Alumni

Graduates of the Development Studies Ph.D. Program have gone on to careers in developing countries, in development assistance agencies, in foundations and voluntary organizations, and in universities' research centers and academic departments.

Some locations of positions held globally include UNICEF, FAO, the Inter-American Foundation, the World Bank, CARE, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. State Department, Habitat for Humanity, and various NGOs and government ministries.

Featured Alumni Story
JIM CAVAYE ('97) Jim Cavaye graduated from the Developed Studies program in 1997, completing his doctorate on the role of government agencies in fostering community development. He returned to the Queensland Department of Primary Industries in Australia and led a team conducting community development work in agricultural communities in central Queensland. Following a secondment to the Centre for Rural and Regional Innovation at the University of Queensland, he established his own consultancy business in community development in 2001. For the last 10 years, he has worked with over 140 communities and many organisations across Australia on community planning, community engagement and local development strategies. A few months ago, he became an Associate Professor in Rural Development at the University of Queensland. He and his wife Carmel live in Toowoomba inland from Brisbane in eastern Australia. They have three teenage children - William, Andrew (who was born in Wisconsin) and Claire.

Featured Alumni Story

JIM CAVAYE ('97)

Jim Cavaye graduated from the Developed Studies program in 1997, completing his doctorate on the role of government agencies in fostering community development. He returned to the Queensland Department of Primary Industries in Australia and led a team conducting community development work in agricultural communities in central Queensland. Following a secondment to the Centre for Rural and Regional Innovation at the University of Queensland, he established his own consultancy business in community development in 2001. For the last 10 years, he has worked with over 140 communities and many organisations across Australia on community planning, community engagement and local development strategies. A few months ago, he became an Associate Professor in Rural Development at the University of Queensland. He and his wife Carmel live in Toowoomba inland from Brisbane in eastern Australia. They have three teenage children - William, Andrew (who was born in Wisconsin) and Claire.