Faculty Directory
DR. DEBRA MESCH
Dr. Debra Mesch, Director, Women's Philanthropy Institute Center on Philanthropy, Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management
Director, Women's Philanthropy Institute Center on Philanthropy
Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE: BS 4060
PHONE: 317-274-8635
E-MAIL: dmesch@iupui.edu
Debra Mesch joined SPEA IUPUI in 1992. Prior to teaching at IUPUI, she taught at Simmons College and Northeastern University in Boston. Her current research agenda focuses on issues of board diversity, race and gender differences in philanthropic behavior, and executive compensation.
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
OTHER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Academy of Management
- American Society of Public Administration
- Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
- Philanthropic Studies Faculty
MAJOR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
- Board diversity
- Management of volunteers
- Human Resource management in public and nonprofit organizations
- Executive compensation
- Race and gender effects on giving and volunteering
- Women's philanthropy
INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
- Mesch, Debra J. & Rooney, P.M. Determinants of compensation for fundraising professionals: A study of pay, performance, and gender differences (2008). Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 18, 435-463.
- Rooney, P.M., Brown, E., & Mesch, D.J. (2007). Who decides in giving to education? A study of charitable giving by married couples. International Journal of Educational Advancement, 7, 229-242.
- Mesch, Debra .J., Rooney, P.M., Steinberg, K., & Denton, B. (2006). The Effects of Race, Gender, and Marital Status on Giving and Volunteering in Indiana. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 35, 565-587.
- Perry, J.L., Mesch, D.J. & Paarlberg, L. (2006). Motivating employees in a new governance era: The performance paradigm revisited. Public Administration Review, 66, 505-514.
- Rooney, P.M., Mesch, D.J., Chin, W., & Steinberg, K. (2005). The effects of race, gender, and survey methodology on giving in the U.S. Economics Letters, 86, 173-180.
- 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.
- 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., Tschirhart, M., Perry, J.L. Lee, G. (1998). Altruists or egoists; Retention in stipended service. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 9, 3-21.
COURSES TAUGHT
- SPEA-V 443 Managing Workforce Diversity
- SPEA-V 504 Public Organizations
- SPEA-V 522 Human Resource Management for Nonprofit Organizations
- Public Personnel Management
- Management of Group and Individual Behavior
SERVICE
- Director, Women's Philanthropy Institute (present)
- Director, Public Affairs (2003-2008)
- 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