Beryl Levinger is an American academic and educator. She is professor of international development at the
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California.
Biography
Levinger is an international development professional who focuses on five core areas: strategic planning; education; evaluation; capacity development; and health.
She is a frequent contributor to the work o
Root Change a US-based social venture organization.
Levinger has worked in over 90 countries for multiple international development organizations, including the
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development ...
,
USAID
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an agency of the United States government that has been responsible for administering civilian United States foreign aid, foreign aid and development assistance.
Established in 19 ...
,
Save the Children
The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization. It was founded in the UK in 1919; its goal is to improve the lives of children worldwide.
The organization raises money to imp ...
,
CARE
Care may refer to:
Organizations and projects
* CARE (New Zealand), Citizens Association for Racial Equality, a former New Zealand organisation
* CARE (England) West Midlands, Central Accident Resuscitation Emergency team, a team of doctors & ...
AFS International the
Carter Center
The Carter Center is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization founded in 1982 by former U.S. president Jimmy Carter. He and his wife Rosalynn Carter partnered with Emory University after his defeat in the 1980 United States presidential ele ...
, the International Committee of the
Red Cross
The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a Humanitarianism, humanitarian movement with approximately 16million volunteering, volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ...
,
Grameen Foundation
Grameen Foundation, founded as Grameen Foundation USA, also known as "GFUSA", is a global 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, that uses digital technology and data to understand very poor people, in detail, and offer them†...
, and the Inter-American Development Bank.
A graduate of the
Bronx High School of Science
The Bronx High School of Science is a State school, public Specialized high schools in New York City, specialized high school in the Bronx in New York City. It is operated by the New York City Department of Education. Admission to Bronx Science ...
,
Cornell University
Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...
, and the
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, the Capstone, or Bama) is a Public university, public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of ...
, Levinger also served (until 2018) as distinguished visiting professor withi
Emory University's Master's in Development Practiceprogram.
Currently, Levinger plays a number of key roles at the
Middlebury Institute of International Studies in addition to serving as distinguished professor.
She chairs the Development Practice and Policy Program, is academic director for the program i
Design, Partnering, Management, and Innovation(DPMI), and is Middlebury's curricular innovation officer.
Levinger is one of the three co-founders (along with
Vicky Colbert
Vicky Colbert (born Clara Victoria Colbert de Arboleda; 1948/1949) is a Colombian social entrepreneur.
She has served as Colombia's Vice-Minister of Education, and is the founder and current Executive Director of Escuela Nueva Foundation. She ha ...
and
Oscar Mogollon) of the highly acclaimed
Escuela Nueva Escuela Nueva (Spanish for "new school") is an education model that emphasizes understanding over memorization and development of interpersonal skills. It originated in Colombia.
In an Escuela Nueva school, students learn independently, at their o ...
movement that began in Colombia. She is also founder of th
Coverdell Peace Corps Fellows Programand was part of the team that founde
InterAction the leading association of US-based NGOs. Among her books are ''Human Capacity Development Across the Lifespan'' and ''Nutrition'', ''Health, Education and for All''. In 1996, she delivered the ninth annua
Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture (Capacity, Capital and Calories) based on her research regarding the interplay among learning outcomes, nutrition and health.
Levinger served as director or co-director of research for all but one of the annual
Save the Children's State of the World's Mothers Report. In 2016, the organization retired that report and introduced in its stead an annua
End of Childhood Report Levinger is research co-director for this new publication, which compares the nature of childhood across 175 countries.
References
External links
Middlebury Institute of International Studies Faculty
Middlebury College faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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