Assistant Professor
School of Public Service

Kirk Leach

757-683-3520

CONSTANT HALL
NORFOLK, 23529

Expertise

Public Administration
Community Development
Publicly Engaged Scholarship
Community Based Participatory Research
Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods
Case study and interview methods
Public Administration
Nonprofit Management
Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship

Research Interests

Nonprofit Theory and Management, Public Administration, Public Budgeting and Finance, Urban Collaborative Governance, Community Development, Research Methods

Articles

Mirivel, J., Thombre, A., Ten Bensel, T., Leach, K. and Fuller, R. (2023). Communication Competency and Positive Communication Among Women in Bihar, India:. Communication Studies , pp. 1-20.
Mirivel, J. and Leach, K. (2023). Qualitative Changes in Communication Competency Among Women in Bihar, India: Heifer International’s Impact on Personal Transformation. American Journal of Qualitative Research 7 (2) , pp. 163-184.

Presentations

Mirivel, J., Thombre, A., ten Bensel, T. and Leach, K. (September , 2023). Personal Transformation in Heifer Beneficiaries: A Focus on Honduras Paper Personal Transformation Index - Comprehensive Case Study Report on Honduras Little Rock, AR.

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