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Long Tran

Assistant Professor

Dr. Long Tran conducts research and teaching on public and nonprofit management. His research centers on collaboration. His overarching research questions are why, how, and to what effect social actors work together to serve public interests. He has published in many scholarly outlets, including reputable journals of public management (e.g., Journal of Policy Analysis and Management and Public Management Review) and nonprofit studies (Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and Nonprofit Management and Leadership). 

Prior to joining the Glenn College, he received his doctorate in public administration and policy from the American University’s School of Public Affairs. 

Outside academia, he has had research and consulting experience at many local nonprofits and international development organizations.

For-profit milk in nonprofit cartons? The case of nonprofit charter schools subcontracting with for-profit education management organizations
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
June 21, 2024

Long Tran and Stéphane Lavertu examine how nonprofit charter schools’ reliance on for-profit operators affects student achievement and attendance

The Relation Between Perceived Racial Discrimination and Civic Engagement Among People of Asian Descent
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
February 05, 2024

Long Tran, Russell Hassan and Darwin Baluran examine how perceived racial discrimination relates to political and community civic engagement among people of Asian descent after COVID-19.

Which trust matters and to whom in cross-sector collaboration? Evidence from the local level in the Middle East
International Public Management Journal
January 30, 2024

Long Tran provides evidence of the importance of trust in a developing country.

Avid, Averse, Apprehensive, or Apathetic? A Typology of Collaboration Attitudes
Nonprofit Management and Leadership
May 02, 2023

Long Tran's publication identifies four major types of attitudes toward collaboration opportunities: Avid, Averse, Apprehensive, and Apathetic.

For-Profit Charter Schools: An Evaluation of their Spending and Outcomes
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
September 28, 2022

Using recent data from Ohio, Professor Stéphane Lavertu and Assistant Professor Long Tran dig into what is meant by “forprofit” charter schools, how they spend resources differently from other charters, and how they compare in effectiveness to other charters (and to traditional public schools) in academic and nonacademic outcomes.

Experimental Estimates of the Student Attendance Production Function
Journal of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
January 25, 2021

Professor Long Tran evaluates factors, policies and practices that impact and improve student attendance.

Local Organizational Determinants of Local-International NGO Collaboration
Public Management Review
January 07, 2020

Professor Long Tran explores several local organizational characteristics that may explain the existence of collaborative relations between international and local non-governmental organizations.

International NGO Centralization and Leader-Perceived Effectiveness
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
July 09, 2019

Professor Long Tran explores how centralization, a fundamental structural characteristic, relates to an INGO’s effectiveness as perceived by its own leader versus by leaders of other INGOs.

Office

310L Page Hall

Expertise

Public and Nonprofit Management; Public Policy; Civic Engagement; International Development; Education