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Biography
Catherine Herrold’s research examines how nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), philanthropic foundations, and grassroots groups work to advance change in the Middle East. She has conducted field work in Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, and Syria. In Egypt, she studies the strategies that Egyptian NGOs and foundations are using to advance the aims of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings. In Palestine, her work focuses on how grassroots groups are working to revive a spirit of voluntarism and solidarity within civil society. Her work has appeared in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Social Problems, Nonprofit Policy Forum, and VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. Her book manuscript, Delta Democracy: Pathways to Incremental Civic Revolution in Egypt and Beyond, is currently under review.
Education
- Ph.D., Public Policy, Duke University, 2013
- M.B.A., Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, 2005
- M.Sc., Voluntary Sector Organization, London School of Economics, 2004
- B.A., Economics, Mount Holyoke College, 2000
Professional Experience
- Consultant, The Urban Institute, 2015
- Fellow, The George Gund Foundation, 2005-2007
- Fellow, The Center for Effective Philanthropy, 2004
- Research Assistant, The Urban Institute, 2002-2003
- Consultant, Deloitte & Touche, 2000-2002
Highlights
- Gabriel G. Rudney Memorial Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research (2014)
- Maxwell School at Syracuse University E-PARCC Teaching Case and Simulation Competition, 3rd Place (in collaboration with Khaldoun AbouAssi) (2004)
Selected Intellectual Contributions
- “Governing through Patronage: The Rise of NGOs and the Fall of Civil Society in Palestine and Morocco.” (with Mona Atia) VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations (2018)
- “A Conceptual Model of Foundations’ Leadership Capacity in Times of Change: Lessons from Egypt.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (2017)
- “Economic Breakdown and Collective Action.” (with Neal Caren and Sarah Gaby) Social Problems (2017)
- “Competing Rather than Collaborating: Egyptian Nongovernmental Organizations in Turbulence.” (with Mona Atia) Nonprofit Policy Forum (2016)
- “NGO Policy in Pre- and Post-Mubarak Egypt: Effects on NGOs’ Roles in Democracy Promotion.” Nonprofit Policy Forum (2016)
- “Giving in Egypt: Evolving Charitable Traditions in a Changing Political Environment.” Chapter 18 in The Palgrave Handbook of Global Philanthropy (2015)
- “New Funding, New Beginnings: To Collaborate or Not to Collaborate.” (with Khaldoun AbouAssi) E-PARCC Case Study (2014)