JOSHUA S. YARDLEY 25 Rock Street, Woburn, MA 01801 617-901-7151 │ [email protected]
Education HARVARD UNIVERSITY Cambridge, MA Ph.D. in Public Policy, May 2019 M.P.A. in International Development, May 2012
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Cambridge, MA B.S. in Computer Science / Engineering (Artificial Intelligence Concentration), June 2004 B.S. in Management Science (Marketing Concentration); Minor in Economics, June 2004
Teaching BROWN UNIVERSITY Providence, RI 2015 – 2016 Adjunct Professor in International and Public Affairs • PLCY2040 Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation, Graduate Level (Fall 2015) • PLCY1200 Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation, Undergraduate Level (Spring 2016)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY Cambridge, MA 2011 – Present Instructor • Quantitative Methods (Mid-Career Masters Summer Program 2012 – Present) • Information, Data, and Decisions (Mason Fellows Summer Program 2018 – 2019)
Teaching Fellow • API-201 Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods – Dan Levy (Fall 2011) • API-206 Program Evaluation Fundamentals – Janina Matuszeski (Spring 2014, 2016) • API-208 Program Evaluation and Empirical Analysis – Alberto Abadie (Spring 2015, 2016) • API-505 Policy Analysis – Dan Levy (Fall 2013, 2014) • ITF-225 Future of Globalization – Lawrence Summers and Robert Lawrence (Fall 2015)
MANHATTAN PREP Boston, MA 2009 – Present Classroom GMAT Instructor and Tutor Washington, DC • Instructed young professionals in GMAT quantitative and verbal content and exam preparation strategies. • Constructed test items for computer adaptive practice exams and contributed original content to published test- prep literature (Foundations of GMAT Math, 5th Edition). • Received over 80 hours of training in GMAT content, classroom pedagogy, and item response theory.
Experience WORLD BANK Washington, DC 2012 – 2013 Impact Evaluation Coordinator • Designed impact evaluation plan for a universal health insurance pilot in Nepal using both matched difference- in-difference and instrumental variable methods. • Coordinated the development of parallel indicators between four health impact evaluations (in Nepal, Georgia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria) under the Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF). Facilitated knowledge-sharing workshops to ensure the results from the four evaluations would be complementary. • Conducted data analysis for education and early childhood development impact evaluations in Africa.
INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION Accra, Ghana Summer 2011 Teacher Community Assistant Initiative Intern • Provided training and project monitoring support to randomized controlled trial comparing remedial education interventions for primary school students. • Developed training materials including project monitoring and teacher training manuals, student testing tools, and training videos highlighting effective pedagogy and classroom management techniques. • Managed development and procurement of classroom teaching and learning materials for 400 schools.
AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH Washington, DC 2007 – 2010 Project Associate Islamabad, Pakistan Acting Project Manager (July – November 2008) Acting Director of Finance and Administration (November – December 2008) • Provided home office support to $90 million USAID education reform project (ED-LINKS) in Pakistan. Managed relationships with partner organizations, consultants, and expatriate staff. Developed work plans, budgets, and performance monitoring and evaluation plans. Oversaw project reporting to USAID. • Managed the procurement of over $2.5 million of U.S.-sourced equipment. As Acting Director of Finance and Administration, streamlined local procurement processes to increase efficiency and transparency. • Coordinated Pakistani student and teacher exchange programs to the U.S. for 80 students and 35 teachers.
UNITED STATES PEACE CORPS Bomborokuy, Burkina Faso 2005 – 2007 Mathematics Teacher • Taught a total of over 600 village secondary school students. Developed curriculum that stressed critical thinking, gender equity, and HIV/AIDS awareness. • Supplemented in-class instruction with extracurricular educational opportunities for students including an English club, tutoring sessions, team math competitions, and a camp for girls’ empowerment. • Trained 20 incoming volunteers in effective teaching practices and strategies for sustainable development.
Other MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Cambridge, MA Professional edX Course Developer (2016 – 2017, 2019 – 2020) Activities • Developed massive open online course (MOOC) for Advanced Placement (AP) Microeconomics including writing lecture scripts, practice problems, and solutions, as well as designing visual elements of lecture videos. • Managed the video development and editing of over 100 lecture videos 5-15 minutes in length each.
HARVARD CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Cambridge, MA Evidence for Policy Design Training Developer (2013 – 2016) • Developed training materials on the use of evidence in policy making for civil servants in India and Pakistan, funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) Building Capacity to Use Research Evidence (BCURE) Program. • Authored and produced hour-long online interactive training modules on policy analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and commissioning evidence.
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL Cambridge, MA Presidential Instructional Technology Fellow (2012 – 2013) • Produced four interactive video modules to supplement in-class instruction of a Harvard Kennedy School graduate-level econometrics class. • Developed materials for randomized experiments to evaluate the impact of video modules on student learning relative to that of assigned readings covering the same material.
Research • Levy, Dan, Josh Yardley, and Richard Zeckhauser. (2017). Getting an Honest Answer: Clickers in the Classroom. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 17(4), 104-125. • Yardley, Josh. Laptops in the Classroom: Using Synthetic Controls to Evaluate Maine’s One-to-One Program. • Yardley, Josh. Clicking or Classrooms? A Comparison of Online and In-Person Courses.
Honors • Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Harvard Kennedy School – 2018 • Ray Vernon Commitment to International Development Award Nominee, Harvard Kennedy School – 2012 • Dubin Emerging Leaders Summer Fellowship, Harvard Kennedy School – 2011 • Public Service Fellowship, Harvard Kennedy School – 2010 • Truman Award Nominee, Society for International Development, Washington Chapter – 2009 • Frederick G. Fassett Jr. Undergraduate Man of the Year, MIT – 2004 • Infinite Mile Award, MIT – 2003 • Presidential Scholar Award (presented by President Clinton at the White House) – 2000