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ARNOVA staff will be Out of Office

ARNOVA will be closed for the holidays from Monday, December 21 through Friday, January 1 and will resume operations on Monday, January 4th. We hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season and new year!
Letter from the President

Dear ARNOVANs,
 
Well, we survived and thrived during our first virtual annual conference! Thank you all for continuing your faith that the ARNOVA conference experience would be worthwhile. And we must thank Lindsey McDougle and Khaldoun AbouAssi – our conference co-chairs, along with all those who also volunteered with them – reviewing papers and creating panels and more. Our opening plenary speakers, Vanessa Nakate, and Megan Ming Francis gave us plenty to consider as we close out 2020 and enter 2021. We also thank our phenomenal staff, who, with Lynnette’s leadership (congrats for her being official as ARNOVA’s ED for a full year), played a huge role in ensuring the conference’s success...
Message from ARNOVA Executive Director

Chaos. Uncertainty. Trauma. Worry. These are just a few of the words that come to mind as I consider 2020. Support. Flexibility. Willingness. Understanding. Patience. Those words also come to mind. Clinical psychologists like to tell patients that often two things can be true at the same time; I’ve struggled with the concept for years...
#ARNOVA20 Recap

This year, we honored our recipients thought our virtual conference platform. Meet this year's award recipients!

All virtual spaces, as well as the many events and sessions throughout the conference, were made possible by a number of generous sponsors. Attendees had the option to go through the different booths of all our sponsors and exhibitors at the exhibit hall...
Remarks from Melissa Stone
Recipient of Distinguished Achievement Award

I am honored to receive the 2020 Distinguished Achievement and Leadership Award from ARNOVA, an association that has meant a lot to me over the past 35 years.   
 
Like many of you, I am sad to miss our Awards Luncheons and the din of voices from hundreds of conversations in a large, hotel ballroom...
#50yearsofARNOVA
Save the Date for #ARNOVA21

The Association of Voluntary Action Scholars (AVAS) was founded in 1971; twenty years later, the Association’s name was changed to the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). In 1972, the first issue of The Journal of Voluntary Action Research (JVAR) was published; nearly two decades later in 1989, the name of the journal was changed to Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (NVSQ)...Continue Reading.
Stay tuned to #ARNOVA21

Submissions opening on March 1!
SAVE THE DATE
ARNOVA-ASIA 5TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

July 17-18, 2021
ARNOVA Sections News
Theories, Issues, and Boundaries section

  • Welcome to Alisa Moldanova, the new chair of TIBS!
  • Felice Davidson Perlmutter Award for Best TIBS Conference Paper - Meet the winners!
Data & Analytics
Section

Announcing New Leadership:
  • Chris Prentice, Chair
  • Nathan Dietz, Vice-Chair
  • Ruodan Zhang, Treasurer
  • Brent Never, Secretary. Continue reading...