Shawn Teresa Flanigan, Ph.D.

2010-2011 University Grants Program- San Diego State University                    $9,462

The grant funded research for a project entitled “Public Goods Provision by Organized Crime in Mexico and the Border Region.” The purpose of this project is to explore the extent to which drug cartels and other organized crime groups operating in Mexico and in the US-Mexico border region are involved in social service provision to members of communities where they operate.

2008-2011 University of Maryland National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)-                                                                               $87,500

The grant funded research for a project entitled “Radicalizing the Poor: Understanding the Influence of Service Provision on Popular Support for and Participation in Violent Groups.” This study seeks to understand, from the perspective of low-income community members and service recipients, if and how receiving services from a specific organization engenders loyalty to the organization, passive acceptance and/or favorable approval of the organizations’ violent activities, and likelihood of participation in violent activities oneself. Based on field research in the United States and the developing world.

2008-2009 University Grants Program- San Diego State University                       $8,950

The grant funded research aimed at understanding how, why, and to what extent immigrant nonprofit organizations attempt to influence policy makers in California in an effort to meet the needs of their fellow immigrants. This study builds upon a previous study of immigrant nonprofits in New York State conducted with the Center for Women in Government and Civil Society at the University at Albany

2006-2007 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) Program-  International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)                                                                          $7,000

This grant funded dissertation field research in Bosnia and Herzegovina examining the role of religious identity for faith-based nonprofit health and social service providers working in a context of past religious conflict. Focus on NGOs in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2006-2007 University of Maryland START Center Fellowship- National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)                                         $5,000

This grant funded continuation of the research project “Called to Serve, Called to Kill: An Examination of Charity and Terrorist Organizations”, specifically examining relations between the Tamil Tigers and humanitarian aid organizations. Funding for field research in Sri Lanka.

2005-2006 University of Maryland START Center Fellowship- National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)                                         $5,000

This grant funded research project “Called to Serve, Called to Kill: An Examination of Charity and Terrorist Organizations”, examining nonprofit charity organizations as a funding source for terrorist organizations, and the motivations of terrorist organizations engaged in charitable community service provision. Funding for field research on Hizballah’s social services in Lebanon.

2002-2003 Fulbright Fellowship- U.S. Department of Education, Romanian-American Fulbright Commission                                                                                                         $14,000

This grant funded field research on relationships between local government entities and nongovernmental child welfare organizations in Romania.

Teaching Grants

Grant to support efforts to investigate the possibility of creating a semester-long summer travel study course focused on immigration issues and border policy in Spain and Morocco.