TRAINING & MENTORING
June 2021 - Present
RESEARCH INTERNS
I oversee the internship program for Women's World Banking's Research Team. I supervise qualitative research interns during spring, summer and fall semesters. I've supervised Geography PhD students, Masters degree students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, and undergraduate Economics majors.
Skills taught and developed:
research design
cross-function collaboration
project management
professional soft skills
qualitative data analysis
writing
For interest or questions in working with me and our team, please email me at mdb at womensworldbanking dot org.
August 2016 - December 2020
RESEARCH INTERNS & FIELD ASSISTANTS
I supervised six undergraduate interns from Penn State, crafting internships to develop skills of literature reviews, data analysis, data organization, cartography, and writing.
While conducting research in Colombia, I worked with two students pursuing their undergraduate and masters degrees. Using grant money to fund their training, the students worked on data collection and processing. I also co-planned and co-wrote research with an undergraduate student at the Universidad de Colombia - Bogotá.
Both women are now pursuing their PhDs - one in agricultural sciences and the other in anthropology.
December 2021 - Present
THESIS REVIEW BOARDS
I serve on the thesis review boards for two women Masters' students, one in Mexico and one in Colombia.