JUDITH A. McCABE, Ph.D., M.P.H. University of Colorado Population Center Institute of Behavioral Science UCB 483 1440 15 th Street University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO 80309-0483 303-492-6924 Judith.McCabe@colorado.edu Education: B. S. Biology, Southern Connecticut State University 1976 M.P.H. Health Services Administration, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health 1978 Ph.D. Cultural Anthropology (Medical Anthropology focus), Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1995 Qualifications: Extensive experience in social science research; grant administration; and evaluation of programs and organizations with a focus on capacity building, strategic planning, quality improvement, and sustainability of operations. Skill Areas: NSF and NIH Grant administration; Project administration, implementation and evaluation; Non-profit management; Community analysis and planning; Organizational development; Policy research and development; Qualitative and ethnographic research Affiliations: Adjunct Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. 1997-2004 (Co-taught Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology 2000, 2001, 2004) Research Affiliate, Environment and Society Program, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. 2002-present (ongoing student advising and supervision on research projects) Professional Staff Experience: Grants Coordinator, University of Colorado Population Center, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. 2011 to present. Responsibilities include grant management from pre- to post-award for CUPC Faculty and Research Affiliates; program development; compliance monitoring of grant activities; and working directly with CU Office of Grants and Contracts. Senior Research Associate, Cambium Learning, Inc. ( Longmont, Colorado office), 2004 to 2009. (K-12 Educational publisher now merged with Voyager Learning Company). Responsibilities included administration of $3 million in NICHD Small Business Innovation Research educational technology grants (pre and post award) working directly with PI s (Louisa Moats, Ed.D.; Arjan Khalsa - see References and biographies) ; development, coordination, project documentation, and reporting of fieldbased evaluations of educational technology products 1) early math ( Pendergast, Arizona) and 2) reading (Jefferson County, Colorado) ; maintenance of human subjects research procedures and protections; submission of IRB protocols; grant submissions to NIH and NSF; and financial management of grant budgets. Research Associate (part-time), Environment and Behavior Program, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. NSF funded research project on Demography, Cultural Models and Land Use Change in Northern Tanzania, East Africa, 1999-2001 with J. Terrence McCabe, CU-Boulder
and Paul W. Leslie, UNC-Chapel Hill (Co-PI s). Conducted field research; managed travel, budget and reporting requirements; analyzed data and prepared publications; co-supervised graduate student research. Research Associate, (part-time) University of California at Irvine, Program in Social Ecology, Colorado Healthy Communities Initiative, Evaluation Project, February 1993 to February 1995 Evaluation research team member, based in Colorado, working on the process and outcome evaluation of a multi-community health promotion/disease prevention effort. The Colorado Healthy Communities Initiative was funded by The Colorado Trust in Denver, Colorado. Responsible for data collection and management; site visits and interviews; qualitative analysis and report preparation. Research Associate, (part-time) The Colorado Trust, 1600 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, March 1991 to January 1993. As part of research team, conducted an outcome evaluation of The Colorado Trust's Rural Health Initiative, a five-year health care initiative that has provided over three million dollars in grants and technical assistance to rural Colorado communities. Responsible for data collection and management; site visits and interviews; qualitative analysis and report preparation. Assistant Director, Master of Public Health Program, Department of Community Health, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1983 to June 1984 Responsible for program development and accreditation functions; grant writing and funding research; development and supervision of student community health field placements; teaching (Spring Semester 1984: Using Media in Community Health Education). Researcher, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1981 to September 1983 Responsible for evaluation research; training of volunteer discussion leaders; field test coordination; parent and teen education materials preparation; and revision of "Let's Talk" Campaign for Responsible Parenthood, a community involvement model for teenage pregnancy prevention (DHHS funded project). President and Consulting Associate, Health Action Associates, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia (private, nonprofit), February 1980 to November 1981 Grant writing, research and technical assistance provided to organizations including: Emory University, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics ;Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy, Clark College; North Central Georgia Health Systems Agency; Georgia Association for Primary Health Care, Inc.; Coalition for Responsible Parenthood, Atlanta, Georgia; Georgia Dept. of Human Resources, Drug and Alcohol Section; National Parent Teacher Association, Chicago, Illinois; Georgia Indigent Legal Services Program, Atlanta, Georgia; Senate Human Resources Committee, Georgia State Senate Director of Research, Atlanta Southside Community Health Center, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia March 1979 to February 1980, Responsible for grants and contracts preparation for DHHS funded community health center; planning and administration of Family Planning/Ob Gyn Services and Adolescent Health Program; program evaluation and community needs assessment; Senior Staff Member. Health Internships Coordinator, Atlanta Urban Corps, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia,. July 1978 to March 1979. Development and coordination of college level health internships in Metro Atlanta area health facilities; administration of two ongoing project grants including an Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) grant for recruiting minorities into the health field; preparation of seminars on health care issues for interns. Consulting Experience: [ On sabbatical with J. Terrence McCabe in Germany 2009-2010. Continued data analysis and field 2
work in Tanzania during that time.] Social Sciences Research Consultant (based in Boulder, Colorado): 1990 to present (Self-employed) Research, grant writing and administration, program evaluation, organizational development, focusing on health, education and/or environmental issues. Services were provided to the following organizations: University of Colorado, Institute of Behavioral Science. Project Coordinator for NSF-funded grant Human and Social Dynamics: Parks as Agents of Change East and Southern Africa. J.T. McCabe, Principal Investigator. Provided project coordination between investigators at CU-Boulder, University of Florida and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Participated in field work, data collection and analysis for Tanzania sites. Ongoing student supervision. July 2006 March 2011. ConceptuaMath, Inc. Petaluma, California. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant application and management for start-up mathematics educational technology company. Working with Arjan Khalsa, CEO founder. 2009. Wild Bear Center for Nature Discovery, Nederland, CO Organizational development, fundraising, grant writing and evaluation for environmental education organization serving children and youth K-12 and adults of all ages, 1999 to 2004. International Mountain Explorers Connection (formerly Himalayan Explorers Connection), Boulder, CO Organizational development, fundraising, grant writing, and strategic planning for non-profit membership organization conducting grass-roots projects in Nepal, Tanzania, and Peru 2001-2003. Washington Center for Complexity and Public Policy, Washington, D.C. Development consultation, strategic planning, grant-writing, and research on the use of complexity science approaches in government, foundation, and higher education institutions, 2001-2003. University of Colorado Center for Chaos and Complexity, Boulder, CO Grant-writing, development consultation for the Business Network, 1999. Environment and Behavior Program, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder CO Program development and grant-writing, 1997-1998. Access Colorado Library and Information Network (ACLIN) Evaluation Project, Colorado Department of Education, Denver, CO - Research and consultation on summative program evaluation theory and methods for Dr. Walter LaMendola, Evaluation Project Consultant, 1997. Boulder County Teen Pregnancy Prevention Project c/o Boulder Valley Women's Health Service, Boulder, Colorado. January 1990 to November 1991, provided technical assistance on adolescent pregnancy prevention programs and developed model for Teen Clinical Services. Health and Social Science Research Consultant (based in Atlanta, Georgia): 1984 to 1990 (Self-employed) Research, technical assistance, and grant-writing on health and social services issues; program evaluation and management; community analysis; fundraising; survey research; media utilization and public communication/health education campaigns. Special emphasis on maternal and child health, family planning, adolescent health, and adolescent pregnancy prevention. Services were provided to the following organizations: Emory University/Grady Teen Services Program, Atlanta, Georgia. From 1984 to 1990, served as primary evaluation consultant for the "Postponing Sexual Involvement Educational Series for Young Teens", funded by the Ford Foundation and DHHS, Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs. 3
CONTINUUM Alliance for Human Development, Atlanta, Georgia. From 1984 to 1986, developed and secured grants for two maternal and infant health projects:1) Prenatal Outreach to Women: Education and Referral (P.O.W.E.R. Line), a statewide hotline to assist low-income women in need of prenatal and delivery care, funded by the National March of Dimes Foundation; and 2) The New Life Project, a community outreach program which trained and provided resource mothers to work with low-income pregnant women in three Georgia health districts with high infant mortality, funded by DHHS, MCH Services. Doctoral Field-work: Dissertation Research Metro-Denver County, Colorado, January 1990 to June 1994, conducted ethnographic research focusing on adolescent pregnancy prevention. Publications and Reports: Blamey, Judith A. and Fred Atkinson, Utilization Analysis of Specialized Services: Enoch Calloway Cancer Treatment Center, (technical report), North Central Georgia Health Systems Agency, Atlanta, Georgia 1980 Blamey, Judith A., Health Legislation, in Legislative Review 1980, Atlanta: Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy, Clark College, 1980 Blamey, Judith A., Health Legislation, in Legislative Review 1981, Atlanta: Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy, Clark College, 1981 Blamey, Judith A., LET'S TALK: A Community Involvement Model for Teenage Pregnancy Prevention (Campaign Manual), printed with funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1983 Blamey, Judith A. (Editor), LET'S TALK: A Community Involvement Model for Teenage Pregnancy Prevention, (Discussion Guide), printed with funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1983 Blamey, Judith A., Poverty and Child Health in the South, Technical Report prepared for the Field Foundation, New York, New York, May 1984 Howard, Marion and Judith A. Blamey, Postponing Sexual Involvement: Final Evaluation Report, Ford Foundation, December 1988 Blamey, Judith A., Supplementary Prenatal Care Services, Birth Outcomes, and Infant Mortality for Black Women in Greene County, Georgia 1978, 1982, and 1987: Evaluation Report, Northeast Georgia Health District Office, Athens, Georgia, August 1989 Howard, Marion and Judith Blamey McCabe, Helping Young People Postpone Sexual Involvement, Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 22, Number 1, January/February 1990 4
Howard, Marion and Judith A. McCabe, An Information and Skills Approach for Younger Teens: Postponing Sexual Involvement Program, in Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy: Model Programs and Evaluations, Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 1992. Moscovice, Ira, Roger Rosenblatt, and Judith A. McCabe, Regionalization As A Strategy for Rationalizing Rural Health Services: An Evaluation of the Rural Health Initiative of the Colorado Trust, March 1993. McCabe, Judith A., Cultural Understandings and Local Forces: Efforts to Control Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy and Childbearing in a Suburban American County. (Doctoral Dissertation) Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1996. McCabe, Judith A., Growing Up in Duval County: An Investigation of Social Arenas, Peer Groups, and Romance Among Jacksonville s Teen Population, report prepared for the Jacksonville Alliance for the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy, Duval County Public Health Unit, Duval County, Florida, July 1996. McCabe, Judith A., Summative Evaluation and Debates About Using A Single Summative Measure for Internal Synthesis, paper prepared for the ACLIN Project Evaluation, Department of Education, State of Colorado, March 1997. T. Irene Sanders and Judith A. McCabe. The Use of Complexity Science: A Survey of Federal Departments and Agencies, Private Foundations, Universities, and Independent Education and Research Centers. Report prepared for the Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, D.C.: Washington Center for Complexity and Public Policy, October 2003. Professional Affiliations: Society for Applied Anthropology Awards: 1995 Manning Award for Best Departmental Dissertation, UNC-Chapel Hill 5