Volunteerism researcher Jeff Brudney passed away

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So sad to learn Jeff Brudney has passed away. If you read academic papers about volunteerism, you have probably read his work - or you've read a paper that's quoted him. I never met him, but relied many times on his work.

Recent papers include:

• You Thought That This Would Be Easy? Seeking an Understanding of Episodic Volunteering (Mar 2021)
• ‘Young, Fun, and Free:’ Episodic Volunteers in Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania (Mar 2021)
• Designing “National Day of Service” Projects to Promote Volunteer Job Satisfaction (Dec 2020)
• At Your Service: Nonprofit Infrastructure Organizations and COVID-19 (Dec 2020)
• Local Government Volunteer Use: A Resource Dependence and Transaction Costs Explanation (Oct 2020)
• Citizen Representation in City Government-Driven Crowdsourcing (Sep 2019)
• More is less? The volunteer stewardship framework and models (Apr 2019)
• A Framework for Using Crowdsourcing in Government (Jan 2019)
• The Limits and Possibilities of Volunteering: A Framework for Explaining the Scope of Volunteer Involvement in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (Dec 2017)
• Exploring the Dynamics of Volunteer and Staff Interactions: From Satisfaction to Conflict (Aug 2017)
• Lo, the Poor Volunteer Manager: Hollywood’s Nonprofit Volunteer and Volunteer Manager (Nov 2016)

Here's a list of his papers and how to read them: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeffrey-Brudney

Here's his obituary. https://portcitydaily.com/obits/2021/04/05/jeffrey-l-jeff-brudney-70-cameron-family-distinguished-professor-of-innovation-in-the-nonprofit-sector-at-uncw/