Dissertation Title: Higher Education and Philanthropic Foundations: The College Completion Agenda and Postsecondary Policy Networks
Committee Members: Brendan Cantwell (chair), Sarah Reckhow, Dongbin Kim, and Steven Weiland
Selected Academic/Professional Experiences
Michigan State University
Instructor, 2024 – Present
Global Nonprofit Leadership Program, Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Letters
U.S. Department of Energy
STEM Research and Development Lead, 2023 – 2025
Office of Minority Economic Impact (Formally the Office of Energy Justice and Equity)
Michigan State University
External Faculty Affiliate, 2019 – Present
The Julian Samora Research Institute
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Higher Education Consultant, 2022, 2024
Harvard University
Visiting Fellow, 2021 – 2022
FAS Academic and Development Planning
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2019 – 2021
Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
Articles
Haddad, N. (Submitted). Grantee-Centric Perspectives of Funder Engagements: Examining Mission-Based MSIs in Higher Education Philanthropy.
Haddad, N. (Submitted). The power dynamics of philanthropic foundations: How they fund Minority-Serving Institutions.
Haddad, N. & Martinez, R.O. (Submitted). Financing the College Completion Agenda: Philanthropic investments and strategic approaches to intermediary funding in higher education.
Clasing-Manquian, P., Kim, H., Haddad, N., & Gonzalez, J. (2023). Developmental trajectories during doctoral study: Identifying heterogeneity in Psychosocial Factor’s development. Studies in Higher Education, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2023.2231009
Haddad, N., & Jess, N. (2022). Evolving organizational ties in postsecondary grantmaking: Drivers of philanthropic networks. Accompanied network. Philanthropy & Education 6(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.2979/phileduc.6.1.01.
Haddad, N. & Cantwell, B. (2021). Private philanthropy, scholarly associations, and the humanities: Positions of centrality, status, and prestige in philanthropic networks. Philanthropy & Education, 4(2), 51-76. doi:10.2979/phileduc.4.2.03. Accompanied network.
Haddad, N. (2021). Philanthropic foundations and higher education: The politics of intermediary organizations. The Journal of Higher Education, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221546.2021.1888635
Haddad, N. (2020). Foundation-sponsored networks: Brokerage roles of higher education intermediary organizations. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 28, 122. doi:10.14507/epaa.28.4501
Haddad, N., & Reckhow, S. (2018). The shifting role of higher education philanthropy: A network analysis of philanthropic policy strategies. Philanthropy & Education, 2(1), 25–52. doi: 10.2979/phileduc.2.1.02
Media Coverage of Research
Book Chapters
Haddad, N. (2025). Foundation giving in education: Understanding the impact, changes, and strategies of philanthropy. In N. Drezner (Ed.), Research Handbook on Philanthropy and Education. The Handbook. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd.
Haddad, N. (2020). Foundations and agencies. In M. Amey & M. David (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education. (Vol. 5). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Backer, L. C., Haddad, N., Teraoka, T., & Wang, K. (2016). Democratizing international business and human rights by catalyzing strategic litigation: The guidelines for multinational enterprises and the U.N. guiding principles of business and human rights from the bottom up. In Martin, J., & Bravo, K. E. (Ed.), The business and human rights landscape: Moving forward, looking back (pp.254-287). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Book Reviews
Haddad, N. (2022). Book Review: In Defence of Philanthropy. The Foundation Review, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.9707/1944-5660.1624
Haddad, N. (2018). Policy patrons: Philanthropy, education reform, and the politics of influence. [Review of the book Policy Patrons: Philanthropy, Education Reform, and the Politics of Influence, by Megan E. Tompkins-Stange]. Philanthropy & Education, 2 (1), 125–128. doi: 10.2979/phileduc.2.1.07
Selected Presentations
Haddad, N. (Presenter). (2025, November 20–22). The power dynamics of philanthropic foundations: How they fund minority-serving institutions. ARNOVA 54th Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Haddad, N. (Moderator) (October, 2024). Future of STEM: Real Community with Real Solutions. Presented at DOE’s Justice Week, Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
Haddad, N. (Moderator) (October, 2024). Panel on Detroit Renewal, Wayne State University, and STEM. Presented at the 2nd Annual DOE to the PEOPLE Annual Conference, Hampton, VA.
Haddad, N. (Moderator) (November, 2023). How MSIs are Overcoming Barriers in Energy Research and Workforce Challenges. Presented at DOE to the PEOPLE Annual Conference, Riverside, CA.
Kim, H., Clasing-Manquian, P., Haddad, N. & Gonzalez, J. (Research Paper Session). (November, 2022). (Un)Equal developmental trajectories in doctoral student socialization by race. Presented at The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Clasing-Manquian, P., Kim, H., Haddad, N. & Gonzalez, J. (2022). Developmental trajectories during doctoral study: Identifying heterogeneity in psychosocial factor’s development. Presented at The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
Kim, H., Haddad, N., Clasing-Manquian, P. & Gonzalez, J. (Research Paper Session). (November, 2021). Doctoral students and Covid-19: Crisis, inequity and identity development. Presented at The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, San Juan, PR.
Haddad, N. & Jess, N. (Division J, Section 3) (April, 2021). Evolving organizational ties in postsecondary grantmaking: Drivers of philanthropic networks. Presented at The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Virtual Meeting.
Haddad, N. (Research Paper Session). (November, 2020). Philanthropic investments and strategic approaches to intermediary funding in higher education. Presented at The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Virtual Meeting.
Haddad, N. (Division J, Section 5) (April, 2020). Major foundations and the College Completion Agenda: Promoting national policy initiatives in postsecondary education. Presented at The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. (Conference canceled)
Haddad, N. (SIG, Philanthropy and Education) (April, 2020). Philanthropic investments and strategic approaches to intermediary funding in higher education. Presented at The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. (Conference canceled)
Haddad, N. (Division J, Section 5) (April, 2019). Philanthropic foundations and intermediary organizations: Mapping the college completion agenda. Presented at The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Toronto, CA.
Haddad, N. (Division J, Section 5). (April, 2019). Philanthropic foundations and intermediary organizations: Mapping the college completion agenda. Presented at The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Toronto, CA.
Haddad, N. (SIG, Philanthropy and Education). (April, 2019). Brokerage roles of higher education intermediary organizations in foundation sponsored networks. Presented at The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Toronto, CA.
Haddad, N. (Research Paper Session). (November, 2018). Institutional divestment in higher education philanthropy: The politics of intermediary organizations. Presented at The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
Haddad, N. & Cantwell, B. (Research Paper Session). (November, 2018). Philanthropy, intermediaries, and the humanities: Positions of centrality, status and prestige in philanthropic sponsored networks. Presented at The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida.
Haddad, N. (September, 2018). Higher education and philanthropic organizations: The increased reliance on intermediary entities for policy deliberation. Presented at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy SPI Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Haddad, N. (June, 2018). Philanthropic investments and higher education: Is funding moving away from the university?” Presented at The Stanford PACS Junior Scholars Forum at The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford, CA.
Haddad, N. (SIG, Philanthropy and Education). (April, 2018). Philanthropic investments and higher education: Is funding moving away from the university?” Presented at The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, New York, NY.
Cantwell, B. & Haddad, N. (Research Paper Session). (November, 2017). Patrons and the humanities postdoc: A faculty labor market symptom or solution? Presented at The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
Haddad, N. & Reckhow, S. (Division J, Section 5). (May, 2017). The shifting role of higher education philanthropy: A network analysis of philanthropic strategies in postsecondary education. Presented at The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Technical Reports
Haddad, N. (2022). Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Social Change Strategies: Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) and Tribal Colleges & Universities (TCUs). Battle Creek, MI. (Commissioned by The W.K. Kellogg Foundation).
Haddad, N. (2022). Creating a process and template for advancing fundraising feasibility analysis for financial priorities. Cambridge, MA. (Commissioned by Harvard University).
Cantwell, B. (2019). A qualitative study about the humanities postdoc. New York, NY. (Sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) (Research Contributor).
Selected Events
Selected to participate in ASHE’s 2018 Institute on Community-Engaged Research in Indianapolis, IN at Lumina Foundation’s Convening Center (September 30 – October 2, 2018).
Selected to participate in ASHE’s Council for Public Policy and Higher Education (CPPHE) research and policy forum on “Emerging Issues in College Affordability” in Washington, DC, at the American Council on Education (ACE) (July 23 – 24, 2018).
Selected to participate in the 2016 ASHE Graduate Student Policy Seminar, Columbus, OH (November 9 – 10, 2016).
Selected Professional and Editorial Service
Journal of Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society, 2024
Reviewer
American Educational Research Journal, 2023
Reviewer
Philanthropy & Education, 2019 – Present
Editorial Board Member and Reviewer
The Journal of Higher Education, 2023
Reviewer
Journal of Political Science, 2021
Reviewer
The Foundation Review, 2021-Present
Reviewer
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Program Chair (Philanthropy & Education SIG, 2018 – 2022)
Session Reviewer, 2019
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
Policy, Finance & Economics Section Discussant
Proposal Reviewer, 2018 – Present
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