Lauren Miltenberger

Education:

• 2010, Ph.D., University of Delaware
• 2002, M.P.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• 1997, B.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Teaching Areas:

• Undergraduate: Public Administration, Public Policy
• MPA: Human Capital Management, Decision Making, Public Policy, Strategic Planning

Honors and Awards:

• University of Delaware - College of Human Services, Education and Policy, 2008 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
• University of Delaware – School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy, 2007 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
• Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration 2001

Research:

• Nonprofit - Government Relations
• Nonprofit Human Capital Management and Leadership

Publications:

• Miltenberger, L. (2021) Nonprofit Human Resource Management Teaching Guide for the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
• Miltenberger, L. (2020). Teaching Nonprofit Human Capital Management: HR is for Leaders. In Karabi Bezbourah & Heather Carpenter's (Eds.) Teaching Nonprofit Management. Northampton, MA: E. Elgar Publishers
• Omodara, T., Miltenberger, L. & Howdyshell, L. (2019) Your Way Home's Sprout Initiative Final Evaluation. Montgomery County's Office of Housing & Community Development.
• Miltenberger, L., (2018). Collaborative Contracting as Advocacy. In John McNutt (Ed). Promoting Social Justice in Cyberspace: Local, National and Global Perspectives. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Miltenberger, L. & Sloan, M. (2017). "Collaborative Leadership: The Future of Nonprofit Contracting." Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership.
• Miltenberger, L. (2015). Overcoming Constraints in the U.S. Human Service Contracting System: How New York City Uses Collaboration to Encourage Innovation. In Ram Cnaan and Diane Vinokur Kaplan (Eds.) Innovative Nonprofits: Nonprofits that Make a Difference. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Miltenberger, L. (2014). Lessons Learned from the Nonprofit-Government Relationship for the Municipal Government Manager. In Alexander Henderson’s (Ed.) Municipal Shared Services and Consolidation. New York: Routledge.
• Bruck, W. E. and Miltenberger, L. (2013). “A School District Financial Condition Assessment and its Application to Pennsylvania Schools.” Journal of Education Finance, 39 (2)
• Miltenberger, L. (2013). “Collaboration, Contracting and Contradiction: How Nonprofits can begin to Think about Collaborating with the Government.” Journal of Leadership Studies, 7 (1)
• Middlebrooks, A., Miltenberger, L. A, Tweedy, J., Follman, J. & Newman, G. (2009). "Developing a Sustainability Ethic in Leaders." Journal of Leadership Studies, Volume 3, Issue 2.