Morgan Richards-Melamdir Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

• Produces incisive reports on the quality of interventions which seek to improve women’s well-being through reducing violence and increasing women’s socioeconomic status and empowerment. Builds monitoring, evaluation.
• Designs mixed-methods evaluations.
• Conducts literature reviews and primary/secondary data analysis.
• Writes and edits reports.
• Supports systems development for data driven decision-making.

Greater New York City Area

• Managed organizational monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning of programs enhancing theempowerment and well-being of economically marginalized women and their children.
• Analyzed administrative data on over 25,000 beneficiaries to assess the impact of programengagement on outcomes, especially related to employment and social protection.
• Oversaw data collection and analysis from 3 years of surveys (500+ a year), including baseline,midline, control group, and perspective triangulation.
• Conducted participatory focus group discussions and research reflections with beneficiariesand staff.
• Routinely translated research into accessible findings and presentations for senior leadership,non-technical staff, foundation and corporate donors, and policymakers.
• Developed and delivered training on data collection and use for 60+ staff.

New York, New York

Mainstreamed and standardized monitoring and evaluation practices in livelihoods, health, gender, social protection, disaster risk reduction and response in Democratic Republic ofthe Congo, South Sudan, Sudan, and Zimbabwe, Haiti, Armenia, and Georgia-Compiled best practices from desk research on policies and procedures of 15 faith-based.

Mombasa, Kenya

-Established monitoring, reporting, and evaluation tools, structures, and procedures to collect data from more than 100 schools, mosques, churches, and farmers cooperatives-Managed 2 end of year evaluation processes, included training 10 enumerators -Organized, analyzed, and reported on data on tree growth and maintenance for over 100 nurseries and tree.

Mombasa, Kenya

-Engaged in operational research including training 10 enumerators, designing 4 distinct surveys, and processing paper and mobile-phone questionnaires from over 400 small business owners to test innovative approach to grassroots economic development-Published 2 papers on the success of the economic intervention -Managed a case-file database for over 40.

Mombasa, Kenya

-Created and refined monitoring and reporting structures for 6 projects representing more than $250,000, including funding from ILO and USAID-Developed 12 new monitoring forms to improve data collection for all on-going projects, including an case-file system for sex workers entering the social work program-Constructed 13 quantitative and qualitative.

Norman, Oklahoma

Interviewed applicants, entered application data, and addressed applicant concerns for the Cleveland Country DHS summer cooling program (LIHEAP), which provides assistants for families struggling to pay cooling costs.

Togo

Advised Peace Corp Volunteers in Togo on the creation of survey instruments to evaluate the effectiveness of a Conference on Women’s Empowerment held in the Spring of 2012

Norman, Oklahoma

Provided administrative support for Professors at OU, including making copies, creating PowerPoint presentations, administering exams, grading, managing classroom websites, meeting with students, and other tasks as needed.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

-Synthesized data from past reports to summarize World Neighbor’s impact on women’s empowerment in Kenya, Tanzania, and Burkina Faso from 2007-Present-Drafted a survey instrument to document the effect of World Neighbor’s activities on the welfare of children in advance of a strategic shift in beneficiary focus

Edmond, Oklahoma

Provided a peer educational supplement for Humanities, Sociological Theory, and Sociological Statistics courses

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Advertised for organizational events and performed research on church policy for an Oklahoma State Senator

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Conducted interviews to establish barriers to employment and provided resources to overcome barriers. Met with community and business leaders to coordinate efforts to improve employment opportunities for the unemployed, underemployed, and ex-offenders.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Sociology

Master Of Arts (Ma), Sociology, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Graduation Teaching Assistant 2010-2012, Academic Appeals and Misconduct Student Panelist 2011-2012, Graduate.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology, Minor In Political Science, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Kappa Phi Christian Women's Service Organization, The Wesley Foundation Student Ministry, Tutor for the.