Publications

  1. Walk, M., Zhang, R. & Littlepage, L. (2019). “Don’t you want to stay?” The impact of training and recognition as HR practices on volunteer turnover. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 29(4), 509-527.

  2. Jung, H. & Zhang, R. (2017). Impact evaluations in South Korea and China. Asian Journal of Political Science, 25:3, 328-349.

Works in Progress

Volunteerism, Advocacy

  • Zhang, R., Haohan Chen, & Jill Nicholson-Crotty. “A new bureaucratic effect: Does government funding to nonprofit organizations crowd out or crowd in volunteers?” (revise & resubmit)

  • Zhang, R. “Persistence in adversity: Why do protesters in China respond to state control differently?” Presented at ARNOVA 2018, Austin, TX; ISTR 2018, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

  • Zhang, R. “Who speaks truth to power for nonprofit organizations?: The organizational choice between volunteers and paid staff in lobbying activities.” Accepted for presentation at ARNOVA 2019.

Diversity Management

  • Zhang, R. & Brad Fulton. “Sometimes it takes time: The impact of leadership diversity on organizational financial performance and survival.” Earlier drafts presented at ISTR 2018, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. AOM 2019, Boston, MA.

  • Zhang, R. & Marlene Walk. “Racial diversity and volunteer retention.” Presented at PMRC 2019, Chapel Hill, NC.

Teaching

University of Connecticut

Instructor of Record

PP 5336 Fund Development and Nonprofit Sustainability, Online, Fall 2020. Current syllabus.

PP 5331 Quantitative Methods for Public Policy, Distance Learning Fall 2020. Current syllabus.

Indiana University

Instructor of Record

V348 Management Science, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020. Syllabus. Evaluations: Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020. 2019 O’Neill Outstanding Teaching Award for Associate Instructor

Guest Lecture

V336 Management Concepts & Applications II, “Introduction to the nonprofit sector”, Fall 2017.

N525 Management in the Nonprofit Sector, “Ethics” (MPA-level), Fall 2017.

Teaching Assistant

K300 Statistical Techniques, Spring 2014.

Dance, etc.

Outside of research, dance is my number-one passion. I am a classically trained dancer, and began dancing since I was four years old. I received a majority of my dance training in Ningbo, China. In Bloomington, I have performed with MotionArts Dance Academy (Ballet) and IU African American Dance Company (Contemporary). After moving to Hartford CT, I have continued to practice ballet and learn West African dance from Baba McDaniel Roberts. I have also been training in English horseback riding (dressage and show jumping) since 2016.

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