Advisor, Research and Program Development
allenan9@msu.edu
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Kentucky
Dr. Andrea Allen has 18 years of experience addressing international development issues, with expertise in agribusiness, natural resource management, participatory methods, gender, and indigenous populations. She has experience in strategic planning, project design, and evaluation, as well as public and private sector grant writing and fundraising. From 1994 to 1996, Dr. Allen worked for CARE, managing technical assistance teams, carrying out assessments, and providing training in livelihood security and assessment methods. She then worked for nine years on various projects with the U.S. Agency for International Development, where she advised on strategic planning to achieve heightened participation of men and women and integrated social and gender analysis into contract solicitations. She also assessed field programs to improve project design and reporting related to socio-economic and gender issues. Dr. Allen also serves as Associate Director of the Partnerships for Food Industry Development in the College of Agriculture, where she guides program planning, performance monitoring, and reporting. She holds a Ph.D. degree in anthropology and speaks fluent Spanish.
