FELLOWSHIPS
2010-11 - GATE (Global Awareness in Teacher Education) Fellow, University of Maryland, College Park
2009-10 - Civil Rights Fellow, Interactivity Foundation
Dr. Drezner joined the University of Maryland faculty in the Fall of 2008. He holds his Ph.D. and a masters degree in higher education from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelors degree from the University of Rochester. In addition, Noah holds a graduate certificate in non-profit leadership from Roberts Wesleyan College. His research interests include philanthropy and fundraising as it pertains to colleges and universities, including higher education’s role in the cultivation of prosocial behaviors. Further, his research focuses on the ways in which minority and special serving institutions contribute to the nation. Noah additionally has experience looking at international/comparative higher education (South Africa, Europe, and China).
Dr. Drezner has published numerous articles and given several presentations on related topics. His dissertation Cultivating a Culture of Giving: An Exploration of Institutional Strategies to Enhance African American Young Alumni Giving, was chosen as the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation winner for the 2009 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) H.S. Warwick Award for Outstanding Research in Alumni Relations for Educational Advancement. Additionally, Noah is an associate editor of an ASHE reader on Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Volunteerism in Higher Education (2007) which was named the 2009 CASE John Grenzebach Award for Outstanding Research in Philanthropy for Educational Advancement. Noah was recently named to the editorial board of the International Journal of Educational Advancement and the Association for Fundraising Professionals Research Council. Dr. Drezner’s professional experience includes serving as a development officer at the University of Rochester Office of College Advancement.
Selected Publications
(For a complete CV please contact Dr. Drezner at ndrezner@umd.edu)
Book & Edited Volume
Drezner, Noah D., (2007). Associate Editor in Walton, Andrea & Marybeth Gasman (Eds.) Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Volunteerism in Higher Education. ASHE Reader Series. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Publishing. Available through PearsonPeer Reviewed Journal Articles
Gasman, Marybeth & Drezner, Noah D. (2010). Fundraising for Black Colleges during the 1960s and 1970s: The Case of Hampton Institute. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
Gasman, Marybeth & Drezner, Noah D. (2009). A Maverick in the Field: The Oram Group and Fundraising for Change in the Black College Community During the 1970s. History of Education Quarterly, 49(4), pp 465-506.
Drezner, Noah D. (2009). Why give?: Exploring social exchange and organizational identification theories in the promotion of philanthropic behaviors of African American millennials at private-HBCUs. International Journal of Educational Advancement, 9(3) 147-165.
Perna, Laura, Lundy-Wagner, Valerie, Drezner, Noah D., Gasman, Marybeth, Yoon, Susan, Bose, Enakshi, & Gary, Shannon (2009). The contribution of HBCUs to the preparation of African American women for STEM careers: A case study. Research in Higher Education, 50, pp 1-23.
Gasman, Marybeth & Drezner, Noah D. (2008). White corporate philanthropy and its support of private Black colleges in the 1960s and 70s. International Journal of Educational Advancement, 8(2), pp 79-92.
Gasman, Marybeth & Drezner, Noah D. (2007). A Rising Tide: New Orleans’s Black colleges and their effort to Rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. Multicultural Review, 16(1), pp 34-39.
Drezner, Noah D. (2006). Recessions & tax-cuts: The impact of economic cycles on individual giving, philanthropy, and higher education. International Journal of Educational Advancement, 6(4), pp. 289-305.
Drezner, Noah D. (2005). Advancing Gallaudet: Alumni support for the nation's university for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing and its similarities to Black colleges and universities. International Journal of Educational Advancement, 5(4), pp. 301-315.
Book Chapters
Gasman, Marybeth, Perna, Laura, Yoon, Susan, Drezner, Noah D., Lundy Wagner, Valerie, Bose, Enakshi, & Gary, Shannon (2009). “The Path to Graduate School in Science and Engineering for Underrepresented Students of Color” In M. Howard-Hamilton, S. Johnson, R. Winkle Wagner, and L. Santiague (Eds.) Access, Transitions and Retention for Students of Color in Doctoral Programs. New Jersey: Stylus Publishers.
Drezner, Noah D. (2008). “For alma mater and The Fund: The United
Negro College Fund’s National Pre-Alumni Council and the creation of the
next generation of donors” in M. Gasman & C. Tudico (Eds.) Triumphs and
Troubles: Historical and Contemporary Essays on Black Colleges. New
York: Pelgrave Macmillan.
Drezner, Noah D. (2008). “Arguing for a Different View: Viewing Deaf-Serving Institutions as Minority-Serving,” in M. Gasman, B. Baez, & C. Sotello Turner (Eds.), Understanding Minority Institutions (pp. 57-70). New York: SUNY Press.
Gasman, Marybeth. & Drezner, Noah D., (2007). “Hurricane Katrina and the Nation's Obligation to Black Colleges,” in K. Bates and R. Swan (Eds.) Through the eye of Katrina: Social justice in the United States. Durham: Carolina Academic Press
Drezner, Noah D. (2005). “Thurgood Marshall: A Study of Philanthropy Through Racial Uplift,” in M. Gasman & K. V. Sedgwick (Eds.), Uplifting a people: Essays on African American Philanthropy In Education (pp. 89-100). New York, NY: Peter Lang. Winner of the Association for Fundraising Professional's Skystone Ryan Prize for Research on Fundraising and Philanthropy.
Newspaper, Magazine, & Opinion Pieces
Drezner, Noah (2009, January-February). “Alumni Giving Begins in the
Classroom,” Advancing Philanthropy, 16(1), pp.18-19.