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Current Address:  301 University Blvd, Suite 3000, Indianapolis, IN 46260
Email Address: szarins@iupui.edu
Contact: 734-395-5107

EDUCATION

Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indianapolis, IN
Ph.D. in Philanthropic Studies, in progress (expected May 2024)

Relevant Coursework
PHST-P 602: Qualitative Methods in Third Sector Research
PHST-P 690: Behavioral Research Methods (Quantitative Methods)
SOC-S 560: Textual Analysis

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Master of Science in Social Psychology, 2014
Thesis: “Individual differences and lie detection abilities”
Advisor: Dr. Sara Konrath

Relevant Coursework
Psych 613: Advanced Statistical Methods I
Psych 614: Advanced Statistical Methods II
Psych 682: Advanced Social Psychology

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, 2013

PAPERS PUBLISHED AND IN PROGRESS

1. Konrath, S., Ho, M.H., & Zarins, S. (2016). The strategic helper: Narcissism and prosocial motives and behaviors. Current Psychology, 35(2), 182-194.
2. Zarins, S. & Konrath, S. (2017). Changes over time in compassion-related variables in the United States. In Seppala, E.M., Simon-Thomas, E., Brown, S.L., Worline, M.C., Cameron, C.D., & Doty, J.R. (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science (pp. 331-352). New York, NY:Oxford University Press.
3. Rooney, P.M., Osili, U.O., Zarins, S., & Bergdoll, J. (draft paper). Tax policy and charitable giving.
4. Osili, U.O., Zarins, S., White, A., & Williams-Pulfer, K. (draft paper). Nonprofit board diversity: Embracing the growing importance of board diversity to philanthropy, leadership, and board engagement.

WHITE PAPERS AND REPORTS

1. Osili, U.O., Rooney, P.M., Zarins, S., & Bergdoll, J. (2019). Charitable giving and tax incentives: Estimating changes in charitable dollars and number of donors for five policy proposals. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/19515
2. Osili, U.O., King, D., Zarins, S., Bergdoll, J., St. Claire, M., Clark, C., et. all. (2018). What WorX: Measuring the impact of faith-based service and social justice programs in Catholic youth. Retreived from https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/17511
3. Bevin, D., Osili, U.O., Pruitt, A., Bergdoll, J., Skidmore, T., Zarins, S., & Kou, X. (2018). The Philanthropy Outlook 2018 & 2019. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/15208
4. Pruitt, A. & Zarins, S. (2018). Giving to human services. In Giving USA 2018: The annual report on philanthropy for the year 2017. Chicago: Giving USA Foundation.
5. Osili, U.O., Garcia, S., Carrigan, C., Horvath, K., Zarins, S., & Bergdoll, J. (2018). The global philanthropy environment index 2018. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/15958
6. Osili, U.O., Zarins, S., Bergdoll, J., White, A., Lepsky, D., & Walker, V. (2018). Nonprofit board diversity: Embracing the growing importance of board diversity to philanthropy, leadership, and board engagement. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/15239
7. Rooney, P.M., Osili, U.O., Zarins, S., & Bergdoll, J. (2017). Tax policy and charitable giving results. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/12599

ACADEMIC TALKS

1. Osili, U.O., Zarins, S., Bergdoll, J., White, A., Lepsky, D., & Walker, V. (2017). Embracing the growing importance of diversity: Philanthropy, leadership, & board engagement. Talk presented by Osili, U.O. & White, A. at the BoardSource Leadership Forum, Chicago, IL, October 2017.
2. Rooney, P.M., Osili, U.O., Bergdoll, J., & Zarins, S. Remedying the failure to account for giving by non-itemizers & underestimated elasticities in tax policy analysis using PSID data. Talk presented by Rooney, P.M. & Zarins, S. at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action 46th Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, November 2017.
3. Osili, U.O., Zarins, S., Bergdoll, J., White, A., Lepsky, D., & Walker, V. (2017). Embracing the growing importance of diversity: Philanthropy, leadership, & board engagement. Talk presented by Zarins, S. & Bergdoll, J. at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action 46th Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, November 2017.
4. Osili, U.O., Zarins, S., Bergdoll, J., White, A., Lepsky, D., & Walker, V. (2017). Embracing the growing importance of diversity: Philanthropy, leadership, & board engagement. Talk presented by White, A., Nathan, S., & Shaker, G. at the CASE V, Chicago, IL, December 2017.
5. Osili, U.O., Zarins, S., Bergdoll, J., White, A., Lepsky, D., & Walker, V. (2018). Embracing the growing importance of diversity: Philanthropy, leadership, & board engagement. Panel presentation by Osili, U.O, White, A., Walker, V., & Suttles, G. at the Association for Fundraising Professionals Indiana Member Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, February 2018.
6. Osili, U.O., Zarins, S., Bergdoll, J., White, A., Lepsky, D., & Walker, V. (2018). Embracing the growing importance of diversity: Philanthropy, leadership, & board engagement. Talk presented by Zarins, S., White, A., & Walker, V. at the Association for Fundraising Professionals Annual International Fundraising Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 2018.
7. Osili, U.O., Zarins, S., Bergdoll, J., White, A., Lepsky, D., & Walker, V. (2018). Embracing the growing importance of diversity: Philanthropy, leadership, & board engagement. Talk presented by Zarins, S., Grossnickle, T., & Walker, V. at The Fundraising School Leadership Roundtable, Indianapolis, IN, June 2018.
8. Osili, U.O., Rooney, P.M., Zarins, S., Bergdoll, J., & Grayson, A. (2019). Was the Fear Warranted? A glimpse Into the Early Effects of the Tax Policy Changes. Talk presented by Zarins, S., Grayson, A., & Kimbell, M. at the 2019 Association for Fundraising Professionals ICON, San Antonio, TX, March 2019.
9. Osili, U.O., Zarins, S., Bergdoll, J., White, A., Lepsky, D., & Walker, V. (2019). Embracing the growing importance of diversity: Philanthropy, leadership, & board engagement. Talk presented by Zarins, S., White, A., & Suttles, G. at the 2019 CASE/AADO Conference on Diverse Philanthropy and Leadership, Indianapolis, IN, April 2019.
10. Rooney, P., Osili, U.O., Zarins, S., & Bergdoll, J. (2019). How the 2017 Federal Tax Policy is Affecting Charitable Giving. Talk presented by Rooney, P. at The Fundraising School Leadership Roundtable, Indianapolis, IN, June 2019.
11. Zarins, S., Rooney, P., Osili, U.O., & Bergdoll, J. (2019). Non-itemizer Incentives for Charitable Giving. Talk to be presented by Zarins, S. at the Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Action and Independent Sector Policy Symposium, Washington, DC, July 2019.
12. Rooney, P., Osili, U., Zarins, S., & Bergdoll, J. (2019). Understanding the Effects of Tax Policy on Charitable Giving. Focus group to be presented by Rooney, P. at Upswell, Chicago, IL, November 2019.
13. Osili, U.O., Rooney, P.M., Zarins, S., Bergdoll, J., Ricco, J., Burham, K., & Prisinzano, R. (2019). Charitable Giving after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Ramifications and Potential Alternatives. Talk to be presented by Rooney, P.M., Zarins, S., Ricco, J. at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action 48th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, November 2019.
14. Zarins, S. & Osili, U.O. (2019). Informal Philanthropic Behavior in Restrictive Philanthropic Environments. Talk to be presented by Zarins, S. at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action 48th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, November 2019.
15. Ma, J., Wiepking, P., Bekkers, R., de Wit, A., & Zarins, S. (2019). Understanding Civil Society: Knowledge Production of Nonprofit and Philanthropy in English and Chinese. Talk to be presented by Ma, J. at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action 48th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, November 2019.
16. Horvath, K.Z., Carrigan, C.M., TeKolste, R.A., Zarins, S., Osili, U.O. (2019). Diaspora Philanthropy in Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Talk to be presented by Horvath, K.Z. & Carrigan, C.M. at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action 48th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, November 2019.
17. Wiepking, P., Bekkers, R., Ma, J., de Wit, A., & Zarins, S. (2019). Revolutionizing Philanthropy Research. Talk to be presented by Wiepking, P. at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action 48th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, November 2019.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

(*students are indicated by asterisks)

1. Zarins, S. & Konrath, S.  Narcissism and lie detection via email.  Poster presented at the 25^th Association of Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, DC, May 2013.
2. Zarins, S., *Babu, P., *Chang, C., *Swan, J., & Konrath, S. Adverse childhood experiences and lie detection ability. Poster presented at the Michigan Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, Kalamazoo, MI, April 2014.
3. Zarins, S. & Konrath, S.  Adverse childhood experiences and lie detection abilities. Poster presented at the 26^th Association of Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, May 2014.
4. *Le, A., *Mahurin, E., Zarins, S., & Konrath, S. Adverse childhood events, empathy, and helping behavior.  Poster presented at the Poster presented at the IUPUI Research Day, Indianapolis, IN, April 2015.
5. Zarins, S. & Konrath, S. Empathic concern and lie detection ability. Poster presented at the 27^th Association of Psychological Science Annual Convention, New York, NY, May 2015.
6. Konrath, S., Ho, M.H., & Zarins, S. The strategic helper: Narcissism and prosocial emotions, motives, and behaviors. Poster presented at the 27^th Association of Psychological Science Annual Convention, New York, NY, May 2015.
7. Zarins, S., Le, A., *Mahurin, E., *McFerran, M., & Konrath, S. Tweets, Hashtag, & Likes: How is Social Media Use Related to Empathy? Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology 17th Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, January 2016.
8. Zarins, S., Le, A., *Mahurin, E., *McFerran, M., & Konrath, S. Tweets, Hashtag, & Likes: How is Social Media Use Related to Empathy? Poster presented at the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference, Indianapolis, IN, April 2016.
9. Zarins, S., Le, A., *Mahurin, E., *McFerran, M., & Konrath, S. Tweets, Hashtag, & Likes: How is Social Media Use Related to Empathy? Poster presented at the IUPUI Research Day, Indianapolis, IN, April 2016.
10. Zarins, S., *Johnson, M., *Ustymchuk, N., *Tutrow, K. & Konrath, S. More comfortable online? Alexithymia and social media use. Poster presented at the IUPUI Research Day, Indianapolis, IN, April 2016.
11. Zarins, S., *Johnson, M., *Ustymchuk, N., *Tutrow, K. & Konrath, S. More comfortable online? Alexithymia and social media use. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 28th Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, May 2016.
12. *Le, A., Zarins, S., *Mahurin, E., *McFerran, M., & Konrath, S. Tweets, Hashtag, & Likes: How is Social Media Use Related to Empathy? Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 28^th Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, May 2016.
13. Konrath, S., Zarins, S., Bushman, B., Tolman, R., Winslow, M., Blair, G​, & Herring, J. Empathy: There’s an app for that. Poster presented at the North American Simulation and Gaming Association, Bloomington, IN, October 2016.
14. Zarins, S. & Konrath, S. The selfish helper: Narcissism and prosocial behavior. Poster presented at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action 45^th Annual Conference, Washington, DC, November 2016.
15. Tutrow, K., Ustymchuk, N., Hauer, C., Newhart, G., Taylor, T., Hakeem, A., Zarins, S., & Konrath, S. Examining the relationship between beliefs in the changeability in empathy and prosocial behavior. Poster presented at the 22^nd Annual Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference, Indianapolis, IN, December 2016.

WEBINARS

1. Osili, U.O., Zarins, S., Bergdoll, J., White, A., Lepsky, D., & Walker, V. (2018). Embracing the growing importance of diversity: Philanthropy, leadership, & board engagement. Webinar presented by Osili, U.O., White, A., & Walker, V., March 2018.
2. Gordon, J., Osili, U.O., Reimer-Baum, B., Dayal, S., Dungy, T., & Zarins, S. (2018). Funding youth philanthropy. Webinar presented in partnership with Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana, September 2018.

OTHER WRITINGS

1. Osili, O.U. & Zarins, S. (2018, July 3). Fewer Americans are giving money to charity but total donations are at record levels anyway. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/fewer-americans-are-giving-money-to-charity-but-total-donations-are-at-record-levels-anyway-98291
2. Osili, O.U. & Zarins, S. (2019, June 18). American giving lost some ground in 2018 amid tax changes and stock market losses. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/american-giving-lost-some-ground-in-2018-amid-tax-changes-and-stock-market-losses-118892

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Project Coordinator                                                                                                     2/2017-present
Research Department
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

Current Projects: Tax Policy and Charitable Giving: Non-itemizer incentives for charitable giving, The Effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Charitable Giving, Million Dollar List, Eli Lilly and Company and the Philanthropic Impact of the Development of Insulin, Eli Lilly and Company and the University of Toronto’s Collaboration throughout the Development of Insulin, A Landscape Analysis of U.S. Nonprofits: Contemporary Challenges and Intersection with Donor-Advised Funds

Past Projects: Global Philanthropy Environment Index, Tax Policy and Charitable Giving (federal), Tax Policy and Charitable Giving in Kentucky, Funding Landscape for Youth Philanthropy, Diversity & Board Composition, Evaluation of Center for FaithJustice Programs, 2018 U.S. Trust Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy (back-up), The Effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Charitable Giving to the Arts, Giving USA 2019 (support only)

Research Associate                                                                                                   9/2014-2/2017
Interdisciplinary Program on Empathy and Altruism Research (iPEAR)
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

Master’s Thesis:                                                                                                         8/2013-4/2014
Individual differences and lie detection abilities
University of Michigan
Advisor: Dr. Sara Konrath

Independent Undergraduate Research:                                                                       9/2012-5/2013
Individual differences and lie detection abilities over email
University of Michigan
Advisor: Dr. Sara Konrath

TEACHING AND SERVICE

Graduate Student Instructor                                                                                        1/2014-4/2014
Psychology 280: Introduction to Social Psychology
Head Instructor: Dr. Carla Grayson

Head Graduate Student Instructor                                                                               9/2013-12/2013
Psychology 487: Negotiation in Practice
Head Instructor: Dr. Stephen Garcia

Research Assistant Supervision                                                                                  9/2013-4/2014
Carren Cheng, UROP Student
Pallavi Babu, Psych 326 Research Student

Guest Lecturing
PHST 690, Spring 2015 (February 25, 2015) Descriptive statistics & correlations

Service Activities

• IUPUI Psychology Career Panels: October 2014, March 2015, September 2015, March 2016, September 2016, March 2017, September 2018, March 2019
• Reviewer for Current Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
• United Way Ambassador for the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, August 2015-December 2016
• Staff Development Squad, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, June 2015-September 2018 (chair, June 2016-June 2018)
• Essay rater for the David Nathan Meyerson Competition at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, September 2016

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Association for Psychological Sciences, 2012-present

Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2016-present

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, 2016-present

CERTIFICATIONS

Indiana University CITI Training:
Human Subjects Research Course: Social/Behavioral Researcher (valid until 6/5/2020)

PRESS COVERAGE

Tax Policy and Charitable Giving*

• Ebeling, A. (2017, May 18). Charities could lose $13 billion a year under Trump Tax Plan, they’re fighting back. Forbes. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2017/05/18/charities-could-lose-13-billion-a-year-under-trump-tax-plan/#30960e72611b
• Anderson, T. (2017, May 22). Tax reform could reduce charitable giving by up to $13 billion per year. CNBC. Retrieved from http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/22/tax-reform-could-reduce-charitable-giving-by-up-to-13-billion-per-year.html
• Daniels, A. (2017, May 18). GOP tax plan would reduce giving by $13 billion, study finds. The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Retrieved from https://www.philanthropy.com/article/GOP-Tax-Plan-Would-Reduce/240103?cid=cpfd_home

*Only selected mentions included; approximately 50 press mentions overall

Narcissism and Prosocial Behavior

• Konrath, S. (2017, December 10). The trick to getting narcissists to give to charities. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-trick-to-getting-narcissists-to-give-to-charities-1512961560

Board Diversity

• Research to practice: How the AADO/CASE Conference encourages fundraisers to engage with leaders of color. (2019, March 14). Philanthropy Matters. Retrieved from https://philanthropy.iupui.edu/news-events/philanthropy-matters/2019-issues/march-2019.html