Current Students

Paulina Calfucoy MA, International Public Affairs, UW-Madison
DSP focus: new trends in productive development policies in Latin America. CV
Ian Carrillo MA, Latin American Studies, University of Kansas
DSP focus: political economy of development, specifically the role that capital plays in determining the nature of industrialization and community development.
Liliana Cisneros MS, Development Policy and Administration, UW-Madison
DSP focus: gender equality policy frameworks at the United Nations.
John Ifediora M.A, Liberal Arts, University of Chicago; J.D, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D, Economics/Public Policy Analysis, University of Illinois at Chicago
DSP focus: factors that have perennially subdued socio-economic development in sub-saharan Africa, with particular emphasis on Nigeria.
Abdul Rehman Khan MA Sustainable International Development, Brandeis University
DSP focus: governance issues pertaining to social, economical and political development in the less developed countries, especially the South Asian and Southeast Asian region.
Kristin Klingman MS Mexican American Studies, University of Arizona
DSP focus: immigration and sustainable community development in rural Mexico.
Upenyu Majee MS Education Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
DSP focus: education and development.
Janina Mera MA Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis
DSP focus: land reform models in Brazil.
Victor Ogbonnaya Okorie MPhil Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Obafemi Awolowo University
DSP focus: youth restiveness, global threat and participatory development nexus in Niger Delta, Nigeria. Identifying economic and socio-political-cultural factors that could facilitate the development of the region beyond arms and amnesty.
Geraldine O'Mahony MA (Hons) Divinity, Edinburgh University; MA Islamic Studies, McGill University; MA Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
DSP focus: "Reconstructing the Liberian Judicial System: Negotiating Pluralities of Power." Examines the plurality of power and authority within the judicial system of Liberia and the working relationships between the state, IOs and NGOs. CV
Kweku Opoku-Agyemang MA Economics, Ohio University
DSP focus: savings mobilization and economic development in Ghana. http://www.kwekuopokuagyemang.com
Gergens Polynice MS Computer Information Technology, University of Phoenix; MA Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UW-Madison
DSP focus: economic viability of tree fruit production, agroprocessing, and economic development in Haiti. PhD minor in Business Environment and Social Responsibility. http://www.gergenspolynice.com
Susanne Ress MA Psychology, University Koblenz-Landau
DSP focus: national, regional and international development policies on higher education and R&D partnerships between countries of the global North and global South as well as among countries of the global South with an emphasis on Southern Africa.
Nancy Rydberg MA Development Management and Policy, Georgetown University
DSP focus: education in conflict-affected area; in particular how female headed households' livelihood opportunities in northern Uganda are affecting their children's schooling.
Madhumanti Sardar MA Urban Rural Community Development, Tata Institute of Social Sciences; MP Planning and Development, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
DSP focus: informal work in the formal sector and institutions of the state in the context of liberalization in India.
Fred Washington MSW Social Work, Walla Walla College
DSP focus: conflict resolutions between ethnic groups and the role of spirituality in faith-based NGOs.