Research Philosophy & Lines of Inquiry

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Transformative research empowers individuals to make systemic changes for a better world.

Research: Projects

Nonprofit Resilience

Nonprofits are the primary delivery system of health and human services in the U.S. This research line is built around the simple question, “How do nonprofit systems thrive during hard times?"

Alongside co-authors Drs. Kimberly Wiley (University of Florida) and Elizabeth Searing (University of Texas - Dallas), Dr. Young’s research assesses the longitudinal impacts of the 2015-2017 Illinois Budget Impasse and the COVID-19 Pandemic on nonprofit service delivery and administration in community-health providers.

Select Academic Publications:

Young, S.L., & Redding, C.L. (Due out early 2025). Turn personal passion into action: A roadmap to community development and social change. Routledge.
Wiley, K., Cepiku, D., & Young, S.L. (2024). Social equity and public management theory: A global outlook. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781032694658
Rinfret, S.R., Young, S.L., McDonald, B.D. (2024). Mentorship in higher education. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781032720975
Young, S.L., Wiley, K.K., & Grayer, M. (2024). The New Scarlet Letter: Global challenges of motherhood in public administration programs and how we could solve them. Public Administration and Development.https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.2068
Yang, S.G. & Young, S.L. (2024). [Review of the book Street-level public servants: Case studies for a new generation of public administration by Sara R. Rinfret]. The American Review of Public Administration, Available online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/02750740241259497
Young, S., Wiley, K., & Searing, E. (2024). Nonprofit human resources: Strategies and impacts during a crisis. Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Available online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640241251491
McDonald, B.D., Hatcher, W., Bacot, H., Evans, M.D., McCandless, S.A., McDougle, L.M., Young, S.L., … Zhang, Y. (2024). The scholarship of teaching and learning in public administration: An agenda for future research. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 30(1), p. 11-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2023.2294654
Young, S.L., Wiley, K.K., Cepiku, D. (2023). Intersecting Public Management and Social Equity. Public Management Review. Available online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2023.2288261
Collins, C., Salazar, A., Hoffman-Cooper, A., Johnson, R., Schmidt, L., Tiller, L., & Young, S. (2023). Mixed Method Evaluation of Two Georgia College Campus Support Programs for Students with Experience in Foster Care. Child and Adolescent Social Work.
Searing, E.A.M., Wiley, K.K., Young, S.L. (2023). Resiliency tactics during financial crises. In L. Dicke & S. Ott. (Ed.), Understanding Nonprofit Organizations.
Lim, S. & Young, S. (2023). Why the network coordinator matters: The importance of learning, innovation, and governance structures in coproduction networks. Journal of Civil Society.
Wiley, K., Searing, E., & Young, S. (2022). Haunted by nonprofits: Themed teaching cases for Halloween and Diás de los Muertos. Journal of Public Affairs Education.
Young, S. L., & Tanner, J. (2022). Citizen participation matters. Bureaucratic discretion matters more. Public Administration.
Stull, J., Young, S.L., Searing, E., & Wiley, K. (2022). The public administration-politics dichotomy. In K. Schedler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Public Management.
Searing, E., Wiley, K., & Young, S.L. (2021). Resiliency Tactics during Financial Crisis: The Nonprofit Resiliency Framework. Nonprofit Management and Leadership.
Young, S.L. & Berlan, D. (2021). We are not all the same: What motivates individuals to be members of professional associations varies by sector. Voluntary Sector Review.
Young S.L. & Wiley K.K. (2021) Erased: Why faculty sexual misconduct is prevalent and how we could prevent it. Journal of Public Affairs Education.
Young, S.L., Searing, E., &Wiley, K. (2020). Squandered in real-time: How public management theory underestimated the public administration-politics dichotomy. The American Review of Public Administration.
Wiley, K., Searing, E., & Young, S. (2020). The utility of the advocacy coalition framework in a regional budget crisis. Public Policy & Administration.
Young, S., Wiley, K., & Searing, E., (2019). When politics and public administration collide: The impact on human service delivery. Illinois Municipal Policy Journal.
Young, S.L. (2018). Political skill of volunteer board members in the nonprofit milieu: A resource dependency perspective. International Journal of Volunteer Administration.

Practitioner Publications:

Tanner, J., & Young, S.L. (2022, October 3). In deciding how to deliver public services, bureaucrats, not citizens, often have the loudest voice. London School of Economics USAPP Blog.
Stull, J. & Young, S.L. (2021, Oct 11) What the fall of Afghanistan can teach us about the need for informed and effective policymaking. London School of Economics USAPP Blog.
Young, S., Wiley, K., & Searing, E. (2020, August 12). Chaos amidst the COVID-19 crisis: When politics topples public management. Medium.com.
Young S., Wiley, K., & Searing, E. (2020, April 6). Voices from the Field: Tangible, Timely Tactics for Nonprofits during Crises. Nonprofit Quarterly.
Young, S. (2019, September 3). Spreading his fairy dust. In Poynter Institute (Ed.), Get the name of the dog, mind your word order, and other famous writing advice from Roy Peter Clark. Poynter Institute Blog.
Young, S. (2017, June 30). How nonprofits can meet the challenges of the future. Tallahassee Democrat.
Young, S. (2015, December 18). Advocating for children. Tampa Bay Times.

Research: Welcome

Research Philosophy & Lines of Inquiry

Nonprofit Resilience

​Select Academic Publications:

Young, S.L., & Redding, C.L. (Due out early 2025). Turn personal passion into action: A roadmap to community development and social change. Routledge.

Wiley, K., Cepiku, D., & Young, S.L. (2024). Social equity and public management theory: A global outlook. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781032694658

Rinfret, S.R., Young, S.L., McDonald, B.D. (2024). Mentorship in higher education. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781032720975

Young, S.L., Wiley, K.K., & Grayer, M. (2024). The New Scarlet Letter: Global challenges of motherhood in public administration programs and how we could solve them. Public Administration and Development.https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.2068

Yang, S.G. & Young, S.L. (2024). [Review of the book Street-level public servants: Case studies for a new generation of public administration by Sara R. Rinfret]. The American Review of Public Administration, Available online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/02750740241259497

Young, S., Wiley, K., & Searing, E. (2024). Nonprofit human resources: Strategies and impacts during a crisis. Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Available online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640241251491

Young, S.L., Wiley, K.K., Cepiku, D. (2023). Intersecting Public Management and Social Equity. Public Management Review. Available online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2023.2288261

Collins, C., Salazar, A., Hoffman-Cooper, A., Johnson, R., Schmidt, L., Tiller, L., & Young, S. (2023). Mixed Method Evaluation of Two Georgia College Campus Support Programs for Students with Experience in Foster Care. Child and Adolescent Social Work.

Searing, E.A.M., Wiley, K.K., Young, S.L. (2023). Resiliency tactics during financial crises. In L. Dicke & S. Ott. (Ed.), Understanding Nonprofit Organizations.

Lim, S. & Young, S. (2023). Why the network coordinator matters: The importance of learning, innovation, and governance structures in coproduction networks. Journal of Civil Society.

Wiley, K., Searing, E., & Young, S. (2022). Haunted by nonprofits: Themed teaching cases for Halloween and Diás de los Muertos. Journal of Public Affairs Education.

Young, S. L., & Tanner, J. (2022). Citizen participation matters. Bureaucratic discretion matters more. Public Administration.

Stull, J., Young, S.L., Searing, E., & Wiley, K. (2022). The public administration-politics dichotomy. In K. Schedler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Public Management.

Searing, E., Wiley, K., & Young, S.L. (2021). Resiliency Tactics during Financial Crisis: The Nonprofit Resiliency Framework. Nonprofit Management and Leadership.

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Young, S.L. & Berlan, D. (2021). We are not all the same: What motivates individuals to be members of professional associations varies by sector. Voluntary Sector Review.

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Young S.L. & Wiley K.K. (2021) Erased: Why faculty sexual misconduct is prevalent and how we could prevent it. Journal of Public Affairs Education.

Young, S.L., Searing, E., &Wiley, K. (2020). Squandered in real-time: How public management theory underestimated the public administration-politics dichotomy. The American Review of Public Administration.

Wiley, K., Searing, E., & Young, S. (2020). The utility of the advocacy coalition framework in a regional budget crisis. Public Policy & Administration.

Young, S., Wiley, K., & Searing, E., (2019). When politics and public administration collide: The impact on human service delivery. Illinois Municipal Policy Journal.

Young, S.L. (2018). Political skill of volunteer board members in the nonprofit milieu: A resource dependency perspective. International Journal of Volunteer Administration.

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Practitioner Publications:

Tanner, J., & Young, S.L. (2022, October 3). In deciding how to deliver public services, bureaucrats, not citizens, often have the loudest voice. London School of Economics USAPP Blog.

Stull, J. & Young, S.L. (2021, Oct 11) What the fall of Afghanistan can teach us about the need for informed and effective policymaking. London School of Economics USAPP Blog.

Young, S., Wiley, K., & Searing, E. (2020, August 12). Chaos amidst the COVID-19 crisis: When politics topples public management. Medium.com.

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Young S., Wiley, K., & Searing, E. (2020, April 6). Voices from the Field: Tangible, Timely Tactics for Nonprofits during Crises. Nonprofit Quarterly.

Young, S. (2019, September 3). Spreading his fairy dust. In Poynter Institute (Ed.), Get the name of the dog, mind your word order, and other famous writing advice from Roy Peter Clark. Poynter Institute Blog.

Young, S. (2017, June 30). How nonprofits can meet the challenges of the future. Tallahassee Democrat.

Young, S. (2015, December 18). Advocating for children. Tampa Bay Times.

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