Janelle Kerlin, Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Public Management and Policy
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Office: 356 AYSPS
Phone: 404-413-0127
E-mail: jkerlin@gsu.edu
Vita (pdf)
Specialties:
Social Enterprise
International Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit/Government Relations
Janelle Kerlin is an Assistant Professor in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. She holds an M.S. in social work from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in political science from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Prior to joining the faculty, she was a research associate in the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at The Urban Institute in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Kerlin conducts research on politics and policy related to nonprofit development and operation often from an international perspective. Her present areas of interest include social enterprise and international nonprofit organizations. She is currently editing the book Social Enterprise: A Global Comparison, which compares social enterprise in seven regions of the world. She is also heading up research on trends in nonprofit commercial activity in the United States. Recent research on international organizations focuses on the role of U.S. nonprofits in diaspora philanthropy during and after homeland crises. She is co-author of the Urban Institute report on "The International Charitable Nonprofit Subsector in the United States," and author of several book chapters on social enterprise and international nonprofits. She is also author of Social Service Reform in the Postcommunist State: Decentralization in Poland. Among other awards, Dr. Kerlin was the recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship and a research scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
