Zeeshan Noor

Biography

Dr. Zeeshan Noor is an Assistant Professor and Director of the MS in Nonprofit Administration program at the Institute for Nonprofit Administration and Research (INAR) at Louisiana State University in Shreveport, where he holds the Norman A. Dolch Super Professorship. He earned his Ph.D. in Public Affairs with a concentration in Nonprofit Management from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2021. Dr. Noor is a mixed-methods researcher with expertise in survey-based research.

His research focuses on philanthropy, volunteering, digital media in the nonprofit sector, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). His teaching interests include nonprofit management, resource development, human resource management, and communication. Dr. Noor’s research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals in the field, including Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (NVSQ), Journal of Nonprofit Management and Leadership (NML), Voluntary Sector Review (VSR), and Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing (JPM). He also has a forthcoming book chapter on nonprofits' use of social media.

Dr. Noor currently serves on the Membership Committee of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) and as Chair of the American Society for Public Administration’s (ASPA) Section on Professional and Organizational Development (SPOD). Previously, Dr. Noor served as Co-Chair of ASPA’s Annual Global Public Administration Capstone Panel Committee, Professional Development Chair of the ASPA Indiana Chapter, and a DEI Council Member at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Dr. Noor’s notable accolades include the ARNOVA Emerging Scholar Award (2021), ARNOVA Doctoral and Diversity Fellowships, the APPAM Equity and Inclusion Young Professional Fellowship (2023), ASPA SICA David Gould Scholar Award (2021), and the Wallace O. Keene Conference Scholarship (2021). He was inducted into the Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society in 2015

Degrees

Research Interests

Nonprofit Management
Philanthropy
Volunteering
Communication and Social Media Engagement
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Selected Publications

Noor, Z., Wasif, R., & Siddiqui, S. (2024). Volunteering in the Middle of Crisis and Politicization: The Role of Religiosity, Political Ideology, and Personal Experiences in Volunteerism Among Muslims and Christians During COVID-19. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 0(0). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640241258501
Noor, Z., & Hersey, L. (2024). Evolution of the “Hierarchy of Engagement” Model Over a Decade: Examining Social Media Use to Inform, Activate, and Create Community." Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing, 29(4). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/nvsm.1877
Wasif, R., Siddiqui, S., & Noor, Z. (2024). Navigating identity through social media: Twitter use of Muslim-American nonprofits. Voluntary Sector Review, 1-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/20408056Y2024D000000018
Noor, Z., Schwoerer, K., & Siddiqui, S. (2023). Gender and Muslim philanthropy: the role of prosociality in women’s giving intention during COVID-19. Voluntary Sector Review, 1-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/20408056Y2023D000000003
Noor, Z., Wasif, R., Siddiqui, S., & Khan, S. (2021). Racialized minorities, trust, and crisis: Muslim‐ American nonprofits, their leadership and government relations during COVID‐19. Nonprofit Management and Leadership. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.21486
Sabharwal, M., Varma, R., & Noor, Z. (2021). Ethnic Organizations and Adaptation: A Case Study of Indian Immigrant Engineers in the US, Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 20(4), 317-335. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15691497-12341598

Teaching Assignments

NPA 763: Seminar in Planned Giving
NPA 734: Nonprofit Governance and Decision Making