Elyssa Lewis

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Passionate about the power of strategic learning to accelerate impact, I am dedicated to…

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  • Skoll Foundation

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Volunteer Experience

  • People's Grocery Graphic

    Urban Garden & Development Ally

    People's Grocery

    - 9 months

    Worked in the California Hotel’s public housing Urban Garden and the People’s Grocery office as part of their Allyship program. Roles and projects included:

    Development of educational tools (Food Justice Jeopardy, Kids Nutrition Jeopardy, Farm Bill Quiz); Food Justice Database for coalition building; Food Justice panel at UC Davis; website development and editing; food justice workshops;

    Harvesting, planting, & maintenance of crops and garden beds; plant sales and tracking for…

    Worked in the California Hotel’s public housing Urban Garden and the People’s Grocery office as part of their Allyship program. Roles and projects included:

    Development of educational tools (Food Justice Jeopardy, Kids Nutrition Jeopardy, Farm Bill Quiz); Food Justice Database for coalition building; Food Justice panel at UC Davis; website development and editing; food justice workshops;

    Harvesting, planting, & maintenance of crops and garden beds; plant sales and tracking for quarterly reports; garden tours and outreach; facilitation of seed donations.


Courses

  • Crop Vegetable Management

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  • Econometrics

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  • Economics of Small Farms

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  • Environmental Health and Development

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  • Environmental Problem Solving

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  • Global Ecology and Development

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  • International Rural Development Policy

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  • Interview Methods

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  • Micro Economics

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  • Natural Resource Sociology

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  • Political & Economic Development in the Third World

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  • Postharvest of Fruits & Vegetables

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  • Project Management

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  • Survey Methods

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  • Technology & Poverty

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Honors & Awards

  • Coaching Fellow

    The Coaching Fellowship

  • Future Leader Fellow

    Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD)

    The Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD) administers a competitive fellowship program to nurture and to provide partial financial support to students attending both 1) the AIARD Annual Conference and 2) the annual Future Leaders Forum in Washington, D.C. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to students who have a sincere interest in international agriculture and rural development issues and their solutions. These fellowships are intended to enhance…

    The Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD) administers a competitive fellowship program to nurture and to provide partial financial support to students attending both 1) the AIARD Annual Conference and 2) the annual Future Leaders Forum in Washington, D.C. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to students who have a sincere interest in international agriculture and rural development issues and their solutions. These fellowships are intended to enhance the students' understanding and appreciation of issues and opportunities in international agriculture and rural development.

Organizations

  • American Evaluation Association

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    - Present

    ICCE TIG Blog Post: Strategies to Evaluate International Development Research (April 2, 2017) http://aea365.org/blog/icce-tig-week-strategies-to-evaluate-international-research-by-elysaa-lewis/

  • Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development

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    Future Leader Fellow 2016

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