- Phone:
- (812) 855-5263
- Email:
- llittlep@iu.edu
- Research areas:
- Civil Society Civic Engagement and Volunteering
- Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy
- Areas of Interest:
- Civic engagement
- Nonprofit management
- Volunteerism
- Homelessness
SPEA 423
Education
- M.P.A., Urban Public Policy, New York University, 1982
- B.S., Public Affairs, Indiana University, 1980
Courses
- Nonprofit Management
- Grant Writing
- Homelessness in America
- Capstone
Biography
Laura Littlepage, full time with O'Neill Bloomington since 2018, joined O'Neill Indianapolis and the Public Policy Institute in 1992 and retired in 2025 as a Clinical Professor. In addition, she is an affiliate faculty member of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
Littlepage's professional experience includes being a senior researcher with the IU Public Policy Institute from 2000-2018, the administrative director for the Methodist Research Institute from 1999-2000, policy analyst for the IUPUI Center for Urban Policy and the Environment from 1992-1999, deputy director of the Office of Research with the Indiana Department of Commerce from 1990-1992, and policy analyst with the Division of Planning and Budget for the Indiana Department of Transportation from 1989-1990.
Highlights
- Graduate Teaching Award, 2025
- Trustees Teaching Award, 2021
- Principal Investigator, Rural Homelessness in Greene County (2020)
- Principal Investigator, The Impact of Inadequate Child Care on Indiana’s Workforce and Economy, Early Learning Indiana (2018)
- Principal Investigator, Conducting the Point in Time Count with the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention (2007-18)
- Principal Investigator, Research for Education Workforce Innovation Network, University of Indianapolis (2016-17)
- Principal Investigator, Obtain Public Input and Facilitate the Development of Goal Statements for the Indiana 5 year State Plan for People with Disabilities, Governor’s Council on People with Disabilities (2016)
Selected Works
- Homelessness in Lawrence County, Indiana, (with C. Belter, D. Dexter, D. Macke, T. Schmidt), IU Center for Rural Engagement (2023)
- Homelessness in Greene County, Indiana, (with E. Buuck, et al.) IU Center for Rural Engagement, (2021)
- "It’s Not All the Same: Implemented and Perceived HR Practices in the Volunteer Context," (with Walk and Scott) Review of Public Personnel Administration, (February 2021)
- "Don’t you want to stay? The impact of training and recognition as human resource practices on volunteer turnover," (with M. Walk, R. Zhang), Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 1-19 (2018)
- "Measuring Social Return on Investment: Lessons from Organizational Implementation of SROI in the Netherlands and the United States," (with M. Moody, N. Paydar), Nonprofit Management and Leadership, (2015)
- "Achieving the Partnership Principle in Experiential Learning: The Nonprofit Perspective," (with B. Gazley, T. Bennett), Journal of Public Affairs Education, (2013)
- "What about the host agency? Nonprofit perspectives on community-based student learning and volunteering," (with B. Gazley, T. Bennett), Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, (2012)
- "Service-learning from the supply side: Community capacity to engage students," (with B. Gazley and T. Bennett), Nonprofit Management and Leadership, (2012)
- "Does Public Service Motivation Matter in Volunteering Domain Choices? A Test of Functional Theory," (with D. Coursey, J. Brudney, J. Perry), Review of Public Personnel Administration, (2011)
- "What Drives Morally Committed Citizens? A Study of the Antecedents of Public Service Motivation," (with J. Perry, J. Brudney, D. Coursey), Public Administration Review, (2008)