Moshi Optat Herman, Ph.D
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Davidson College
Box 7139
Davidson, NC 28035

 
Office: Preyer 108
Phone: 704-894-2184
Fax: 704-894-2881
e-mail: moherman@davidson.edu

Dr. Herman's CV
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Moshi Optat Herman scholarly interests lie at the intersection of Social Demography, Global Political Economy, and Development. His substantive research topics are: Global Development Theory, Measures of Development, Development Policies, Life Course, Global Health, Africa's Engagement with International Financial Institutions (IFIs), and Global Inequalities.
Broadly speaking, his research agenda attempts to contribute an answer to the following perennial question: How are livelihoods of populations in the Global South (and of socio-economically disadvantaged groups in the Global North) affected by socioeconomic changes that global development initiatives, globalization, and global economic integration create? As part of this question, he is also interested in using the Life Course perspective to explore the impact of social change on individuals' wellbeing and decision-making. He has also been studying (alternative) multidimensional approaches for measuring poverty and well-being, such as the Capability Approach.