You can read my work in scholarly and professional outlets.
On Consulting
The Book
My book, How Consultants Shape Nonprofits: Shared Values, Unintended Consequences, is now available via Stanford University Press’ SSIR Books series.
Related Op-Eds and Appearances
In the Chronicle of Philanthropy, about how to best partner with consultants in times of challenge (2025)
At the Indiana University O’Neill Center for Cultural Affairs workshop (2025)
On HistPhil, analyzing the history of consulting in the nonprofit sector (2024)
At the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford’s Insights for Action seminar (2024)
On the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s blog, about consultants’ role in social change (2021)
In the Chronicle of Philanthropy, exploring how consultants can support nonprofit recovery post COVID-19 (2021)
In the Chronicle of Philanthropy, on strategy consulting in the nonprofit sector (2020)
on the Arts & Culture
I’ve published a number of articles in scholarly journals about cultural philanthropy and nonprofit arts and cultural organizations:
An exploration of the impact of the pandemic and Black Lives Matter on the arts and culture in Philadelphia (International Journal of Cultural Property, 2022 - with Stan Katz)
A historical analysis of cultural philanthropy in Mexico (International Journal of Cultural Property, 2022)
An annotated bibliography on art’s role in society (in Are the Arts Essential?, published by NYU Press, 2022)
An ethnographic paper about professionalization in expressive arts organizations (Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 2018)
An analysis of the entry of digital art into the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (Museum & Society, 2018)
A quantitative paper about the distribution of funding to arts organizations in Philadelphia and the relationship between funding and organizational survival (Princeton Center for the Study of Social Organization working paper, featured in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2017)
Earlier in my career I published an opinion piece about the Museo Textil de Oaxaca in Curator: The Museum Journal, a white paper about demand for the arts via the University of Chicago Cultural Policy Center, as well as several profiles of innovative museum practices in the California Association of Museums CAM E-News.
Other Work
I’ve contributed opinion pieces on other topics that are central to my life and work, including:
Evaluation and learning in nonprofits (Candid’s PhilanTopic, with Maoz Brown, 2020)
Art and migration (Medium, 2019)
The effect of the pandemic on undocumented Latinx communities (Medium, in collaboration with colleagues at Puentes de Salud, 2020)
Collaborative work at Puentes de Salud centering community leadership to promote COVID-19 vaccination in Philadelphia’s Latinx immigrant communities (Featured on People.com, 2022)