Our 2023-2024 Curriculum

lab topics

Development Initiative in History with Professor Mike Lofchie, Chair of the International Development Studies Academic Program

Human Centered Design with The Board

Community Based Participatory Action Research with Lorena Fuentes, Co-Founder and Director of Practice & Advocacy at Ladysmith

Policy Skills Workshop with Joseph Wright, PhD candidate in International and Comparative Education at UCLA

Social Entrepreneurship with Gayle Northrop, President of Northrop Nonprofit Consulting

Development Consulting with Julia Kresky, Impact Evaluation Program Associate at Social Impact

Resource Management with Professor Olivia Osei-Twumasi, UCLA Department of Economics

Development Applications of Geographic Informations Systems and Technology with Vanesa Martín, GDL Alum and Project Lead at NASA DEVELOP

Global Health Policy and Human Rights with Dr. Jeffrey Goldhagen, professor of pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville and chief of the division of community pediatrics

Global Health Challenges with Dr. James Macinko, Professor of Health Policy and Management and Community Health Sciences at UCLA

career spotlights

Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Technology with Vanesa Martín, GDL Alum and Project Lead at NASA DEVELOP

Education with Joseph Wright, UCLA Ph.D. Student in the School of Education & Information Studies

Environmental Sustainability

Global Health

Human Rights Law with Justin Connolly, Senior Director at Human Rights Watch LA

Social Impact Consulting

Development Agency with Nora Dudwick, formerly World Bank and currently Director of Gender and Social Inclusion at the Millennium Challenge Corporation

Career Panel with GDL Alumni

Career Paths in Development with The Board