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Daniel E. Chand (“Danny”) received his Ph.D. in Public Policy in the Policy Management specialization at the University of Arkansas and has a master’s in Political Science with an emphasis in Community Development from Illinois State University. His research focuses on nonprofits in the policy process and the implementation of immigration policy. His current projects include a nationwide survey of immigrant-serving organizations and the effects of punitive enforcement on immigrant and first-generation student school performance. He recently also began a historical examination of early East-Indian immigration to the United States (from 1900-1946).

He has published numerous articles in top policy and public administration journals examining topics such as the discretionary power of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, decision-making by immigration judges, and lobbying and campaign activities by nonprofits. He has also contributed op-eds to outlets such as the . 

Prior to earning his Ph.D., he spent a number of years working with nonprofits on both development and advocacy projects. His experiences ranged from state-level lobbying with nonprofit public interests law firms, to working for political action committees (PACs), to implementing program evaluations for charitable associations. From 2006 through 2008, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Zambia.

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Danny has published a number articles examining immigration policy enforcement and the political activities of nonprofit associations.  Below are some of his more recent publications: 

• Paar-Jakli, Gabriella, William D. Schreckhise, and Daniel E. Chand. 2023. “” International Journal of Public Administration. (print forthcoming).
• Schreckhise, William D. and Daniel E. Chand. 2023. “.” Policy Sciences 56: 797-823.
• Chand, Daniel E., M. Apolonia Calderon, and Daniel P. Hawes. 2022. "?" Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs 8(3): 423-444.
• Chand, Daniel E. 2021. "." Center for Growth and Opportunity.
• Schreckhise, William D. and Daniel E. Chand. 2021. “.” Policy Studies Journal 49(4): 1,160-1,188. 
• Calderon, M. Apolonia, Daniel E. Chand, and Daniel P. Hawes. 2021. “.” Nonprofit Policy Forum 12(2): 285-310. 
• Chand, Daniel E., M. Apolonia Calderon, Daniel P. Hawes, and Lauren O’Keeffe. 2021. “.” Voluntas 32: 621-633.
• Chand, Daniel E. 2020. "." Public Performance and Management Review 43(2): 304-333. 
• Chand, Daniel E. and William D. Schreckhise. 2020. "." Administration and Society 52(2): 171-206. 
• Chand, Daniel E. 2019. "." American Review of Public Administration 49(4): 395-410. 
• Chand, Daniel E, William D. Schreckhise, and Marianne Bowers. 2017 “." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 27(1): 182-196.                  
• Chand, Daniel E. 2017. "Dark Money' and 'Dirty Politics': Are Anonymous Ads More Negative?" Business and Politics 19(3):454-481.
• Chand, Daniel E. 2017. “Lobbying and Nonprofits: Money and Membership Matter – But Not for All.” Social Science Quarterly 98(5): 1,296-1,312.

Guest Columns, Op-eds and Feature Articles

• "," Beaumont Enterprise, Aug. 27, 2023. 
• "," The Columbus Dispatch, Sept. 13, 2022. 
• "," The Plain Dealer, Dec. 17, 2021. 

Datasets and Survey Results

(2022). 

(2019), funded by the Latino Center for Leadership and Development (LCLD) at Southern Methodist University 

on Immigrant Serving Nonprofits

(STATA) on Secure Communities and Representative Bureaucracy

Used for “Population or Personnel?” publication

(2015/16) and

Survey used for “Protecting Agency Judges” and “Independence in Administrative Adjudications” publications

Please cite when using data and survey results. 

Courses Taught

Research Methods for Political Science
Public Policy Analysis
Law for Public Administrators
Seminar in Public Policy
Nonprofit Advocacy
Seminar in Money in Politics 

Subfields and Areas of Specialization

Public Policy and Policy Implementation
Immigration Policy
Nonprofit Advocacy