Paloma Raggo

Teaching Concentrations: Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
Courses Taught: Research Methods; Globalization of Philanthropy

She is a faculty in the Graduate Programs of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University. Her research focuses on leadership and nonprofit governance, global philanthropy, and research methods. Her recent article “Leadership and Governance in Times of Crisis: A Balancing Act for Nonprofit Boards” published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly explores how nonprofit board adapts in turbulent environments and shift between their management and leadership activities. She teaches courses on governance and leadership, research methods and community projects, and global philanthropy. She has won research and teaching excellence awards and is actively engaged in community organizations devoted to promoting whistleblowing in Canada and research on the nonprofit and voluntary sector internationally.

• McMullin, Caitlin and Raggo, Paloma. “Leadership and Governance in Times of Crisis: A Balancing Act for Nonprofit Boards.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 49, no.6 (2020): 1182-1190
• Benjamin, Lehn and Raggo, Paloma. “Accountability in Public Administration: Consistent Challenges and New Terrain.” Virtual Issue in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (2020)
• Dumont, Georgette and Raggo, Paloma. “Faculty Perspectives About Distance Teaching in the Virtual Classroom.”  Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership 8, no.1 (2018): 41-61
• Schmitz, Hans Peter., Raggo, Paloma., and Bruno-van Vijfeijken, Tosca. “Accountability of Transnational NGOs: Aspirations vs. Practice” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 41, no.6 (2012): 1175–1194

• Raggo, Paloma 2021. Leadership in the Charitable Sector: A Canadian Approach?. In Susan D. Phillips and Bob Wyatt (eds.), Intersections and Innovations: Change for Canada’s Voluntary and Nonprofit Sector. Edmonton: Muttart Foundation.
• Raggo, Paloma. 2018. Chapter 4. “The Social Construction of Accountability in International Nongovernmental Organizations in Billie Sandberg, Angela M. Eikenberry, and Roseanne M. Mirabella, eds. Critical Perspectives on Nonprofit and Voluntary Organization Management. Harry Briggs Publishers.
• Raggo, Paloma and Penelope Cagney. 2018. “United States” in Cagney, Penelope ed.Global Best Practices for CSO, NGO, and Other Nonprofit Boards: Lessons from Around the World. Boardsource and John Wiley & Sons.
• Raggo Paloma [with Davies, Tom, Schmitz, Hans Peter]. 2016. Chapter 42,“Transnational and multi-national/international associations: Macro-associations” in Smith, David Horton, Hua, Tsing and Stebbins, Robert A. eds., Palgrave Research Handbook of Volunteering and Nonprofit Associations. Palgrave MacMillan.
• Raggo, Paloma. 2009. “The ISEAL Alliance: Setting Standards for Social and Environmental Change” in SA8000: The First Decade, Implementation, Influence and Impact, Edited by Deborah Leipziger. London: Greenleaf Pub- lishing. p.136-146

• Raptors superfan celebrates National Philanthropy Day (The Charlatan, Nov 2019)
• If the Trump whistleblowers lived in Canada, they’d face serious risks (The Conversation, Oct 2019)
• FPA Faculty Win $280,000 for New Research (FPA News, Nov 2016)
• Africa’s Female Philanthropists Are Emerging From the Sidelines (Fortune, May 2016)
• Nonprofit Leadership Researcher Wins Award (FPA News, May 2015)