Stuart Mendel

Stuart Mendel is the Assistant Dean for the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Director of the Master of Nonprofit Administration and Leadership degree program, and Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Center for Nonprofit Policy and Practice. He received a Ph.D. Social Policy History and a Master of Nonprofit Organizations from Case Western Reserve University in 2000 and 1991 respectively, and a bachelors of arts in geology and geography from Miami University of Ohio in 1983. His research interests include the nature of the nonprofit sector, uses of nonprofit organizations in civil society, social capital, private/public partnerships, the political capacity of nonprofit organizations and urban history.

Sample Syllabi:

• PAD 656: Capstone Seminar in Nonprofit Leadership and Management Practice, Spring 2007
• PAD 550: Institutional Development for Nonprofit Organizations, Fall 2006