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Rachel Elfenbein, Ph.D.

Rachel Elfenbein, Ph.D.

NGO Capacity Builder and HIV/AIDS Integrator

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Author, Researcher, Trainer, Educator, Advocate, Facilitator, Community Organizer, and Organizational Capacity Builder

  • Education

    • Vassar College

      1997 - 2001
      Bachelor of Arts (BA) Hispanic Studies and Women's Studies General Academic Honors and Departmental Honors in Hispanic Studies

      Thesis Distinction, Peregrinaciones del cuerpo: Cuestiones de género sexual y raza en Argentina y Brasil

    • School for International Training

      2001 - 2005
      MA International Management

    • Simon Fraser University

      2008 - 2015
      PhD Sociology

  • Experience

    • U.S. Peace Corps

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2004
      NGO Capacity Builder and HIV/AIDS Integrator

    • AIDS Legal Network

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2006
      Trainer/ Facilitator

    • International Labour Research and Information Group

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
      Research and Education Officer

    • Redpeg

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2006
      HIV/AIDS and the Law Consultant Trainer

    • Industrial Health Resource Group

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2008
      Occupational Health & Safety/ HIV Coordinator for the Public Health Sector

    • Simon Fraser University

      Sept 2008 - May 2015

      Compiled academic, governmental, multilateral organization, and non-governmental organization literature on failed states; prepared annotated bibliography; and identified key themes emerging from the existing literature.Conducted: copy editing for publication; library research on food sovereignty; Latin American Studies literature reviews; transcription of English, Portuguese, and Spanish interviews; and translation of articles from Spanish and Portuguese to English.

      • PhD Candidate in Sociology

        Sept 2008 - May 2015

      • Tutor Marker, Introduction to Sociology

        Sept 2009 - Dec 2010

      • Graduate Research Assistant

        Oct 2008 - Dec 2010

      • Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Social Research Methods

        Sept 2008 - May 2009

    • Industrial Health Resource Group

      Nov 2012 - Oct 2013
      Researcher and Writer

    • Congreso de Latinos Unidos

      Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
      Bilingual Domestic Violence Advocate

    • Self-Employed

      Jan 2015 - Jan 2019
      Freelance Writer

    • Community Council

      Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
      Advocacy Coordinator

    • Common Roots Housing Trust

      Jan 2023 - Feb 2024
      Interim Executive Director and Senior Land Trust Consultant

    • Alliance for Retired Americans

      Jul 2024 - now
      Pennsylvania Field Organizer

    • Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans

      Jan 2025 - now
      Executive Director

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Domestic Violence Advocate

      Lutheran Settlement House, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
      Aug 2013

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Rachel Elfenbein, Ph.D.
      Helen Safa Prize for Best Paper in Gender and Political Economy Latin American Studies Association 2018 Awarded for paper, "Mobilized yet Contained within Chavista Populism: Popular Women's Organizing around Venezuela's 2012 Organic Labor Law"
    • Awarded to Rachel Elfenbein, Ph.D.
      Fulrbight Full Study Research Grant Fulbright 2011

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Art Gallery Coordinator

      Issued by Women's Film Festival on Jan 2002
      Women's Film FestivalAssociated with Rachel Elfenbein, Ph.D.

    • Life Skills Educator

      Issued by Lowveld High School on Jan 2002
      Lowveld High SchoolAssociated with Rachel Elfenbein, Ph.D.

    • Student Researcher

      Issued by Action Research Exchange, Simon Fraser University on Jan 2008
      Action Research Exchange, Simon Fraser UniversityAssociated with Rachel Elfenbein, Ph.D.

    • Youth Sexuality Educator

      Issued by Our Whole Lives on Oct 2017
      Our Whole LivesAssociated with Rachel Elfenbein, Ph.D.