Allison Jacobs Anderson researches, teaches, and consults on gender, economic development, digital development, political and socio-economic risk, and the Middle East.
Anderson holds a Ph.D. in International Studies from the University of Washington. She has worked with diverse organizations, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, USAID, and several NGOs in the Middle East.
Education
2020
Ph.D. International Studies.
Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA.
Dissertation: Bearing the Burden: An Ethnographic Account of Women’s Online Entrepreneurship in the Jordanian Political Economy of Development
2011
M.A. International Relations and International Economics.
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University,
Washington, D.C.
Concentration: Strategic Studies
2007
B.A. Political Science and Arabic & Islamic Studies.
University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI.
Coursework: American University in Cairo, Egypt
Select Experience
2020 – Present
Founder.
Change Effect Consulting,
Seattle, WA.
2016 – 2020
Fellow.
International Policy Institute, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA.
2017 – 2018
Program Manager & Senior Researcher.
Global Research Group, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA.
2015 – 2016
Associate Program Officer, Global Health Office of the President.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
Seattle, WA.
2012 – 2015
Strategy & Operations Consultant.
Deloitte Consulting,
Arlington, VA.
2007 – 2009
Youth Development Volunteer, Jordanian Higher Council for Youth.
United States Peace Corps,
Ajloun, Jordan.
Fellowships & Awards
2021
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Research Fellowship,
American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR).
Amman, Jordan.
2019
Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies Research Grant, University of Washington.
Seattle, WA.
2018
Fulbright Research Fellowship (Jordan), J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board,
U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Amman, Jordan.
2016
Top Scholar Fellowship, Middle East Studies Program,
Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington.
Seattle, WA.
Teaching
Engagements
2022 - present
Adjunct Faculty, School of Business, Government, and Economics (SBGE). Seattle Pacific University.
Conference
Presentations
2020
Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Conference.
Virtual
2019
International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) Annual Conference.
Glasgow Caledonia University, Glasgow, Scotland
2019
International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) Pre-conference Workshop:
Gender and Economics Working Group, Young Scholars Initiative.
Glasgow Caledonia University, Glasgow, Scotland
2019
Refugees in Jordan: Economic Loss and Labour Politics Conference.
Columbia Global Center, Amman & Queen’s University Belfast, Amman, Jordan
2019
Fulbright Enrichment Seminar.
Rabat, Morocco
Academic
Affiliations
Member, Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
Member, Association for Middle East Women’s Studies (AMEWS)
Member, International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)
Member, International Studies Association (ISA)
Member, Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
Language
Skills
Arabic reading, writing, speaking (professional proficiency)