My Experience

RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS

 

Gender and Politics, African Politics, International Relations, Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Feminist Political Theory, Development Studies, Field Research Methods, Qualitative Research Methods, Writing for the Social Sciences, Gender and Development

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE: University of Florida

• Fall 2015: What is the Good Life? (Three sections, TA)

• Spring 2016: What is the Good Life? (Three sections, TA)

• Fall 2016: Environmental Politics of the Global South (Instructor of Record)

• Spring 2017: What is the Good Life? (Three sections, TA)

• Fall 2017: International Environmental Relations (Instructor of Record)

• Fall 2018: Writing Across the Disciplines (Instructor of Record, two sections)

• Writing for Strategic Communication (Instructor of Record)

• Writing in the Social Sciences (Instructor of Record)

• Spring 2019: Writing for Sustainability (Instructor of Record, two sections)

• Writing in the Social Sciences (Instructor of Record)

• Fall 2019: Writing for Strategic Communication (Adjunct Lecturer; Online course).

• Spring 2019: Writing for Strategic Communication (Adjunct Lecturer; Online course).

• Summer 2020: Technical Writing for Professionalization (Adjunct Lecturer, Online course)

• Fall 2020: Writing for Strategic Communication (Adjunct Lecturer, Online course).

• Spring 2021: Technical Writing for Professionalization (Adjunct Lecturer, Online course)

• Fall 2021: Writing for Strategic Communication (Online course)

• Spring 2022: Writing for Strategic Communication (Online course)

 

 

FIELD RESEARCH

 

• South Africa: January-May 2007

• Jordan: May- June 2012

• Kenya: July-August 2013; May 2014; January-June 2015

• Morocco: December 2012; January 2013; October-November 2013; July- December 2014

• Nepal: November 2017

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DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 

Water and Livelihoods Initiative (WLI) (ICARDA) Graduate Research Assistant             2012

Amman, Jordan

• Conducted a desk review of WLI project activities and identified points of entry for improving gender equity and capacity building among partnering institutions within ICARDA

• Trained Jordanian agricultural extension workers on gender analysis and qualitative tools and methodologies for six weeks

• Facilitated focus groups alongside NCARE staff to conduct needs assessments with partner farming communities with a gender focus

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Climate Change and Food Security (CCAFS)                                                               2012-2014

Morocco, Kenya

• Identified indicators for gender analysis for wheat producers in Morocco

• Developed qualitative tools for assessment of empowerment in stakeholder communities in Morocco (6 weeks)

• Conducted focus groups and interviews to evaluate gendered access and utilization of climate information services in Kenya (8 weeks) 


• Developed and implemented quantitative instrument to assess linkages between climate information services, climate smart agriculture practices, and food security 


• Developed a research protocol to integrate processes of reflection within social science research

• Developed gender analysis training modules with a particular focus on gender equity and climate information services 


 

Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (DFID)       2015-2018

Florida; United Kingdom

• Developed questions and indicators for gender analysis for team field research in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia

• Conducted policy analysis of development programming to enhance gender equity among BRACED partners and project activities

• Identified gaps in gender equity within institutions and provided recommendations for increasing gender equity and capacity for gender analysis among partners

• Planned gender trainings and activities for implementing partners’ workshop in Burkina Faso

• Contributed to peer review manuscripts on project findings