Deborah Lynn Billings, PhD
[email protected] Independent Consultant Based in Columbia, South Carolina 2931 Blossom Street Tel (803) 223-9418 Columbia, SC 29205 Based in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Tel (803) 223-9418 (52-777) 317-5398 EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1995 Department of Sociology Title Identities, Consciousness, and Organizing in Exile: Guatemalan Refugee Women in the Camps of Southern Mexico M.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1991 Department of Sociology B.A. University of Pittsburgh 1987 Magna Cum Laude, Anthropology with Honors Certificate, Latin American Studies EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2007-June 2008 Senior Associate Research and Evaluation Ipas 300 Market Street, Suite 200 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 PAST POSITIONS 2000-2006 Coordinator/ Director Research and Evaluation Ipas Mexico, Mexico City -developed research on women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Mexico -collaborated with youth activists to strengthen their work in sexual and reproductive health and rights -created teams to carry out research and conduct evaluations of interventions with public sector health services -managed a Small Grants Program to fund initiatives to improve access to reproductive health services 1 Billings 1998-2000 Deputy Director, Health Systems Research Division Ipas, Chapel Hill/ Carrboro, NC -worked with the Director to develop strategies for expanding the research division to new countries and to incorporate evaluation into the programmatic work of the organization 1995-1998 Research Associate Ipas, Chapel