Kirk A Leach
Biographic Data
| ID | 4127824 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirk A Leach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirk A |
| FAMILY NAME | Leach |
| SIGNATURE | LEACH K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8170-447X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Personal Transformation Among Ingo Beneficiaries
Funders increasingly challenge INGOs in developing countries to provide evidence of their impact. While economic impact is often documented, the social impact on participants has received less attention. To understand INGOs’ social impact, we conducted a case study of Heifer International’s Values-Based Holistic Community Development program in Honduras. Based on interviews with 100 participants, our analysis shows that beneficiaries experience p…
Working for the Greater Good – A Qualitative Study in Uganda to Evaluate Civic and Community Engagement
Civic and Community Engagement among Poor Rural Women in Bihar
Civic and community engagement is often crucial for the successful development of rural areas and a catalyst of personal transformation. This article examines changes in civic and community engagement among women in rural Bihar, India. Using an exploratory factor analysis of survey data from n = 815 respondents who participated in Heifer’s Values-Based Holistic Community Development [VBHCD] training, the study identifies three factors that consti…
Faith and race
The African American church (AAC) is an anchor institution in disinvested communities. Retrenchment of government support has increased the need for AAC collaborative activity. Given this need, we interviewed 10 African American pastors (AAP) in Little Rock, Arkansas, a city with a long history of racial division. This purposeful sample is embedded in a longitudinal community-engaged research project that began in 2012 in order to understand and …
The Time Has Come
Toward a More Just Nonprofit Sector
This article examines the utility of deploying a critical framework–grounded in critical race theory (CRT), feminist theory, and intersectionality–in nonprofit and voluntary studies. We argue that these theoretical perspectives, which emphasize lived experience and sense-making, while simultaneously situating these experiences within broader socio-political and historical contexts, offer a useful analytic lens for centering the narratives and exp…
Toward a More Just Nonprofit Sector
This article examines the utility of deploying a critical framework–grounded in critical race theory (CRT), feminist theory, and intersectionality–in nonprofit and voluntary studies. We argue that these theoretical perspectives, which emphasize lived experience and sense-making, while simultaneously situating these experiences within broader socio-political and historical contexts, offer a useful analytic lens for centering the narratives and exp…
Civic and Community Engagement among Poor Rural Women in Bihar
Civic and community engagement is often crucial for the successful development of rural areas and a catalyst of personal transformation. This article examines changes in civic and community engagement among women in rural Bihar, India. Using an exploratory factor analysis of survey data from n = 815 respondents who participated in Heifer’s Values-Based Holistic Community Development [VBHCD] training, the study identifies three factors that consti…
Toward a More Just Nonprofit Sector
This article examines the utility of deploying a critical framework–grounded in critical race theory (CRT), feminist theory, and intersectionality–in nonprofit and voluntary studies. We argue that these theoretical perspectives, which emphasize lived experience and sense-making, while simultaneously situating these experiences within broader socio-political and historical contexts, offer a useful analytic lens for centering the narratives and exp…
Faith and race
The African American church (AAC) is an anchor institution in disinvested communities. Retrenchment of government support has increased the need for AAC collaborative activity. Given this need, we interviewed 10 African American pastors (AAP) in Little Rock, Arkansas, a city with a long history of racial division. This purposeful sample is embedded in a longitudinal community-engaged research project that began in 2012 in order to understand and …
The Time Has Come
Civic and Community Engagement among Poor Rural Women in Bihar
Civic and community engagement is often crucial for the successful development of rural areas and a catalyst of personal transformation. This article examines changes in civic and community engagement among women in rural Bihar, India. Using an exploratory factor analysis of survey data from n = 815 respondents who participated in Heifer’s Values-Based Holistic Community Development [VBHCD] training, the study identifies three factors that consti…
Personal Transformation Among Ingo Beneficiaries
Funders increasingly challenge INGOs in developing countries to provide evidence of their impact. While economic impact is often documented, the social impact on participants has received less attention. To understand INGOs’ social impact, we conducted a case study of Heifer International’s Values-Based Holistic Community Development program in Honduras. Based on interviews with 100 participants, our analysis shows that beneficiaries experience p…
Working for the Greater Good – A Qualitative Study in Uganda to Evaluate Civic and Community Engagement
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Critical race theory (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (3 works) · Civic engagement (2 works) · Community engagement (2 works) · Critical theory (2 works)