Jesse Lecy

Associate Professor,

Watts College Interdisciplinary Programs

Other ASU affiliations

Fellow, Center for Organization Research and Design (CORD)

Associate Professor, Center on Technology, Data and Society

School of Public Affairs (SPA)

[email protected]

Mail code: 3720

Campus: Dtphx
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Long Bio

Jesse Lecy is a College Professor of Data Science and Nonprofit Studies at the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions and an associate professor in the School of Community Resources and Development. He is currently the academic director of the master's degree in program evaluation and data analytics. His research examines the economics of the nonprofit sector with a focus on the life-cycles of charitable organizations, nonprofit entrepreneurship, and performance of social programs, as well as work on urban policies that promote strong communities. He has worked actively to integrate data science into public affairs and data-driven management practices in public and nonprofit organizations. He is an advocate of open science practices in scholarship and a co-founder of the Nonprofit Open Data Collective, a group of industry experts and data scientists that are committed to creating better data for the sector.

Education

Ph.D. Social Science Program: Non-profit Studies and Program Evaluation, Maxwell School, Syracuse University 2010
M.S. Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon 2006
B.A. in Peace Studies and Theology, University of St. Thomas, MN 2001

Research Interests

economic analysis for nonprofits
social innovation
organizational effectiveness
community development

Courses

2026 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
PAF 514	Found Data Sci II: Data Wrang
PAF 514	Found Data Sci II: Data Wrang
PAF 609	Adv. Quant. Methods Sem.

2025 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
PAF 514	Found Data Sci II: Data Wrang
PAF 514	Found Data Sci II: Data Wrang
PAF 573	Applied Econometrics

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
PAF 514	Found Data Sci II: Data Wrang
PAF 514	Found Data Sci II: Data Wrang

2023 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
PAF 514	Found Data Sci II: Data Wrang
PAF 514	Found Data Sci II: Data Wrang

2022 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
CRD 799	Dissertation

2021 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
CPP 527	Found Data Sci II: Data Wrang
CPP 527	Found Data Sci II: Data Wrang
CPP 524	Found Prog Eval II: Res Design
CPP 524	Found Prog Eval II: Res Design
CRD 799	Dissertation

2021 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
CPP 524	Found Prog Eval II: Res Design
CPP 524	Found Prog Eval II: Res Design
CPP 527	Found Data Sci II: Data Wrang
CPP 527	Found Data Sci II: Data Wrang
CRD 799	Dissertation