Education Committee
The minor is guided by an interdisciplinary committee comprised of faculty from the social sciences and professional schools. In addition to their responsibilities for the design and oversight of the Global Poverty and Practice Minor, many members of the education committee serve as faculty advisors to students in the enrolled in the minor.
Program Chairs:
Ananya Roy
Chair, Global Poverty and Practice Minor
Co-Director, Global Metropolitan Studies Center
Professor, Department of City & Regional Planning
Clare Talwalker
Vice Chair, Global Poverty and Practice Minor
Lecturer, International and Area Studies
Education Committee Members:
Nezar AlSayyad
Professor, Architecture
Chair, Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Architecture
Alain de Janvry
Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Eva Harris
Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
Associate Dean, Public Health
Percy Hintzen
Professor, African American Studies
Chair, Center for African Studies
David Levine
Professor, Haas School of Business
Chair, Center for Health Research
Kara Nelson
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Aihwa Ong
Professor, Anthropology and Asian Studies
Isha Ray
Assistant Professor, Energy & Resources Group
Raka Ray
Associate Professor, Sociology & South and Southeast Asian Studies
Chair, Center for South Asia Studies
Nora Silver
Director and Adjunct Professor, Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership
Haas School of Business





