Jodi Benenson is an assistant professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and a former postdoctoral research fellow at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. Jodi’s research focuses on the intersection between civic engagement, inequality, and social policy, specifically as these topics pertain to activities in the nonprofit sector. Jodi served on the board of the Boston chapter of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) for four years, where she established the organization’s first research and evaluation team. She has an MPA from Indiana University and a PhD in social policy from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.