Hello, I am Janice - a researcher, social design strategist and facilitator in service of
social innovation and equitable systems change. I help mission-driven organizations learn at strategic moments, navigate change and design or re-design programs, products and strategies. I do this through unearthing insights that inform decision-making and facilitating collective envisioning. I utilize and shepherd co-design or design-thinking, awareness-based systems thinking and evaluative thinking (or monitoring, evaluation and learning, MEL).
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about me.
Sectors where I have experience:
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Education
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Civic Technology and Innovation
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Refugee Resettlement
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Mental and Social Well-being
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Financial Inclusion
Country Experience: I have had the privilege to live and work in the following countries that continue to inform my perspective and inquiry:
Bangladesh, China, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Laos, Myanmar, Rwanda, South Africa, and the United States.
I am motivated by a strong desire to foster learning and innovation that is collaborative, courageous, equitable and regenerative. I work as an independent consultant, partnering with organizations seeking to evaluate their strategies or learn in inclusive and people-centered innovation and equitable systems change.
For the 12 past years, I have led various social impact and innovation projects across multiple fields for example: education for refugees resettled in the U.S. as well as refugee camps, digital financial services to empower emerging market participants, primary literacy instruction for children in low-resource contexts, Digital Public Goods for equitable outcomes, and social services for low-income communities in the United States, to name a few.
Most recently, I worked as a strategist at 3x3, a social impact design consultancy that focuses on bringing stakeholders together to design programs, strategies or initiatives that seek systemic change. Previously, I have worked as a research and innovation consultant with government agencies of New York City, national non-profits, UNICEF, International Rescue Committee, a tech startup in Myanmar and many more. My work and writing have been featured in the World Policy Journal and the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies Academic Space. I hold an MPA in Development Practice from Columbia University and a BA in Religion, graduating with Honors,from Austin College.
I am also a fledgling scuba-diver, practicing meditator, aspiring polyglot, and traveler.
Education:
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Bachelors of Arts (B.A.) in Religion from Austin College
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Masters in Public Administration (M.P. A.) in (International) Sustainable Development Practice from Columbia University.
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Mixed-Methods Research
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Design research
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Ethnography
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Program evaluation: impact and learning
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Policy and landscape analysis
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Stakeholder and systems mapping
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Qualitative and quantitative research and analysis
Strategy
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Participatory strategic planning
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Program design utilizing methods from human centered design (HCD), service design or community-centered design
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Developing and implementing participatory monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks and processes
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Change management
Facilitation
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Co-Design or community-engaged design
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Experiential and organizational Learning
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Community engagement
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Awareness-based systems thinking
