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Kelly M. LeRoux

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Assistant Professor
Department of Public Administration
University of Kansas
1541 Lilac Ln. Blake Hall #323
Lawrence, KS 66045
785/864-1888
kleroux@ku.edu

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Political Science, 2006, Wayne State University
    • Dissertation Title: The Role of Structure, Function, and Networks in Explaining Interlocal Service Delivery: A Study of Institutional Cooperation in Michigan
  • M.P.A., 2002, Wayne State University
  • M.S.W., 1996, Wayne State University
  • B.S.W., 1995, Western Michigan University
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Urban Public Policy and Administration, PUAD 825, University of Kansas
  • Metropolitics and Macroproblems, PUAD 433, University of Kansas
  • Nonprofit Policy and Administration, PUAD 827, University of Kansas
  • Nonprofit Sector: Formation, Leadership & Governance, PUAD 603, University of Kansas
  • Quantitative Methods for Public Administration, PUAD 332, University of Kansas
  • Hard Choices in Public Administration, PUAD 333, University of Kansas
  • Introduction to Public Administration, PS 231, Wayne State University
  • Teaching Assistant: Statistics and Data Analysis I, PS 563 Wayne State University
  • Teaching Assistant: American Government, PS 101, Wayne State University
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Citizen's Research Council of Michigan, 2004-2005, Local Government Services Survey
  • Michigan Term Limits Project, 2001-2002, Wayne State University
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Clinical Services Administrator, 2002-2006, Training and Treatment Innovations, Inc. (nonprofit organization), Madison Heights, Michigan
  • Clinical Supervisor, 1996-2002, Training and Treatment Innovations, Inc, Madison Heights, Michigan
  • Fiscal Analyst Intern, Senate Fiscal Agency, Lansing, Michigan, 2002
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REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

  • LeRoux, Kelly (forthcoming). Paternalistic or Participatory Governance? Examining Opportunities for Client Participation in Nonprofit Agencies, Public Administration Review.
  • LeRoux, Kelly (forthcoming). The Effects of Descriptive Representation on Nonprofits Civic Intermediary Roles: Testing the Racial Mismatch Hypothesis in the Social Services Sector, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
  • LeRoux, Kelly and Jered B. Carr. 2007. “Explaining Local Government Cooperation on Public Works: Evidence from Michigan,” Public Works Management & Policy, 12(1): 344-358.
  • LeRoux, Kelly. 2007. “Nonprofits as Civic Intermediaries: The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Promoting Political Participation.” Urban Affairs Review, 42(3): 410-422.
  • LeRoux, Kelly M. and Bethany G. Sneed. 2006. “The Convergence of Public and Nonprofit Values: A Research Agenda for the Intersectoral Study of Representative Bureaucracy.” International Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior, 9(4): 537-556.
  • LeRoux, Kelly. 2005. “What Drives Nonprofit Entrepreneurship? A Look at Budget Trends of Metro Detroit Social Service Agencies.” 2005. American Review of Public Administration, 35(4): 350-362.
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BOOK REVIEWS

  • Book Review, American Review of Public Administration (forthcoming). E. S. Savas, "Privatization in the City: Successes, Failures, Lessons." (Washington D.C.: CQ Press, 2005).

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FUNDED RESEARCH

  • Nonprofits as Civic Intermediaries: The Role of Alternative Institutions in Urban Democracy. Proposal submitted to KU Center for Research, New Faculty General Research Fund.
    Amount: $7,964

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BOOKS

  • LeRoux, Kelly, editor. 2007. “Service Contracting: A Local Government Guide” Washington, D.C: ICMA Press

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RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS

  • LeRoux, Kelly. The Effects of Descriptive Representation on Nonprofits Civic Intermediary Roles: Testing the Racial Mismatch Hypothesis in the Social Services Sector. Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, November 2007, Atlanta, Georgia. Paper nominated for 2007 ARNOVA Best Paper Award

  • LeRoux, Kelly and Holly Goerdel. Political Interest Representation and Public Charities: A Strategic Management Explanation of Nonprofit Advocacy, Prepared for the 9th National Public Management Research Conference. Tucson, Arizona, October 25-27th, 2007.

  • Carr, Jered B., Kelly LeRoux, Richard Feiock and Manoj Shrestha. Trust, Transaction Costs, and Service Production Decisions: An Institutional Collective Action Explanation. Prepared for the 9th National Public Management Research Conference. Tucson, Arizona, October 25-27th, 2007.

  • LeRoux, Kelly 2007. "The Strength of Weak Ties in Predicting Interlocal Service Cooperation." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 7-10, Chicago, IL.

  • LeRoux, Kelly 2007. “Councils of Government and Nonprofit Community Conferences: The Effects of Regional Network Membership on Interlocal Service Delivery” American Political Science Association, August 30-September 2, 2007, Chicago, Illinois.

  • LeRoux, Kelly 2007. “The Strength of Weak Ties in Predicting Interlocal Service Cooperation.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 7-10, Chicago, IL.

  • LeRoux, Kelly and Sheri Perry. 2007 “The Role of Racial Diversity in Nonprofit Governance: Does a ‘Representation Mismatch’ Influence Stakeholder Orientation?” Paper delivered at the conference “Networks, Stakeholders, and Nonprofit Organization Governance: Whither (Wither?) Boards,” convened by the University of Missouri-Kansas City, April 26-27, 2007.

  • Carr, Jered B and LeRoux, Kelly 2007. “Interlocal Cooperation on Public Safety: Lessons from Michigan.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 7-10, Chicago, IL.
  • LeRoux, Kelly. 2006. “Paternalistic or Participatory Governance? Examining Opportunities for Client Participation in Nonprofit Agencies.” Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, November 2006, Chicago, Illinois

  • LeRoux, Kelly and Bethany Sneed. 2006. “Local Public Bureaucracies, Nonprofits, and Economic Opportunities: A Comparative Analysis of Pay for Women and Minority Managers.” American Political Science Association, August 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • LeRoux, Kelly. 2006. “Cooperation through Co-Membership: Assessing the Effectiveness of Local Government Networks in Metro Detroit.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 20-23, Chicago, IL.

  • Sneed, Bethany G. and Kelly LeRoux. 2006.  "Public and Non-Profit Representative Bureaucracy:  Partners in the Social Equality Enterprise?" Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 20-23, Chicago, IL.

  • Sneed, Bethany G. and Kelly LeRoux. 2006.  "Representation and Career Opportunities for Women and Minorities in the States: A Comparison of Public and Nonprofit Agencies." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Public Administration, April 1-4, Denver, CO.

  • LeRoux, Kelly. 2005. “Networks of Local Governments: Examining Community Conferences as Mechanisms for Achieving Interlocal Cooperation.” Paper prepared for the conference on Creating Collaborative Communities, Wayne State University, October 21, 2005.

  • Carr, Jered B. and Kelly M. LeRoux. 2005. “Which Governments Cooperate on Public Safety? Lessons from Michigan?” Paper prepared for the conference on Creating Collaborative Communities, Wayne State University, October 21, 2005

  • LeRoux, Kelly M. and Bethany G. Sneed. 2005. “When Public and Nonprofit Values Converge: A Research Agenda for the Bi-Sector Study of Representative Bureaucracy.” American Political Science Association, September 2005, Washington, D.C.

  • LeRoux, Kelly M. and Jered B. Carr. 2005. “The Social Structure of Interlocal Cooperation in Metropolitan Areas.” Midwest Political Science Association, April 2005, Chicago, Illinois

  • LeRoux, Kelly M. 2004. “Social Capital as Resources, Interaction, and Trust: A Test of the Homophily Principle Using Structural Equation Modeling.” Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, November 2004, Los Angeles, California

  • LeRoux, Kelly M. 2004. “Empowering the Disadvantaged: The Role of Nonprofits in Promoting Political Participation.” American Political Science Association, September 2004, Chicago, Illinois

  • LeRoux, Kelly M. 2004. “Nonprofit Entrepreneurship: Organizational Responses to Budget Cuts among Social Service Providers.” Midwest Political Science Association, April 2004, Chicago, Illinois

  • LeRoux, Kelly M. 2003. “Building Political Support for Nonprofit Agencies: Lessons from Metro Detroit.” American Political Science Association, August 2003, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • LeRoux, Kelly M., Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson, Richard C. Elling, John Strate and Lyke T. Thomson. 2002. “Legislators and Bureaucrats in Michigan: A Complex Relationship Complicated by Term Limits.” American Political Science Association, August 2002, Boston, Massachusetts

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TECHNICAL PAPERS

  • LeRoux, Kelly and Karen Firestone. 2000. "Prison Health Care: An Overview." September 2000, Senate Fiscal Agency Issue Paper
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

  • Manuscript reviewer for Urban Affairs Review, American Review of Public Administration, Journal of Urban Affairs, Public Budgeting and Finance, Policy Studies Journal, and Nonprofit Management and Leadership.
  • Herbert Kaufman Best Paper Award Committee, ASPA 2008
  • Chairperson, Student Scholarship Committee for ARNOVA 2007
  • Membership Committee of Theories, Issues, Boundaries Section of ARNOVA
  • Panel Chair, "Coping with Change and Uncertainty," 2007 ARNOVA conference, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Panel Chair, “Youth-Serving Organizations, Sports Organizations, and Questions of Impact,” 2006 ARNOVA conference, Chicago, Illinois
  • Panel Chair, “Methodological Issues in Nonprofit Survey Research,” 2004 ARNOVA conference, Los Angeles, California
  • Co-administrator, Working Group on Interlocal Service Cooperation http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/interlocal_coop/
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HONORS & AWARDS

  • Emerging Scholar Award, 2006, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
  • Sarasohn Dissertation Fellow, 2005-2006
  • Wayne State Graduate School Summer Dissertation Fellowship Award, 2005
  • Jorge Tapia-Videla Graduate Student Excellence Award, 2003
  • Graduate Professional Scholarship, Wayne State University 1999-2003
  • School of Social Work Merit Scholar, Wayne State University, 1995-1996
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • American Political Science Association
  • American Society for Public Administration
  • Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
  • Midwest Political Science Association
  • Urban Affairs Association
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COMMUNITY SERVICE

  • Board Member, Wyandotte County Center for Community Behavioral Healthcare (publicly funded nonprofit organization)
  • Advisory Board Member, National Voter Engagement Network (NVEN), Boston, Massachusetts
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