Tosha Cantrell-Bruce
Adjunct Professor
- Doctor of Public Administration
University of Illinois at Springfield - Master of Public Administration
University of Illinois at Springfield - Bachelor of Science, Political Science
Millikin University
Related Certifications:
- Quality Matters Teaching Online Certificate, Awarded Fall 2020
- CITI Basic Course Certificate, October 2025
Statement of teaching and research interests:
Dr. Cantrell-Bruce focuses her teaching efforts on helping students develop competencies in public and nonprofit systems thinking, social network analysis, organizational behavior, program evaluation, personnel management, board governance, and synthesizing competencies by teaching nonprofit capstone courses. She both teaches and designs these courses for several universities.
This same focus is applied to her scholarship of teaching research. She incorporates this research into her role as the ARNOVA Teaching Section co-chair of the professional development committee.
Most recent publications or scholarly output:
- Cantrell-Bruce, T. (2022). Wicked Elephants in the Classroom. PA Times,
- Cantrell-Bruce, T. (2022, March 18 - 20). What elephants can teach us about public administration. Conference Presentation. American Society for Public Administration 2022 Conference, Jacksonville, FL.
- Blankenberger, B. & Cantrell-Bruce, T. (2016). Nonprofit education: Evaluating and assessing the skill sets that our students learn. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, 6(3), 243-253.
- Cantrell-Bruce, T. & Blankenberger, B. (2015). Seeing clearly: Measuring skill sets that address the “blurred boundaries” of nonprofit education. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 21(3), 367-380.
- Cantrell-Bruce, T. & Blankenberger, B. “Seeing clearly: Measuring skill sets that address the “blurred boundaries” of nonprofit education”. Nonprofit Academic Centers Council Conference, July 15-16, 2015, in Chicago, IL.