Drezner, Noah D. (ndd2123)

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Noah D Drezner

Professor of Higher Education
Program Director for Higher and Postsecondary Education
212-678-3787

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Educational Background

Ph.D.         2008        Higher Education
                                  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


M.S.Ed.      2004        Higher Education Management
                                   University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Certificates
                   2008        College & University Teaching Certificate
                                   University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
           
                   2002        Professional Writing
                                   University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

                   2002        Nonprofit Leadership
                                   Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York   

B.S.            2000        Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2000
                                   University of Rochester, Rochester, New York   


Selected Publications

Books

Drezner, Noah D. & Huehls, F. (2014). Fundraising and institutional advancement: Theory, practice, and new paradigms. New York: Routledge.

Gasman, Marybeth, Drezner, Noah D., Epstein, Edward, Freeman, Tyrone M., & Avery, Vida L. (2011). Race and gender in foundation and nonprofit leadership. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Drezner, Noah D. (2011). Philanthropy and fundraising in American higher education. ASHE Higher Education Reports. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Edited Books and Volumes

Drezner, Noah D. (Ed.) (2013). Expanding the donor base in higher education: Engaging non-traditional donors. New York: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/
Winner of 2014 Skystone Partners Prize for Research on Fundraising and Philanthropy presented by The Association of Fundraising Professionals

Drezner, Noah D. (Ed.). (2010). Fundraising in a time of economic downturn: Theory, practice, & implications. International Journal of Educational Advancement, 9(4).

Drezner, Noah D.,(2007). Associate Editor in Walton, Andrea & Marybeth Gasman (Eds.) Philanthropy, fundraising, and volunteerism in higher education. ASHE Reader Series. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Publishing.
Winner of 2009 CASE John Grenzebach Award for Outstanding Research in Philanthropy for Educational Advancement

Selected Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Drezner, Noah D. (2013). The Black church and millennial philanthropy: Influences on college student prosocial behavior at church-affiliated Black college. Christian Higher Education, 12(5).

Drezner, Noah D. & Gupta, Anubha. (2012). Busting the myth: Understanding endowment management at public historically Black colleges and universities. Journal of Negro Education, 81(2).

Drezner, Noah D. (2010). Private Black colleges' encouragement of student giving and volunteerism: An examnination of prosocial behavior development. International Journal of Educational Advancement, 10(3), pp 126-147.

Drezner, Noah D. (2010). Fundraising in a time of economic downturn: Theory, practice, & implications - An editorial Call to Action. International Journal of Educational Advancement, 9(4), pp191-195.

Gasman, Marybeth & Drezner, Noah D. (2010). Fundraising for Black colleges during the 1960s and 1970s: The case of Hampton Institute. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 39(2).

Gasman, Marybeth & Drezner, Noah D. (2009). A maverick in the field: The Oram Group and fundraising for change in the Black college community during the 1970s. History of Education Quarterly, 49(4), pp 465-506.

Drezner, Noah D. (2009). Why give?: Exploring social exchange and organizational identification theories in the promotion of philanthropic behaviors of African American millennials at private-HBCUs. International Journal of Educational Advancement, 9(3), pp 147-165.

Perna, Laura, Lundy-Wagner, Valerie, Drezner, Noah D., Gasman, Marybeth, Yoon, Susan, Bose, Enakshi, & Gary, Shannon. (2009). The contribution of HBCUs to the preparation of African American women for STEM careers: A case study. Research in Higher Education, 50, pp 1-23.

Gasman, Marybeth & Drezner, Noah D. (2008).  White corporate philanthropy and its support of private Black colleges in the 1960s and 70s. International Journal of Educational Advancement, 8(2), pp 79-92.

Gasman, Marybeth & Drezner, Noah D. (2007). A rising tide: New Orleans’s Black colleges and their effort to  rebuild after hurricane Katrina. Multicultural Review, 16 (1), pp 34-39.

Drezner, Noah D. (2006). Recessions & tax-cuts: The impact of economic cycles on individual giving, philanthropy, and higher education. International Journal of Educational Advancement, 6(4), pp. 289-305.

Drezner, Noah D. (2005). Advancing Gallaudet: Alumni support for the nation's university for the Deaf and hard-of–hearing and its similarities to Black colleges and universities. International Journal of Educational Advancement, 5(4), pp 301-315.

Selected Book Chapters

Drezner, N. D., Villarreal, R. C., & Mobley, S. D. (2013). Choosing not to sit together: Experiences of White honors students at a public HBCU. In T. L. Strayhorn, M. S. Williams, and D. Tillman-Kelly (Eds.), Creating New Possibilities for the Future of HBCUs with Research.

Drezner, Noah D. (2013). Using White privilege: Advancing diversity and social justice through undue advantage. In S. Thompson (Ed.), Views from the frontline: Voices of diversity on college campuses.

Garvey, Jason C. & Drezner, Noah D. (2013). Alumni giving in the LGBTQ communities: Queering philanthropy. In N. D. Drezner (Ed.), Expanding the conor base in higher education: Engaging non-traditional donors. New York: Rutledge.

Drezner, Noah D. (2013). Introduction. In N. D. Drezner (Ed.), Expanding the donor base in higher education: Engaging non-traditional donors. New York: Rutledge.

Drezner, Noah D. (2012). Encouraging giving among graduate and professional degree alumni at HBCUs. In R. Palmer, A. Hilton, & T. Fountaine (Eds.), Inside the experience of Black graduate students at HBCUs: Trends, experiences & outcomes. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing (pp 188-200).

Perna, Laura W., Gassman, M., Gary, Shannon, Lundy-Wagner, V., & Drezner, Noah D. (2010). Identifying strategies for increasing degree attainment in STEM: Lessons from minority-serving institutions. In S. Harper & C. Newman (Eds.), Students of color and STEM: Constructing a new research agenda, New Directions for Institutional Research, 148, (pp. 45-51).

Gasman, Marybeth, Perna, Laura, Yoon, Susan, Drezner, Noah D., Lundy Wagner, Valerie, Bose, Enakshi, & Gary, Shannon (2009). The path to graduate school in science and engineering for underrepresented students of Color. In M. Howard-Hamilton, S. Johnson, R.
Winkle Wagner, and L. Santiague (Eds.) Access, transitions and retention for students of Color in doctoral programs. New Jersey: Stylus Publishers.

Drezner, Noah D. (2008). For alma mater and The Fund: The United Negro College Fund's national Pre-Alumni Council and the creation of the next generation of donors. In M. Gasman & C. Tudico (Eds.) Triumphs and troubles: Historical and contemporary essays on Black colleges. New York: Pelgrave Macmillan.

Drezner, Noah D. (2008). Arguing for a different view: Viewing deaf-serving institutions as minority-serving. In M. Gasman, B. Baez, & C. Sotello Turner (Eds.), Understanding minority institutions (pp. 57-70). New York: SUNY Press.

Gasman, Marybeth. & Drezner, Noah D., (2007). Hurricane Katrina and the nation's obligation to Black colleges. In K. Bates and R. Swan (Eds.) Through the eye of Katrina: Social justice in the United States. Durham: Carolina Academic Press

Drezner, Noah D. (2005). Thurgood Marshall: A study of philanthropy through racial uplift. In M. Gasman & K. V. Sedgwick (Eds.), Uplifting a people: Essays on African American philanthropy in education (pp. 89-100).  New York, NY: Peter Lang. 

Winner of the Association for Fundraising Professional's Skystone Ryan Prize for Research on Fundraising and Philanthropy.





Dr. Noah D. Drezner is a Professor of Higher Education in the Higher and Postsecondary Education Program. 
 
Educational and Professional History
Dr. Drezner holds his Bachelor of Science from the University of Rochester, a graduate certificate in non-profit leadership from Roberts Wesleyan College, and his Master of Science in Education and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.
 
Prior to returning to graduate school, Dr. Drezner was an advancement officer at the University of Rochester, where he gained the practitioner experience that informs his research.  Most recently, he was an Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Maryland. While there he was instrumental in the establishment of the Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Maryland’s School of Public Policy, where he continues to hold an affiliate appointment as Senior Research Fellow. In 2011, Noah was named one of 13 university professors to the inaugural cohort of Honors College faculty. 
 
Research Interests
His research interests include philanthropy and fundraising as they pertain to colleges and universities, including higher education's role in the cultivation of prosocial behaviors. Currently, Dr. Drezner is researching how a person’s social identities affect their giving to higher education and how colleges and universities can engage their alumni in more inclusive ways. He is the co-PI for the National Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Alumni, a multi-institutional mixed methods project, and recently completed a population-based survey experiment that evaluates how a person’s social identities affect their propensity to donate and at what level when exposed to different types of fundraising solicitations.

Dr. Drezner has published numerous articles and given several presentations on related topics. His dissertation, Cultivating a Culture of Giving: An Exploration of Institutional Strategies to Enhance African American Young Alumni Giving, was recognized in 2009 with the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) H.S. Warwick Award for Outstanding Research in Alumni Relations for Educational Advancement. Additionally, Noah is an associate editor of Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Volunteerism in Higher Education (2007) which was named the 2009 CASE John Grenzebach Award for Outstanding Research in Philanthropy for Educational Advancement. His book Philanthropy and Fundraising in American Higher Education has been adopted in master's and doctoral programs across the country. In November 2011, his book Race, Gender, and Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations explored the intersection of identity in leading nonprofits. Most recently, Drezner edited a volume Expanding the Donor Base in Higher Education: Engaging Non-Traditional Donors (2013) to wide acclaim, including wining the Association of Fundraising Professional’s (AFP) 2014 Skystone Partners Prize for Research on Fundraising and Philanthropy. Drezner was named the inaugural AFP Early Career Emerging Scholar in 2014.

Selected Research Awards & Honors

2014     Skystone Partners Prize for Research on Fundraising and Philanthropy, Association of Fundraising Professional. In recognition of Expanding the donor base in higher education: Engaging non-traditional donors (Routledge, 2013).

2014    Early Career Emerging Scholar Award, Association for Fundraising Professionals. **First recipient of this new award**

2012     Emerging Scholar Award, ACPA: College Student Educators International.

2009    Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) H.S. Warwick Award for Outstanding Research in Alumni Relations for Educational Advancement. In recognition of my dissertation.

2009    Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) John Grenzebach Award for Outstanding Research in Philanthropy for Educational Advancement.  In recognition of Philanthropy, fundraising, and volunteerism in higher education.

2008    Selected Participant, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Early Career Faculty Teaching & Dissertation Advisement Workshop.

2008    William E. Arnold Award, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.


Selected Teaching & Mentoring Awards

2014    Excellence in Graduate Mentoring Award, College of Education, University of Maryland

2013    Fulbright Award in Distinguished Teaching / Mentor, College of Education, University of Maryland

2010    Outstanding Mentor of the Year, Department of Education Leadership, Higher Education, & International Education, University of Maryland.


Selected Service Awards and Honors

2014    Dean’s College Leadership Award, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park

2012    Champion of Our Community Award, University of Maryland LGBT Faculty / Staff Association and LGBT Equity Center

2011    Outstanding Advisor Award for a Student Organization, Adele H. Stamp Student Union – Center for Campus Life, University of Maryland, College Park
Past Academic Appointments

2014                   Associate Professor of Higher Education (Tenured)

2008– 2014        Assistant Professor of Higher Education
                           Department of Counseling, Higher Education, & Special Education,
                           College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park

Professional Experience

2002 – 2006         Associate Director of Development
                             Leadership Gifts, Office of College Advancement, University of Rochester
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