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Professor of the Practice

shholc@brandeis.edu Heller  105 781-736-2207

Expertise

Management and implementation of development policies, programs and projects.

Field experience in China, including the Tibet Autonomous Region; Bangladesh, Sudan, Fiji, Pakistan; Afghanistan; Zimbabwe and East Africa.

Courses

  • HS 233a - Managing Policy and Practice Change in Health Services
  • HS 259a - Topics in Sustainable Development
  • HS 259f - Topics in Sustainable Development
  • HS 271a - Framework for Development
  • HS 289f - The Demographics of Development
  • HS 800g - Proseminar

Scholarship

  • Holcombe, Susan. "Capabilities and Human Rights Approaches: Competing Paradigms or Re-enforcing Models?." Prospects, MIT Journal of Planning 8. (2009): 108-119.
  • Holcombe, Susan, Nawaz, Safia Ali Kamwendo, Anderson & Ba, Khady. "Managing Development: NGO Perspectives." In International Public Management Journal 7. 2 (2004): 187-206.
  • Holcombe,Susan & Offenheiser, Raymond C.. Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing a Rights-based Approach to Development: An Oxfam America Perspective. Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2003.
  • Raymond Offenheiser, Susan Holcombe and Nancy Hopkins. "Grappling with Globalization, Partnership and Learning: A Look Inside Oxfam America." Non- Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 28. 4 (1999).
  • Holcombe, Susan. Managing to Empower. Zed Books, 1995.
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Profile

Professor Holcombe's teaching and publication builds on a career of practice and a focus on building capabilities for human development. She was Program Director for Oxfam America and has served in various positions with UNFPA, UNIFEM and UNICEF in New York and in field postings. She has participated in or led field evaluations and assessments for Ford Foundation, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank and the University of the South Pacific. Currently Professor Holcombe teaches in the MA and MS Programs in Sustainable International Development, including Frameworks for Development; Demographics of Development; and Managing Policy and Practice Change in Health Systems. She assists the Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (www.tpaf.org) with program planning and monitoring.

 

Degrees

New York University
Ph.D.

University of Pittsburgh
M.A.

Mt. Holyoke College
B.A.