Natalie Webb
Adjunct Faculty
- nwebb@middlebury.edu
Dr. Webb’s focus areas include public finance, nonprofit economics, government, defense, and other areas of applied economics and resources management. In her work, Dr. Webb draws from multiple disciplines including economics, finance, operations research, management, and public policy to teach a diverse set of courses ranging from public-service budgeting and finance to data analytics for government managers. She has earned awards for both outstanding teaching and research including a Fulbright Scholar Award in 1997 to research nonprofit and government relationships in Oslo, Norway. Dr. Webb is the recipient of the U.S. Navy Superior Civilian Service Award and Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Outstanding Achievement. She has instructed students from over 170 countries and has traveled to over 50 countries to teach, conduct workshops, and research issues related to public finance, management, and economics. Dr. Webb has been an invited speaker at international conferences and has served on the board of Nonprofit Management and Leadership. She currently conducts research on governance issues related to national defense, legacy giving to nonprofit organizations, and other public finance-related topics. Her research appears in the top nonprofit journals and in multiple economics and management journals.
Dr. Webb maintains her faculty position at the Naval Postgraduate School while teaching at the Institute. She also teaches for Brown University’s Pre-College Program. She worked as a software engineer during and after college and has served on the board of several nonprofit organizations.
Areas of Interest
She is interested in seeing students succeed, and to do that, she attempts to make theoretical, academic topics “come alive” for students by discussing practical, real-world considerations, issues, and systems. She enjoys seeing students “get it” and work hard to bring some fun and openness to classrooms (including online). She also enjoys analytical thinking and asking the question: “So what?” in teaching and research, and encourages students to think hard about issues and to question everything. Using integrated coursework, she encourages students to think carefully about how to improve public and nonprofit financial management.
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D., Economics, Duke University
- MBA, Meredith College
- B.S., Computer Science, North Carolina State University
Dr. Webb taught at MIIS from 1992-1994 and began again in 2022.
Publications
- Abzug, R. & Webb, N.J. (1999). Relationships between nonprofit and for-profit organizations: Nonprofits as stakeholders. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 28, 416-431. DOI:10.1177/0899764099284003.
- Armey, L., Lipow, J. & Webb, N. (2014). The Impact of Electronic Financial Payments on Crime. Information Economics and Policy 29: December, 46-57. DOI:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2014.10.002.
- Staniec, F.O. & Webb, N.J. (2007). Utilization of infertility services: How much does money matter? Health Services Research, 42(3), Part I: 971-89.
- Webb, Natalie J., & Abzug, R. (2016). Financial dereliction of duty: Are charities that aid veterans systematically mismanaged? Armed Forces & Society 42(4): 719-740. DOI:10.1177/0095327X16629159.
- Webb, N.J., Candreva, I.A., Hickey-Strum, D., Richter, A. & Dwelle, T. (2015). Evaluating community inclusion: A novel treatment program for children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs 1(2):118-135. http://dx.doi.org/10.20899/jpna.1.2.118-135.