Staff

Melissa Nemon

Melissa

Nemon

Title

Adjunct Lecturer
Research Interests
  • Community and Social Programs
  • Community Organizing
  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Assessment & Evaluation
  • Participation and Engagement
  • Social Justice
Research Summary

Melissa Nemon, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Education & Social Policy at Merrimack College. Dr. Nemon is the owner and founder of a woman-owned community-based research and services firm in operation since 2005. Her work is community focused and she studies potential solutions to social issues and injustices through community-based research and practice. She has worked with local communities; state and federal agencies; and a variety of nonprofit/NGO and for-profit organizations. Although she started teaching in the Nonprofit Management and Community Engagement Program at Merrimack College in 2015, Dr. Nemon has been teaching undergraduate and graduate academic classes since 2008, she has published several academic and research papers, and she speaks at conferences and facilitates various community workshops across the US.

Education
  • Ph.D. in Community Economic Development, Southern New Hampshire University
  • M.A. in Community Economic Development with a specialization in Public Policy, SNHU
  • M.A. in Community Social Psychology, University Massachusetts Lowell
  • B.A. in Psychology, University of New Hampshire
Areas of Expertise
  • Community and Social Programs
  • Community Organizing
  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Assessment & Evaluation
  • Participation and Engagement
  • Social Justice
Recent Publications

Nemon, M. & Kreinbring, H. (2024). ACRP Synthesis 11-03 / Topic S01-28: Airport Arts Program Management. Transportation Research Board. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27988/methods-of-airport-arts-program-management

Nemon, M. & Falk, A. (2023). Advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through higher education. The International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, 1(1), 1.

Xu, T., Hsu, H., Nemon, M., Hansen, C., Mack, J. H. & Willis, D. J. (2023, June). A tag-based framework for collecting, processing, and visualizing student learning outcomes. Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD. https://peer.asee.org/42533

Nemon, M., Hall, R. & Fischer, R. (2022). NeighborWorks COVID-19: Network field reports & lessons. NeighborWorks America.

Souden, M., Culbreath, C., Nemon, M., Kreinbring, H., Gonsoulin, M. & Hynes, D.M. (2017). Assess research stakeholders’ needs for support in using institutional assets. Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 25-27, 2017.

Nemon, M.L., Phillips, M., Sneath, J. & Jacobs, C. (2015). The family foundation lifecycle and the role of consultants. The Foundation Review, 7(1), 19-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.9707/1944-5660.1232