Ashley Simons-Rudolph Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Ashley Simons-Rudolph, PhD, promotes engagement through interdisciplinary, community, and policy-related research. Dr. Simons-Rudolph has expertise in gender and social policy, research-to-practice, community-based participatory research, substance misuse, family formation/stability, and qualitative methodologies. She has worked in diverse communities ranging from townships in sub-Saharan Africa, to Indigenous reservations in the Midwest. She is currently leading/actively contributing to projects in Massachusetts, New Mexico, Kentucky, and Oklahoma. She has 24 years of experience conducting research in academic and practice-based settings in the U.S. and abroad.

Wake Forest, Nc

✔ Conceptualize problems in public health research or policy; planning, execution, and application of research and research-to-practice projects.✔ Design and implementing research methods; conducting data collection; conducting quantitative and/or qualitative analysis.

Wake Forest Nc

✔ Creatively growing projects through research, analysis, evaluation, and writing✔ Textbook writing, subject matter expertise, assistance, and editing✔ Qualitative and mixed-method analysis✔ Specialized talks, lectures, and facilitation

Of The American Psychological Association

Raleigh, Nc

✔ Direct all aspects of a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, multinational journal published quarterly in both online and print versions. Gender Issues publishes basic and applied research examining gender relationships as well as the impact of economic, legal, political, and social forces on those relationships.

Chapel Hill, Nc

✔ Create and contribute to high-quality presentations, research monographs, peer-reviewed manuscripts, and other writing for the popular press✔ Maintain topical knowledge in women's health broadly as well as health policy specifically✔ Increase understanding of research ethics with a focus on non-western contexts like sub-Saharan Africa✔ Help grow knowledge about best practices in substance use prevention and intervention✔ Promote the connection between gender and health promotion theory applied to health care for military veterans

Raleigh, Nc

✔ Developed Women and Health (WGS 330) and taught course beginning in the Fall of 2007; course is now part of the General Education Requirements for the University✔ Co-developed course website, syllabus, and textbook for Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies (WGS 200)✔ Teach both WGS 200 and WGS 330 three semesters a year continuously since 2006

✔ Advance gender equity in the campus community through policy development and implementation of science, educational programming, advocacy, and leadership development ✔ Lead NCSU campus in developing and sustaining an environment conducive to the professional, intellectual, and personal success of all students, faculty, and staff at NC State University ✔ Lead grant-writing for > $100,000 per year✔ Direct largest Women's Center in a public university in the Southeast and in ACC with 6 FTEs, 5 part-time student and AmeriCorps workers, 1 intern, 1 teaching assistant, and 550 active volunteers

North Carolina State University

✔ Direct all aspects of an open-access, peer-reviewed, and white paper initiative. White papers offer a platform for diversity practitioners and faculty to bridge the gap between theory and practice, providing readers with information about best practices in the field. http://oied.ncsu.edu/oied/whitepapers.php#

Cairo, Egypt

Taught:✔ Women and Health (ANTH 400-Undergraduate and Graduate Students) including units on comparative analysis & policy dissemination✔ Regulating Bodies (GWST 501-Graduate Students) including units on applying theoretical approaches to policy understanding✔ Psychology of Women’s Health (PSY 400) including units on political activism, cross-cultural analysis, and comparative analysis✔ Introduction to Psychology (PSY 201-Undergraduate Students) including units on scientific method, appropriate uses of quantitative and qualitative methodology, and political decision-making

Rtp, Nc

✔ Developed qualitative and quantitative data collection instruments for behavior and clinical trials✔ Trained domestic and international staff on research ethics✔ Analyzed social acceptability and community-level data using feminist and participatory approaches. ✔ Collaborated on grant writing totaling over 3 million USD

Washington D.C. Metro Area

✔ Led qualitative in-depth interviews with welfare clients to inform the TANF Reauthorization debate in US Congress and the policy implementation within the District of Columbia ✔ Assisted with qualitative instrument development, data collection, and analysis

Raleigh, Nc

✔ Secured grant funding to develop and run a summer program intervention for children from homes with domestic violence✔ Organized and facilitated nightly support groups for children in the shelter✔ Aided with crisis counseling✔ Helped parents match their children’s needs to appropriate community resources

Ph.D., Public Policy

Activities and Societies: • Full Travel Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the area of Microbicide Research, Capetown South Africa.

M.P.P., Public Policy

Activities and Societies: • Henry Soloman Award for best poster at the George Washington University Public Policy Poster Contest •.

B.A., Psychology, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Association for Collegiate Women’s Leadership Education (2012-current) • North Carolina ACLU Board (2005-2006) •.