Communitology

An Interview with Communitology Expert Dr. Kerrie Thornhill of Résolu, Inc.

Seeking an anthropologist or qualitative social scientist with expertise in the following: Mental health in Egypt… Trafficking in Albania…. Mental health in Algeria… -SA

Expert Spotlight: Dr. Lauren Wallace Dr. Lauren Wallace is a medical anthropologist and a public health expert with more than ten years of experience in global health. She has specific expertise in health systems capacity, and sexual and reproductive health in Ghana. She is presently a Senior Researcher at the Dodowa Health Research Centre (Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service) in Accra, Ghana, a Researcher in the Department of Health Policy, Planning and Management at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, and an instructor at the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons in the Faculty of Public Health. Dr. Wallace specializes in country issues in Ghana. Contact Lauren Wallace at [email protected] and find a complete list of country of origin experts and specialities at https://communitology.co/

Expert Spotlight: Mark Marchant Mark Marchant has studied, worked and lived in Kenya and Tanzania since 2008, with research consulting firms, think tanks and non-profits. This experience in policy research spaces lends itself to his teaching on health policy at LSHTM. He also worked as a research consultant for UZIKWASA, a civil society organization in Pangani, Tanzania engaging communities in developing grassroots leadership capacity for GVP prevention. With a background in political theory, his main research focus at LSHTM is on community engagement in gender violence prevention and emergent disease outbreaks. He works closely with PAVE, a collaborative group studying the Politics and Anthropology of Violence & Epidemics. Mr. Marchant specializes in countries Kenya and Tanzania. Contact Mark Marchant at [email protected] and find a complete list of country of origin experts and specialities at https://communitology.co/

Expert Spotlight: Dr. Olga Levina Olga S. Levina, PhD, graduated St.Petersburg State University (Russia), faculties of psychology and management. In 1996 – 2008 was working as an organizational consultant for small and medium businesses, contributing to in-country and international programs aimed at socio-economic development in post-soviet Russia. In 1998 – 2015 as a social psychologist, a Co-founder and Development Director of the NGO Stellit she was part of a wide range of health research and prevention initiatives, working in collaboration with stakeholders and scientists from Russian regions, European countries and the U.S. Many of those projects were focused on injection drug users and their sex partners; imprisoned women; socially excluded, abused and neglected children; female sex workers and their sex partners; STI clinic patients; and law enforcement, health, and other professionals and structures across Russia and other post-soviet countries. Olga Levina has experience in development and evaluation of regional and institutional level projects and programs, contributing to over 70 scientific publications in Russia and internationally. In 2013-2014 she received postdoctoral training at Yale School of Public Health. In 2015 immigrated to the U.S. and worked as an independent consultant/evaluator and a social scientist. Dr. Levina specializes in country issues in Russia. Contact Dr. Levina at [email protected] and find a complete list of country of origin experts and specialities at https://communitology.co/

Expert Spotlight: Dr. Kendra Dupuy Kendra Dupuy (PhD, political science, University of Washington) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Western Washington University, where she teaches and carries out research on African politics. She has deep knowledge of the political, social, and economic dynamics of a number of sub-Saharan African countries, and has worked extensively on issues related to political repression, armed conflict, and forced displacement in these areas. Dr. Dupuy specializes in countries Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia. The, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Norway, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sweden, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, The United States, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Contact Kendra Dupuy at [email protected] and find a complete list of country of origin experts and specialities at https://communitology.co/

Expert Spotlight: Dr. Molly Fitzgerald Dr. Molly Fitzgerald is a public health professional with 25 years of experience in global health programming and research. Working with civil society, governments and humanitarian actors in diverse geographic and social contexts, she has collaborated and advised on intersecting areas of health and human rights, including issues of stigma and other forms of exclusion as barriers to improved health and social equity. Much of her work has been in Africa (West and Southern Africa) centering on research and programs pertaining to access to sexual and reproductive health, HIV, and equitable health systems. Through her consulting practice JuxtaHealth LLC, she partners with organizations to design inclusive research, develops strategies, and executes programs that advance health access, gender equity and social inclusion. She holds a Master of Public Health, with a focus on Refugee Studies, and Health and Human Rights, from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Doctor of Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Molly Fitzgerald specializes in the countries Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, and Zimbabwe Contact Dr. Fitzgerald at [email protected] and find a complete list of country of origin experts and specialities at https://communitology.co/

Expert Spotlight: Dr. Nicola Bulled Dr. Nicola Bulled is a public health anthropologist. Her scholarship integrates the theoretical perspectives of anthropology and the applied practice of global public health to ensure effective, culture-centered, and structurally responsive policy and practice. She has collaborated with national, regional, and city governments, healthcare providers, community organizations, academic departments, and community members, with over 20 years of experience developing, conducting, and directing research projects and teaching in higher education. Dr. Bulled specializes in countries Canada, Greece, Lesotho, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Contact Nicola Bulled at [email protected] and find a complete list of country of origin experts and specialities at https://communitology.co/

Expert Spotlight: Dr. Lahra Smith Dr. Lahra Smith is an Associate Professor in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at Georgetown University and the Director of the African Studies Program. She is a Political Scientist with a particular interest in citizenship, migration and political development in Africa. She is the author of Making Citizens in Africa: Ethnicity, Gender and National Identity in Ethiopia (Cambridge University Press, 2013), and her other publications have focused on the role of political institutions in addressing conflict based largely on ethnic and language identities. Dr. Lahra Smith specializes in the countries Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Contact Lahra Smith at [email protected] and find a complete list of country of origin experts and specialities at https://communitology.co/

Expert Spotlight: Dr. Norma Kriger Dr. Norma Kriger worked for twelve years in the political science faculty at The John Hopkins University. Since then she has been an independent scholar with experience at USAID. UNDP, the World Bank, Human Rights Watch, and the International Rescue Committee. Dr. Kriger specializes in the countries Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa. Contact Norma Kriger at [email protected] and find a complete list of country of origin experts and specialities at https://communitology.co/