Associates

These NIU faculty and staff contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of the Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies' mission through their work on committees, by partnering on events and contributing to the Center's growth. Many associates also teach interdisciplinary courses that go toward completion of the Nonprofit and NGO Studies major, minor, certificate of undergraduate study in Nonprofit and NGO Studies and the undergraduate Grant Writing certificate.

If you are a faculty or staff member at NIU interested in becoming an associate of the center, please reach out to Mark Schuller, the acting director, at mschuller@niu.edu.

Name Email Department Title
Michael Adzovic madzovic@niu.edu NIU Foundation Director, Northern Fund
Abu Bah abah@niu.edu Department of Sociology Professor
Megan Brown    mbrown18@niu.edu  Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences Assistant Professor
Bethany Cockburn bcockburn@niu.edu Department of Management Assistant Professor
Aarie Glas aglas@niu.edu Department of Political Science Associate Professor
Anne Hanley ahanley@niu.edu  Department of History Professor
Mary Lynn Henningsen henningsen@niu.edu  Department of Communication Professor
Michaela Holtz mholtz@niu.edu Division of Student Affairs Executive Director of Strategy, Impact and Academic Partnerships
Betsy Hull bhull@niu.edu DoIT Admin Business Finance Director of Strategic and Innovative Practice
Dana Isawi disawi@niu.edu Counseling, Adult and Higher Ed Assistant Professor
Trude Jacobsen Gidaszewski tjacobsen1@niu.edu Department of History Professor
Laura Johnson lrjohnson@niu.edu Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment Professor
Christine Lagattolla clagattolla@niu.edu Recreation, Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Associate Director of External Affairs
Julie Langer jlanger@niu.edu Department of Public Administration Assistant Professor
Lori Lawson llawson@niu.edu Department of English Instructor
Sandy Lopez slopez1@niu.edu  Division of Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator for Undocumented Student Support
Ismael Montana montana@niu.edu Department of History Associate Professor
Christine Mooney chmooney@niu.edu Department of Management Associate Professor and Barsema Professor of Social Entrepreneurship
Nina Mounts nmounts@niu.edu Department of Psychology Professor, Developmental Psychology
Mark Pietrowski pietrowski@niu.edu  College of Engineering and Engineering Technology Director/Advisor
Alesha Porisky aporisky@niu.edu Department of Political Science Assistant Professor
Nancy Prange nprange@niu.edu School of Health Studies Instructor and Dietetic Internship Director
Andrea Radasanu aradasanu@niu.edu Department of Political Science Associate Professor/Assistant Vice Provost  for Student Enhancement

 
Scott Robinson srobinson1@niu.edu Public Administration Chair
Diane Rodgers drodgers@niu.edu Department of Sociology Professor
Thomas Skuzinski tskuzinski@niu.edu Department of Public Administration Associate Professor/Director, Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy
Lawrence Stein l-stein@niu.edu College of Law Assistant Professor/Director, Business Innovation Law Clinic
Tharaphi Than tthan@niu.edu Foreign Language and Literature Associate Professor
Kurt Thurmaier kthur@niu.edu Department of Public Administration Distinguished Engagement Professor
Wendy Vaughn wvaughn@niu.edu College of Law Clinical Professor/Director of Clinics
Laura Vazquez lvazquez@niu.edu Department of Communication Professor
Simón Weffer-Elizondo sweffer@niu.edu Department of Sociology Associate Professor/Director of College Diversity, Equity and Inclusion