Professor Minkoff’s work focuses on the organizational dimensions of social movements and political activism.  One current project includes compiling a database of national organizations that advocate for a broad range of domestic issues (civil rights, feminist, peace, environmental, pro-choice, pro-life, and others) in order to examine how activists balance the demands of working within the system with a desire for political change.  She has also recently started a project on the impact of foundation funding on social movements and is exploring opportunities to expand her research agenda to include comparative work on Germany.