As members of the WPI Research Committee, scholars from a variety of academic disciplines collaborate on studies around gender and philanthropy.
Research Committee
Jim Andreoni
Professor of Economics
University of California at San Diego
René Bekkers
Director, Center for Philanthropic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
VU Amsterdam
Beth Breeze
Director, Centre for Philanthropy
School of Social Policy, Sociology and Research
University of Kent, UK
Eleanor Brown
James Irvine Professor of Economics
Pomona College
Chris Einolf
Associate Professor
Director of the Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies
Northern Illinois University
Angela Eikenberry
David C. Scott Diamond Professor of Public Affairs
School of Public Administration
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Marybeth Gasman
Professor of Higher Education
University of Pennsylvania
Sara Konrath
Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Debra Mesch
Professor of Philanthropic Studies
Eileen Lamb O’Gara Chair in Women’s Philanthropy
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Una Osili
Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies
Associate Dean for Research and International Programs
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Nancy Marie Robertson
Associate Professor of History and Philanthropic Studies
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Lise Vesterlund
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Economics
University of Pittsburgh
Andrea Walton
Associate Professor of Education and Philanthropic Studies
Indiana University
Pamala Wiepking
Visiting Stead Chair in International Philanthropy and Visiting Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Professor of Societal Significance of Charity Lotteries, Center for Philanthropic Studies, VU Amsterdam
Mark Wilhelm
Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)