Mazie Bernard

International Relations

Public Policy and Administration

 

Global Political Economy, International Organizations, Epistemic Politics, Elite Methods, Gender, and Technology & Innovation

 

Committee: Drs. Tyler Girard (Chair), Swati Srivastava, Mirium Barnum, Shan Zhou, and Mark Blyth (External, Brown University)

 

Summary: This research project investigates the production, dissemination, and impact of gendered knowledge within multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the influence of ideas on international development financing and programming. Through comparative qualitative case studies of the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, this study employs process tracing techniques, including document analysis and elite interviewing, to assemble and explore how gendered knowledge is created and its impact on governance practices through intra- and inter-organizational relationships. Using an epistemic practice approach with a Feminist lens underscores the intricate link between politics and expertise, highlighting knowledge hierarchies and meaning-making within orthodox neoliberal logic. 

 

Ranjan, P., Johnson, M., Bernard, M., et al. (2024). Exploring the Role of ‘Intermediaries’ Between Nonoperating Landowners and Tenant Farmers in Promoting Conservation on Rented Farmland. Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-024-01936-y

 

Popovici, R., Ranjan, P., Bernard, M. et al. (2023). The Social Factors Influencing Cover Crop Adoption in the Midwest: A Controlled Comparison. Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-023-01823-y

 

POL 223: Introduction of Environmental Policy (Summer 2022) (Independent Instructor)

POL 223: Introduction of Environmental Policy (S2022, F2022, F2023) (TA)

POL 120: Introduction to Public Policy (F2021, S2023) (TA)

 

Graduate Quantitative Methods Workshop: Introduction to R (F2022, F2024) 

Graduate Quantitative Methods Workshop: Introduction to R Markdown (F2022, F2023)

 

Advanced Methods in the Behavioral, Health, and Social Sciences Graduate Certification 

 

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR): Machine Learning and Data Visualization 

 

Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Certification

 

Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR): Designing and Conducting Fieldwork, Text Analysis, and Digital Social Science