Experience

Indigenous Justice Circle / IMAGEN

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Executive Director

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Native American girls & young women are under-invested in. IMAGEN provides strategic data, planning and implementation tools to more intentionally reach this overlooked group. IMAGEN Fellows from across Indian Country convene monthly in the IMAGEN Circle. Native American girls & young women are under-invested in. IMAGEN provides strategic data, planning and implementation tools to more intentionally reach this overlooked group. IMAGEN Fellows from across Indian Country convene monthly in the IMAGEN Circle.



GIRL Center for Innovation Research and Learning

• Global South

• Senior Associate & IRB member

  • Sep 2001 - Jul 2022

  I led research projects focused on reducing gender-based violence and improving the health and economic well-being of excluded girls and young women throughout the Global South and Indigenous North. I authored many policy and peer-reviewed publications, including “Investing When It Counts: Generating the evidence base for policies and programs for very young adolescents.” I served on a number of advisory committees, including as human subjects ethics reviewer for IRBs, and on NIH study sections. I led research projects focused on reducing gender-based violence and improving the health and economic well-being of excluded girls and young women throughout the Global South and Indigenous North. I authored many policy and peer-reviewed publications, including “Investing When It Counts: Generating the evidence base for policies and programs for very young adolescents.” I served on a number of advisory committees, including as human subjects ethics reviewer for IRBs, and on NIH study sections.



National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC)

• Lame Deer, Montana, USA

• Research Consultant

  • Feb 2016 - Sep 2020

  At NIWRC I contributed expertise on research and program evaluation and strengthening, including provision of technical assistance to tribal domestic violence (DV) programs, as well as evaluation of NIWRC's capacity strengthening initiatives and public events. I led the Strong Hearts Native Helpline management and staff through a participatory logical framework construction exercise that was instrumental to their fundraising efforts. At NIWRC I contributed expertise on research and program evaluation and strengthening, including provision of technical assistance to tribal domestic violence (DV) programs, as well as evaluation of NIWRC's capacity strengthening initiatives and public events. I led the Strong Hearts Native Helpline management and staff through a participatory logical framework construction exercise that was instrumental to their fundraising efforts.



International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

• United States
• Research Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Jun 1997 - Aug 2001

  During my post-doctoral training, I was involved in two large longitudinal evaluation projects that assessed the qualitative and quantitative impacts of: (1) a multi-site agricultural training program designed to increase women's empowerment, food security and home food production among rural poor households in Bangladesh; (2) a municipal-sponsored child care and feeding program designed to increase child well-being and mothers' labor force participation among poor indigenous women residing in the slums of Guatemala City. Show less