Public Affairs Faculty

David A. Reingold Associate Professor and Director of Public Affairs & Public Policy Ph.D. Programs Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 1996

Curriculum Vitae pdf

Professor Reingold’s primary teaching and research areas include urban poverty, social policy, low-income housing policy, civil society, and government performance. His research has appeared in The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Social Service Review, Urban Studies, the Journal of Urban Affairs, and Housing Studies, among other social science journals. Currently, he is the director of Indiana University’s Public Affairs and Public Policy Ph.D. Programs. From 2002 to 2004, he was director of research and policy development at the Corporation for National and Community Service, a member of the White House Task Force for Disadvantaged Youth and chairman of the Task Force’s Research Committee. A former housing commissioner and vice-chairman of the Bloomington Housing Authority Board, he is currently the chairman of the Indiana Commission on Community Service and Volunteerism and board president of the South Central Community Action Program in southern Indiana. He has served on expert panels for the National Academy of Public Administration and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He is the managing editor and co-editor of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Urban Affairs. He received his doctorate in sociology from the University of Chicago.

Recent Publications

Articles

“The Characteristics and Causes of Homelessness among At Risk Families with Children in Twenty American Cities” (with Angela Fertig), Social Service Review (forthcoming).

“Can Independent Program Evaluations be Independent?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (forthcoming).

“Do Poverty Attitudes of Social Service Agency Directors Influence Organizational Behavior?” (with Helen Liu), Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (forthcoming).

“Public Housing, Health and Heath Behaviors: Is There a Connection?” (with Angela Fertig). (2007). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 26(4).

“Empirical Evidence on Faith-Based Organizations in an Era of Welfare Reform” (with Maureen Pirog and David Brady). (2007). Social Service Review. 81(2).

“Volunteer Growth in America: A Review of Trends since 1974” (with Robert Grimm, Nathan Dietz, John Foster-Bey, and Rebecca Nesbit). (2006). Corporation for National and Community Service, Washington, DC.

“Why Programs Get Replicated” (with Peter Frumkin). (2004). The Nonprofit Quarterly. Fall.

“The Rise and Fall of Eastside Community Investments, Inc.: The Life of an Extraordinary Community Development Corporation” (with Craig L. Johnson). (2003). Journal of Urban Affairs, 25(5).

“Practicing Philanthropy: Who is Responsible for Affordable Housing Construction?” (2002). Souls, 4(1).

“Are TIFs Being Misused to Alter Patterns of Residential Segregation? The Case of Addison & Chicago, Illinois.” (2001). In C.L. Johnson and J. Mann (Eds.), Tax Increment Financing and Economic Development: Uses, Structures and Impact. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

“Does Urban Public Housing Diminish the Social Capital and Labor Force Activity of Its Tenants?” (with Gregg G. Van Ryzin and Michelle Ronda). (2001). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 20(3).

“The Decentralization of Manufacturing Employment and the Role of Race: The Case of the Lakeside Press.” (2001). Journal of Urban Affairs, 23(2).


Working Papers

“Do State Civic Education Policies Increase Youth Volunteering?” (with Rebecca Nesbit).

“Recent Trends in the Supply of Volunteer Labor in the United States: Evidence from the Current Population Survey” (with Rebecca Nesbit).