CV Timothy T Schwartz (Consultant in Haiti)

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Anthropology: University of Florida
• M.A. Anthropology: University of Florida
• B.A. Anthropology: University of Florida

RELEVANT AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Survey sampling design
• Field Methods
• Cultural Consensus Analysis
• Demography
• Questionnaire Development
• Statistical analysis
• Report Writing
• ODK Programming
• SPSS
• VBA/ACCESS/EXCEL/WORD
• Power Point
• Photography

LANGUAGES

• English (native speaker)
• Haitian Kreyol (fluent, literate)
• Spanish (fluent, functionally literate)
• French (moderate listening comprehension, good reading comprehension)

RECENT RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

YEAR 2019

London School of Economics and Chicago School of Economics: 2,600 respondent survey of employees at Haitian ministries MARNDR, MTPTC and MSPP.  Included development and vetting of questionnaire, 30 key information interviews with ministry and parliament personnel from the level of cleaners and security guards to Secretary General, Deputies and Ex-Ministers.

HELP:  Data base management and 1,000-respondent survey of University students at three main Universities in Haiti. Development of questionnaire, 6 focus groups. .

Team Leader:  Evaluation of job creation on LEVE/USAID supported SMASH (Smallholder Alliance for Sorghum) in Haiti. Development and programming of survey instruments in ODK, 250 producers interviewed, 5 focus groups.

 

YEAR 2018

USAID/RTI/LEVE:  Evaluation of impact of USAID contribution to Caribbean Harvest Aquaculture. Sampling strategy, questionnaire development and programing ODK, survey team training, survey coordination, child health surveys (WHZ, HAZ, WAZ), analysis, PP presentations and report. Included census of four villages, 10 focus groups, and extensive document review and internet searches.

USAID/CHECCHI: M&E Technical Consultant for Evaluation of USG Engineering Support Services (ESP) in Afghanistan: Commissioned by USAID. I was part of a 5-person team evaluating the construction management and quality assurance services on 525 million worth of infrastructural projects. I was the M&E consultant. I conducted Key Informant Interviews, designed and programmed online questionnaires, did analysis and participated in writing the report.

HEKS-EPER: Team leader for value chain studies. Research was conducted in Grand Anse. Values chains were charcoal, fruit, lumber, fishing, and goats.  Research included 12 focus groups, 6 of which were fully transcribed and translated to English. In organizing, explaining and presenting the value chains, I developed a research strategy called Multi-Dimensional Value-Chain Mapping technique.

HEKS-EPER: Team leader for rural baseline survey. 600 respondent-households in 4 agro-ecological zones of the Grand Anse. My tasks included designing the research, writing and programming the questionnaire in ODK Platform, analysis and report.

International Health Initiative (IHI). Team leader for market evaluation for breast cancer treatment center: Commissioned by Research included a random survey of Port-au-Prince Health Care use, 600-respondent survey and report

YEAR 2017

United Nations World Food Program (WFP): Consultant/author WFP Frequency-Listing Operational Manual. Created strategy of identifying most vulnerable households: Notab Identification through Freq-Listing.

Harvard and Emory Universities: Team leader for Urban Crime Study: Commissioned by Harvard and Emory Universities and funded by the Swedish Government. Helped design and managed all aspects of a crime study in low-income Port-au-Prince neighborhoods. Six focus groups, recruitment and training of surveyors, training, data management, programming of questionnaire in ODK Collect and coordination for 1,200 respondent survey.

HEKS-EPER: Rural Development Impact Study. Grand Anse, Haiti. Identification of rural leaders through Socio-Dig’s Freq-Listing technique (including 964 respondent survey), survey of experts and application of Cultural Consensus Analysis techniques, development and mapping of 4 value chains, 600 respondent baseline survey. Development and programming into ODK Collect of 5 different survey instruments

ACE Hardware and Papyrus: Market Survey: Commissioned by ACE Hardware and Papyrus consultancy. Programmed questionnaires in ODK Collect, managed data for Port-au-Prince based survey on use of hardware stores.

ACESSO/Clinton Foundation: Team leader for Evaluation of Clinton Foundation Tree Planting Project:  Evaluated program that distributed ~ 1 million lime, mango, and guava trees. Funded by ACCESSO/Kellogg Foundation/ Clinton Foundation Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership.  Four rural focus groups, key informant interviews and review of documentation. Recruitment and training of surveyors, training, data management, programming of questionnaire in ODK Collect.

United Nations World Food Program (WFP): Team leader for Evaluation of WFP Local Procurement School Feeding Program (Department of Nippes, Haiti). Commissioned by World Food Program (WFP). Followed 12 of 23 schools in the program for 18 months. Included 15 focus groups with teachers, school directors, cooks, parents, children, market women, farmers and association leaders. Full transcription and translation into English. Recruitment and training of surveyors, training, data management, programming of 4 questionnaire in ODK Collect. Creation of association scoring strategy to gauge organizational development. Statistical evaluation of program impact on student scholastic achievement. Report and analysis.

Columbia University/USAID/UNICEF/FONKOZE: Evaluation of Survey Evaluating Health Boutique Program: Funded by USAID and managed by partners UNICEF, MSPP and FONKOZE. Programmed questionnaire, trained and fielded surveyors, and managed all aspects of 1,200 respondent mother/child survey conducted in 5 of Haiti’s 10 Departments. Included measurements and analysis for Stunting HAZ, WAZ, and Wasting (WHZ).

FONKOZE: Team Leader for Survey Evaluating FONKOZE/BRAC CLM program for disadvantaged women. Commissioned by FONKOZE/ Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).  Programmed questionnaire, trained and fielded surveyors, and managed all aspects of 600 respondent survey designed to

United Nations World Food Program (WFP):  Team Leader for Survey Evaluating of Human Development Vulnerability Index (HDVI). Commissioned by FONKOZE and WFP for World Bank and USAID funded program. Programmed questionnaire into ODK Collect, trained and fielded surveyors, and managed all aspects of 800 respondent survey.

 

YEAR 2016

IDB/USAID/Coca Cola/TechnoServ: Team Leader for Evaluation of Haiti Hope Mango Project (Haiti)  Funded by IDB, USAID, Coca Cola, and the Soros Foundation with the implementing partner TechnoServe.  Design, management, support, analysis and report.  includes 5 fully transcribed focus groups, 1,215 respondent survey, two 100 plus respondent telephone surveys, and a 100 respondent value chain survey as well as extensive interviews with key informants.

USAID/NORC/Papyrus: Team Leader for USAID Evaluation Surveys of Remanded Prisoners (Haiti):  Provision of surveyors, training, data management and coordination for 1,080 respondent survey of remanded prisoners in three Haitian penitentiaries.  Conducted in association with NORC (University of Chicago), funded by USAID, under auspices of PAPYRUS (Haiti)

United Nations OCHA: Team Leader for evaluation of post-earthquake rental subsidy program (Haiti):  For OCHA in coordination with Concern Worldwide. Management, support and analysis for a 10 focus groups and 1,400-respondent survey for rental subsidy, economic activity and unconditional case grants strategies used to integrate camp residents and families into existing neighborhoods.

GOAL: Team Leader for pre-crisis marketing map project (Haiti):  specifically for drought in Gressier, Haiti.  Conducted ten days of field research, analysis, maps for corn and beans, and report. Commissioned by Goal and conducted under the auspices of Practical Action Consulting (London)

Columbia University: Team leader for surveys evaluating failure of small creditor insurance. 2,000 household survey.  Designed survey sampling strategy, recruited, trained and managed surveyors. Developed, translated, programmed and tested questionnaire.

 

YEAR 2015

APC (American Peanut Council)/EDESIA: Team leader and research design for Ethnography of Haitian Food Consumption Patterns (Haiti), Commissioned by the American Peanut Council and subcontracted through EDESIA. Research into Haitian food categories and preferences. Included 30 focus groups, 136 respondent Cultural Consensus Analysis (freelists & pile sorts), key informant interviews with wholesale distributors and government officials. 600 respondent random survey covering 4 of Haiti’s 10 departments., 120 store and market inventories, a US based social enterprise and research company.

MFK (Meds and Foods for Kids): Market investigation into ‘Popped Pitimi’ (Haiti).  Covered three of Haiti’s 10 departments, includes focus groups, Cultural Consensus analysis, interviews with distributors and government officials, 600 respondent quantitative survey. Research ongoing.

USAID/RTI/LEVE (Haiti):  Design, management and support for a 500-respondent survey of Agricultural and Construction sectors.

OXFAM/WFP (Haiti): Design, management and support for a control vs Treatment group 400 respondent survey in remote NE Haiti Communes of Vallières / Mombin Crochu. Food Security Study.

OXFAM (Haiti): Design, management plan, support to 300 participant survey of Carrefour Feulle, an urban district in Haiti. On behalf of SocioDig (Socio-Digital Research Group) I recruited and trained surveyors, wrote survey instrument prepared data for analysis, managed and conducted three focus groups and prepared data.

ACF (Action Contre le Faim—Haiti): Supported consultant who conducted food security analysis in Haiti’s Department of the Northwest and Artibonite. Wrote questionnaire, provided and trained surveyors, provided vehicles and all logistics. Cleaned data.

ITC (International Trade Center): Development of Fair Labor criteria for the informal sector for the United Nation’s International Trade Center’s Ethical Fashion Initiative

IFAD: Marketing Specialist on United Nations IFAD Evaluation of Program in Grenada, West Indies: Hired by IFAD (International Funds for Agricultural Development).  Midterm review of USD $6 million Marketing Access Rural Enterprise Development Program (MAREP)

FCA (Finland Church Aid): Market Investigation into egg production (Haiti). Geographic focus on Department of the South. Included a 380 household survey and follow-up telephone survey.

Commissioned by CRS (Catholic Relief Services): Team Leader for Cacao Evaluation and Survey of Cacao Production and Grower Cooperatives (Haiti). Included 1,100 respondent survey Conducted in Haiti’s Department of the North and Department of the Grand Anse. Wrote questionnaire, managed teams of 9 surveyors and 3 international consultants. Oversaw analysis and report writing.

 

YEAR 2014

Root Capital: Team Leader for Evaluation of Cacao Production and Grower Cooperatives (Haiti):. Included review of literature and survey of 350 cacao producers in department of Grand Anse, Haiti. Cooperative member vs. non-member control group study.

United Nations IFAD (International Funds for Agricultural Development): Market Specialist for preparation study of new program focusing on market access, rural finance and institutional support in NW Haiti. Wrote report outlining livelihood and market strategies and opportunities in NW Haiti.US 20 million.

United Nations IFAD (International Funds for Agricultural Development): Member of Evaluation Team for United Nations Agricultural Project of PPI-2 (Haiti). Participated as team member in US26 million project.

GB Group (Lafiteau Haiti):  Team Leader for World Bank Social Impact Assessment Lafiteau port facilities and industrial Park (Haiti). Carried out under auspices of Earthtech Engineering, DR. Included 800 household survey, Literature review, focus groups and community disclosure.

Clinton Foundation: Team Leader for Durable Goods Market Study (Haiti). Research was designed to assess the availability and pricing of personal and household goods, non-perishable food tools and construction materials; sourcing, profit and turnover rates, market size and untapped markets. Included freelists from 281 people selected randomly in the target area, 18 wholesale and retail merchants, and1,091 consumers in 10 communes in the Plateau Central. Team of 26 researchers

United Nations International Trade Center: International Survey Director for program, Ethical Fashion Initiative. Designed of M&E system for Artisan Assistance (Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Haiti).

United Nations World Food Program (WFP): Team Leader for WFP Evaluation of Community Based Targeting Strategies (Haiti):  Commissioned by CNSA and funded by WFP. Included 300 respondents survey on attitudes and perceptions of beneficiary targeting and distribution. Analysis of system of community based targeting and proxy means testing.

Root Capital: Team Leader for Coffee grower and Cooperative Study (Haiti). Included 3 focus groups, household interviews of 150 coffee growers who were members of cooperatives and 50 nonmember coffee growers. Analysis and report.

IDB/USAID/Coca Cola/TechnoServ: Team Leader for evaluation of “Haiti Hope Project”  (Mango producer study): Commissioned by TechnoServe Developed, translated and adapted questionnaire; coordinated survey; prepared and analyzed data and wrote report. 6 Surveyors 691 respondents

Clinton Foundation: Team leader for Market Study (Haiti).  Included 3 Focus groups with market women; survey of contents of 10 rural stores, 1 rural market and ten importers on Haiti/Dominican border. Team of 4 researchers.

Clinton Foundation: Team Leader for Peanut Farmer Study (Haiti).  Designed, coordinated, and prepared the data for a 1,289 person survey of farmers in Haiti’s departments of the Central Plateau, Artibonite, North, and North East. Team of 6 surveyors 3 International Trade Center Survey/evaluation and report for City Soley, Haiti artisan project (AVSI).

 

YEAR 2013 and earlier

USAID/CARE Gender Study: Team Leader. International. Designed, coordinated, analyzed and wrote report for a 1,600 household survey on Gender Roles and Gender Based Violence in two Haitian communes. Team of 18 surveyors

Clinton Foundation: Team Leader for Peanut Farmer Study (Haiti) Commissioned by TechnoServe. Designed, coordinated, prepared data for a 750 household survey of peanut farmers in the Plateau Central.

UN International Trade Center: Team Leader for (2013) Study of Fair Wages in Haiti.  In collaboration with the FLA (Fair Labor Association).  Included 300 respondent cost of living snowball survey, analysis and report.

IDB/USAID/Coca Cola/TechnoServ (2013): Team Leader for “Haiti Hope Project” Mango Farmer Study: Sampling strategy, questionnaire development and programming ODK, survey team training, and survey coordination, data analysis and report. 6 Surveyors 691 respondents, prepared and analyzed data and wrote report.

Clinton Foundation: Team Leader for Market Study (Haiti, 2013):  3 Focus groups with market women; survey of contents of 10 rural stores, 1 rural market and ten importers on Haiti/Dominican border. Team of 4 researchers.

Clinton Foundation: Team Leader for survey of Haitian farmers (Haiti, 2013):  Sampling strategy, questionnaire development and programing ODK, survey team training, and survey coordination for a 1,289 person survey of farmers in Haiti’s departments of the Central Plateau, Artibonite, North, and North East. Team of 6 surveyors.

United Nations International Trade Center: Team Leader for evaluation of City Soley, Haiti artisan project (AVSI and ).

German Red Cross: Team Leader for EMMA & Rapid Appraisal of Fishing in Departments of Grand Anse and Nippes  (Haiti, 2012). Commissioned by German and Haitian Red Cross. Led a team of 5 Red Cross Volunteers on a rapid appraisal of conditions in the region. Performed on the past of the German and Haitian Red Cross

CARE: Team Leader for Gender Study (Haiti, 2012): Sampling strategy, questionnaire development and programing ODK, survey team training, and survey coordination, data analysis and report for a 1,600 household survey on Gender Roles and Gender Based Violence in two Haitian communes. Team of 18 surveyors

CARE: Team Leader designing  USAID-MYAP strategy for CARE International (2012). My task was to research and design 5-year program linking emergency aid to the most vulnerable and food security for the population to local production, processing, storage and redistribution. Target region was Department du Nord Ouest, Haiti and the Upper Artibonite (pop ~1 million). I hired, trained, and supervised a team of 4 junior Haitian investigators. I also designed and programmed two surveys in ODK platform for use on tablet-phones: one survey for NGOs focusing, on projects; the other survey based on focus group conclusions, focus groups being conducted in each section communal of the department du Nord Ouest and Upper Artibonite.

United Nations International Trade Center: Team Leader for United Nations Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI, 2012) artisan study in Haiti. The project was intended to link low income artisans with high end fashion designers, overseen by the World Trade Organization’s International Trade Centre (ITC). My tasks included developing a fair living wage profile for Haitian artisans; mapping artisan communities and supply chains for goods used in artisan production; adapting ITC’s project evaluation system to Haitian project; and helping to adapt ITC’s business model to Haiti.

IDB/USAID/Coca Cola/TechnoServ (2012): Team Leader for Baseline survey of Mango Producers for USAID/TechnoServe: Covered 1/4th the geographic territory of Haiti. I corrected, translated, tested the questionnaire and then programmed it for use on Tablet-phones in ODK format. Hired and trained a team of 15 surveyors and oversaw survey. Sample size = 750 (n = 500 randomly selected control group versus an n = 250 treatment group selected from project lists).  Carried out on behalf of TecnoServe and in collaboration and funded by Coca Cola, USAID, IDB, and IMF.

USAID/DAI: Team Leader for USAID Feed the Future Baseline survey of 3,331 households in three provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (target area~110,000 square miles, year 2011-2012).  Survey included 18 surveyors, 4 fulltime staff, and 6 vehicles.  Topics were agricultural inputs, techniques, and processing; marketing strategies and transport; and extent of exposure to prior NGO projects and government assistance.  Included a nutritional component (wasting).  Carried out on behalf of DAI (Development Alternatives Incorporated), USAID funded for FPPM (Food Production Processing and Marketing) project. My tasks included creating the sample design, writing the questionnaire, programing the questionnaire into ODK for use on Samsung Galaxy Tablets, training the surveys, coordinating the survey, uploading data, writing reports and analyses, power point presentations to USAID.

USAID/DAI: Team Leader for USAID funded Food Preference Surveys conducted in three urban centers in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa, Kikwit, and Matadi, 2011). Total sample size = 2,350. Topics were preference for specific foods, frequency of consumption, food expenditures. 12 surveyors. 4 fulltime staff. My tasks including creating the sample design, writing the questionnaire, programing the questionnaire into ODK for use on Samsun Galaxy Tablets, training the surveys, coordinating the survey, uploading data, writing reports and analyses, power point presentations to USAID.  Carried out on behalf of DAI (Development Alternatives Incorporated), USAID funded for FPPM (Food Production Processing and Marketing) project.

United Nations World Food Program: Team Leader for Survey and Evaluation of cash-for-work program in Haiti. I was a subcontracted by the University of Michigan, School of Social Work. Trained and coordinated a team of 4 researchers and conducted a 320 household survey in Northwest Haiti.

CINA (Cement Nationale): Team Leader for marketing analysis of cement sales and uses of cement in Haiti (2011). Conducted on behalf of CINA (Cement Nationale) and in collaboration with Colombian marketing firm Mercadeo Estrategicos (Haiti): I translated six different questionnaires (~15 pages each) from Spanish to Creole and adapted them to Haitian Cultural-linguistic expectations, then instructed and oversaw team of 6 Haitian researchers. Sample included 372 cement wholesaler, distributors, contractors and construction workers in Haiti (cities of Port-au-Prince, Cape Haitian, Hinche, Port-de-Paix, Gonaives, and Les Cayes).

USAID: Team leader of USAID BARR (Building Assessments and Rubble Removal) Survey (Haiti, 2010-11): I designed methodology and questionnaire and led team of 16 researchers on a 3,784 building survey of earthquake impacted houses in Port-au-Prince; oversaw data entry; conducted analysis; wrote report, and gave presentation to USAID and partners.

ACDI-VOCA, Save the Children, Diakonie: Team Leader for EMMA Marketing map investigation (Haiti, 2010). Led a team of 8 post-graduate professionals from a group of NGOs (including ACDI-VOCA, Save the Children, Diakonie) Project was focused on impact of earthquake and aid on Department du Sud-Est, Haiti (USAID funded project)

World Vision/USAID (Haiti, 2010): Team Leader for Belmon Analysis for 19,000 tons of emergency USA flour.

USAID/ACDI-VOCA (Haiti, 2009): Belmon Analysis for monetization of cooking oil in Haiti

Grupo Consultorio Pareto: Team Leader for market analysis of pasta and cookies in Port-au-Prince and Cape Haitian, Haiti (Haiti). I designed methodology and questionnaire, and led team of 6 researchers; oversaw data entry; conducted analysis; wrote report, and gave presentation to Grupo Consultorio Pareto, the Dominican firm that hired me. Research was conducted on behalf of Molinos Modernos, a Guatemala based flour company that markets cookies and pasta in Haiti

E-Power: Team Leader for Social Impact Assessment for E-Power (Haiti, 2008). Social impact assessment for Cite Soley, World Bank funded power plant project. Led a team of 6 researchers in conducting a survey in 5 Cite Soley neighborhoods closest to the proposed site of the power plant. Research carried out on behalf of Entrix (Environmental and Natural Resource Management Consultants) in preparation for the construction and operation of a 35 megawatt thermoelectric plant (owned by E-Power) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Project involved designing questionnaires; assembling, training and supervising research team; analyzing and writing report

CICLONE: Team Leader for Market analysis of energy drink sales in Haiti.  Contracted by a German owned energy drink company with production facilities in the Dominican Republic.  I traveled into Haiti by motorcycle, visited every major city and most large towns in Haiti (including remote points such as Jeremie, Thiotte, and Mole St Nicolas as well as the entire Haitian Dominican border).  Applied a questionnaire to a random systematic, stratified sample of 500 boutiques, mini-markets, small vendors and distributors.  In addition to the actual fieldwork I designed survey instrument, carried out analysis, wrote report and made recommendations.

UNESCO: Co-consultant on socio-economic evaluation of Jaragua, Bahoruco, Enriquillo UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.  Contracted by Isla Consultorio (Dominican Republic). This was my second work focusing on the United Nations Biosphere Reserve in the Southern Dominican-Haitian border region.  The funding agency was Acuario, a Spanish NGO focusing on rural community development and conservation (USAID funded project).

AeroDom: Team Leader for surveys of impoverished communities and bateys (encampments/villages of Haitian sugar plantation workers) surrounding Puerto-Plata, Dominican Republic, Airport.  Social surveys of Los Congrejos, La Batey/La Reunion, Maria-O. Led a team of 4 researchers in conducting a survey in neighborhoods closest to the airport. Research carried out on behalf of AeroDom Inc (airport management company).

World Wide Environmental Services (2006-2009): I worked as an engineer evaluating heating and cooling distribution systems and energy back-up for world-class data centers. Clients included Bloomberg, Microsoft, Google, Sun Microsystems, SEB Group, Corning Ware, Wells Fargo, Rail Europe, Reynosa, CSFB, AFCOM, UBSS, AEMS, Roger’s Wireless… I performed as an onsite engineer which included taking particle counts and temperature readings, measuring room pressure, identifying hotspots, evaluating AC data, and checking for zinc whiskers, I also designed and programmed the organizations ACCESS data management system, wrote the reports for findings, and crafted the power point presentations.

USAID/UNICEF/IRG: Co-Investigator for socioeconomic assessment of the United Nations Jaragua, Bahoruco, Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve (Dominican Republic).  Contracted by International Resources Group (IRG, IPEP) on behalf of USAID, the Dominican Secretariat de Medio Ambiente, and the United Nations (UNICEF).  My tasks included field work, analysis, and write up. Research involved the entire Southwest quadrant of the Dominican Republic (USAID funded project).  My tasks included interviewing both Dominicans and Haitians living in the area.

EGE Haina: Coordinator and analyst of eight Social Impact Studies in impoverished barrios throughout the Dominican Republic.  Carried out on behalf of EGE Haina (a Canadian energy company owning and operating electric power plants throughout the Dominican Republic).  Tasks included designing survey instruments, training and overseeing a team of eight Dominican surveyors, visiting with barrio leaders, political organizers, doctors, clinic directors, priests, police and NGOs. Also conducted interviews in barrios with key informants, identified hazards associated with power plants and squatter settlements, developed prioritized lists of community problems and prospective remedies, carried out the statistical analysis, wrote reports, and co-wrote management plans.

SERCITEC: Coordinator and analyst on Social Impact Study in Haina, Dominican Republic, on behalf of Contracted through SERCITEC consultancy agency, Dominican Republic.   The project involved a prospective displacement of a large squatter settlement built on oil pipeline.  Trained and oversaw team of six interviewers.  Spent two weeks conducting interviews and making maps of displacement area.   I also designed and wrote survey instrument, carried out statistical analysis, wrote report, made recommendations and co-wrote management plan.

USAID: Survey Team leader for WIDTECH/USAID (Dominican Republic) Case study on the implications of male skewed sex ratios on park conservation in the Central Cordillera of the Dominican Republic. I was part of a team of four anthropologists. Over a period of six weeks we visited six remote park communities and conducted 1,000 interviews.  I designed survey instruments, conducted interviews, entered data, carried out analysis and co-wrote final report.   Report presented to the Nature Conservancy in Washington DC.

CARE: Team Leader for on evaluation project, “The Most Vulnerable,” an institutional analysis of potential partners for CARE feeding program.  I visited the headquarters of NGO, USAID and EU Cooperating Sponsors as well as representatives of the donors; visited all orphanages, hospitals, poor houses, and TB sanitariums in the Department of the Northwest and Department of the Artibonite (CARE activity zone). I wrote report, entitled, “The Most Vulnerable: a Needs Assessment and Evaluation of Institutions Serving Vulnerable Populations in the Northwest Department and the Northern Artibonite.” Funded by USAID.

USAID: Co-Consultant on USAID Haiti/Dominican Republic Border study. One of a team of 3 anthropologists for study entitled “The Fading Frontier: An Anthropological Analysis of the Agroeconomy and Social Organization of the Haitian- Dominican Border.”    I spent eight weeks on Haitian-Dominican border.  Designed questionnaires, carried out interviews, and co-wrote final report.  Presented in Santo Domingo.

GTZ:  Team leader for Nutritional Health Agricultural Demographic and Socio-Economic (NHADS) Survey, Jean Rabel, Haiti (1,586 household random survey).  Carried out on behalf of the German Government (GTZ), with the German consulting firm GOPA, German NGO Agro Action Allemande (AAA), French NGO Initiative Developpment (ID), and the Haitian Government. Report entitled, NHADS Survey: Nutritional, Health, Agricultural, Demographic and Socio-Economic Survey: Jean Rabel, Haiti, 1st June 1997 – 11th June 1998.  Involved over 60 employees, training, 3 months in the field, entry of over one million variables, analysis and writing of 180 page report.

ACADEMIC STUDIES

15 months of onsite Doctorate research in farming and fishing villages  (Haiti): Department du Nord Ouest, Haiti. Funded by the National Science Foundation, USA

3 months of onsite participant observation for doctoral dissertation in coastal fishing village, Department du Nord Ouest, Haiti.  Funded by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida.

6 weeks Demographic Pilot Study, Departement du Nord-Ouest, Haiti, Summer research. Followed up previous research on subject of out-migration and fertility in Departement du Nord-Ouest, Haiti.  Summer Master’s research.

5 weeks investigation of out-migration and fertility levels in Departement du Nord-Ouest, Haiti.  Fall Master’s research.

1 week volunteered as a translator at the Haitian Refugees Center in Miami.

7 weeks investigation of missionary activity in Departement du Nord-Ouest, Haiti. Summer research funded by the Curtis Wilgus Foundation

 

PUBLICATIONS

ARTICLES

• “First We Need Taxis” In Haiti After the Earthquake ed. Paul Farmer
• July 2007. Subsistence songs — Haitian téat performances, gendered capital, and livelihood strategies in Jean Makout, Haiti. NWIG (New West Indian Guide)
• Spring 2003. Pronatalism and the Economic Utility of Children in Jean Rabel, Haiti. Journal for Research in Economic Anthropology.
• 2001 Countries and Their Cultures (Haiti entry). MacMillan Reference USA (Yale University)

BOOKS

• Great Haiti Humanitarian Aid Swindle, 2017. CreateSpace
• Fewer Men, More babies: Sex, family, and fertility in Haiti. 2009. Lexington Books
• Travesty in Haiti: A true account of Christian missions, orphanages, fraud, food aid and drug trafficking. 2012