Kirk A. Leach
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Assistant Professor
Also affiliated: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (2013); Rowan University (2016); Old Dominion University (2024–2026)
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Kirk A. Leach's research focuses on critical approaches to understanding and dismantling power structures within the nonprofit sector and disaster management. He investigates how concepts like white masculine space and power asymmetries impact research and practice in these fields. His work also examines the role of critical theory in addressing inequities. Leach has explored the intersection of critical race theory and nonprofit collaboration, as well as the dynamics of contracting, performance management, and accountability in public service organizations. Additionally, his research extends to community engagement, particularly among marginalized populations, including a pilot study on rural women in Bihar, India, and the impact of international development programs on their communication competencies and personal transformation.
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- h-index: 5
- Publications: 18
- Citations: 150
Positions
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Assistant Professor 2023–presentOld Dominion University School of Public Service ORCID
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Assistant Professor publications 2019–2026University of Arkansas at Little Rock ORCID
Selected Publications
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Positive Communication in the Context of Poverty: Personal Transformation in Heifer Participants in Uganda, Africa (2026)
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Qualitative Changes in Communication Competency Among Women in Bihar, India: Heifer International’s Impact on Personal Transformation (2023)
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The Time Has Come: Broadly Integrating Critical Race Theory as an Analytic Lens in Public and Nonprofit Management (2022)
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Faith and race: how African American pastors navigate dialectical tensions in collaboration (2022)
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Dismantling power asymmetries in disaster and emergency management research: Another argument for the application of critical theory (2021)
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Toward a More Just Nonprofit Sector: Leveraging a Critical Approach to Disrupt and Dismantle White Masculine Space (2021)
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Connecting with Community and Facilitating Learning through the Little Rock Congregations Study (2020)
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CRT intersectionality and non-profit collaboration: a critical reflection (2019)
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Top Collaborators
- Connecting with Community and Facilitating Learning through the Little Rock Congregations Study
- Faith and race: how African American pastors navigate dialectical tensions in collaboration
- Connecting with Community and Facilitating Learning through the Little Rock Congregations Study
- Faith and race: how African American pastors navigate dialectical tensions in collaboration
- Dismantling power asymmetries in disaster and emergency management research: Another argument for the application of critical theory
- The Time Has Come: Broadly Integrating Critical Race Theory as an Analytic Lens in Public and Nonprofit Management
- Qualitative Changes in Communication Competency Among Women in Bihar, India: Heifer International’s Impact on Personal Transformation
- Positive Communication in the Context of Poverty: Personal Transformation in Heifer Participants in Uganda, Africa
- Qualitative Changes in Communication Competency Among Women in Bihar, India: Heifer International’s Impact on Personal Transformation
- Positive Communication in the Context of Poverty: Personal Transformation in Heifer Participants in Uganda, Africa
- CRT intersectionality and non-profit collaboration: a critical reflection
- Toward a More Just Nonprofit Sector: Leveraging a Critical Approach to Disrupt and Dismantle White Masculine Space
- Qualitative Changes in Communication Competency Among Women in Bihar, India: Heifer International’s Impact on Personal Transformation
- Qualitative Changes in Communication Competency Among Women in Bihar, India: Heifer International’s Impact on Personal Transformation
- Positive Communication in the Context of Poverty: Personal Transformation in Heifer Participants in Uganda, Africa
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