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Project Leaders and Advisors
Women in International Development (WID), formerly GLCD, is a purposeful networking step toward an active transdisciplinary research and training enterprise. The work of the WID is led and guided by a Project Advisory Team composed of faculty with teaching and research experience related to the role of women in the United States and abroad. The team includes faculty from Texas A&M University; University of California, Davis; Utah State University; and Ohio State University and other collaborators including a former Ph.D. student whose dissertation is the genesis for the WID and an external evaluator with youth development experience.
The charge for this team is to not only advise on the direction of the WID but also participate actively in project activities, e.g., contribute to the development of the modules and pilot them in their courses. Additional charges include expanding the network of faculty from a wider array of disciplines, envisioning next steps to continue the effort beyond the life of current funding, and participating in the WID’s formative and summative evaluation process.
The members of the WID Project Advisory Team are:

Theresa Murphrey, Principal Investigator, Texas A&M University

Manuel PiƱa, Jr., Former Principal Investigator / Current Consultant, Texas A&M University

Valerie Hudson, Co-Principal Investigator, Texas A&M University

Silva Hamie, Project Advisor, Texas A&M University

Raymond Robertson, Project Advisor, Texas A&M University

Leslie Ruyle, Project Advisor, Texas A&M University

Reyko Huang, Project Advisor, Texas A&M University

Gary Briers, Project Advisor, Texas A&M University

Hannah Russell, Project Advisor, Independent Consultant / Texas A&M University

Amanda Crump, Project Advisor, University of California-Davis

Rebecca Lawver, Project Advisor, Utah State University

Mary Rodriguez, Project Advisor, The Ohio State University

Sumin Lee, Project Advisor, Texas A&M University

Carmen Benson, Project Advisor, Texas A&M University

Danette Philpot, Graduate Researcher, Texas A&M University

Melinda Garcia, Project Evaluator, Simply SMILE, LLC
Collaborators
Project collaborators may fill one or multiple roles within the project, from administration to content development to dissemination and marketing. Our current collaborators include:
- Sophia Wegeng, Texas A&M University, serves as the primary graduate student assisting with research, administrative activities, and instructional design.
- Megan Greenwood, Texas A&M University, serves as the supporting graduate student.