Rachel Silver

Rachel Silver (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is an Assistant Professor of Education and Faculty Affiliate with the Graduate Programs in Anthropology and Development Studies at York University. Her ethnographic research explores negotiations around ownership and partnership in development/humanitarian aid structures and knowledge production practices. She has over fifteen years of experience researching girls’ education, specifically, in South/Eastern Africa, and has consulted for Save the Children (Malawi, Ethiopia), the Creative Centre for Community Mobilization (Malawi), and CARE (Kenya).