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1 Oelberger, Page 1 of 5 Carrie R. Oelberger CONTACT INFORMATION University of Minnesota coelberg@umn.edu Humphrey School of Public Affairs Phone: th Ave S., Room 249 Minneapolis MN ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Minneapolis, MN Assistant Professor (2014 present) PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT Flora Family Foundation, Menlo Park, CA International Grantmaking Consultant (2007 present) Haverford College, Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, Haverford, PA Founding Program Coordinator ( ) Jifunze, Kibaya, Tanzania Founder and Executive Director ( ) EDUCATION Stanford University, Stanford, CA Ph.D., 2014, Organization Studies Dissertation Title: Private lives and public service: Role negotiation, career paths, and the microfoundations of institutional norms Committee Members: Woody Powell (Chair), Doug McAdam, Debra Meyerson, Francisco Ramirez M.A., 2010, Sociology Qualifying Paper Title: Cui bono? The pursuit of private goals through nonprofit organizations Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand M.A., 2006, Indigenous Education Haverford College, Haverford, PA B.A. with Honors, 1999, History Thesis Title: Academics and Acculturation at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School,

2 Oelberger, Page 2 of 5 FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2012 ARNOVA Doctoral Fellow Stanford Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS) Fellowship awarded for one year of graduate study at Stanford University (Tuition and Stipend) 2011 Stanford Dissertation Support Grant 2009 ARNOVA Emerging Scholars Award 2009 ARNOVA Best Poster Award for presentation of For the public good? A typology of independent foundation organizational structures at 2009 ARNOVA conference in Cleveland, OH Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship (Tuition and Stipend, declined) Stanford Graduate Fellowship for Science and Engineering (Tuition and Stipend) Rotary Ambassadorial Fellowship awarded for one year of graduate study at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand (Travel, Tuition and Stipend) 2003 Hewlett Packard Award for Public Service 1999 Samuel J. Huntington Fellowship MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Oelberger, Carrie R. Cui bono? The pursuit of private goals through nonprofit organizations. (Revise and Resubmit at Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly) Powell, Walter W., Achim Oberg, Valeska Korff, Carrie R. Oelberger, and Karina Kloos. Neither contestation nor convergence: The proto-institutionalization of nonprofit performance metrics. (Under Review at Administrative Science Quarterly) Quinn, Rand, Carrie R. Oelberger, and Debra E. Meyerson. Getting to scale: Ideas, resources, and the diffusion of the Charter Management Organization. (Revise and Resubmit at American Educational Research Journal) WORKING PAPERS Oelberger, Carrie R. A thousand wildflowers or an English garden? Investment partner selection and the structuring of transnational networks. (Targeted journal: Organization Science) Oelberger, Carrie R. Towards a broader understanding of normative institutional environments (Targeted journal: American Journal of Sociology) Oelberger, Carrie R., Achim Oberg, Karina Kloos, Valeska Korff, and Walter W. Powell. Co-exist, colonize, or combine? Accounting for patterns of discourse on nonprofit evaluation. (Targeted journal: Poetics)

3 Oelberger, Page 3 of 5 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2014 Private lives and public service: Transnational aid work in the new economy. Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Invited panel on Invisible Work in Visible Work. Baltimore, MD Fulfilled or fed-up? Public service work in the new economy. Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Associations Annual Meeting, Paper Session. Hartford, CT. The operative goals of private foundations. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Public and Nonprofit Division Session. Orlando, FL. Stability or mobility? Career opportunities and constraints at the job, organizational, and field levels. Public Management Research Association Annual Meeting. Madison, WI. Families and Philanthropy: A proposed typology of independent foundation organizational structures. Public Management Research Association Annual Meeting. Madison, WI Innovation and replication: Managing the uncertainty of international grantmaking. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Denver, CO, August Co-exist, Colonize, or Combine? Accounting for patterns of discourse on nonprofit evaluation. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Organization and Management Theory Division Session, Boston, MA For the public good? A typology of independent foundation organizational structures. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Public and Nonprofit Division. Atlanta, GA, August U.S. foundation grantmaking patterns to non-western NGOs. Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Associations Annual Meeting, Paper Session. Cleveland, OH. For the public good? A typology of independent foundation organizational structures. Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Associations Annual Meeting, Poster Session. Cleveland, OH Formal schooling and Indigenous well-being. Mātauranga Taketake Traditional Knowledge Conference. Wellington, New Zealand. INVITED TALKS 2013 A thousand wildflowers or an English garden? Investment patterns and the structuring of transnational networks. Emory University (Goizueta Business School, 1 st Annual Social Entrepreneurship Meeting) When the personal, the professional, and the political clash: Role negotiation and the balancing act between private lives and public service. University of Michigan (Ross Business School, 10 th Annual Meaning Meeting)

4 Oelberger, Page 4 of Globalizing public service: The international dimensions of nonprofit development work. Stanford University (Graduate School of Education, Guest lecture in World Society Theory) SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS American Sociological Association, Member, 2008 present. Sections: Organizations, Occupations, and Work; Economic Sociology; Global/Transnational Sociology Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Associations, Member, 2008 present Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ad hoc reviewer, 2009-present Academy of Management, Member, 2010 present. Sections: OMT, OB, Careers, PNP Work and Family Researchers Network, Member, 2011 present TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2010 Organizational Behavior and Analysis (Woody Powell), TA Stanford University, EDUC 366, M.A. students 2009 Introduction to Statistical Methods (Kenji Hakuta), TA Stanford University, EDUC 160, Doctoral students 2009 Research and Practice in Education (Debra Meyerson), TA Stanford University, EDUC 393, MBA students 2006 Seminar on Service Leadership, Instructor Haverford College, Advanced undergraduates Mathematics, Instructor Kiteto Secondary School, Manyara Region, Tanzania, Form 1-4 students TECHNICAL REPORTS Oelberger, Carrie (2008). Unique Values: A Family Foundation s International Grantmaking Practices. Evaluation report for the Flora Family Foundation. Available online at: Uniquevalues_000.pdf Oelberger, Carrie (2005). Building an Academic Center for Peace and Global Citizenship. Report for Haverford College. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Advisor for a six-year, $3 million program of international grantmaking. Review performance biannually, and update recommendations to the board for renewal grants. ( ) Consultant for grantmaking foundations on issues around monitoring and evaluation. Conducted two major organizational evaluations ( ). Developed and implemented 7-day M&E

5 Oelberger, Page 5 of 5 training workshop for 20 leaders from 10 grassroots NGOs in Tanzania. Facilitated two-day workshop between NGOs and foundation staff. (2010) Founder and Director for Jifunze, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that takes an integrated approach to community education in East Africa, with international financial support and strong collaboration with local and national government. Responsible for the overall direction and strategy for the organization. ( ) Recruited to design and develop a liberal arts college-based academic center to support issues of peace, justice, and global citizenship through research, teaching, and practice. ( ) Designer of a model community educational resource center for rural areas in East Africa. Oversaw management, construction, and implementation of first center in Kiteto, Tanzania. ( ) RESEARCH SKILLS Qualitative: structured and unstructured interviews, ethnography, field study, archival research Quantitative: longitudinal questionnaire design and analysis, social network analysis, statistical analyses (factor analyses, quasi-experimental methods, OLS and discrete outcomes regression) Software knowledge: Stata, SPSS, UCINet, Pajek, Qualtrics, NVivo, HyperResearch LANGUAGE SKILLS English (native), Swahili (fluent), French (basic), Spanish (basic) Last updated: September, 2014

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