Shepard Forman
Director, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
Shepard Forman is Director of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University. Prior to founding the Center, he directed the Human Rights and Governance and International Affairs programmes at the Ford Foundation, where he also was responsible for developing and implementing the Foundation's grant making activities in Eastern Europe, including a field office in Moscow.
Ph.D. in Anthropology at Columbia University and post-doctoral studies in Economic Development at the Institute of Development Studies in Sussex, England. He served on the Faculty at Indiana University, the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan; and conducted field research in Brazil and East Timor.
Shepard Forman has authored two books on Brazil and numerous articles, including papers on humanitarian assistance and post-conflict reconstruction assistance. He is co-editor, with Stewart Patrick, of “Good Intentions: Pledges of Aid to Countries Emerging from Conflict”, and “Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: Ambivalent Engagement”; and with Romita Ghosh, of “Promoting Reproductive Health: Investing in Health for Development”. He has also edited, “Diagnosing America: Anthropology and Public Policy”, which examines the application of anthropological studies to social problems in the United States.
Spoken languages
English
Written languages
English
