He is Professor of Public Administration and Policy, in the College of Community and Public Affairs at Binghamton University in New York, where he has been on faculty since 2005. Prior to that, he held senior management positions in major nonprofit human service and advocacy organizations in New York City and Cleveland.
He has devoted his career to research and practice in the nonprofit sector. Over the course of his career, his research work has addressed a range of critical nonprofit management issues, including accountability and performance measurement, the role of the internet and social media, organizational emergence, and adaptation (specifically in disaster response); and global philanthropy. His most recent research work has focused on the role of civil society organizations in addressing the threat of identity-based violence, in places like South Africa, Northern Ireland, and Kosovo, among others (through his involvement with Binghamton University’s Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention). He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed publications.
Dr. Campbell received his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, his Master of Arts degree in Religion from Yale University Divinity School, and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Bates College. He has received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Provost’s Award for Community-Engaged Teaching. His research profile and list of peer reviewed publications is available on Google Scholar.
Dr. Campbell is an editorial board member for the Journal of Public Affairs Education and the Journal of Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society journal. He regularly publishes articles in The Conversation US, often about philanthropy and giving. .
Dr. Campbell founded the Philanthropy Incubator at Binghamton University and has received funding for it from the Learning by Giving Foundation and Campus Compact Philanthropy. The program educates and encourages philanthropy among undergraduate and graduate students, including awarding funds to local nonprofit organizations, and has distributed more than $250,000 to local organizations over the past fifteen years.
Dr. Campbell is currently president of the board of the Conrad and Virginia Klee Foundation and a member of the board of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA).