Academic Studies

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This collection includes works (journal articles, conference papers, and other items) reflecting the participation of the Lilly Family School in the IUPUI Open Access Policy.

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Community Foundation and Stakeholders' Engagement
(2024-12-27) Adeyeri, Imoleayo; Paarlberg, Laurie E.
A survey of over 800 US community foundations to understand how these foundations collaborate and engage with many community stakeholders, including grantees, donors, and community members.
Chicago School: Social Change
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2019) Herzog, Patricia Snell
The Chicago School of sociologists theorized social change primarily through a set of theories referred to as the “organism metaphor.” Organism metaphors of society have characterized society as a whole functioning together as a single organism, or have characterized societies as composed of a number of organisms functioning in an ecological system. Chicago School sociologists interpreted the organism metaphor as less functional and more conflict oriented. Their attention to the unequal distribution of social ills across cityscapes shifted away from a naturalistic, scientific, and cohesive view of social organisms toward a medical, interventionist, and struggling view of social organisms. The focus on eradication of social pathologies added a distinctly US style of sociology that viewed social life as in need of amelioration.
Cracking the Code of Geo-Identifiers: Harnessing Data-Based Decision-Making for the Public Good
(International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics, 2022) Herzog, Patricia Snell
The accessibility of official statistics to non-expert users could be aided by employing natural language processing and deep learning models to dataset lexicons. Specifically, the semantic structure of FIPS codes would offer a relatively standardized data dictionary of column names and string variable structure to identify: two-digits for states, followed by three-digits for counties. The technical, methodological contribution of this paper is a bibliometric analysis of scientific publications based on FIPS code analysis indicated that between 27,954 and 1,970,000 publications attend to this geo-identifier. Within a single dataset reporting national representative and longitudinal survey data, 141 publications utilize FIPS data. The high incidence shows the research impact. Yet, the low proportion of only 2.0 percent of all publications utilizing this dataset also shows a gap even among expert users. A data use case drawn from public health data implies that cracking the code of geo-identifiers could advance access by helping everyday users formulate data inquiries within intuitive language.
Philanthropy
(Sage, 2018) Herzog, Patricia Snell
This encyclopedia entry covers a definition of philanthropy, its history, participation rates, and impacts. Also covered are changes to philanthropy as the life course extends and Millennials become donors. Philanthropy is a practice of donating to foundations or non-profit organizations for the purposes of bettering the collective good.
Visual Research Methods: Integrating Images in the Study of Social Problems
(Routledge, 2019) Herzog, Patricia Snell
This chapter explains how visuals enhance the study of social problems through four examples of data collection and research dissemination. The first example studies meaning differentiation by examining photographs that represent the concept of community. The second studies social isolation via network graphs of social media connectivity. In the third example, the problem of racial segregation is critically analyzed through maps that serve as visual tools for disseminating information about this social problem. The fourth example also considers visuals in the context of data dissemination, studying how the use of data visualization (“DataViz”) to teach undergraduates about income inequality impacts their behavior.
Social Fact
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2018) Herzog, Patricia Snell
A social fact consists of collective thoughts and shared expectations that influence individual actions. Examples of social facts include social roles, norms, laws, values, rituals, and customs. Violating social facts confirms their existence because people who act against social facts are typically sanctioned. Sociology is one of the primary disciplines in which social facts are studied.
Social Networks and Charitable Giving: Trusting, Doing, Asking, and Alter Primacy
(SAGE, 2018-04-01) Herzog, Patricia Snell; Yang, Song; School of Philanthropy
This study examines social networks and financial giving to charitable or religious causes. Conventional social capital measures of general social trust and size of social network are studied as predictors of charitable giving. To these traditional measures, we add an examination of particular network aspects of giving: ego giving in relation to network alters who give, solicitations to give by network ties, and ego soliciting alters to give. In addition, the study disaggregates alter effects by alter position. Findings indicate that, net of social trust, social network factors significantly predict likelihood of being a giver. In particular, findings are that egos are especially likely to be donors when their primary alter donates. Three configurations of ego–alter giving and solicitations are significant predictors of ego giving, indicating that ego–alter doing matters more than asking. Theoretical contributions for relational and prosocial studies are discussed, as are practical implications for fundraising professionals.
Growing Through Philanthropy
(Lexham Press, 2022) Herzog, Patricia Snell; Goodwin, Jamie
This chapter highlights the historical and contemporary connections between philanthropy and religious practice. Religious engagement is positively correlated with higher levels of charitable giving and volunteerism. Declining religious affiliation among emerging adults is linked to decreased philanthropic activity. The authors propose teaching philanthropy as a means to aid emerging adults in meaning-making and social engagement. Two undergraduate courses are described: “Giving and Volunteering in America” and “Philanthropy and the Social Sciences.” These courses employ critical pedagogical frameworks and emphasize experiential learning. Tips for teaching include recognizing the diversity of experiences among emerging adults; adapting philanthropic approaches to align with young people’s preferences for hands-on involvement and cause-oriented giving; using philanthropy as a potential bridge for reengagement with religion; and acknowledging the link between religious belief and giving behavior. The chapter concludes by emphasizing the potential of philanthropic engagement to help emerging adults find meaning and purpose, while also highlighting the continued importance of religion in shaping generous behaviors and social responsibility.
Applying Bibliometric Techniques: Studying Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education Curriculum
(Computation, 2022) Herzog, Patricia Snell; Ai, Jin; Ashton, Julia
Bibliometric methods are relevant for a range of applications and disciplines. The majority of existing scholarship investigating citation and reference patterns focuses on studying research impact. This article presents a new approach to studying the curriculum using bibliometric methods. Through a review of existing definitions and measures of interdisciplinary research and standardization procedures for comparing disciplinary citations, three measures were considered: variety, balance and dissimilarity. Bibliometric algorithms for assessing these measures were adopted and modified for a curriculum context, and three interdisciplinary programs were investigated that span undergraduate and graduate degrees. Data objects were course syllabi, and required references were coded for disciplinary affiliations. The results indicated that—despite purportedly pursuing a singular goal in the same academic unit—the programs employed distinct citation patterns. Variety was highest in the master’s program, and balance was highest in the doctoral program. Dissimilarity was highest in the doctoral program, yet a novel technique for disambiguating disciplinary composition was implemented to improve interpretation. The analysis yielded unexpected findings, which underscore the value of a systematic approach in advancing beyond discourse by harnessing bibliometric techniques to reveal underlying curricula structure. This study contributed a well-grounded bibliometric method that can be replicated in future studies.
The Manifestations of Generosity: From Cooperation to Social Justice
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) Herzog, Patricia Snell
This chapter details the various manifestations of generosity, such as giving money, possessions, time, attention, aid, encouragement, and emotional availability. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between philanthropy and generosity. Other important manifestations include cooperation, informal helping, relational generosity, charitable giving, volunteering, political action, blood and organ donation, and social justice. People can make generous gifts through a charitable, philanthropic, or civic organization or through less formal means, including within marriages, family relationships, and social networks. Macro-, meso-, and micro-level social goods are explained and provide a conceptual framework for understanding the focus of each study. The appendix to the book describes the process of studying generosity. It begins by visualizing a research roadmap that illustrates key steps in the process of conducting research. Next, several methods of data collection are summarized, including experiments, surveys, in-depth interviews, existing data and secondary analysis, mixed methods, meta-analysis, and literature reviews. The difference between production and consumption of research is summarized, as is the iterative process to conducting research.

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