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WAPPP Fellows 2006-2007
David De Cremer
WAPPP Fellow (Fall 2005)
David De Cremer is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Tilburg
in the Netherlands and a young fellow of the Dutch Academy of Science (KNAW).
He has taught courses in social psychology of organizational behavior, psychology
and economics, and the psychology of justice, among others. During his fellowship
at WAPPP, De Cremer's research will focus on the specific economic and social
situations where beliefs of trust are restored and the role that social accounts
(e.g., excuses, denials and silence) and gender play in them. Previously, De
Cremer held teaching and research positions at New York University, Maastricht
University, the Netherlands, and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific
Research. De Cremer holds a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University
of Southampton, England, and an M.A. in Social Psychology from the University
of Leuven, Belgium.
Rangita De Silva-De Alwis
WAPPP Fellow
Rangita De Silva-De Alwis is Senior Advisor for International Programs at
the Wellesley Centers for Women. She is also Senior Advisor to the Public
Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law. De Silva-
De Alwis has served both as an adviser and consultant to a variety of gender-based
law reform activities across Asia in the areas of gender equality, equal
employment, domestic violence, trafficking and sexual harassment. During
her WAPPP Fellowship, she will analyze the ferment of law and policy change
that has taken place in the Asian region and measure its impact on women,
focusing on two milestone law reform projects in China and Vietnam. De Silva-De
Alwis holds a S.J.D. and a L.L.M. from Harvard Law School and a L.L.B. from
the Faculty of Law at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Oeindrila Dube
WAPPP Fellow
Oeindrila Dube is a doctoral candidate in Public Policy at the Kennedy
School of Government. Her research interests focus on international development,
specifically international trade policy and development economics. In preparation
for her dissertation, Dube will conduct a research project on the gender
imbalance in India during her time at WAPPP. Dube’s project will examine
1) the effect of female employment on the gender ratio at birth and 2) the
extent to which the availability of sex selection technology has exacerbated
the gender imbalance in India. Preiously, Dube served as a research consultant
with the Brookings Institution; there, she examined international basic education
issues with a focus on barriers to female education. Dube has also worked
with Oxfam International, the World Bank and the U.S. Office of Management
and Budget on various economic development and social issues. Dube is the
recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship and holds a M.Phil. in Economics from Oxford
University and a B.A. in Public Policy from Stanford University.
Fatemeh
Haghightajoo
WAPPP/Harvard Committee on Human Rights Fellow
Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, an Iranian citizen, is a human rights activist and
former parliamentarian in the 6th Majils (Iran’s reform parliament)
from 2000 to 2004. During her time in parliament, she was renowned as an
articulate and fearless advocate of human rights and women’s rights
in particular. She writes extensively on human rights and has also published
on educational and sociological issues. In 2005-2006, Haghighatjoo was
a fellow at MIT’s Center for International Relations. Previously,
she has held professorships at Tehran University and Shahid Behesti University.
While at WAPPP, Haghighatjoo will continue to research and write on human
rights, women’s rights and democracy within the Iranian context.
Haghighatjoo holds a Ph.D. in Counseling.
Alice C. Hogan
WAPPP Fellow
Alice Hogan is the director of the National Science Foundation’s
ADVANCE program, an initiative designed to address the underrepresentation
of women in
academic science and engineering, particularly at the senior ranks. Prior to
this position, Hogan was a senior program manager with NSF's Division of International
Programs with responsibility for strategic planning, oversight, and management
of bilateral science and engineering programs with countries in the Asia Pacific
region from 1986 to 1999. Hogan also held several positions at the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1978 to 1986, including
acting director of
international affairs for the National Ocean Service. During her fellowship
with WAPPP, Hogan will work with WAPPP to organize a seminar on the
intersection of
science and technology policy and gender. Hogan holds a M.A. in Asian Studies
from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in Asian Studies from Cornell University.
Therese Leung
WAPPP Fellow
Therese Leung is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at Harvard University’s
Faculty of Arts and Sciences. During her fellowship at WAPPP, Leung will
explore the unobservable mechanisms that generate the motherhood wage
penalty by using
a combination of new and old data sources and constructing novel ways to
measure unobservable factors. Her project will examine: 1) whether
we can better understand
the effect of unobservable factors by examining whether the significance
of observable factors for the motherhood wage penalty have changed
over time;
and 2) whether factors that are usually unobservable, such as productivity
differences, can explain a portion of the motherhood wage penalty. Previously,
Leung was a Presidential Management Fellow, serving as a Fiscal Policy Analyst
in the White House. She also brings experience from the private sector, having
worked as an associate with L.E.K. Consulting in Boston. Leung holds a M.A.
in Sociology from Harvard and a B.A. in Mathematics from Wellesley College.
Tammy
Ann Smith
WAPPP/ISP Fellow
Tammy Ann Smith received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University,
where she is a graduate fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic
Research and
Policy. Her dissertation is entitled “The Boundaries of the Conflict: narrative,
violence and displacement on the Italo-Yugoslav frontier.” While at WAPPP,
Smith will work on a project that considers the link between UN post-war recovery
efforts and the global problem of trafficking of women. This project builds upon
her decade-long work on the international human rights and development fields
with institutions such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s
Mission to Bosnia, the USAID Eastern European Office of Urban Programs, and the
United Nations Development Fund for Women. Smith also holds a Master of International
Affairs in Economic and Political Development/Eastern European Studies from SIPA,
Columbia University.
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