Research:
Charitable giving and planned giving; Both investment (personal finance) and consumption (residential satisfaction) facets of the housing decision

Teaching:
Managing Nonprofit & Special Community Housing
Social Science & The Study of Human Happiness
Residential Property Management Law
Housing in Contemporary Society
Consumers in Society

Education:

Selected Publications/Presentations:

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Dr. James has over 100 publications in print or in press in academic journals, conference proceedings, professional periodicals, and books.

His research is in print or in press at academic journals including: 
      Housing Policy Debate
      Environment & Behavior
      Social Indicators Research
      Applied Economics
      Applied Economics Letters
      American Journal of Economics & Sociology
      American Review of Public Administration
      Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly
      Journal of Urban Planning & Development (ASCE)
      Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities (ASCE)
      Housing, Theory, and Society
      Housing & Society
      Journal of the Community Development Society
      Missouri Environmental Law & Policy Review
      Migration Letters
      Review of Religious Research
      International Journal of Educational Advancement
      Journal of Consumer Affairs
      International Journal of Consumer Studies
      Forum for Family & Consumer Issues
      Journal of Consumer Education
      Journal of Personal Finance
      Financial Counseling & Planning
      Financial Services Review

in proceedings/abstracts for academic conferences including:
      European Network of Housing Researchers: Rotterdam, Dublin (UCD), Prague
      European Private Rented Markets (ENHR): Dublin (Trinity), York
      International Consumer Sciences Research Conference: Edinburgh
      Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
      Housing Education and Research Association
      Environmental Design Research Association
      A Suburban World: Global Decentralization and the New Metropolis
      Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education
      Eastern Family Economics and Resource Management Association
      American Council on Consumer Interests

and in professional periodicals including:
      Advancing Philanthropy (Association of Fundraising Professionals)     
      Units (National Apartment Association)

Dr. James has presented his research as an invited speaker at universities in the U.S. and Europe including:
     Trinity College Dublin - Centre for Nonprofit Management (Dublin, Ireland)
     Vrije Universiteit - Dept. of Philanthropic Studies (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
     Heriot-Watt University - School of the Built Environment (Edinburgh, Scotland)
     Universitat Rovira i Virgili - Dept. of Law (Tarragona, Spain)
     Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences - Dept. of Housing and Real Estate
     Management (Zittau, Germany)
     Georgia State University - Nonprofit Studies Program (Atlanta, Georgia)
     Indiana University - Center on Philanthropy (Indianapolis, Indiana)

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