Professorial Lecturer

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Additional Positions at �鶹��Ƶ: Professorial Lecturer; SIS Learning Assessment and Pedagogy Committee; Informal Settlements, Extreme Poverty Reduction - Africa
Degrees: BA Psychology - UCLA
MA Diplomacy & IR - Norwich University
PhD Pol. Science & IR - Howard University
Languages Spoken: French, Kiswahili, Spanish, Italian
Bio: Dr. Angela Pashayan is a full-time lecturing professor at �鶹��Ƶ, Washington, DC, in the School of International Service (SIS). She graduated from Howard University’s PhD Program in Political Science and was accepted into the distinguished Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society. Her expertise is in Informal Settlements, International Development, Political Science, and International Relations, with 10+ years of field experience working to reduce extreme poverty in Peru, India, Nepal, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Kenya. Her research on extreme poverty reduction in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya includes ethnography, quantitative and quantitative research published in her upcoming book, “Below the Proletariat” to be released in 2023. Working across a wide range of socio-economic levels and different cultures, Dr. Pashayan’s lived and academic experiences provide a unique perspective on Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Accountability (DEIA) in International Development and domestic poverty.

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