International social and economic development, asset development, Sub-Saharan Africa, community development, Youth development, women and children, experimental field methods and comparative research.
Relevant Experience:
• Principal Investigator, Impacts of Enhanced Economic Capability on HIV Positive People in Zambia. • Director, Global Social Development Innovations. • 2014-2015 Principal Investigator, Pathways to Youth Assets and Employability, Ford Foundation • 2010-2015 Co-Principal Investigator, Testing Impacts of Youth Savings accounts on Developmental Outcomes for Youth, MasterCard Foundation
Distinctions:
• 2016-2016 Wallace Kuralt Early Career Distinguished Professor, UNC School of Social Work • 2014-2014 Ruth and Philip Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement, Chancellor’s Award • 2014-2014 Dean’s Recognition of Teaching Excellence Award, UNC School of Social Work. • 2012-2012 UNC Junior Faculty Development Award • 2011-2011 Junior Faculty Development Award for Impacts of Enhanced Economic Capability on HIV Positive people in Zambia Project, UNC- Chapel Hill • 2010-2010 Most Innovative HIV/AIDS Research, UNC Center for Aids Research, UNC-Chapel Hill
Dissertations and Theses Supervised in Past 5 Years:
14
Relevant Courses Taught:
• SOWO 570 Social Work Practice (Zambia) • SOWO 881 Development Theory and Practice in Global Settings
Recent Publications:
• 2017 Masa, R., G. Chowa, and V. Nyirenda. "Prevalence and Predictors of Food Insecurity among People Living with HIV Enrolled in Antiretroviral Therapy and Livelihood Programs in Two Rural Zambian Hospitals." Ecology of Food and Nutrition 56, no. 3 (2017): 256-276.
• 2016 Ansong, David, Gina A. Chowa, and Rainier D. Masa. "Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Commitment-to-School Scale using a Sample of Junior High School Youth in Ghana." The Journal of Experimental Education 84, no. 4 (2016): 621-638.
• 2016 Chowa, G., (2016). International social work and social welfare in Southern Africa. In Encyclopedia of social work online. New York: Oxford University Press.
• 2016 Ansong, David, Sarah R. Eisensmith, Rainier D. Masa, and Gina A. Chowa. "Academic self-efficacy among junior high school students in Ghana: Evaluating factor structure and measurement invariance across gender." Psychology in the Schools 53, no. 10 (2016): 1057-1070.
• 2015 Friedline, T., *Despard, M. & Chowa, G. “Children's savings as a preventive policy strategy for banking the unbanked: Savings accounts for teenagers?” Journal of Poverty, 20, (2015): 1-33.
• 2014 Chowa, Gina, David Ansong, and Matthew Despard. "Financial Capabilities for Rural Households in Masindi, Uganda: An Exploration of the Impact of Internal and External Capabilities Using Multilevel Modeling." Social Work Research(2014): svu002.
• 2014 Chowa, Gina. "Food Insecurity and Psychosocial Well-Being of Individuals in Rural Uganda." Society for Social Work and Research 18th Annual Conference: Research for Social Change: Addressing Local and Global Challenges. Sswr, 2014.
• 2013 Chowa, Gina AN, et al. "The impact of household possessions on youth's academic achievement in the Ghana Youthsave experiment: A propensity score analysis." Economics of Education Review 33 (2013): 69-81.
• 2013 Chowa, G.A.N., et al. Savings Patterns and Performance in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nepal. YouthSave Research Report No. 13-‐18). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development, 2013.
• 2013 Chowa, Gina AN, Rainier D. Masa, and Jenna Tucker. "The effects of parental involvement on academic performance of Ghanaian youth: Testing measurement and relationships using structural equation modeling." Children and Youth Services Review 35.12 (2013): 2020-2030.
• 2007 Chowa, G., Asset Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: Toward Sustainable Economic Development for Rural Farmers, Center for Social Development Policy Brief, January, 2007, CSD Publication No. 07-34.
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