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Dr. Tanya Ansahta Garnett has two decades of experience as a professor, researcher, facilitator, technical adviser, and gender expert. As an educator both in the United States and in Liberia, she has taught international development and gender studies and facilitates knowledge sharing events with youth and mid-career professionals. She considers herself a professor of practice and enjoys bridging the gap between theory and practice, academia and activism. She is passionate about strengthening the effectiveness of international development through meaningful collaboration, critical thinking, organizational learning, change management, pertinent evidence-based analysis, participatory program design, and systematic monitoring, evaluation, and learning. Dr. Garnett is an avid researcher, and her research interests focus on gender and development, peacebuilding, women’s political representation, feminist foreign policy, and African diaspora studies.

Dr. Garnett obtained her doctorate degree in International Development from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2012. Her Dissertation was entitled, Understanding Gender in the Liberian Post-Conflict Reconstruction Process. She joined the University of Liberia faculty in 2012 as an Adjunct Professor at the Ibrahim B. Babangida (IBB) School of International Studies. She has since served in various roles, including the former Director of the IBB School of International Studies and Associate Dean at the Amos C. Sawyer College of Social Sciences and Humanities. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the College for Gender Studies and Interdisciplinary Research where she leads the development of new curricula in gender studies and international development, supports partnership development, and teaches various graduate and undergraduate courses, including Development Theory, Feminist Theory and Gender Statistics. Dr. Garnett is fluent in French and is also a singer-songwriter.

PUBLISHED PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS & BOOK CHAPTERS

• Krawczyk, Kelly and Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2025. “Contextualizing Liberian Civil Society.” Local Histories of Civil Society Organizations. Georgetown University Press (forthcoming).
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta, Itoka, Toushi and Harry, Paul Yennie. 2024. Unpacking Political Masculinities in Liberia. ALIGN Report. London, UK.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta and Linneman, Camila. 2023. “Are We Making a Difference or Doing Harm? Practical Strategies for Assessing Peacebuilding Effectiveness to Drive Adaptation and Improvement.” Are We Making a Difference? Global and Local Efforts to Assess Peacebuilding Effectiveness. S. Connaughton and J. Linabary (eds.). Rowman & Littlefield.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta and Elena Roversi. 2023. “Redefining Liberian Women’s Political Activism: The Legacy of the Women’s Peacebuilding Movement.” Women’s Contributions to Development in West Africa: Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives. K. Krawczyk and B. King (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan Singapore.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2019. “Women and Peacebuilding in Postconflict African States.” The Palgrave Handbook of African Women's Studies. O. Yacob-Haliso, T. Falola (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta and Oygard, Kari. 2019. “Women’s Education and Professionalism in Post-conflict Liberia.” Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University; (Vol. Summer/Spring 2019), pp. 21-35.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2016. “Ellen is Our Man: Perceptions of Gender in Postconflict Liberian Politics.” International Feminist Journal of Politics; Vol. 18 (1).
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2011. Gender Dynamics of Political Authority in Post-Conflict Liberia. The International Studies Association Annual Convention. Montreal, Canada.

SELECTED TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS

• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2024. Revised Gender-Based Manual. Liberia National Police Training Academy, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Liberia.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2022. Gender and Conflict Assessment. FSVA SHIGA.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2018. USAID/Liberia Gender Assessment. Liberia Strategic Analysis, Social Impact.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta (Ed.), 2017. Liberia Development Conference Anthology. USAID/Liberia and Social Impact.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2015. Adolescent Girls Policy Framework. Ministry of Gender and Social Protection, Republic of Liberia.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2015. Mapping Report on Adolescent Girls Programming in Liberia. Ministry of Gender and Social Protection, Republic of Liberia.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2014. Desk Review: The Adolescent Girls’ Division. Ministry of Gender and Social Protection, Republic of Liberia.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2014. Concept Note: The Corporate Responsibility Forum, Liberia. The Corporate Responsibility Forum.
• Smith, Gabrielle and Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2012. Draft: National Social Protection Policy. Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs, Republic of Liberia.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2012. Development of the National Social Protection Strategy and Policy in Liberia: Regional Consultation Report. Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs, Republic of Liberia.
• Garnett, Tanya Ansahta. 2012. Development of the National Social Protection Strategy and Policy in Liberia: National Validation Report. Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs, Republic of Liberia.