Dr. Kimberly Wiley
Assistant Professor, Nonprofit Management, Public Policy
Nonprofit & Advocacy Lab
Dr. Kimberly Wiley is a qualitative methodologist and nonprofit scholar. She serves as an assistant professor at the University of Florida in the Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences. Her research and teaching centralize nonprofit management and they build off her professional experience in the field of gender-based violence victim advocacy. She develops innovative tools for examining various qualitative data types in team-based settings.
Contact Information
kimberlywiley@ufl.edu
(352) 273-3557
Office:
3025-B McCarty Hall D
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Education
- Ph.D. Public Administration (Nonprofit Concentration), Florida State University
- Master of Public Administration (Certificate in Domestic Violence), University of Colorado at Denver
- B.S. Science in Family, Youth and Community Development (Minor in Education), University of Florida
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Professional Experience
Dr. Wiley has thirteen years of professional experience in the field of victim advocacy in local, state, and national nonprofits. Her experience includes coordinating children’s shelter services, providing training on domestic violence to Florida’s criminal justice system, and supporting domestic violence shelters through training and technical assistance. Before joining the faculty at UF, she served as an Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Management in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Illinois Springfield, where she coordinated the Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management.
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Teaching
Dr. Wiley teaches in FYCS’s Nonprofit Leadership minor and Graduate Certificate. Her courses include Organizational Leadership in Nonprofits, Program Planning and Evaluation, Working in Nonprofits, and Human Resource in Nonprofits. Her scholarship of teaching and learning has been published in the Journal of Public Affairs Education and the Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership.
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Research
Departmental Research Areas:
- Community Development and Resilience
- Nonprofit Leadership
Research Summary:
Dr. Kimberly Wiley leads the Nonprofit & Advocacy Lab, which is dedicated to strengthening the role of mission-driven organizations in society. The lab uses qualitative methodologies to examine crises facing the nonprofit sector and to explore how voluntary action is perceived in broader society. Its research on the societal role of food and agricultural nonprofits has been supported by USDA/NIFA funding.
Dr. Wiley has a particular interest in domestic violence advocacy organizations that serve families and youth. She also enjoys experimenting with innovative qualitative methods, applying them to fun data sources such as social media and television.
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Publications
Book
- Wiley, K., Cepiku, & Young, S. (Eds). (2024). Building a Fair Society: The Role of Public Management in Achieving Social Equity. Routledge.
Select Journal Articles
- DeMasters, C.G, Barger, M. UG, Diehl, D., Gillen, M., & Wiley, K. (2025). “There wasn’t enough time in the day:” Assessing administrative burdens experienced by parents in Florida's privatized child welfare system. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership.
- McGilvery, K. G, Johnson, E. g, Pezoldt, A. UG, Fraser, A., Simonne, A., & Wiley, K. (2025). A systematic literature review of produce safety training research: Do we know what works? Journal of Food Protection, 0(0).
- Papanek, A. G, Sowell, K. UG, & Wiley, K. (2025). Lost Prevention? Assessing Secondary and Tertiary Prevention Potential in Sexual Assault Awareness Month Events. Violence Against Women, 0(0).
- Young, S., Wiley, K., & Searing, E. (2025). Nonprofit Human Resources: Crisis Impacts and Mitigation Strategies. Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 54(1), 176-202.
- Jones, J., Wiley, K., & Beachy, T. (2024). A Cautionary Tale of Power and Corruption: CEO Autonomy and Board Oversight at the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 30(3), 511-522.
- Wiley, K., Schwoerer, K.g, Richardson, M.UG, & Espinosa, M.B.UG (2023). Engaging Stakeholders: A Multi-level Social Media Analysis of Nonprofit Microvlogging. Public Administration, 101(3), 822-842.
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Awards and Honors
- High Impact Research Publication Award for Engaging stakeholders on TikTok: A multi-level social media analysis of nonprofit Microvlogging, IFAS, 2025.
- Best Paper Award for Resiliency Tactics during Financial Crisis: The Nonprofit Resiliency Framework, American Society of Public Administrators, Section on Nonprofits, 2022.
- High Impact Research Publication Award with Special Recognition for Erased: Why Faculty Sexual Misconduct is Prevalent and How We Could Prevent It, IFAS, 2022.
- Innovative Teaching Award, CALS, 2022.
- Outstanding Article Award for Erased: Why Faculty Sexual Misconduct is Prevalent and How We Could Prevent It, Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2021.
- Best Poster Award for Centralizing Black Students' Voices During COVID-19 and BLM at the University of Florida, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, 2021
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Other Professional Activities
Dr. Wiley currently serves on Board of Directors for the Florida Partnership to End Domestic Violence.