Fellows Named at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations

October 07, 1999

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The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations is a University-wide interfaculty initiative that was established in 1997 and is housed in the Kennedy School of Government. The Center engages in three broad activities in the field of nonprofit studies: research, education, and practitioner engagement. Mark Moore serves as the Center’s faculty director and Christine Letts is its executive director.

The Fellowship Program
The Hauser Center will award up to five two-year residential fellowships beginning 2000-2001. Applications are encouraged from doctoral/advanced degree candidates enrolled in any program at Harvard University who have completed their coursework and general examinations, and who are engaged in major research or writing a dissertation on a nonprofit sector topic. Fellows receive a stip of $18,000, reimbursement for tuition and other fees, and shared office space/computer access. To receive an information package and application material, interested parties should check the doctoral programs office for their program, or call (617) 495-7553, fax: (617) 495-0996, or e-mail: anne_mathew@harvard.edu. Application materials may also be downloaded from: http://www.ksghauser.harvard.edu/.

1999-00 Fellows
The first cohort of doctoral fellows at the Hauser Center are:

Susan Crawford, Department of Sociology.

Crawford has concentrated on civic engagement and voluntary organizations as well as continuing her studies in social policy. Her dissertation topic, The Implementation of the Charitable Choice Provision in Welfare Reform, examines the networks between non-profit service providers and private sector businesses that hire people off of welfare.

Marshall Ganz, Department of Sociology.

Ganz’s current research focuses on social movements, the changing role of democratic organizations in American public life, and leadership. His dissertation topic, Five Smooth Stones: Leadership, Strategy and Organization in the Unionization of California Agriculture, is based on an analytic case study comparing the efforts of the United Farm Workers, Teamsters Union, and AFL-CIO.
Omar McRoberts, Department of Sociology.

McRoberts’ research interests straddle the sociology of religion, urban sociology, collective action, and urban poverty. He is currently writing a thesis, Saving Four Corners: Religion & Revitalization in an Inner City Neighborhood, on the multi-congregational environment in Four Corners – a depressed, mostly-black neighborhood in Boston. His future research will examine the tension between human community and place in contemporary urban settings.
Ziad Munson, Department of Sociology.

Ziad’s current academic interests include social movements, right wing extremism, political sociology, and the sociology of the Middle East. His dissertation research, Mobilization in the American Pro-Life Movement, focuses on the question of how pro-life advocacy organizations mobilize people into contentious opposition to abortion. Through this research Ziad will explore the link between nonprofit organizations and social movement activity.

Kim Reimann, Department of Government

Kim’s dissertation, Late Developers in Global Society? Japan's International NGO's & Growth from the Outside In, examines the evolution of international NGOs in Japan involved in foreign policy issues such as international development, global environmental issues, and human rights. To understand why such citizen-organized groups in Japan have started to appear in greater numbers in recent years, her research looks at the ways in which international opportunities and norms since the late 1980s have provided new resources and political space for NGOs to grow.

Yu-Chu Shen, Program in Health Policy

Yu-Chu is currently conducting her dissertation research assessing the quality of care in hospitals. This work, Hospital Ownership Status and Quality of Care in Hospitals, explores the effect of hospital ownership and competition among hospitals on quality. It will examine the effects of managed care and Medicare on changes in quality, and how they might differ by hospital's ownership status.