Degrees

M.A., University of Minnesota, educational policy and administration: comparative and international development education
B.A., Grinnell College, sociology

Areas of Interest

International development policy
Gender and education
Global youth policy
Youth empowerment and education

Profile

My professional interests include gender and education, youth policy, and international development education. As a research fellow for the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD), I am currently working with Dr. David Chapman and Dr. Joan DeJaeghere in a evaluation partnership with The MasterCard Foundation to assess the overall impact of non-formal and formal educational initiatives on out-of-school youth. As the deputy director of this project, I assist in leading the UMN team to develop and implement a common framework for assessing the impacts of program activities on youth livelihoods.

I received my master’s degree from the University of Minnesota in educational policy and administration, with a program focus in comparative and international development education. My past scholarly work has included working with CARE to investigate girls’ and boys’ empowerment and education efforts in eight developing countries and examining adolescent girls’ leadership in Honduras using CARE’s Girls Leadership Index (GLI) survey.

Selected Technical Reports

Miske, S., Wilmot, E., Ntow, F., & Pellowski Wiger, N. (November, 2011). Ghana child friendly
       schools final report.  UNICEF Ghana.
Miske, S., Wilmot, E., Ntow, F., & Pellowski Wiger, N. (November, 2011). Ghana child friendly
       schools assessment tool pilot in Savelugu and Kwahu North districts.  UNICEF Ghana.
Miske, S., Hegeman-Davis, R., & Pellowski Wiger, N. (October, 2011). Post-primary education in
       Ethiopia: A situation analysis.  UNICEF Ethiopia.
Pellowski Wiger, N. & DeJaeghere, J. (March, 2011). Patsy Collins Trust Fund Initiative
       common items baseline analysis preliminary report of teacher and children’s data: Scales
       and cross-country comparisons.  CARE USA.

Selected Publications

1. Pellowski Wiger, N. (2010). Adolescent girls’ leadership in Honduras: CARE’s Girls’ Leadership Index survey (Master’s thesis). Retrieved from http://purl.umn.edu/93300.

2. Zak, A., Coulter, C., Giglio, S., Hall, J., Sanford, S. & Pellowski, N. (2002). Do his friends and family like me? Predictors of infidelity in intimate relationships. North American Journal of Psychology, 4, 287-290.

Selected Presentations

1. Chapman, D., Pellowski Wiger, N., & Baxter, A. (2012, March). University of Minnesota and The MasterCard Foundation-Canada: A collaboration to research and evaluate the impact of youth entrepreneurship education initiatives in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Poster presented at the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development Research Day, Minneapolis, MN.

2. Pellowski Wiger, N. (2011, May). Social conditions and gender equality in education: A cross-site analysis. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society, Montreal, Canada.

3. Leland, N. L., McMorris, B., Pellowski Wiger, N., Everson, A., Liden, G., Rossi, R., Sommers-Haas, Z., and Stoelb, A. (July, 2010). Youth Form and Market Project evaluation findings from the 2009 summer program. Poster presented at the American Horticultural Society’s 18thAannual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, Pasadena, CA.

4. Pellowski Wiger, N. (2010, March). Adolescent girls’ leadership in Honduras: CARE’s Power Within initiative. Paper presented at Comparative and International Education Society, Chicago, IL.

5. Sigurdson, M. P., Koltes, R., Leland, N. L., McMorris, B., Pellowski Wiger, N., Larson, B., Palenschat, N., & Kyle, B. (January, 2010).  Fostering positive outcomes among Minnesota teen mothers using a school-based model that includes case management. Poster presented at the National Care and Prevention Grantee Conference, Norfolk, VA.

6. Pellowski, N. (2010, March). Adolescent girls’ leadership in Honduras: CARE’s Power Within initiative. Paper presented at Comparative and International Education Society, Chicago, IL.

7. Johnstone, C., Change, B., & Pellowski, N. (2009, March). CARE research partnership. Poster presented at University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development Research Day, Minneapolis, MN.