Rachel Silver (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is an Assistant Professor of Education and Faculty Affiliate with the Graduate Programs in Anthropology and Development Studies at York University. Her ethnographic research explores negotiations around power, ownership, and partnership in development/humanitarian aid structures and knowledge production practices. She has over fifteen years of experience researching girls’ education and sexual reproductive health in South/Eastern Africa, and has consulted for Save the Children (Malawi, Ethiopia), the Creative Centre for Community Mobilization (Malawi), and CARE (Kenya).
Research Keywords
girls' education and sexual reproductive health; humanitarian aid; critical development studies; ethnography
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism |
Status | Active |
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