Qu holds a PhD in philanthropic studies from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Qu is a welcome addition to the Bush School’s growing nonprofit program, given her research interests in nonprofit management and philanthropy. Her primary research interests are nonprofit finance and economics, the areas that have practical implications for capacity building and resource development of nonprofit organizations. Her current research projects include nonprofit revenue management and organizational capacity, nonprofit financial reporting and accountability, social innovation and impact investing, motivations for individual charitable giving and nonprofit resource development, effects of pro-social behavior on people's well-being, and experimental studies of charitable giving.