Heather MacIndoe
Areas of Expertise
Organizational Theory, Nonprofit Organizations, Nonprofit Advocacy, Organizational Collaborations, Philanthropy, Public and Private Funding for Social Services
Degrees
PhD, University of Chicago, Sociology
MA, Stanford University, Sociology
BA, Wellesley College, Economics and American Studies
Professional Publications & Contributions
- Combining Nonprofit Service and Advocacy: Organizational Structures and Hybridity
- Friends or Foes? How Managerial Perceptions of the Political Opportunity Structure Shape Nonprofit Advocacy
- How competition and specialization shape nonprofit engagement in policy advocacy
- Nonprofit responses to financial uncertainty: How does financial vulnerability shape nonprofit collaboration?
- Reinforcing the Safety Net: Explaining the Propensity for and Intensity of Nonprofit Local-Government Collaborations
- Specialists, Generalists, and Policy Advocacy by Charitable Nonprofit Organizations
- How Organizational Stakeholders Shape Performance Measurement in Nonprofits: Exploring a Multidimensional Measure
- Institutional Pressures and Organizational Capacity: The Case of Outcome Measurement
- Advocacy Organizations
Additional Information
Heather MacIndoe is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her research applies theoretical frameworks from organizational and urban sociology to address questions concerning the social organization of the nonprofit sector. Her current research focuses on nonprofit advocacy and social service provision, cross-sector collaboration, and philanthropy. Her work has appeared in journals such as Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Nonprofit Policy Forum, American Sociological Review and Sociological Forum.
Dr. MacIndoe serves on the editorial board of City and Community. She was appointed as a commissioner to the City of Somerville Commission for Women by Mayor Joseph Curtatone. She also serves as a member of the fiduciary board for Boston Cares, the largest volunteer service agency in New England.
Teaching in the Public Policy PhD Program:
PPOL-G 716 ProSeminar
PPOL-G 611 Research Methods I
PPOL-G 751 Nonprofits, Nongovernmental Organizations and Public Policy
Teaching in the Public Administration Program:
PUBADM 606 Nonprofit Organizations and Public Policy