Femida Handy, PhD Professor & Academic Advisor for the Masters in Nonprofit / NGO Leadership Program School Of Social Policy and Practice - UPenn 3701 Locust Walk, Castor Building, Room D3 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6214 Phone: 215-573-2660 Fax: 215-573-2099 E-mail: fhandy@sas.upenn.edu Website: http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/people/faculty/handy/

Biography

Femida Handy is Associate Professor in the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include environmental economics, NGOs and development, nonprofit sector economics, nonprofits and management, and volunteers and voluntary action. She received an MA (Mathematics), an MES (Mathematical and Economic Analysis of Environmental Issues), and PhD (Environmental Studies) from York University in Toronto, Canada.

Research

• 2004 - Handy, F. and N. Srinivasan."Improving Quality While Reducing Costs? An Economic Evaluation of the Net Benefits of Hospital Volunteers," Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 28-54.
• 2003 - Handy, F., M. Kassam, and S., Ranade. "Factors Influencing Women Entrepreneurs of NGOs in India," Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 139-154.
• Handy, F.and N. Webb. "A Theoretical Model of the Effects of Public Funding on Savings Decesions by Nonprofit Service Providers," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Vol. 74, No. 2, pp. 1-22.
• Handy, F., L. Meijs, R.A. Cnaan, J.L. Brudney, U. Ascoli, S. Ranade, L. Hustinx, S. Weber and Weiss. "All in the Eyes of the Beholder? Perceptions of Volunteering across Eight Countries," in Peter Decker and Loek Halman (eds.), The Values of Volunteering. The Netherlands: Kluwer/Plenum, pp. 19-34.
• Nishizutshmi, Y., K. Reed, and F. Handy. "Strategic Management in Japanese Nonprofit Organizations: Can It Work?" The Voluntary and Nonprofit Sector in Japan: The Challenge of Change. W.P. Osborne (ed.), U.K.: Routledge, pp. 150-169.
• 2002 - Cnaan, R. A., Boddie, S. C., Handy, F., Yancey, G., & Schneider, R. The Invisible Caring Hand: Congregations and the Provision of Welfare. New York: New York University Press.
• Handy, F. and N. Webb. "To Save or not to Save: Aspects of Savings Decisions by Charitable Organizations" In K. Brock and K. Banting (ed.), Delicate Dancers: Partnerships between Nonprofit, Public and Private Sectors. Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press (forthcoming).
• Kassam, M., Handy F. and S. Ranade. "Understanding NGO Impact: The Case of Women NGO's in India" Social Development Issues, Vol. 23, No.3, pp 27-36.
• 2001 - Handy, F. and K. Keil. "Youth Volunteers: A Study of Peer Management of Youth Volunteers at the Canadian Red Cross" The Journal of Volunteer Administration. Vol. 19, No. 4, pp 21-29.
• Handy, F. "Advocacy by Environmental Nonprofit Organisations: An Optimal Strategy for Addressing Environmental Problems?" International Journal of Social Economics. Vol. 28, No.8, pp 648-666.
• 2000 - Cnaan, R. A. and Handy, F. "Comparing Neighbours: Social service Provision by Religious Congregations in Ontario and the USA," The American Review of Canadian Studies. Vol. 30, No. 4, pp 521-543.
• Kassam, M. Handy F. and Ranade S. "Forms of Leadership and Organizational Structure of Non-profits: A Study of Women's NGOs in India" Chinmaya Management Journal. Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 30-40.
• Handy, F. "How We Beg-The Analysis of Direct Mail Appeals" Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 29, No 3, pp 287-302.
• Handy, F., R. Cnaan, J. Brudney, L. Meijs, U. Ascoli, and S. Ranade. "Public Perception of Who Is a Volunteer: An Examination of the Net-Cost. Approach from a Cross-Cultural Approach," Voluntas, Vol. 11, No 1, pp. 45-65.
• 1998 - Handy, F., and E. Katz. "The Wage Differential between Nonprofit Institutions and Corporations: Getting More by Paying Less?" Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 246-261.

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