Rikki Abzug

About Rikki Abzug

Rikki Abzug (PhD, Yale University) is a Professor of Management, Anisfield School of Business, Ramapo College of New Jersey. A Fulbright Specialist and researcher of organizational governance, sector theory, social purpose organizations, and neo-institutionalism in organizations, Dr. Abzug is co-author (with Jeffrey Simonoff) of Nonprofit Trusteeship in Different Contexts. Dr. Abzug\'s research has appeared in publications including The Academy of Management Journal, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (where she was on the editorial board), Nonprofit Management & Leadership, New York Law School Law Review, Sexualities, Organization Science, the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, and Voluntas. Before joining the faculty of the Anisfield School of Business, Dr. Abzug was the Chair, Nonprofit Management Program, and Associate Professor at Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy (where she sat on the Mission/Goals Study Committee for Middle States Re-Accreditation). In past years, Dr. Abzug was the Associate Director of Yale University\'s Program on Nonprofit Organizations and a faculty member at New York University\'s Stern School of Business, Yale and Wesleyan Universities. She holds a B. A. in Sociology/Anthropology from Swarthmore College, as well as an M.A, M. Phil, and Ph.D. in Sociology (of Organizations) from Yale University. Dr. Abzug has been a management and market research consultant and has also provided consulting services in nonprofit and board development to management groups in the United States, Poland, and the Ukraine. Dr. Abzug was on the Board of the Association for Researchers in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), was a founding leadership council member of the Alliance for Nonprofit Governance (now, Governance Matters), and has been active in a variety of other professional and trade associations.

Experience

1. Fulbright Specialist

   Fulbright Association

   Feb 2022 — Present · Bogota, CO

Education

• Yale University

  Master of Arts (M.A.), Sociology of Organizations

  1986 — 1988

• Yale University

  Ph.D., Sociology of Organizations

  1986 — 1994

• Swarthmore College

  B.A., Sociology/Anthropology

  1982 — 1986

• Yale University

  Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Sociology of Organizations

  1988 — 1989

Skills

• Qualitative Research
• Student Affairs
• Non-Profits
• Program Development
• Management
• Research
• Program Evaluation
• Teaching
• Market Research
• Editing
• Microsoft Office
• Organizational Development
• Data Analysis
• Board Development
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Leadership Development
• Staff Development
• Policy Analysis
• Community Outreach
• Grants
• Public Speaking
• Nonprofits
• Higher Education
• Fundraising
• Volunteer Management
• Nonprofit Organizations