Academics
Meet the Faculty
Regan Harwell Schaffer
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Management
Advisor, Nonprofit Management Minor
Director, Nonprofit Leadership Collaborative
Division: Business Administration Division
Office: Center for Communication and Business (CCB) 350
Phone: (310) 506-7458
E-mail: regan.schaffer@pepperdine.edu
- Ed.D., Pepperdine University, 2002
- M.A., Pepperdine University, 1993
- B.S., Abilene Christian University, 1990
Courses:
- Service Leadership Project
- Nonprofit Management and Leadership
- Community-Based Research in the Nonprofit Sector
- First Year Seminar
Key Awards/Affiliations:
- Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence, 2005-2006
- Helen Pepperdine Award for Outstanding Service, 1998-1999
- Academy of Management
- Association for Research of Nonprofits and Voluntary Action
- Let's Start Talking International, Board Member
Academic Interests:
- Community Engagement
- Curriculum Design and Assessment
- Nonprofit Management
Selected Works:
- "Nonprofit and University Strategic Partnerships to Strengthen the Sector." Nonprofit Leadership and Management, (forthcoming)
- "Did entrepreneurship contribute to nonprofits surviving the great recession?" International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2(6), 20-31, 2012. (co-author)
- "Unbounded Rationality: Are Diverse Boards Better Equipped to Learn?" presentation at the Association of Research in the Nonprofit and Voluntary Associations, 2011. (co-presenter)
- "Utilizing vocational discernment in a leadership development course." Christian Business Faculty Review, 1, 19-26, 2006
- "Bringing our mission to life: Service-learning as a tool for integration of faith and learning." Christian Higher Education: A Journal of Applied Research and Practice, 3(2), 127-145, 2004
- "A model for effective design and implementation of service-learning in higher education." International Journal of Learning, 10, 1771-1781, 2003
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