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Heather Carpenter

Associate Professor
Interim Executive Director of the Institute for Nonprofit Administration & Research, Director MS in Nonprofit Administration
Department
Nonprofit Administration & Research
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Start Year at LSUS
2021
Terminal Degree/Yr
PhD/2011
Office Location
BH 121
(318) 795-2391
heather.carpenter@lsus.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Biography

Dr. Heather Carpenter’s mission and passion are to help people run more effective organizations and accelerate people’s nonprofit careers. She is a highly networked professor, researcher, and trainer and was recently named a 2022 Top 50 Power and Influence Nonprofit Leader by the Nonprofit Times. Dr. Carpenter is Interim Executive Director of the Institute for Nonprofit Administration and Research, Director of the Master of Science in Nonprofit Administration program, and Norman A Dolch Super Professor at LSU Shreveport. She has co-authored the following books: Nonprofit Crisis Management: Response to COVID-19 and The Talent Development Platform: Putting People First in Social Change Organizations and co-edited the Teaching Nonprofit Management textbook. Dr. Carpenter also serves as the incoming Editor of the Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership and Board Treasurer of the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council. She earned her Ph.D. in Leadership Studies with an emphasis on Nonprofit and Philanthropic Leadership from the University of San Diego and a Master of Management in Nonprofit Administration from North Park University in Chicago, Illinois. Before pursuing her Ph.D. Dr. Carpenter ran nonprofit organizations in Illinois and California.

Degrees

PhD
University of San Diego
Master of Management in Nonprofit Administration
North Park University
Bachelors of Science
San Diego State University

Research Interests

Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies Education
Nonprofit Workforce
Nonprofit Careers
Service-learning
Community engagement
Nonprofit Professional Development
Nonprofit Capacity Building

Selected Publications

• Carpenter, H., Taylor, M., Petrescu, C., Fox, J. Goodman, H.  (2022). "Ten years a retrospect: A content analysis of the Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership." Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership. Online First.

• Mirabella, R., Dolch, N. Wise, H., Carpenter, H. (2022). Nonprofit Management and Social Change. Sagamore Nonprofit Studies Book Series. Sagamore Press. (Peer Reviewed).

• Carpenter, H., Stork, N., Coontz, E. (2022). State of the Nonprofit Sector in Louisiana: Economic Report and Survey Report. Institute for Nonprofit Administration and Research, Louisiana State University Shreveport. Funded by the Norman A. Dolch Super Professorship.

• Carpenter, H. (2022) "Assessing Nonprofit Academic Programs: A More Inclusive Approach." In W. Brown & M. Hale (Eds.). Preparing Leaders of Nonprofit Organizations: Routledge.  

• Mirabella, R., Carpenter, H., Dolch, N. Wise, H., Hoffman, T. (2020). Nonprofit Crisis Management: Response to COVID:19 Sagamore Nonprofit Studies Book Series. Sagamore Press.  

• Bezboruah, K. & Carpenter, H. (April 2020 hardback, September 2021 paperback) (Eds. & Chapter Contributors). Teaching Nonprofit Management Textbook. Edward Elgar Publishing. (Peer Reviewed).

• Carpenter, H. (2017). Philanthropy: Evidence in Favor of a Profession.  Foundation Review. 9(4). 65-75.

• Lake, D., Mileva, G., Carpenter, H. L., Carr, D., Lancaster, P., Yarbrough, T. (2017). Shifting Engagement Efforts Through Disciplinary Departments: A Mistake or a Starting Point? A Cross-Institutional, Multi-Department Analysis. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. 21(3), pp. 135-164.

• Carpenter H. (2017). Talent Management. Eds. Word and Sowa. The Nonprofit Human Resource Management Handbook: From Theory to Practice. Taylor & Francis. 8. pp. 122-141.

• Carpenter, H. (2017). Curriculum Mapping Models and other Processes that Might Work for Nonprofit and Philanthropy Accreditation. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership. V7(SI1). 111-117.

• Carpenter, H. (2017). Teaching and Training in Nonprofit Organizations. Ed. Ali Farazmand. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer.

• Carpenter, H. (2016). Perceptions for a Professional Doctorate in Philanthropy Program. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership. 6(3). 224-242.

• Carpenter, H., Qualls, T. (2015). The Talent Development Platform: Putting People First in Social Change Organizations (pp. 600) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

• Carpenter, H., Adler, S. (2015) Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Success: PAWS With A Cause. In Hugo Asencio, Rui Sun (Eds.). Cases on Strategic Social Media Utilization in the Nonprofit Sector. Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global.

• Carpenter, H. (2014). A Look at Experiential Education in Nonprofit-Focused Graduate Degree Programs. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, 4(2), 114-138.

Teaching Assignments

o NPA 708 Nonprofit Administration Theory and Research
o NPA 798 Directed Project

Office Hours

M-F 8-4:30
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