Pathways with a PhD Foundations and Non-profits

Susan!. Billmaier!billmaier@woodrow.org!. serves!. program!. Casciano!rebecca@glassfrog.us studied!sociology!and!demography!at!Princeton!. Out$ of$ the$ Attic:$ Inventing$ Antiques$ in$

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Dr.! Susan! Billmaier!(billmaier@woodrow.org)! serves! as! program! officer! for! two! dissertation!

fellowships! at! the! Woodrow! Wilson! Foundation:! the!Charlotte! W.! Newcombe! Doctoral! Dissertation!Fellowship!and!the!Woodrow!Wilson!Dissertation!Fellowship!in!Women’s!Studies.!A! member!of!the!Woodrow!Wilson!staff!since!2008,!she!earned!her!Ph.D.!in!political!science!from! Rutgers! University! and! has! taught! in! the! areas! of! American! politics,! women! and! politics,! and! traditions!of!western!political!theory.!!Dr.!Billmaier!also!facilitates!workshops!on!learning!styles,! personality!assessment,!and!conflict!resolution.!

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Dr.! Rebecca! Casciano!(rebecca@glassfrog.us) studied!sociology!and!demography!at!Princeton! and! graduated! with! her! Ph.D.! in! Sociology! in! 2009.! After! graduate! school,! she! completed! a! postdoc! (also! at! Princeton)! and! started! consulting! for! nonprofit! organizations! on! the! side! in! order!to!gain!extra!experience!using!her!skills!in!an!applied!setting.!Upon!the!completion!of!her! postdoc,! Rebecca! started! Glass! Frog! Solutions,! a! consulting! firm! that! provides! research! and! evaluation!support!to!nonprofit!organizations!primarily!in!the!education!and!youth!development! sector.!The!firm!provides!a!variety!of!supports!to!nonprofits,!ranging!from!program!theory!and! design!services!to!multiRyear,!federally!funded!impact!evaluations.!Today,!she!spends!about!half! her!time!working!directly!on!a!range!of!shortR!and!longRterm!projects!and!the!other!half!of!her! time!managing!the!business!and!the!small!team!of!researchers!who!now!work!for!Glass!Frog.!

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Dr.! Kelly! Freidenfelds! (kellyf@Princeton.edu)! is! the! associate! director,! corporate! and!

foundation! relations.! ! Within! Princeton’s! Corporate! Engagement! and! Foundation! Relations! office,! Kelly!works! to! build! stronger! relations! with! private! foundations! in! support! of! faculty! research!and!University!priorities,!with!a!focus!on!the!humanities,!social!sciences!and!diversity! initiatives.! She! most! recently! served! as! manager! of! corporate,! foundation! and! government! relations!at!the!Princeton!University!Art!Museum.!Prior!to!coming!to!Princeton,!she!supported! development!efforts!at!Kingsborough!Community!College,!New!York!University!Stern!School!of! Business,! and! the! Bard! Graduate! Center.! Kelly! holds! a! Ph.D.! in! cultural! anthropology! from!

Stanford!University!and!a!B.A.!from!Wesleyan!University.!

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Dr.! Briann! G.! Greenfield! (bgreenfield@njch.org)! is! a! U.S.! social! and! cultural! historian,! an!

accomplished!author,!teacher,!and!administrator,!and!a!public!history/humanities!specialist!with! experience! in! nonprofit! leadership,! strategic! planning,! human! resources,! collections! planning,! and!grant!making.!She!is!dedicated!to!building!strong!history!and!humanities!organizations!that! serve!the!public!good.!!Briann!is!currently!Executive!Director!of!the!New!Jersey!Council!for!the! Humanities,! a! state! partner! of! the! National! Endowment! for! the! Humanities! with! a! mission! to! harness!the!power!of!the!humanities!to!strengthen!our!pluralistic!society.!Previously,!Briann!was! Professor! of! History! at! Central! Connecticut! State! University! where! she! administered! the! department’s!Public!History!Program!and!taught!broadly!across!the!curriculum.!!Briann!received! her!M.A.!in!Museum!Studies!and!her!Ph.D.!in!American!Studies!from!Brown!University.!Briann! has! served! as! a! trustee! of! Connecticut! Humanities! and! as! a! member! of! the! Connecticut!

Historical! Society’s! Collections! Steering! Committee.! She! is! the! author! of! Out$ of$ the$ Attic:$ Inventing$ Antiques$ in$ Twentieth5Century$ New$ England! (Amherst:! University! of! Massachusetts!

Press,!2009).!!

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Dr.! Jason! Klugman! (jklugman@Princeton.EDU)! joined! the! Princeton! University! Program! in!

Teacher! Preparation! in! 2004! and! teaches! the! Seminar! in! Education! (TPP! 401)! that! is! taken! concurrently!with!student!teaching.!He!advises!students!and!teaches!courses!in!Teacher!Prep,!as! well! as! a! teaching! a! course! on! ethnography! of! education! in! Princeton's! Anthropology! department.! Dr.! Klugman! also! serves! as! Director! of! the! Princeton! University! Preparatory! Program! (PUPP),! a! comprehensive! college! preparation! initiative! serving! lowRincome,! high! achieving!high!school!students!from!the!Trenton/Princeton!region.!!!He!earned!his!doctorate!in! Education,!Culture!and!Society!at!the!University!of!Pennsylvania’s!Graduate!School!of!Education! where!he!studied!the!process!of!becoming!an!urban!teacher!and!taught!courses!in!urban!studies! and!the!foundations!of!education.!His!dissertation,!"Weapon!Scans,!Lesson!Plans!and!PowerRless! Computer:!Becoming!a!teacher!in!urban!America”!examined!the!journey!of!a!group!of!student! teachers!in!Philadelphia!(including!himself)!during!the!1998R99!academic!year.!!Prior!to!coming! to! Princeton! in! 2004,! Jason! was! a! social! studies! teacher! and! department! chair! at! West! Philadelphia!High!School!and!a!leader!of!that!school’s!college!and!career!guidance!team.!He!also! taught! courses! in! Urban! Studies! and! Education! at! the! University! of! Pennsylvania.! He! holds! a! bachelor’s!degree!in!Political!Science!from!Johns!Hopkins!University!and!teacher!certifications!in! secondary!social!studies!and!English.!

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Dr.! Janice! Stultz! Roddenbery! *77! (jroddenbery@verizon.net)! earned! a! doctorate! in! Romance!

Languages! from! Princeton! in! 1977.! ! Her! professional! life! included! teaching,! journalism,! publishing! and! fundraising.! She! was! a! consultant! to! nonRprofits! for! 28! years,! specializing! in! capital! campaigns! for! small! and! midRsized! organizations.! Her! clients! included! organizations! in! social!services,!education,!health!care,!the!arts,!and!the!environment.!Before!becoming!a!fullR time! consultant,! Janice! worked! in! the! development! offices! of! Temple! University,! Princeton! University,!the!Parsons!School!of!Design!and!Barnard!College.!She!has!served!on!several!nonR profit!boards!and!was!president!of!two!of!them,!including!the!Association!of!Princeton!Graduate! Alumni!(APGA).!!

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Dr.! Ashley! Zauderer! leads! the! Mathematical! &! Physical! Sciences! Department! for! the! John!

Templeton!Foundation.!!Ashley!develops!a!portfolio!of!research!grants!focused!on!foundational! questions! on! the! nature! of! reality! within! the! realm! of! mathematics,! physics,! cosmology,! astronomy,!chemistry,!or!other!physical!sciences.!!She!currently!manages!an!active!portfolio!of! 80! grants! totaling! more! than! $60! million.!Ashley’s! academic! research! focus! is!observational! radio!astronomy!applied!to!some!of!the!most!explosive!astrophysical!transients!in!the!Universe! including! supernovae,! gammaRray! bursts,! and! tidal! disruption! flares.! !She! has! also! studied! colliding! wind! binary! star! systems,! the! interstellar! medium,! merging! galaxies,! and! an! atmospheric! correction! technique! for! radio! telescopes!analogous! to! laser! guide! star! adaptive! optics.!!Before! joining! the! foundation,! Ashley! was!an! NSF! Astronomy! &! Astrophysics! Postdoctoral!Fellow!and!prior!to!that,!a!Research!Fellow!in!the!Berger!Time!Domain!Group!at! Harvard! University.! !She! completed! her! Masters! and! Ph.D.! in! Astronomy! at! the! University! of! Maryland! College! Park! and! her! bachelor’s! in! Astrophysics! at! Agnes! Scott! College! where! she! played! collegiate! basketball.!! Ashley! has! an! interest! in! education! and! scienceRfaith! topics,! working!as!a!Christine!Mirzayan!Science!&!Technology!Policy!Fellow!in!the!Executive!Office!at!

the!National!Academy!of!Sciences!on!the!Science,$Evolution,$and$Creationism$publication.!!She!

has!spent!time!at!Yonsei!University!in!Seoul!as!an!NSF!East!Asia!and!Pacific!Summer!Institute! Fellow,!at!the!Arecibo!Observatory!in!Puerto!Rico!as!a!research!intern!for!Cornell,!and!at!the! Owens!Valley!Radio!Observatory!in!Big!Pine,!CA!for!the!California!Institute!of!Technology.!!