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Andrew Schoeneman

Program Chair, Nonprofit Studies
Associate Professor, Nonprofit Studies
Member, SPCS Speakers Bureau
Curriculum Vitae

  • Profile

    Dr. Schoeneman’s practice and scholarship are in the areas of community engagement, structural injustice, and resource allocation within communities and organizations. He has a particular interest in the role of collaboration between civil society organizations and their constituencies, with attention to dynamics associated with professionalization, sources of expertise and authority, and the bridging of divides between professions, interpersonally, and especially between professionals and service users. 

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    • Grants and Fellowships

      University of Richmond Provost Grant: $7,900 for International Exchange with Ludwigsburg University of Education

      Dissertation Grant from Legal Services Corporation of Virginia: $10,000 award to support research

      University Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University: $17,000 Award

    • Awards

      • UR Distinguished Educator Award: 2022
      • VCU School of Social Work Service Award: 2013 & 2015
      • VCU School of Social Work Leadership Award: 2014
      • Hans S. Falck Dissertation Scholarship, VCU School of Social Work: 2014
      • Elaine Rothenberg Social Work Award, VCU School of Social Work: 2013
      • Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship, VCU School of Social Work: 2013

    • Presentations

      Goodwin, S., Hermosilla, J., & Schoeneman, A. (2022, March). Museums, cultural heritage, and multi-paradigmatic framework for working with volunteers. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Virginia Association of Museums, Richmond, VA.

      Goodwin, S., & Schoeneman, A. (2020, March). Museums and their different ways of understanding and working with communities. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Virginia Association of Museums, Reston, VA.

      Jones, J., Carpenter, H., Dixon, Z., Dodge, J., Schoeneman, A., & Wade-Berg, J. (2018, November). Action research in integrating diversity and inclusion into nonprofit education: Lessons from the trenches. Colloquy presented at the annual conference of the Association of Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Austin, TX.

      Schoeneman, A. (2018, November). Combining law and social work in social movements: The role of graduate education. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association of Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Austin, TX

      Schoeneman, A., & Khan, S. (2018, November). Challenges and opportunities for Islamic organizations seeking change: A comparative case study. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association of Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Austin, TX.

      Schoeneman, A. (2018, November). Combining social work and public interest law in social movements. Paper presented at the annual program meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Orlando, FL.

      Schoeneman, A. (2017, May). Relationship equity in legal aid: Toward a collaborative, generative response to individualized human services. Paper presented at the annual International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL.

      Schoeneman, A. (2016, January). Community collaboration in Virginia legal aid programs: A constructivist grounded theory investigation. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.

      Schoeneman, A., & Datta, W. (2015, October). The role of power in collaboration: Toward a more explicit understanding. Poster presented at the annual program meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Denver, CO.

      Ward, C., & Schoeneman, A. (2015, October). Macro social work education: A Delphi study of strengths, challenges, and action. Paper presented at the annual program meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Denver, CO.

      Libal, K., Schoeneman, A., & Brown, K. (2015, October). Social work and law in pursuit of social justice and human rights. Panel presented at the annual program meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Denver, CO.

      Schoeneman, A. (2015). Legal aid collaboration with low-income client communities: What neoliberal poverty policy and funding pressures look like on the ground. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Seattle, WA, May 28-31, 2015.

      Schoeneman, A. (2014). Community collaboration in legal aid programs: A constructivist grounded theory. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association of Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Denver, CO, November 20-22, 2014.

      Schoeneman, A., & Fauri, D. (2014). Social work and legal aid: History, justice, and collaborative potential. Paper presented at the annual program meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Tampa, FL, October 23-26, 2014.

      Schoeneman, A. (2014). Collaboration between legal aid programs and client communities: Preliminary and selected findings. Workshop at the Annual Virginia Statewide Legal Aid Conference, Portsmouth, VA, October 22-24, 2014.

      Schoeneman, A. (2014). Constructivist grounded theory and social work: Exploring congruence, rigor, and purpose. Paper presented at the Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, May 22-25, 2014.

      Abell, M., Manuel, J., & Schoeneman, A. (2014). MSW student attitudes towards religious diversity. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX, January 15-18, 2014.

    • Memberships

      Association of Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA)

      Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)

      Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)

      International Society of Third-Sector Research (ISTR)

    • Professional Experience

      Implementation Fidelity Analyst (2015-2016)

      Leadership for Empowerment and Abuse Prevention, Partnership for People With Disabilities, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

      Consultant (2012)

      Legal Services Corporation of Virginia, Richmond

      Community Organizer (2007-2010)

      Legal Aid Justice Center, Richmond

      Housing Advocacy Specialist (2004-2007)

      Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME), Richmond

    • Institutional Service

      • Chair, University of Richmond Committee on Committees (2020-2021)
      • Member, University of Richmond Faculty Senate (2018-2021)
      • Member, University of Richmond Faculty Senate Executive Committee (2018-2021)
      • Member, University of Richmond Faculty Senate Committee on Committees (2018-2021)
      • Member, Sustainability Strategic Plan Steering Committee (2018)

    • Community Service

      • Reviewer, Journal of Community Practice (2018-Present)
      • Reviewer, Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership (2018-Present)
      • Reviewer and Track Co-Chair, Annual Conference of Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Associations (2018)
      • Reviewer, Leading Change Conference, James Madison University (2018-2022)

  • Selected Publications
    Journal Articles

    Dinora, P., Schoeneman, A., Dellinger-Wray, M., Cramer, E., Brandt, J., & D'Aguilar, A. (2020). Using video vignettes in research and program evaluation for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A case study of the Leadership for Empowerment and Abuse Prevention project. Evaluation and Program Planning, 79(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.101774 

    Dixon, Z., & Schoeneman, A. (2018). Learning/Teaching case study — The rocky road from peace to action. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, & Governance, 42(5), 493-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2018.1537290

    Schoeneman, A. (2017). Blurring professional borders in service of anti-poverty collaboration: Combining social work skills and an anti-oppressive feminist lens with legal aid. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 44(1), 119-139. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol44/iss1/9

    Schoeneman, A., & Sawyer, J. (2016). Exploring the use and perception of creativity in community organizing. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 2(4), 6-27.

    Abell, M., Manuel, J., & Schoeneman, A. (2015). Student attitudes toward religious diversity and implications for multicultural competence. Journal of Spirituality and Social Work, 34(1), 91-104.

    Brady, S., Schoeneman, A., & Sawyer, J. (2014). Critiquing and analyzing the effects of neoliberalism on community organizing: implications and recommendations for practitioners and educators. Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, 6(1), 36-60.

    Reviews

    Schoeneman, A. (2014). Review of the book Pracademics and community change: A true story of nonprofit development and social entrepreneurship during welfare reform, by Odell Cleveland and Robert Wineburg. Human Services Organizations Management, Leadership, & Governance, 38(1), 118-119.

    Schoeneman, A. (2013). Review of the books Sprawl, justice, and citizenship: The civic costs of the American way of life, by Thad Williamson, and Five miles away, a world apart: One city, two schools, and the story of educational opportunity in modern America, by James E. Ryan. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 21(1), 103-106.

    Schoeneman, A. (2013). Review of the book A dream deferred: How social work education lost its way and what can be done, by David Stoesz, Howard Jacob Karger, and Terry Carrilio. Administration in Social Work, 37(1), 100-102.