CurriculumVitae
GinaA.N.Chowa
919-843-8453(office)
919-843-8562(fax)
SchoolofSocialWork
UniversityofNorthCarolina
325PittsboroStreet,CB#3550
ChapelHill,NC27599-3550
chowa@email.unc.edu
EDUCATION
2008
2002
1992
PhD
MSW
BSW
GeorgeWarrenBrownSchoolofSocialWork,WashingtonUniversityin
St.Louis,MO
Dissertation:TheImpactofanAsset-BuildingInterventiononRural
HouseholdsinSub-SaharanAfrica
GeorgeWarrenBrownSchoolofSocialWork,WashingtonUniversityin
St.Louis,MO
Concentration:SocialandEconomicDevelopment
UniversityofZambia,Lusaka,Zambia
MajorField:SocialandEconomicDevelopmentinDevelopingCountries
PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
2015
Director,GlobalSocialDevelopmentInnovations,UNC
2014-
present
AssociateProfessor,SchoolofSocialWork,UniversityofNorthCarolinaat
ChapelHill
2008-2014
AssistantProfessor,SchoolofSocialWork,UniversityofNorthCarolinaat
ChapelHill
2012–
present
SeniorResearchFellow,CenterforSocialDevelopmentAfrica,Universityof
Johannesburg,SouthAfrica
2014-
Present
LeadFacultyDirector,GlobalAssetBuilding,CenterforSocialDevelopment,
WashingtonUniversityinStLouis,StLouis,MO
July–Dec.
2008
Instructor,SchoolofSocialWork,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill
2006-2008
TeachingFellow,GeorgeWarrenBrownSchoolofSocialWork,Washington
UniversityinSt.Louis,MO
2001-2008
ProjectManager,AssetsAfricaProject,CenterforSocialDevelopment,
WashingtonUniversityinStLouis,MO
CHOWACURRICULUMVITAE
1999-2000
PrincipalConsultant,ChowaDevelopmentConsultants,Gaborone,Botswana
1997-1999
ProjectDirector,PudulogongRehabilitationandDevelopmentTrust,Mochudi,
Botswana
1994-1996
ProgramManagementConsultant.WorldVisionInternational,Gaborone,
Botswana
FELLOWSHIPS,AWARDS,andHONORS
2014
RuthandPhilipHettlemanPrizeforArtisticandScholarlyAchievement,
UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill,Chancellor’sAward
2014
2014
2011
ExcellencyinDoctoralStudentsMentoringAward,UniversityofNorthCarolinaat
ChapelHill,SchoolofSocialWork.
TheDean’sRecognitionofTeachingExcellenceAward,UniversityofNorth
CarolinaatChapelHill,SchoolofSocialWork.
JuniorFacultyDevelopmentAwardforImpactsofEnhancedEconomicCapability
onHIVPositivePeopleinZambiaProject,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill
2010
MostInnovativeHIV/AIDSResearch,UNCCenterforAidsResearch,Universityof
NorthCarolinaatChapelHill
2003-2008
WilliamBeveridgeDoctoralFellow,GeorgeWarrenBrownSchoolofSocialWork
WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,MO
Aug.2000June2002
LeoTolstoyFellowforMostPromisingLeaderinInternationalSocialDevelopment,
GeorgeWarrenBrownSchoolofSocialWork,WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,
MO
TEACHINGEXPERIENCE
Fall
2014
2013
2012
Spring
2011
2010
2009
Fall
2008
2009
DevelopmentPracticeinInternationalSettings.Master’slevelcourse:Schoolof
SocialWork,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill
IntegratedPractice.Master’slevelcourse,SchoolofSocialWork,Universityof
NorthCarolinaatChapelHill
SocialWorkPracticewithOrganizationsandCommunities.Master’slevelcourse,
SchoolofSocialWork,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill
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RESEARCHINTERESTS
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Youthdevelopmentindevelopingcountries
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Youthworkforceandassetdevelopmentindevelopingcountries
•
Financialwellbeingofyouthandtheirfamiliesindevelopingcountries
•
GlobalSocialprotectionandlivelihoods
•
ImpactsofeconomicstabilityonpeoplelivingwithHIV/AIDSindevelopingcountries
PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLESPUBLISHEDINPEER-REVIEWEDJOURNALS(*FORDOCTORALSTUDENTS)
1. Ansong,D.,Wu,S.,&Chowa,G.(InPress).TheRoleofChildandParentSavingsin
PromotingExpectationsforUniversityEducationamongMiddleSchoolStudentsinGhana:
APropensityScoreAnalysis.ChildrenandYouthServicesReview
2. Ansong,D.,&Chowa,G.(inpress).ValidationoftheCommitment-to-SchoolScaleUsinga
SampleofYouthinanExperimentinGhana.TheJournalofExperimentalEducation.
3. Friedline,T.,*Despard,M.&Chowa,G.(inpress).Children'ssavingsasapreventivepolicy
strategyforbankingtheunbanked:Savingsaccountsforteenagers?JournalofPoverty
4. Chowa,G.,*Masa,R.,Ramos,Y.,&*Ansong,D.(2015).Howdostudentandschool
characteristicsinfluenceacademicperformanceinGhana?Ahierarchicallinearmodeling
ofGhanaYouthSavebaselinedata InternationalJournalofEducationalDevelopment
11/2015;45:129-140.doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2015.09.009
5. Chowa,G.&Masa,R.(2015).Assetownershipandfutureorientationofyouthandtheir
parents:EvidencefromGhana.Children&YouthServicesReview,36:2,173-200.
doi:10.1080/0145935X.2015.1037046
6. Ansong,D.,Chowa,G.,&Adjabeng,B.(2015).Spatialanalysisofthedistributionand
determinantsofbankbranchpresenceinGhana.InternationalJournalofBankMarketing,
33:3,201-222.doi:10.1108/IJBM-09-2013-0103
7. Ansong,D.,Chowa,A.,&Sherraden,M.(2015)Householdassets,academicexpectations
andacademicperformanceamongGhanaianjuniorhighschoolstudents:Investigating
mediation.ChildrenandYouthServicesReview,50,101-110.
Doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.01.016
8. Friedline,T.,*Masa,R.,&Chowa,G.(2015).Transformingwealth:Usingtheinverse
hyperbolicsine(IHS)andsplinestopredictyouth’smathachievement. SocialScience
Research.49,264-287.doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.08.018
9. *Masa,R.,&Chowa,G.(2014).HIVriskamongyoungGhanaiansinhighschool:Validation
ofamultidimensionalattitudetowardcondomusescale.InternationalJournalof
AdolescenceandYouth,19(4),444-457.doi:1080/02673843.2014.96362. updatedOctober21,2015
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10. Chowa,G.,Ansong,D.,&*Despard,M.(2014).Financialcapabilityforruralhouseholdsin
Masindi,Uganda:Anexplorationoftheimpactofinternalandexternalcapabilitiesusing
multilevelmodeling. SocialWorkResearch,38(1),19-35.doi:10.1093/swr/svu002.
11. *Despard,M.R.,&Chowa,G.A.N.(2014).Testingameasurementmodeloffinancial
capabilityamongyouthinGhana.JournalofConsumerAffairs.doi:10.1111/joca.12031.
12. Chowa,G.,*Masa,R.&Tucker,J.(2013).Theeffectsofparentalinvolvementonacademic
performanceofGhanaianyouth:Testingmeasurementandrelationshipusingstructural
equationmodeling.ChildrenandYouthServicesReview,35(12),2020–2030.
doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.09.009
13. Chowa,G.,*Masa,R.,Wretman,C.,&*Ansong,D.(2013).Theimpactofhousehold
possessionsonyouth'sacademicachievementintheGhanaYouthSaveexperiment:A
propensityscoreanalysis.EconomicsofEducationReview,33,69–81.
doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.08.005
14. *Despard,M.R.,&Chowa,G.A.N.(2013).Trainingsocialworkersinpersonalfinance:An
exploratorystudy.JournalofSocialWorkEducation,49(4),689–700.
doi:10.1080/10437797.2013.812895
15. Chowa,G.,&*Despard,M.(2013).Theinfluenceofparentalfinancialsocializationon
youth’sfinancialbehavior:EvidencefromGhana.JournalofFamilyandEconomicIssues,1–
14.doi:10.1007/s10834-013-9377-9
16. *Ansong,D,Chowa,G.,&,Grinstein-Weiss,M.(2013).Theroleoffutureorientationin
mediatingtheeffectsofassetsonperceivedhouseholdeconomicstability:Astructural
equationmodelingapproach.SocialWorkResearch,37(1)147–158.
doi:10.1093/swr/svt012
17. Lesorogol,C.,Chowa,G.,&*Ansong,D.(2013).Therolesoflivestockinheritanceand
formaleducationinintergenerationalwealthtransmissionamongpastoralistsinSamburu
District,Kenya.JournalofDevelopingSocieties,29(2),213–232.
doi:10.1177/0169796X13479710
18. Chowa,G.,*Masa,R.,&Sherraden,M.(2012).Wealtheffectsofanasset-building
interventionamongruralhouseholdsinSub-SaharanAfrica.JournaloftheSocietyfor
SocialWorkandResearch,3,329-345.doi:10.5243/jsswr.2012.20
19. Chowa,G.,*Masa,R.,&*Ansong,D.(2012).Determinantsofsavingsamonglow-income
individualsinruralUganda.AdvancesinAppliedSociology,2(4),280–291.
doi:10.4236/aasoci.2012.24037 20. *Friedline,T.,Elliott,W.,&Chowa,G.(2012).Testinganasset-buildingapproachforyoung
people:Earlyaccesstosavingpredictslatersavings.EconomicsofEducationReview.
doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.08.005
21. Lesorogol,C.,Chowa,G.,&*Ansong,D.(2012).Livestockinheritanceandeducation:
Attitudesanddecision-makingamongSamburupastoralists.NomadicPeoples,15(12),82–
103.
22. Chowa,G.A.N.,&Elliott,W.(2011).Anassetapproachtoincreasingperceivedhousehold
economicstabilityamongfamiliesinUganda.JournalofSocio-Economics,40,81–87.
updatedOctober21,2015
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doi:10.1016/j.socec.2010.02.008
23. *Despard,M.R.,Chowa,G.A.N.,&Hart,L.J.(2011).Personalfinancialproblems:
Opportunitiesforsocialworkinterventions?JournalofSocialServiceResearch,38(3),342–
350.doi:10.1080/01488376.2011.638733
24. Elliott,W.,Chowa,G.,&Loke,V.(2011).Towardachildren’ssavingsandcollege-bound
identityinterventionforraisingcollegeattendancerates:Amultilevelpropensityscore
analysis.SociologyMind,1(4),192–205.doi:10.4236/sm.2011.14025
25. *Despard,M.R.,&Chowa,G.A.N.(2010).Socialworkers’interestinbuildingindividuals’
financialcapabilities.JournalofFinancialTherapy,1(1),23–41. doi:10.4148/jft.v1i1.257
26. Chowa,G.A.N.,&Ansong,D.(2010).YouthsavingsinAssetsAfrica.ChildrenandYouth
ServicesReview,32,1591–1596.doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.03.014
27. Chowa,G.A.N.,*Ansong,D.,&*Masa,R.(2010).Assetsandchildwell-beingindeveloping
countries:Aresearchreview.ChildrenandYouthServicesReview,32,1508–1519.
doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.03.015
28. Chowa,G.A.N.,&*Ansong,D.(2010).Student-directedprojects:Aninternationalcase
studyforsocialworkeducation.JournalofSocialWorkEducation,46(2),285–291.
doi:10.5175/JSWE.2010.200900006
29. *Ansong,D.,&Chowa,G.(2010).Youthsavingpreferencesandthepotentialforasset
accumulation:ThecaseofMasindi,Uganda.SocialWorkPractitioner-Researcher,22(3),
402–419.
30. Grinstein-Weiss,M.,Chowa,G.A.N.,&Casalotti,A.(2010).Individualdevelopment
accountsforhousingpolicy:Analysisofindividualandprogramcharacteristics.Housing
Studies,25(1),63–82.doi:10.1080/02673030903362035
31. Elliott,W.,Jung,H.,Kim,K.,&Chowa,G.(2010).Amulti-groupstructuralequationmodel
(SEM)examiningassetholdingeffectsoneducationalattainmentbyraceandgender.
JournalofChildren&Poverty,16(2),91–121.doi:10.1080/10796126.2010.502522
32. Chowa,G.A.N.(2006).SavingperformanceamongruralhouseholdsinSub-SaharanAfrica:
Theeffectofgender.SocialDevelopmentIssues,28(2),106–116.
33. StiffmanA.R.,BrownE.,StrileyC.,OstmanE.,&ChowaG.A.N.(2005).Culturalandethical
issuesconcerningresearchonAmericanIndianyouth.Ethics&Behavior,15(1),1–14.
doi:10.1207/s15327019eb1501_1
MANUSCRIPTSUNDERREVIEW
1. Chowa,G.,&*Masa,R.(UnderReview).Assetownershipandacademicachievementof
youthinGhana:Examiningassociationbasedonassettypeandacademicsubject.
2. Chowa,G.&Wretman,C.(UnderReview).PerceptionsofparticipantsinAsset
DevelopmentAccountsinAssetsAfricaProject.
3. Ansong,D.,Rainer,S.,Masa,R.,&Chowa,G.(underReview).Measurementofacademic
self-efficacyamongjuniorhighschoolstudentsinGhana.ResearchonSocialWorkPractice.
updatedOctober21,2015
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MANUSCRIPTSINNON-PEERREVIEWEDPUBLICATIONS
4. Wu,Z.,*Wu,S.,&Chowa,A.G.(2013).Anewdirectionofsocialworkpractice:Financial
socialwork.JournalofChinaInstituteofIndustrialRelations.6:98-100
5. Lee,Y.,Johnson,L.Sherraden,M.,Ansong,D.,Osei-Akoto,I.,&Chowa,G.A.
(2015).“Takingthebanktotheyouth:”Impactsonsavingandassetbuildingfromthe
GhanaYouthSaveexperiment.(CSDWorkingPaperNo.15-43).St.Louis,MO:Washington
University,CenterforSocialDevelopment.
CHAPTERSINEDITEDBOOKS
6. Chowa,G.,*Masa,R.,Sherraden,M.,&Weil,M.(2012).Confrontingglobalpoverty:
Buildingeconomicopportunityandsocialinclusion.InM.Weil,M.S.Reisch,&M.L.
Ohmer(Eds.),Thehandbookofcommunitypractice(2nded.,pp.607–632).Thousand
Oaks,CA:Sage.
7. Alzate,M.,Andharia,J.,Chowa,G.,Weil,M.,&Doernberg,A.(2012).Womenand
leadershipindevelopment,planning,andorganizing.InM.Weil,M.S.Reisch,&M.L.
Ohmer(Eds.),Thehandbookofcommunitypractice(2nded.,pp.653–682).Thousand
Oaks,CA:SagePublications.
MANUSCRIPTSINPREPARATION
8. Chowa,G.,*Masa,R.,&*Wu,S.Assetdevelopmentprogramsandyouthoutcomesin
developingcountries:Asystematicreview.
9. Chowa,G.,*Masa,R.,&*Wu,S.Assetbuildingandself-perceivedhealthstatus:Evidence
fromUganda.
10. Chowa,G.,&*Masa,R.Assetownershipandparent-childinteraction:Evidencefrom
Ghana.
11. *Masa,R.,&Chowa,G.Socialandeconomicdeterminantsofself-perceivedhealthstatus
amongGhanaianyouth.
12. *Masa,R.,&Chowa,G.Gender,ageandattitudestowardsexandHIVpreventionamong
juniorhighschoolGhanaians.
13. *Masa,R.,&Chowa,G.Self-perceivedhealthandsexualrisk-takingattitudesofyoung
Ghanaians.
14. *Masa,R.,&Chowa,G.Effectsoffoodinsecurityonpsychosocialwellbeingofadultsin
ruralUganda.
15. *Masa,R.,&Chowa,G.FoodinsecurityandsexualrisktakingamongyoungFilipinos.
16. *Masa,R.,&Chowa,G.Theimpactoftelevisionandradioownershiponattitudestoward
HIVpreventionamongyouthinGhana.
updatedOctober21,2015
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RESEARCHREPORTS&BRIEFS
1. Chowa,G.,Masa,R.,Osei-Akoto,I.,Ansong,D.,Despard,M.,Afranie,S.,…Sherraden,M.
(2015).Impacts of financial inclusion on youth development: Findings from the Ghana
YouthSave experiment.(CSD Research Report 15-35). St. Louis, MO: Washington
University,CenterforSocialDevelopment.
2. Johnson,L.,Lee,Y.,Ansong,D.,Sherraden,M.S.,Chowa,A.N.,Ssewamala,F.,Zou,
L.,Sherraden,M.,Njenga,M.,Kieyah,J.,Osei-Akoto,I.,Sharma,S.,Manandhar,J.,
Rodriguez,C.,Merchán,F.,&Saavedra,J.(2015).YouthSavingsPatternsandPerformance
inColombia,Ghana,Kenya,andNepal.(YouthSaveResearchReport15-01).St.Louis,MO:
WashingtonUniversity,CenterforSocialDevelopment.
3. Johnson,L.,Lee,Y.,Ansong,D.,Chowa,G.,Osei-Akoto,I.,&Sherraden,M.(2015).Youth
SavingsPatternsandPerformanceinGhana:ASupplementaryReport.(YouthSave
ResearchReport15-27).St.Louis,MO:WashingtonUniversity,CenterforSocial
Development.
4. Johnson,L.,Lee,Y.,Ansong,D.,Sherraden,M.S.,Chowa,G.A.N.,Ssewamala,F.,Zou,L.,
Sherraden,M.,Njenga,M.,Kieyah,J.,Osei-Akoto,I.,Sharma,S.,Manandha,J.,Rodriguez,
C.,Merchan.,F.,&Saavedra,J.(2015).YouthSavingPatternsandPerformancein
Colombia,Ghana,Kenya,andNepal:KeyFindings.(CSDResearchBriefNo.15-55).St.
Louis,MO:WashingtonUniversity,CenterforSocialDevelopment.
5. Chowa,G.A.N.,Ansong,D.,Masa,R.,Wu,S.,Ramos,Y.,&Kimathi,M.B.(2014).Baseline
surveyofthethirdcohort:AsupplementalreportfromtheYouthSaveGhanaExperiment.
(YouthSaveResearchReport14-26).St.Louis,MO:WashingtonUniversity,Centerfor
SocialDevelopment.
6. Johnson,L.,Lee,Y.S.,Sherraden,M.,Chowa,G.,Ansong,D.,Ssewamala,F.,…Saavedra,J.
(2013).SavingspatternsandperformanceinColombia,Ghana,Kenya,andNepal.
(YouthSaveResearchReportNo.13-18).St.Louis,MO:WashingtonUniversity,Centerfor
SocialDevelopment.
7. *Ansong,D.,&Chowa,G.(2013).Visualdemonstrationofacademicperformanceand
parentalinvolvementinGhana(YouthSaveResearchBrief13-17).St.Louis,MO:
WashingtonUniversity,CenterforSocialDevelopment.
8. Chowa,G.A.N.,*Ansong,D.,*Masa,R.,*Despard,M.,Osei-Akoto,I.,Richmond,A.-A.,
Agyei-Holmes,A.,&Sherraden,M.(2012).YouthandsavinginGhana:Abaselinereport
fromtheYouthSaveGhanaExperiment.St.Louis,MO:WashingtonUniversity,Centerfor
SocialDevelopment.
9. Chowa,G.,*Despard,M.,*Masa,R.,*Ansong,D.,&Sneed,C.(2012).Youthworkforce
development,financialassets,&psychologicalwell-being:Areportontheformativeand
marketresearchinKibera,Nairobi,Kenya.ChapelHill,NC:UniversityofNorthCarolinaat
ChapelHill,SchoolofSocialWork.
10. Deshpande,R.,&Zimmerman,J.(Eds.).[Chowa,G.,ContributingAuthor].(2010).Youth
updatedOctober21,2015
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savingsindevelopingcountries:Trendsinpractice,gapsinknowledge(Areportofthe
YouthSaveConsortium).Washington,DC:YouthSaveConsortium.
11. Chowa,G.A.N.,*Ansong,D.,&Osei-Akoto,I.(2012).Parentalinvolvementandacademic
performanceinGhana(YouthSaveResearchBrief12-42).St.Louis,MO:Washington
University,CenterforSocialDevelopment.
12. Chowa,G.A.N.,*Masa,R.,&Osei-Akoto,I.(2012).YouthandtheirhealthinGhana
(YouthSaveResearchBrief12-41).St.Louis,MO:WashingtonUniversity,CenterforSocial
Development.
13. Chowa,G.A.N.,*Despard,M.,&Osei-Akoto,I.(2012).Financialknowledgeandattitudes
ofyouthinGhana(YouthSaveResearchBrief12-37).St.Louis,MO:WashingtonUniversity,
CenterforSocialDevelopment.
14. Chowa,G.A.N.,*Despard,M.,&Osei-Akoto,I.(2012).Youthsavingpatternsand
performanceinGhana(YouthSaveResearchBrief12-36).St.Louis,MO:Washington
University,CenterforSocialDevelopment.
15. Chowa,G.A.N.,*Masa,R.,&Osei-Akoto,I.(2012).YouthintheGhanaExperiment:
Characteristicsandlivingconditions(YouthSaveResearchBrief12-35).St.Louis,MO:
WashingtonUniversity,CenterforSocialDevelopment.
16. *Masa,R.,Zou,L.,Sherraden,M.,Chowa,G.,Ssewamala,F.,Ansong,D.,Johnson,L.,
Sherraden,M.(2010).Youthsavings:Initialinsightsfromthedemandside(ResearchBrief,
CSDNo.10-11).WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,CenterforSocialDevelopment.
RESEARCHEXPERIENCE
EXTRAMURALRESEARCHGRANTS
ManagementGrant:ImpactsofEarlySavingsonYouthEconomic
OpportunitiesinGhana:AlongitudinalStudy
MasterCardFoundation,$250,000
Role:PrincipalInvestigator
PathwaystoYouthAssetsandEmployability
FordFoundation,$350,000
Role:USPrincipalInvestigator
YouthAssetsandSavingsPlanningGrant
FordFoundation,$80,000
Role:UNCPrincipalInvestigator
July2015–May2016
Jan.2014-Dec.2015
April2013-Feb.2014
TestingImpactsofYouthSavingsAccountsonDevelopmental
OutcomesforYouthandHouseholdFinancesandWell-Being
MasterCardFoundation,$12,500,000
Roles:PrincipalInvestigatorforGhanaExperiment
June2010-May2015
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AssetInheritanceandtheIntergenerationalTransmissionofPoverty.
LivestockorthePen:IsEducationaRouteoutofPovertyfor
Pastoralists?
ChronicPovertyResearchCenterLondon,UK,$15,000
Role:Co-PrincipalInvestigator
June2010-Dec.2010
PlanningGrantforGlobalYouthSavingsProject
MasterCardFoundation,$500,000
Role:Co-PrincipalInvestigator
June2009-May2010
AssetsAfrica,ImpactsofAsset-BuildingInterventionforHouseholdsin
RuralUganda
FordFoundation,$120,000
Role:PrincipalInvestigator
June2003-May2008
INTRAMURALRESEARCHGRANTS
ImpactsofEnhancedEconomicCapabilityonHIV
PositivePeopleinZambia
UNCJuniorFacultyDevelopmentAward,$7,500
Role:PrincipalInvestigator
Jan.2012-Dec.2012
ImpactsofEnhancedEconomicCapabilityonHIV
PositivePeopleinZambia
UniversityResearchCouncilAward,$4,500
Role:PrincipalInvestigator
Jan.2012-Dec.2012
EmploymentandFinancialInclusionYouthProjectinKibera.
Armfield-ReevesInnovativeFund2012,$18,000
Role:PrincipalInvestigator
May2012–June2013
ImpactsofEnhancedEconomicCapabilityonHIVPositivePeoplein
Zambia
NIHJuniorInvestigator’sDevelopmentalAward,UNCCenterforAIDS
Research,$30,000
Role:PrincipalInvestigator
June2010-Aug.2011
NATIONALANDINTERNATIONALCONFERENCEPRESENTATIONS
NATIONALMEETINGANDSYMPOSIAORGANIZER
1. Chowa,G.A.N.(2014,November).Cross-sectoralstrategiestopromoteyouth
development.Symposiumpresentedatthe2014AssociationofPublicPolicyand
ManagementFallConference,Albuquerque,NM.
2. Chowa,G.A.N.(2013,January).Understandingindividual,institutional,andenvironmental
determinantsofsavingsandassetaccumulationglobally:ExamplesfromUganda,United
States,China,andGhana.Symposiumpresentedatthe17thAnnualConferenceofthe
updatedOctober21,2015
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SocietyforSocialWorkandResearch,SanDiego,CA.
3. Chowa,G.A.N.(2012,January).Interventionsandpoliciestoimprovetheeconomicwell-
beingandstabilityoffamiliesaroundtheworld:EvidencefromChina,Kenya,Uganda,and
theUnitedStates.Symposiumpresentedatthe16thAnnualConferenceoftheSocietyfor
SocialWorkandResearch,Washington,DC.
4. Grinstein-Weiss,M.&Chowa,G.A.N.(2010,January).Buildingassetsforlow-income
childrenandyouth:Emergingresearchandimplicationsforsocialworkpolicyandpractice.
Symposiumpresentedatthe14thAnnualConferenceoftheSocietyforSocialWorkand
Research,SanFrancisco,CA
PRESENTATIONSATREFEREEDCONFERENCES
1. Masa,R.&Chowa,G.(2016,January).Householdfoodinsecurityandfutureorientationof
youthandtheirparents:evidencefromGhana.Forthcomingpaperpresentationatthe20th
AnnualConferenceoftheSocietyforSocialWorkandResearch,WashingtonDC,DC,
January13-17.
2. Ansong,D.,Wu,S.,&Chowa,G.(2016January).Theroleofchildandparentsavingsin
promotingexpectationsforuniversityeducationamongmiddleschoolstudentsinGhana:
Apropensityscoreanalysis.Forthcomingpaperpresentationatthe20thAnnual
ConferenceoftheSocietyforSocialWorkandResearch,WashingtonDC,DC,January1317.
3. Ansong,D.,Rabiner,S.,Masa,R.,&Chowa,G.(2016January).Adaptationandvalidationof
anacademicself-efficacyscaleforjuniorhighschoolstudentsinGhana.Forthcoming
paperpresentationatthe20thAnnualConferenceoftheSocietyforSocialWorkand
Research,WashingtonDC,DC,January13-17.
4. Wu,S.,Despard,M.,&Chowa,G.(2015,April).Theinfluenceofparentsonyouth’saccess
tofinancialservicesinGhana.PaperpresentedatAConveningonFinancialCapabilityand
AssetBuilding:AdvancingEducation,ResearchandPracticeinSocialWork.St.Louis,MO.
5. Chowa,G.,&*Masa,R.(2015,January).Assetownershipandparent-youthrelationshipin
Ghana:Determinantsofpositivehealthandwellbeing.Paperpresentedatthe19thAnnual
ConferenceoftheSocietyforSocialWorkandResearch,NewOrleans,LA,January14-18.
6. Chowa,G.,*Masa,R.,&*Wu,S.(2014,November).Impactofanasset-buildingprogram
onself-perceivedhealthoflow-incomeindividualsinruralUganda.Paperpresentedatthe
142ndAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanPublicHealthAssociation,NewOrleans,LA,
November15-19.
7. *Masa,R.&Chowa,G.(2014,November).Doesassetownershipimprovefamily-level
health-relatedprotectivefactors?EvidencefromGhana.Posterpresentedatthe142nd
AnnualMeetingoftheAmericanPublicHealthAssociation,NewOrleans,LA,November
15-19.
8. *Masa,R.,&Chowa,G.(2014,November).Self-perceivedhealthandattitudestowardsex
andHIVpreventionamongGhanaianyouth.Paperpresentedatthe142ndAnnualMeeting
oftheAmericanPublicHealthAssociation,NewOrleans,LA,November15-19.
9. ChowaG.(2014,October).Implementingalargescale,nationwide,impactassessmentfor
youthsavingsanddevelopment:AninnovativemodelfromtheGhanaYouthSave
updatedOctober21,2015
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experiment.PresentedattheAnnualConferenceoftheAmericanEvaluationAssociation,
Denver,CO,October13-19.
10. Chowa,G.,&*Masa,R.(2014,January).Foodinsecurityandpsychosocialwell-beingof
individualsinruralUganda.Presentedatthe18thAnnualConferenceoftheSocietyfor
SocialWorkandResearch,SanAntonio,TX,January15-19.
11. *Masa,R.,&Chowa,G.(2014,January).Foodinsecurityandsexualrisktakingamong
youngFilipinos.Presentedatthe18thAnnualConferenceoftheSocietyforSocialWork
andResearch,SanAntonio,TX,January15-19.
12. *Despard,M.,&Chowa,G.(2014,January).Earnedincomeasapredictorofyouthsaving
inGhana.Presentedatthe18thAnnualConferenceoftheSocietyforSocialWorkand
Research,SanAntonio,TX,January15-19.
13. Chowa,G.,&*Masa,R.(2013,November).Investigatingtheeffectsofasavingsandassetbuildingprogramonhealthandwell-beingoflow-incomeyouthinGhana.Presentedatthe
141stAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanPublicHealthAssociation,Boston,MA.
14. *Masa,R.,&Chowa,G.(2013,November).Socialandeconomicdeterminantsofyouth
healthperception:EvidencefromtheGhanaYouthSaveexperiment.Presentedatthe141st
AnnualMeetingoftheAmericanPublicHealthAssociation,Boston,MA,November2-6.
15. Chowa,G.A.N.,*Masa,R.,&Sherraden,M.(2013,January).WealtheffectsofanassetbuildinginterventionamongruralhouseholdsinMasindi,Uganda.Presentedatthe17th
AnnualConferenceoftheSocietyforSocialWorkandResearch,SanDiego,CA.
16. Chowa,G.A.N.,&*Masa,R.(2013,January).Individualandschooleffectsonacademic
performanceofyouthintheGhanaYouthsaveexperiment.Presentedatthe17thAnnual
ConferenceoftheSocietyforSocialWorkandResearch,SanDiego,CA.
17. *Despard,M.,&Chowa,G.A.N.(2013,January).Parents'influenceonyouth'smoney
managementinGhana.Presentedatthe17thAnnualConferenceoftheSocietyforSocial
WorkandResearch,SanDiego,CA.
18. Chowa,G.A.N.,*Masa,R.,Osei-Akoto,I.,Johnson,L.,&Sherraden,M.(2012,November).
DeterminantsofyouthsavingsinGhana.Presentedatthe17thAssociationofPublicPolicy
andManagementFallConference,Washington,DC.
19. *Despard,M.,&Chowa,G.(2012,January).FinancialcapabilityforyouthinGhana:
Understandingthedevelopmentalandculturalvalidityofassetbuildinginquiryina
developingcountry.Presentedatthe16thAnnualConferenceoftheSocietyforSocial
WorkandResearch,Washington,DC.
20. ChowaG.,*Masa,R.,&*Ansong,D.(2012,January).Individualandinstitutional
determinantsofsavingandassetbuildinginMasindi,Uganda:EvidencefromAssetsAfrica.
Presentedatthe16thAnnualConferenceoftheSocietyforSocialWorkandResearch,
Washington,DC.
21. *Despard,M.R.&Chowa,G.A.N.(2011,September).Howtodevelopafinancial
capabilityproject:Buildingevidenceasyougo.PresentedattheGlobalYouthEconomic
OpportunitiesConference,Washington,DC.
22. Chowa,G.,&*Ansong,D.(2011,January).Impactsofanasset-buildinginterventionon
householdwell-beinginruralUganda.Presentedatthe15thAnnualConferenceofthe
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SocietyforSocialWorkandResearch,Tampa,FL.
23. Chowa,G.,&*Ansong,D.(2011,January).Understandingcontextualfactorsthatexplain
thesavingstrendsofyouthinruralcommunitiesinMasindi,Uganda.Presentedatthe15th
AnnualConferenceoftheSocietyforSocialWorkandResearch,Tampa,FL.
24. Lesorogol,C.,&ChowaG.A.N.(2010,October12).Livestockorthepen:Iseducationa
routeoutofpovertyforpastoralists?PresentedattheOverseasDevelopmentInstitute
InheritanceandtheIntergenerationalTransmissionofPovertyConference,London,
England.
25. Chowa,G.,&*Ansong,D.(2010,September14-16).Understandingthefinancialcapability
fortheyouthinAssetsAfrica:ThecaseofMasindi,Uganda.PresentedattheGlobalYouth
EnterpriseandLivelihoodsDevelopmentConference,Washington,DC.
26. Grinstein-Weiss,M.,Key,C.Yoo,J.P.,Chowa,G.,&Taylor,A.(2010,January).Theeffectof
homeownershiponchildren’spositivebehavioramonglowandmoderateincome
household.Presentedatthe14thAnnualConferenceoftheSocietyforSocialWorkand
Research,SanFrancisco,CA.
27. Chowa,G.,&*Ansong,D.(2008,November).YouthsavingsinAssetsAfrica.Presentedat
theChildDevelopmentAccounts:ResearchandPolicySymposium,StLouis,MO.
28. Chowa,G.,*Ansong,D.,&*Masa,R.(2008,November).Assetsandchildwell-beingin
developingcountries:Aresearchreview.PresentedattheChildDevelopmentAccounts:
ResearchandPolicySymposium,StLouis,MO.
29. Chowa,G.(2006,September).Factorsaffectingassetownershipforruralhouseholdsin
Sub-SaharanAfrica:Thegenderedperspective.PresentedattheInternationalAssociation
ofSchoolsofSocialWorkConference,Santiago,Chile.
30. Chowa,G.(2004,September).AssetsAfrica–Testinganideaforsocialdevelopmentin
Africa.PresentedattheIndividualDevelopmentAccountsLearningConference,Ontario,
Canada.
INVITEDPRESENTATIONS
1. ChowaG.(2015,October9).FindingsfromtheGhanaYouthSaveExperiment.Invited
PresentationtothePathwaystoDevelopment:EvidencefromYouthSaveEvent,organized
byMicrolinksandUSAID,WashingtonDC,DC.
2. ChowaG.(2015,April7).RethinkingPathwaysforthePoorinResource-LimitedCountries:
TestingIntegratedInterventions.HettlemanLecturefortheRuthandPhilipHettleman
PrizeforArtisticandScholarlyAchievementAward,UniversityofNorthCarolinaat
ChapelHill,ChapelHill,NC
3. ChowaG.(2015,February19-21).InvitedPresentationatthefourthInternational
ConferenceofSpiritualityandSocialWork:SocialJusticeandEmpowerment:Addressing
LocalandGlobalChallengesConference,UniversityofPune,Ahmednegar,Maharashtra,
India.
4. ChowaG.(2013,September26).Youthassetdevelopmentasastrategyforaddressing
youthemployability:LessonsfromAfrica. Buildingyouthassets:strategiesforenhancing
youthemployability,entrepreneurshipandaccesstoeducationSymposium.Centerfor
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SocialDevelopmentinAfrica,UniversityofJohannesburg,Johannesburg,SouthAfrica.
5. ChowaG.(2010,November8-9).Conceptualizingfinancialcapabilityfordeveloping
countries.InvitedpresentationattheSavingsandConditionalCashTransfers:AGlobal
Colloquium,sponsoredbytheFordFoundation,NewYork,NY.
6. Chowa,G.,Despard,M.,Ansong,D.,&Masa,R.(2012,January).Closingthegapbetween
evaluationandpracticeinyoutheconomicempowerment.PaperpresentedatMaking
CentsInternationalBrownBagSession,Washington,DC.
7. Chowa,G.A.N.(2002).Microenterprisesasapovertyalleviationstrategy:Acomparative
studyofZambia,Zimbabwe,andBangladesh.InvitedpresentationattheInternational
SocialDevelopmentConference,WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,MO.
8. Chowa,G.A.N.(2001).Theeffectofstructuraladjustmentprogramsondeveloping
countries:ThecaseofZambia,Zimbabwe,andBotswana.Invitedpresentationatthe
InternationalSocialDevelopmentConference,WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,MO.
UNIVERSITYGUESTLECTURES
1. Chowa,G.A.N.(2010).Internationalsocialworkpractice.Invitedpresentationatthe
SchoolofSocialWorkLeadershipSeries,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill.
2. Chowa,G.A.N.(2010).Preparingforthejobsearchandobtaininganacademicposition
afterdoctoraleducation.InvitedpresentationattheProfessionalSeminar,Doctoral
Course,SchoolofSocialWorkLeadershipSeries,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill.
SERVICE
SCHOOLOFSOCIALWORK,UNIVERSITYOFNORTHCAROLINAATCHAPELHILL
CURRICULAR&SEARCHCOMMITTEES
2015–
present
Chair,Community,Management,Practice,andPolicyCommittee
2015–
present
2015
FacultySponsorforStudentInternationalCaucus
2010-2015
Member,CurriculumCommittee
2014-2015
Member,PolicyCommittee
2012-2014
Member,DoctoralProgramCommittee
2012-2014
SchoolofSocialWorkRepresentative,UNCCertificatein
InternationalDevelopment
SchoolofSocialWorkRepresentative,Duke&UNCCertificateof
InternationalPeaceandConflictResolution
Member,Management,PracticeandPolicyCommittee
2012-2015
Chair,Assistant/AssociateSearchCommittee
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CHOWACURRICULUMVITAE
2008-2015
Member,InternalInstitutionalReviewBoardCommittee
2009-2010
Member,Assistant/AssociateProfessorsSearchCommittee
2009-2010
2009
Member,SearchCommitteeforEmilyPreyerBicentennial
DistinguishedProfessorforStrengtheningFamilies
Member,SearchCommitteeforAssistantManager,BusinessOffice
2013-2015
Member,CommitteetoRecruitandRetainDiverseFaculty
POST-DOCTORALMENTORING
2013present
2015ongoing
2015ongoing
MentorCommittee,Dr.DavidAnsong
MentorCommittee,Dr.LatoyaSmall
MentorCommittee,Dr.RanierMasa
DOCTORALDISSERTATIONCOMMITTEES
2012-2016
2014-2015
2010-2015
2010-2015
2009-2013
(CommitteeMember)
ShiyouWu:ExaminingtheRelationshipBetweenWealthDisparitiesandEducation
InequalityinChina
(CommitteeMember)
DebraDaugird:ResilienceandFaithinBlackSouthAfricanWomenParishionersina
BlackSouthAfricanTownship.SchoolofEducation,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity
(Chair)
MatDespard:Evidence-BasedPracticeinNon-ProfitHumanServiceOrganizations.
SchoolofSocialWork,UniversityofNorthCarolinaChapelHill.
(Chair)
RainierMasa: Foodsecurityandantiretroviraltherapyadherenceamongpeople
livingwithHIVinLundaziDistrict,Zambia:Apilotstudy.
(CommitteeMember)
DavidAnsong:TheRelationshipbetweenHouseholdEconomicResources
andYouthAcademicPerformanceinGhana:AMultilevelStructural
EquationModeling.BrownSchool,WashingtonUniversity
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2008-2012
(CommitteeMember)
TerriFriedline:Predictingsavingsfromadolescencetoyoungadulthood:Early
savingsleadstoimprovedsavingsoutcomes.UniversityofPittsburgh,Pittsburgh,
PA
STUDENTADVISING&RESEARCHSUPERVISION
FacultyAdvising,DoctoralStudent
JosephFrey,ShiyouWu,RainierMasa,MatDespard
FacultyAdvising,Master’sStudents(16)
Supervision,DoctoralStudentsResearchAssistantship
DavidAnsong,RainierMasa,MatDespard,ShiyouWu
Supervision,MastersStudentsResearchAssistantship
ClareMasson,SamuelMagu,DavidAnsong,AlexCollins,YalitzaRamos,Meli
Kimathi,CarolinaAhumada
UNIVERSITYOFNORTHCAROLINAATCHAPELHILL,SERVICE
2014-2015
Member,PovertyTaskForceforUniversityofNorthCarolina,ChapelHill
2015-present Member,SearchCommitteeforDeanofSchoolofSocialWork
EDITORIALSERVICE
EditorialReviewBoard
•
JournaloftheSocietyforSocialWorkandResearch
•
SocialWorkResearch
REVIEWERFOR
• ChildrenandYouthServiceReview
•
JournaloftheAmericanMedicalAssociation
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WorldDevelopmentJournal
•
EconomicsofEducationReview
•
JournalofHIV/AIDS&SocialServices
•
JournalofSociologyandSocialWelfare
•
JournalofInternationalSocialWork
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JournalofChildren&Poverty
•
JournalofSociologicalMind
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JournalofExperimentalEducation
InternationalJournalofEducationalDevelopment
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PROFESSIONALAFFILIATIONS
SocietyforSocialWorkandResearch
NationalAssociationofSocialWorkers
AmericanPublicHealthAssociation
AssociationforPublicPolicyAnalysisandManagement
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