My research focuses on issues of organizational behavior, sustainability of nonurban nonprofit organizations, and diversity within the nonprofit and public administration community (focusing specifically on LGBTQ and Jewish issues). My work has been featured in Journal of Social Service Research, Public Administration Review, Administrative Theory and Praxis and Journal of Social Work. I currently have several papers under review right now. My current research projects include:

• Administrative homophobia.
• Supporting LGBTQIA+ individuals in nonprofits.
• Case studies of social equity in public and nonprofit organizations.

I write about current research into LGBTQIA+ communities and how this research can be used by nonprofits in my free weekly newsletter, The Queer Friendly Nonprofit. Read and subscribe here.

I co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership on Adoption and Foster Care. Below are all of the articles, which are available for free to download:

Editor’s Note by Roseanne Mirabella & Bok Gyo Jeong

Introduction to the Special Issue: Confronting Systems of Care and Harm by Jose Luis Irizarry, Seth J. Meyer, and Roseanne M. Mirabella

“There Wasn’t Enough time in the Day” Assessing Administrative Burdens Experienced by Parents in Florida’s Privatized Child Welfare System by Chelsea DeMasters, Maeve Barger, David Diehl, Martie Gillen, & Kimberly Wiley

Impacts of Structural and Communicative Openness on Psychological Safety in Adoptee Experiences by Lanette J. Nelson, Alisha M. Gallagher, Jill P. Burgon, & H. Daniel Heist

Reimagining Nonprofit Praxis in Foster Care Through Lived Experiences and Radical Hope by Jose Irizarry

From the Frontlines: A Personal and Professional Reflexive Analysis of the U.S. Foster Care System by Ramon Ruiz

No Place Like Home: An Autoethnographic Journey of Resilience and Foster Care by RaJade M. Berry-James

Private Adoption and Nonprofit Studies: An Autoethnographic Perspective by Seth J. Meyer

My Journey Through Child Welfare: From Sister to System Reformer by Linda Kurtz

From System Budgets to Lived Bonds: Reimagining Nonprofit Education Through an Autoethnographic Journey in Three Acts of Care by Roseanne M. Mirabella

Book Review of Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families-And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World. Review by Anitra T. Allen & Jose Luis Irizarry

Book Review of Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition. Review by Karen D. Sweeting

Some of my published work can be downloaded below:

Community philanthropy in South Africa: a case study of grant distribution in the Western Cape

Street-Level Pedagogy: Fostering and Communicating Social Equity Through Course Syllabi

Social Equity and LGBTQ populations in African Public Administration: A Macro and Micro Approach