Rachel Elfenbein, Ph.D.

Rachel elfenbein, ph.d.

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  • Timeline

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

    NGO Capacity Builder and HIV/AIDS Integrator

    U.S. Peace Corps
    Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

    Trainer/ Facilitator

    AIDS Legal Network
    Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

    Research and Education Officer

    International Labour Research and Information Group
    Jan 2006 - Jan 2006

    HIV/AIDS and the Law Consultant Trainer

    redpeg
    Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

    Occupational Health & Safety/ HIV Coordinator for the Public Health Sector

    Industrial Health Resource Group
    Sept 2008 - May 2015

    PhD Candidate in Sociology

    Simon Fraser University
    Nov 2012 - Oct 2013

    Researcher and Writer

    Industrial Health Resource Group
    Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

    Bilingual Domestic Violence Advocate

    Congreso de Latinos Unidos
    Jan 2015 - Jan 2019

    Freelance Writer

    Self-Employed
    Aug 2019 - Jan 2023

    Advocacy Coordinator

    Community Council
    Jan 2023 - Feb 2024

    Interim Executive Director and Senior Land Trust Consultant

    Common Roots Housing Trust
    Jul 2024 - now

    Pennsylvania Field Organizer

    Alliance for Retired Americans
    Current Company
    Jan 2025 - now

    Executive Director

    Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans
  • 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.