Jennifer L. Beightley

Degrees and Credentials: Jennifer obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Music from Lake Forest College, a Master of Nonprofit Management from DePaul University, and a Master of Public Health Nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Research Interests: Food insecurity, particularly in the campus setting. Nonprofit organizational behavior, especially organizational equity policies and organizational response to government policy. 

Dissertation Topic: Exploring policy solutions to food insecurity among college students, and the idea of deservingness of college students as recipients of food insecurity assistance.

Publications: Azevedo, L., & Beightley, J. (2026). Nonprofit Policies in an Anti-DEI Legislative Environment.Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.  https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640261424430

Beightley, J., & Azevedo, L. (2025). Nonprofits as Spaces of Resistance and Hope for DEI in a Second Trump Administration. Administrative Theory & Praxis (Rapid Response Dialogue). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10841806.2025.2595590

Year of Expected PhD: 2029