CSEAS Spring Graduate Colloquium Lecture Series: B. Jan Middendorf, PhD

Associate Director Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification, Kansas State University

Title: “Building Resilience through Transformational Change: Lessons from Cambodia” 

Hybrid event: In-person Campus Life 100.

Virtual format registration required at https://niu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdu6vrzopGtJICcUUXBEpjCeEaOKdAK5J  (After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.)

B. Jan Middendorf serves as the Associate Director for Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL) at Kansas State University (KSU). In this role, Middendorf oversees the operational, programmatic, and reporting aspects of SIIL’s $75 million research portfolio in Africa, Asia, and Central America (Burkina Faso, Malawi, Niger, Senegal, Ethiopia Tanzania, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Guatemala, and Honduras). She is also responsible for establishing and maintaining effective partnerships with other U.S. and international institutions, industry, USAID Missions, and developmental partners. As part of these efforts, she develops and implements strategic planning and capacity building initiatives to enhance collaborative research and support organizational change utilizing participatory approaches. This experience includes working with various stakeholders at the community, regional, national and international levels. Prior to this role, Dr. Middendorf managed a $15.5M diverse portfolio as Program Director of Project and Program Evaluation in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) for the National Science Foundation (NSF).  She also served for ten years as director of an evaluation center at KSU. Dr. Middendorf has over 30 years of experience in project development, management, implementation and evaluation of multi-institutional, interdisciplinary programs and projects in national and international settings. 

This talk is sponsored by the Graduate Colloquium program at NIU.

All lectures free and open to the public.