Dr. Debra Mesch
Associate Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management
Graduate Program Director
OFFICE: BS 4060
PHONE: (317) 274-8635
E-MAIL: dmesch@iupui.edu

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Education

• Ph.D., Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management, Kelley School of Business at Indiana University - Bloomington
• M.B.A., Kelley School of Business at Indiana University - Bloomington
• M.S., Vanderbilt University
• B.S., University of Cincinnati

Professional Experience/ Consultantcies

• United Way of Central Indiana
• Goodwill Industries
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana
• Army Corps of Engineers

Other Professional Affiliations

• Academy of Management
• American Society of Public Administration
• Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)

Major Fields of Expertise

• National and Community Service
• Management of Volunteers
• Human Resource Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
• Downsizing and Mergers
• Executive Compensation
• Race and Gender Effects on Giving and Volunteering

Intellectual Contributions

• Mesch, Debra J., Rooney, P.M. Chin, W., Steinberg, K. (2002). Race and gender differences in philanthropy: Indiana as a test case. New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising, 37 , pg. 65-77.
• Tschirhart, M., Mesch, Debra J., Perry, J.L., Miller, T.K. & Lee, G. (2001). Stipended volunteers: Their goals, experience, satisfaction, and likelihood of future service. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly , 30 , 422-443.
• Bingham, L. & Mesch, Debra J., (2000). Decision-making in employment and labor arbitration. Industrial Relations , 39 , 671-694.
• Perry, J.L., Thomson, A., Tschirhart, M., Mesch, Debra J., Lee, G. (1999). Inside a Swiss-army knife: An assessment of AmeriCorps. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 9 , 225-250.
• Mesch, Debra J, McGrew, J, Pescosolido, B, Haugh, D. (1999). The effects of hospital closure on mental health workers: An overview of employment, mental and physical health, and attitudinal outcomes. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research , 26 , 305-317.
• Mesch, Debra J., Tschirhart, M., Perry, J.L. Lee, G. (1998). Altruists or egoists; Retention in stipended service. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 9 , 3-21.

Courses Taught

• Human Resource Management for Nonprofit Organizations
• Managing Workforce Diversity
• Public Personnel Management
• Public Organizations
• Management of Group and Individual Behavior

Service

• Chair, Philanthropic Studies Faculty (1999-2003)
• Chair, Ph.D. in Philanthropic Studies Committee (2000-2003)
• Chair, Policy and Administration Faculty (1999-2000)
• Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana
• Co-coordinator for the Academy of Management Doctoral Consortium and pre-conference workshops for the Public and Nonprofit Management Division, Academy of Management Meetings (1997, 2001)
• Chair, Best Book Award Committee, Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division (2003)

Awards and Recognition

• Recipient of the IUPUI Outstanding New Faculty Award (1996)
• Recipient of a Teaching Excellence Recognition Award (1998)
• First Visiting International Scholar at the Israeli Center for Third Sector Research (1999)