Diane Kaplan (Diane) Vinokur

Associate Professor of Social Work

Degrees

BA, Sociology, 1970, Oberlin College, OH;
MSW, Social Policy, 1972, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
MA, Sociology, 1973, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
PhD, Social Work and Sociology, 1975, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

BioSketch

Associate Professor Diane Kaplan Vinokur has scholarly interests in the application of social psychological and organizational theories to human service organizations and their personnel. She studies the implications of such findings for nonprofit management and social work practice. She has collaborated with colleagues in the analysis of national surveys, comparing work satisfaction and job stress among social workers employed in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. (Her publications are authored as Diane Vinokur-Kaplan). Her most recent study, "The Under One Roof Project," investigates the benefits and challenges provided by nonprofit centers to their tenant organizations and communities. (For a searchable database of such sites, see http://www.ssw.umich.edu/underoneroof.)

In 1997, Professor Vinokur and Professor Janet A. Weiss co-founded the University of Michigan Nonprofit and Public Management Center, a collaboration of the Schools of Social Work, Business, and Public Policy, which promotes education, research, community and public service, and career consultation. From 1997 to 2005, she served as faculty director or co-director. She is on the editorial boards of Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly and Journal of Policy Practice. She has served on the board and various committees of ARNOVA, the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action; and she is also active in the Nonprofit Centers Network, a technical assistance organization.

Diane Vinokur, Associate Professor of Social Work

Email

dkv@umich.edu

Web Sites

Under One Roof

Location

Room:	3794 SSWB
Phone:	(734) 647-2553
Fax:	(734) 763-3372

University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Selected Publications

Vinokur-Kaplan, D. (in press). [Review of the book Designing and Planning Programs for Nonprofit and Government Organizations]. Administration in Social Work,

Vinokur-Kaplan, D. (2008). Motivating work performance in human services organizations. In R. J. Patti (Ed.), Handbook of human services management. (Revised 2nd Ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.