Grace Goodell is a professor of International Development

International development

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 at The Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins University

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 School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. Goodell received her Ph.D. in anthropology

Anthropology

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 from Columbia University

Columbia University

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, where she studied under Conrad Arensberg. She has been a visiting scholar at the Australian National University

Australian National University

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 and at the Harvard Institute for International Development

Harvard Institute for International Development

The Harvard Institute for International Development was a think-tank dedicated to helping nations join the global economy, operating between 1974 and 2000...

, a fellow in law and development at the Harvard Law School, and a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Goodell was previously the Director of the Program on Social Change and Development at Johns Hopkins, and during her tenure started the Heartland Center for Leadership Development, a community development leadership training program for inner-city Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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