• PHD Social Work , Washington University in St. Louis 2013
World Area Of Focus:
• Africa 50%-74% • International Less than 10%
Languages:
• Akan (native/bilingual proficiency)
Specialization:
Educational and economic disparities, Youth asset development, International social development, Child and youth well-being
Relevant Experience:
• 2014 Principal Investigator, Impacts of Early Scholarship Grants and Matched Education Savings Accounts on Academic Performance and Progression in Ghana
Distinctions:
• 2021-ongoing Member, Governor's Appointee, Permanency Innovations Initiative Oversight Committee, Non-Standing Committee, North Carolina General Assembly, Raleigh, NC. • 2020-Present Wallace Kuralt Early Career Distinguished Professor • 2016-ongoing Excellence in Research Award • 2015-2015 UNC John A. Tate Pilot Research Award • 2015-2016 UNC Junior Faculty Development Award • 2014-2015 UNC Armfield-Reeves Innovative Fund
Dissertations and Theses Supervised in Past 5 Years:
15
Relevant Courses Taught:
• SOWO 510 Evidence-Based Practice and Program Evaluation • SOWO 843 Advanced Policy Practice • SOWO 911 Social Statistics and Data Analysis • SOWO 918 Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models
Recent Publications:
• 2017 Despard, Mathieu R., Rhoda Nanre Nafziger-Mayegun, Bernice Korkor Adjabeng, and David Ansong. "Does Revenue Diversification Predict Financial Vulnerability among Non-
• 2017 Alhassan, M., Ansong, D., Ampomah, A. O., Albritton, T. J. “Junior high school students' use of their afterschool hours in Ghana: The role of household assets.” Child & Youth Services, 4/17.
• 2017 Ansong, D., Okumu, M., Bowen, G., Walker, A. M., & Eisensmith, S. R. “The role of parent, classmate, and teacher support in student engagement: Evidence from Ghana.” International Journal of Educational Development, 54, (2017): 51–58.
• 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 Ansong, D., & Alhassan, M. “Educational progression in Ghana: Gender and spatial variations in longitudinal trajectories of Junior High School Completion rate.” International Journal of Progressive Education 12, no. 2 (2016): 47-63.
• 2016 Sherraden, M. S., & Ansong, D. “Financial Literacy to Financial Capability: Building Financial Stability and Security.” In International Handbook of Financial Literacy, edited by C. Aprea, K. Breuer, P. Davies, B. Fuhrman, N.K. Koh, J.S. Lopus, & E. Wuttke. Springer, 2016.
• 2015 Ansong, D., Chowa, A., & Sherraden, M. (2015). Household assets, academic expectations, and academic performance among Ghanaian junior high school students: Investigating mediation. Children and Youth Services Review, 50, 101-110. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.01.016
• 2015 Ansong, D., Chowa, G., & Adjabeng, B. (2015). Spatial analysis of the distribution and determinants of Bank Branch Presence in Ghana. International Journal of Bank Marketing
• 2015 Ansong, D., Ansong, E.K., Ampomah, A.O., & Adjabeng, B.K (2015). Factors Contributing to Spatial Inequality in Academic Achievement in Ghana: Analysis of District-Level Factors Using Geographically Weighted Regression. Applied Geography, 62, 136-146. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.04.017
• 2014 Chowa, G., Ansong, D., & Despard, M. (2014). Financial Capabilities: Multilevel Modeling of the Impact of Internal and External Capabilities on Rural Households. Social Work Research. doi: 10.1093/swr/svu002
• 2013 Ansong, D., Chowa, G., & Grinstein-Weiss, M. (2013). Future Orientation as a Mediator between Assets and Perceived Household Economic Stability: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach. Social Work Research, 37(2), 147-158. doi: 10.1093/swr/svt012
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