Jane Hammaker Email & Phone Number

United States

Portland, Oregon, United States

Global

- Co-authored 3 mixed-methods baseline impact evaluation reports; contributed to evaluation design, stakeholder engagement strategy, survey instruments (quantitative, key informant interviews, focus-group discussions), enumerator training, data collection, data validation, data cleaning, analysis, visualization, and report writing. - Led Systematic review on fiscal policy interventions in nutrition that analyzed 2,113 impact evaluations of taxes and subsidies to support nutritious diets; conducted qualitative thematic analysis, managed team of 12+ research assistants, led technical writing, and developed 10+ actionable recommendations for researchers and policymakers. Facilitated peer-review and journal publication process. - Communicated complex research findings to policymaker audiences by authoring 5 practitioner briefs, 3 learning briefs, 3 evidence mapping summary reports, 1 interactive evidence user-guide and 1 blog; contributed to virtual training in impact evaluation methods and evidence mapping. - Supported implementation of $1.5+ million USAID-NORC portfolio of 6 evidence gap maps and 22 subsequent reports; prepared monthly budget and financial reports; coordinated stakeholder engagement, managed research assistants, copyedited written outputs, contributed to virtual trainings in evaluation methods to facilitate evidence uptake and use at USAID/Washington and their missions. - Spearheaded development of 3ie/IFAD Field Guide for Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) in Impact Evaluation; as Product Manager, managed implementation of $120K budget over 3-year period, drafted content, led internal pilot, developed accompanying short course and virtual training to build 3ie capacity. - Conducted rapid evidence assessment on performance-based contracts for infrastructure projects to inform cost-benefit analysis for MCC regional compacts. - Facilitated business development by contributing to technical and financial proposals.

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

- Qualitative evaluation of distance learning program serving 12,000 students in Grades K-8. Duties include developing teacher interview protocols, interviewing teachers, coding interviews, analyzing preliminary results - Worked on team to conduct 'meta-analysis' of studies evaluating the effectiveness of school turnaround and closure policies in the United States post-NCLB - Coded approximately 50 quantitative studies, including RCTs, difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, propensity-score matching, and mixed-method analyses

Ormanjhi, Jharkhand, India

- Developed program infrastructure for Yuwa India’s life skills workshops, which serve 400+ girls ages 8 to 22 from rural areas, by designing age-appropriate workshop curriculum, developing and leading training for 35 facilitators, assessing program impact by conducting surveys, and designing MEAL framework- Designed and implemented lesson plans for 9th grade Biology; tutoring in Economics and English- Led Fellowship fundraising effort for the #AIFCOVID19EmergencyResponse by organizing webinar series, "Adapting to COVID-19"

Charlottesville, Virginia & New Delhi, India

- Created sales and outreach strategy to market clothing sourced from women-owned stitching centers in rural India - Managed finance, accounting, product development, operations, and three-year business expansion plan- Winner of the 2017 UVA Entrepreneurship Cup; UVA Sustainability Pitch Night; participated in the Darden Business School iLab incubator- - Developed supply chain to connect clothing from partner villages in rural India to American consumers.- Worked with a women’s stitching center in Bareilly, UP to produce 150 Indian-style flowy pants; led workshops in role specialization, quality control management, and business development.- Implemented a comprehensive virtual presence strategy to build company credibility and legitimacy

- Assisted with grading and curriculum development for Global Early Child Development course- Assisted in writing World Bank guidance note on dialogic reading programs- Tutored Graduate- Level Economics and Applied Econometrics coursework

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States & New Delhi, India

- Analyzed primary & secondary data to conduct systems’ evaluation of solid waste management strategies in Delhi, India- Developed literature review, policy alternatives, & criteria for evaluation; created baseline landfill dependence estimates and assessed associated changes in health, climate, and cost-effectiveness of each feasible alternative- Compiled 45-page report to inform advocacy strategy and presented findings

New Delhi Area, India

- Completed applied research project on women’s entrepreneurship and informal sector labor in the sub-region - Collected data, generated tables, described and analyzed results to support related research and analytical work- Contributed to working report evaluating SDG progress in the sub-region by monitoring national policy in the region

Bachelor’S Degree, Economics And Foreign Affairs

Master Of Public Policy

Critical Language Scholarship, Hindi Language And Literature, Intermediate-High