Joan G. Dejaeghere

Joan DeJaeghere is Professor of Comparative and International Development Education in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development at the University of Minnesota (USA). Her scholarship is concerned with gender and ethnic/racial inequalities in formal and nonformal education and how they affect youth’s future civic engagement, livelihoods, and wellbeing.

She has worked with governments, multi-lateral and bi-lateral aid organizations, foundations, and NGOs in strengthening education systems and conducted multi-year research projects in Bangladesh, Honduras, India, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Vietnam.

Dr. DeJaeghere has published 4 books and numerous articles in education journals, as well as reports and briefs for governments and development organizations.