Amanda Moore McBride

CSD Faculty Director; University of Denver
Civic Engagement and Service

Email: Amanda.McBride@du.edu

Amanda Moore McBride is a CSD faculty director from the University of Denver. Her CSD research focuses primarily on civic engagement and service. McBride first began her work with CSD during her doctoral program at the Brown School in 1999.

Faculty profile

CSD Publications

CSD Projects

Advancing Research & Policy on International Volunteer Service

International Service

We partner with the Brookings Institution to research avenues for meaningful participation in international volunteering and service.

Civic Engagement and Service

Our research focuses on societal inclusion and ways to promote engagement across the life course.

Global Assessment of Civic Service

Community and National Service

We assess the forms, purposes, activities, servers and operations of all civic service programs worldwide.

Youth Service

Community and National Service

We investigate youth civic service worldwide and measure its impact on volunteers and the individuals and communities they serve.

American Dream Policy Demonstration (ADD)

Asset Building

This is the first large-scale demonstration of Individual Development Accounts, with approximately 2,400 accounts opened at 13 sites across the country.

Civic Service Research Fellows Program

Community and National Service

We support innovative research on civic service in countries all over the world from a multinational network of scholars and researchers.

Impacts of International Service

International Service

Our project determines which features of voluntary service have the greatest impact on volunteers, host organizations, and community outcomes in Peru and Costa Rica.

Youth Service in Latin America and the Caribbean

Community and National Service

We assess the status of youth volunteer service in Latin America and the Caribbean and its potential to serve as a strategy for social and economic development.