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Associate Professor
HCRD (50%) and Women's Studies (50%)
Education
- Ph. D., Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 1984 (areas: development and social change, social demography, social psychology)
- M.A., Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1977 (areas: economics, sociology)
- B.A. with Honors, Social Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1973
Teaching Experience
- RS 888: Social Action in Community Development (5 credits, alternating years)
- RS 892: Rural Sociology of Developing Societies (5 credits, alternating years)
- RS 378: Social Groups in Developing Societies (5 credits, Spring quarter)
Area of Research
Focuses on processes of development and social change: planning, social engineering, program implementation and evaluation, social impact assessment, community development under conditions of economic and political restructuring, gender and class issues, globalization, and grassroots and transnational organizing. Research focuses on Latin America, particularly Venezuela, and Africa. Research has been supported by numerous grants, including from the National Science Foundation, Howard Heinz Endowment, Fulbright Scholar Program, Rockefeller Foundation, and diverse research foundations and corporations in Venezuela.
- A longitudinal study of social change in a forestry region (1989-2003)
- The gendering of a municipal government and social policy (1990-2000)
- Program evaluations and social impact assessments in Venezuela and India
Service
- Active in American Sociological Association; Rural Sociological Society; Latin American Studies Association (Venezuelan Studies Section); National Women's Studies Association; Association for Women in Development; and the International Consortium for Social Development
- Co-chair, OSU Fulbright Committee
- Chair, OSU-WID (Women in Development Association)
- Chair, Coca Cola Critical Difference for Women Research Grants Program
- Associate Faculty, College of Social Work
Contact Information
Office Phone: 292-6447
E-Mail: rakowski.1@osu.edu
Black. Contemporary Issues in Development
End of Poverty, Time Magazine, March 14, 2005
Photos - End of Poverty
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