Faculty

David W. Springer, Ph.D.
David W. Springer is the Director of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, a University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and a Fellow to the Sid Richardson Chair of Public Affairs in the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

David J. Eaton, Ph.D.
David J. Eaton received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering and geography from Johns Hopkins University. Eaton teaches courses on systems analysis, environmental and energy policy and nonprofit management in the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

Francie Ostrower, Ph.D.
Francie Ostrower is Professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs and College of Fine Arts, Director of the Portfolio Program in Arts and Cultural Management and Entrepreneurship jointly sponsored by the College of Fine Arts and the LBJ School, senior fellow in the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, and Principal Investigator of the Building Audiences for Sustainability: Research and Evaluation study.

R. Patrick Bixler, Ph.D.
R. Patrick Bixler is an Assistant Professor at the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT-Austin. His fields of interest include public policy, public administration, governance, organizational theory, nonprofit and philanthropy studies, network science, and sustainability science. His current research focuses on the collaboration of public, private, and nonprofit institutions to solve complex social and environmental problems and promote social innovation. He has an ongoing interest in sustainability and environmental policy and leads the Austin Area Sustainability Indicators project. He is also a faculty team member of Planet Texas 2050, a campus-wide research initiative.

Sarah Jane Rehnborg, Ph.D.
Sarah Jane Rehnborg joined the RGK Center at its inception. An expert in volunteerism, Dr. Rehnborg is a published author and serves as a consultant and trainer to organizations including the Points of Light Foundation, AARP, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the OneStar Foundation, state governments and local groups.

Ji Ma, Ph.D.
Ji Ma is an Assistant Professor in Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies. His focus is on the nonprofit sector and data science. He studies why and how social relation matters in social and economic behaviors. His research interests include: impact of social relation on social, political, and economic behaviors; education and knowledge production in nonprofit and philanthropic studies; open data in policy studies; computational social science research methods.
Adjunct Faculty

Ken Gladish

Meeta Kothare, Ph.D.

John Thornborrow

Becky Lentz, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholars

Zhaonan Zhu
Staff

Moira Porter

Katie Chapman

Emily Hall

Alyssa Studer

Sydney Wilburn
Fellows
