Daniel Chand

Daniel E. Chand (“Danny”) received his Ph.D. in Public Policy in the Policy Management specialization at the University of Arkansas and has a master’s in Political Science with an emphasis in Community Development from Illinois State University. His research focuses on nonprofits in the policy process and the implementation of immigration policy. Among his current research projects are examinations of immigration enforcement in “sanctuary” communities, public private partnerships between businesses and immigration authorities, and a historical examination of early South Asian immigration to the United States (from 1900-1946).

He has published numerous articles in top policy and public administration journals examining topics such as the discretionary power of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, decision-making by immigration judges, and lobbying and campaign activities by nonprofits. He has also contributed op-eds to outlets such as the Cleveland Plain Dealer. 

Prior to earning his Ph.D., he spent a number of years working with nonprofits on both development and advocacy projects. His experiences ranged from state-level lobbying with nonprofit public interests law firms, to working for political action committees (PACs), to implementing program evaluations for charitable associations. From 2006 through 2008, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Zambia.

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Danny has published a number articles examining immigration policy enforcement and the political activities of nonprofit associations.  Below are some of his more recent publications: 

• Chand, Daniel E. 2025. “Life After California: The Ethnic Niches and Racial Barriers of a Pioneering Punjabi Who Left the American West.” Amerasia Journal. (available online; print forthcoming). 
• Hawes, Daniel P., Daniel E. Chand, and M. Apolonia Calderon. 2025. “Breaking Down the Wall: The Effect of Immigration Enforcement and Nonprofit Services on Undocumented Student Academic Performance.” Nonprofit Policy Forum 16(2): 249-272.
• Paar-Jakli, Gabriella, William D. Schreckhise, and Daniel E. Chand. 2024. “Administrative Discretion through Changing Presidencies and Political Polarization: Reflecting on the Rise, Fall, and Rise of Federal-Local Immigration Partnerships in the U.S.” International Journal of Public Administration 47(14): 1,001-1,018.
• Schreckhise, William D. and Daniel E. Chand. 2023. “Local Implementation of U.S. Federal Immigration Programs: Context, Control, and the Problems of Intergovernmental Implementation.” Policy Sciences 56: 797-823.
• Chand, Daniel E., M. Apolonia Calderon, and Daniel P. Hawes. 2022. "Immigrant-serving Organizations and Local Law Enforcement: Do Nonprofits Predict Cooperation with ICE?" Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs 8(3): 423-444.
• Chand, Daniel E. 2021. "Explaining ICE’s Problematic IMAGE: An Examination of Public-Private Partnerships in Immigration Policy." Center for Growth and Opportunity.
• Schreckhise, William D. and Daniel E. Chand. 2021. “Intergovernmental Implementation of Immigration Policy: Noncooperative Federalism and Secure Communities.” Policy Studies Journal 49(4): 1,160-1,188. 
• Calderon, M. Apolonia, Daniel E. Chand, and Daniel P. Hawes. 2021. “Final Lines of Defense: Explaining Policy Advocacy by Immigrant-Serving Organizations.” Nonprofit Policy Forum 12(2): 285-310. 
• Chand, Daniel E., M. Apolonia Calderon, Daniel P. Hawes, and Lauren O’Keeffe. 2021. “Serving Immigrant Communities: Effectiveness of Nonprofit Legal Aid Organizations in an Age of Heightened Enforcement.” Voluntas 32: 621-633.
• Chand, Daniel E. 2020. "Is it Population or Personnel? The Effects of Diversity on Immigration Policy Implementation by Law Enforcement Agencies." Public Performance and Management Review 43(2): 304-333. 
• Chand, Daniel E. and William D. Schreckhise. 2020. "Independence in Administrative Adjudications: When and Why Agency Judges are Subject to Deference and Influence." Administration and Society 52(2): 171-206. 
• Chand, Daniel E. 2019. "Protecting Agency Judges in an Age of Politicization: Evaluating Judicial Independence and Decisional Confidence in Administrative Adjudications." American Review of Public Administration 49(4): 395-410. 
• Chand, Daniel E, William D. Schreckhise, and Marianne Bowers. 2017 “The Dynamics of Local Context and Immigration Asylum Hearing Decisions." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 27(1): 182-196.                  

Guest Columns, Op-eds and Feature Articles

• "How Harvey helped dig up oft-forgotten Beaumont history," Beaumont Enterprise, Aug. 27, 2023. 
• "Layers of unnecessary administrators why college so expensive," The Columbus Dispatch, Sept. 13, 2022. 
• "Refocusing on legal work options is the next logical step for Biden on immigration enforcement," The Plain Dealer, Dec. 17, 2021. 

Datasets and Survey Results

National Immigration Nonprofit Survey Results (2022). 

National Immigration Nonprofit Survey Results (2019), funded by the Latino Center for Leadership and Development (LCLD) at Southern Methodist University 

LCLD Policy Paper on Immigrant Serving Nonprofits

Dataset (STATA) on Secure Communities and Representative Bureaucracy

Used for “Population or Personnel?” publication

National Survey of Administrative Judges (2015/16) and summary of survey results

Survey used for “Protecting Agency Judges” and “Independence in Administrative Adjudications” publications

Please cite when using data and survey results. 

Courses Taught

Research Methods for Political Science
Public Policy Analysis
Administrative Law
Seminar in Public Policy
Nonprofit Advocacy
Seminar in Money in Politics 

Subfields and Areas of Specialization

Public Policy and Policy Implementation
Immigration Policy
Nonprofit Advocacy