and Some Preliminary Interpretations. Paper published in the journal ‘Ciencia Ergo Sum’ in Mexico, co-authored with J. Ramón Gil-García