Biography

Dr. Yulia Chuvileva is a cultural anthropologist with interdisciplinary training in Development Studies and Psychology. Her career has spanned private, government, intergovernmental, academic, and non-profit sectors. As such, she takes a key role in advising MDP students in their professional development, building their job market skills and confidence no matter which workforce they want to join. She has done so in the classroom, through workshops and in one-on-one sessions. She teaches the students a systematic approach to the job search process that she has developed through her experience working as a recruitment consultant in the corporate sector, as a CV and cover letter writer for DEVEX, and as an MDP student career advisor. Dr. Chuvileva also teaches MDP courses in applied research methodologies of qualitative data analysis and social network analysis. She has taught other graduate and undergraduate courses at Emory and Clark Atlanta universities on the topics of anthropology, food, health, and sustainable development. She is currently serves as Evaluation Fellow with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.