Research Overview

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

U.S. Department of Energy
STEM Research and Development Lead, 2023 – Present
Minority Educational Institution Division, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity

Michigan State University
External Faculty Affiliate, 2019 – Present
The Julian Samora Research Institute

W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Higher Education Consultant, 2022

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., & Jess, N. (2022). Evolving organizational ties in postsecondary grantmaking: Drivers of philanthropic networks.Accompanied network. Philanthropy & Education 6(1), 1-23.

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

Articles in Progress

Clasing-Manquian, P., Kim, H., Haddad, N. & Gonzalez, J. (Revise and resubmit). Developmental trajectories during doctoral study: Identifying heterogeneity in psychosocial factor’s development

Haddad, N. (Submitted). Financing the College Completion Agenda: Philanthropic investments and strategic approaches to intermediary funding in higher education.

Kim, H., Haddad, N., Clasing-Manquian, P. & Gonzalez, J. (Submitted). Doctoral student development in time of crisis: Implications of COVID-19 on well-being and academic development.

Haddad, N. (In Progress). Major foundations and the College Completion Agenda: Promoting national policy initiatives in postsecondary education.

Media Coverage of Research

Schoenberger, C.R. (2018, Fall). When funding moves away from universities. Stanford Social Innovation Review, 16, 67.

Book Chapters

Haddad, N. (Forthcoming). 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

Presentations

Kim, H., Clasing-Manquian, P., Haddad, N. & Gonzalez, J. (Research Paper Session). (November, 2022). (Un)Equal developmental trajectories in doctoral student socialization by race. To be 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 Society and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) (Research Contributor).

Professional Affiliations

Diversity Scholars Network, National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Faculty Affiliate, The Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University

Professional and Editorial Service

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