Tara Bryan, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- School of Public Administration
General Information
Biography
Dr. Tara Kolar Bryan is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Administration and Chair of the Masters of Public Administration Program. She received her Ph.D in 2011 in Public Administration and Public Affairs from Virginia Tech. She received her Master of Public Service Administration from Texas A&M University in 2004, and her B.A. in Political Science from St. Mary's University in 2000.
Teaching Interests
Organization Theory and Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations; Planning and Evaluation in Public and Nonprofit Organizations; Grant Writing Seminar; Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector; Advanced Leadership in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Research Interests
Nonprofit capacity and its relationship to organizational effectiveness; Evaluation capacity and its relationship to accountability in the NGO sector; and the role of philanthropic foundations in building nonprofit capacity.
Additional Information
Links to Selected Publications
Additional Information
Links to Selected Publications