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Anna D'Souza serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Public Affairs at Baruch College's Marxe School of Public and International Affairs (City University of New York). She chairs the Ackerman Lecture Series in Equality and Justice, serves on the Baruch Faculty Senate Executive Committee, and holds a University Faculty Senator position for 2023-24.
Her academic credentials include:
- Ph.D. in Economics, University of California - Los Angeles
- M.S. in Economics, University of California - Los Angeles
- B.S. in Economics and Finance, New York University Stern School (summa cum laude)
Dr. D'Souza's research examines development economics through the lens of food security, nutritional equity, and conflict impacts on vulnerable populations. Her fieldwork focuses on Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Yemen, analyzing how households navigate price shocks, violence, and governance challenges using mixed-method approaches combining econometric modeling with qualitative insights from conflict zones.
Her publication trajectory reveals evolving expertise from early work on trade governance and bribery mechanisms toward contemporary research on forced displacement dynamics in Yemen and intrahousehold nutritional disparities. This progression demonstrates increasing methodological sophistication in analyzing complex humanitarian crises through household-level data.
Her scholarly recognition includes:
- Presidential Excellence Award for Teaching (Baruch College, 2024)
- Presidential Excellence Award for Service (2020)
- USDA Secretary’s Honor Award (2011)
- Andrew W. Mellon Transformative Learning Fellowship (2023)
- Provost Innovation Fellow for Inclusive Teaching (2021-23)
- CUNY BRESI grant recipient (2022-23)
She leads DEI Fridays (2021-2024) and facilitates the Schwartz Communication Institute's Inclusive Pedagogy Seminar, while her current grant portfolio includes Mellon-funded humanities integration projects and conflict-zone displacement research. Her collaborative approach extends to mentoring through CUNY's teaching innovation programs and international research partnerships.
Dr. D'Souza co-leads a multidisciplinary research collective examining Yemeni displacement patterns, currently investigating return migration drivers, food emergency determinants, and host-displaced household vulnerability comparisons through fieldwork in conflict-affected regions.
