Rate My Professor Heather Rimes

Rimes specializes in public management and nonprofit management, with research exploring volunteer-staff dynamics, workplace giving campaigns, local legislative professionalism, and research collaborations. Key publications include 'Exploring the Dynamics of Volunteer and Staff Interactions' (Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 2017, co-authored with Rebecca Nesbit), 'Giving at Work: Exploring Connections Between Workplace Giving Campaigns and Patterns of Household Charitable Giving in the USA' (Voluntas, 2019), 'Towards a Measure of Local Legislative Professionalism' (Urban Affairs Review, 2023, with Christopher A. Cooper and others), and her dissertation 'Organizing and Managing Scientific Research Collaborations' (University of Georgia, 2015). She contributed to 'The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations' chapter on 'Leadership and Management of Associations' (with R. Nesbit et al.). Rimes partnered on the WNC Nonprofit Compensation Study with WNC Nonprofit Pathways, analyzing executive compensation patterns. Her scholarship has garnered over 660 citations across eight works. At WCU, she represents Faculty Senate on the Research Council (2023-2026), contributing to graduate research initiatives and faculty governance.