Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Research Interests:
I primarily study nonprofit organizations and community foundations. The overarching focus of my research relates to how institutional and organizational factors explain nonprofit organization's engagement in issues of equity. In my three-chapter dissertation, I explore how race has played a role in the development of community foundations and their activities, followed by an empirical chapter that uses the meta-theory of institutional logics to explain community foundations tweeting in solidarity following the racial and social activity in 2020. My final chapter is a survey experiment that studies the effects of racialized frames for donor solicitation on charitable giving.
Undergraduate Institution and Major:
B.A International Political Economy and French minor, Carthage College
Graduate Institution and Degree:
MSc, Business Design and Innovation, Carthage College
Papers under review:
Beaton, E., & Ali, M. (2024). Subjected to Harassment: Deconstructing Power in an Encounter with Workplace Sexual Harassment. Gender, Work & Organization.
Recent Conference Presentations:
- Ali, M. (2024). Tweeting for Social Justice: Institutional Logics, Racialized Events, and Community Foundations’ Social Justice Claims. Presentation at the Public Management Research Conference (PMRC), Seattle, WA.
- Ali, M. (2024). Tweeting for Social Justice: Institutional Logics, Racialized Events, and Community Foundations’ Social Justice Claims. Panel symposium at the Academy of Management (AOM), Chicago, IL.
- Ali, M. (2022-2023). Tweeting for Social Justice: Institutional Logics, Black Lives Matter, and Community Foundations’ Social Justice Claims. Presentation at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). Orlando, FL.
Teaching Assistantships:
- PUBAFRS 2150: Nonprofit Organizing for Diversity and Justice | Instructor of Record and Teaching Assistant
- PUBAFRS 6050: Managing Public Organizations | Teaching Assistant
- PUBAFRS 6060: Leadership in Public Organizations | Teaching Assistant
Relevant Professional Experience:
- 2020 – 2021 Community Schools Manager, United Way of Racine County
- 2019 – 2020 Design and Innovation Fellow, Learnlife and Carthage College
- 2018-2019 Community Development and Policy Studies Intern, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Honors and Awards:
- Graduate Diversity Scholar Award, ARNOVA (2023).
- University Fellowship, The Ohio State University (2021-2023).
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Advocate of the Year, Carthage College (2019).
- Game Changer Award, City of Chicago (2018).
Professional Service Activities:
- 2023 – Present Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Committee Member
- 2023 – Present Social Equity Committee Member
- 2023 – 2023 Women’s Fund of Central Ohio Grant Reviewer
- 2023 – 2023 Grant Reviewer for City of Columbus Elevate 2.0 Grants
- 2022 – 2022 Volunteer with GiveBackHack
- 2022 – 2024 Alumni Committee Representative
Dissertation Committee:
- Megan LePere-Schloop, John Glenn College of Public Affairs (Chair)
- Long Tran, John Glenn College of Public Affairs
- Greg Wilson, John Glenn College of Public Affairs
- Laurie E. Paarlberg, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy (External)