ABOUT
Nana Yeboah, Ph.D (she/her/hers) is an interdisciplinary social scientist, policy analyst, and mixed methods researcher with a decade’s worth of experience across the federal government, nonprofit, philanthropy, and education sectors. Her work focuses on socioeconomic mobility and immobility, migration policy, education policy, and diaspora community politics, activism, and advocacy.
EXPERIENCE
Work History
May 2022 to Present
FOUNDER, DIASPORA PRAXIS, LLC
Research consultancy responsible for conducting interdisciplinary research and analysis; responsibilities for: developing engaging and compelling creative ideas and concepts and deliverables that are on-strategy and achieve client objectives, writing compelling content and copy in a variety of formats to support research, editorial, and advocacy strategies of respective clients
October 2021 to July 2022
RESEARCH CONSULTANT, I.G. ADVISORS
Researcher and co-facilitator for strategic framework implementation planning for the African Women’s Development Fund
January 2019 to May 2021
DIALOGUE FACILITATOR AND CURRICULUM SPECIALIST, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
Responsible for supporting the Assistant Director of Diversity Training & Education in the evaluation and revamp
of the Words of Engagement Intergroup Dialogue Program curriculum; Led dialogue courses on gender, immigration status, sexuality, and socioeconomic status that brought together groups from various social identity groups and was responsible for: attending and leading sessions, instruction modeling, course creation in Canvas, and more.
January 2020 to August 2020
POLICY MANAGER, NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE
Public policy researcher and practitioner responsible for government relations, media communications, issue management, data analysis, legislative analysis, information dissemination, stakeholder engagement and education
March 2017 to January 2018
POLICY MANAGER, BLACK ALLIANCE FOR JUST IMMIGRATION
Public policy researcher and practitioner responsible for government relations, media communications, issue management, data analysis, legislative analysis, information dissemination, stakeholder engagement and education
December 2015 to December 2019
PROJECT MANAGEMENT ANALYST, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
Bias Incident Support Services Specialist (2018 to 2020)
Project analyst responsible for creation, development, and implementation of strategic engagement and operations plan for bias incident support; Developed, coordinated, and facilitated trainings and workshops focused on hate-bias incidents and crimes
Diversity Strategic Plan Specialist (2015 to 2018)
Project analyst responsible for conducting interviews and focus groups with university stakeholders; co-conceptualization and drafting of final Strategic Plan Task Force Final Report on the University’s progress, vulnerabilities, and goals moving forward
EDUCATION
Postsecondary Degrees
May 2012
B.A. AFRICAN STUDIES
Howard University
December 2014
M.ED. CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
University of Maryland, College Park
August 2022
PH.D. EDUCATION POLICY AND LEADERSHIP
University of Maryland, College Park