Education

PhD The New School University

New York, NY, Expected 2007, Urban and Public Policy

Dissertation: "The Body Capital: Social and Economic Organization of the Sex Sector in Managua, Nicaragua"

Master of Science The New School, International Affairs

New York, NY, May 2004

Thesis, "Making it at the Margins: The Criminalization of Nicaraguan Women's Labor Under Structural Reform"

Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude

Greencastle, IN, June 1996 , DePauw University. English and Biology

Oxford, England, Jan-April 1995 Oxford University semester program

Research Experience

Independent Researcher (January 2004- present)

• Conducted a formal survey of 133 sex workers in 14 sites of indoor and outdoor prostitution in Managua, Nicaragua. Organized a research team of sex workers and outreach staff to implement the survey, and accompanied this with long interviews with other key informants, including clients. Preliminary results will be published in Feminist Economics in 2007.
• Conducted exploratory study of sex work and drug trafficking in Managua, Nicaragua, for publication in the International Feminist Journal of Politics (Vol. 8, Issue 2).
• Ongoing research of informal and illicit economies in New York City

Research Director (New York, May 2004- June 2006) The New School, Graduate Program in International Affairs Program of Research and Support of the Argentine Diaspora in New York City

• Directed qualitative and quantitative research for a year-long study of the Argentine population in New York, including formal interviews, participant observation, focus groups, analysis of US and Argentine census data and an Internet-based survey. Coordinate with the Argentine Consulate, Argentine community organizations and experts on immigration to develop and disseminate analysis and policy recommendations.

Research Fellow (Jan. 2003 - May 2004) The New School, Graduate Program in International Affairs

• Researched the economics of the international arms trade as well as trade and intellectual property rights with David Gold, Core Faculty, for articles and book on the subjects.

United Nations Consultant (New York, Sept. - Dec. 2003) United Nations Financing for Development Office

• Researched international trade negotiations for background report on WTO meeting in Cancun, 2003.

Researcher and Writer (Managua, Nicaragua, Aug. 1998 - Nov. 2001) Acción Permanente por la Paz/Witness for Peace

• Researched and wrote four mid-size (20-50 page) publications on the impacts of US policy in Latin America, focusing on trade policy, the US Drug War and economic structural adjustment.
• Managed an eight-person research team in Nicaragua, Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala and Colombia, travelling to these sites to conduct interviews and participant observation.

Publications and Presentations

Willman-Navarro, A. (forthcoming 2007) "The Informal Economy," International Encyclopedia of Public Policy. Oxford and New York: Routledge.

Willman-Navarro, A. (forthcoming 2007) "What's Money Got to Do With It? Structural Adjustment, Commercial Sex and the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Managua, Nicaragua," Feminist Economics.

Willman-Navarro, A. 2006. "Making it at the Margins: The Criminalization of Nicaraguan Women's Labor under Structural Reform," International Feminist Journal of Politics, Vol. 8. Issue 2.

Willman-Navarro, A. 2006, "Money and Sex: What Economics Should Be Doing for Sex Work Research," Research for Sex Work. No. 9.

Willman-Navarro, A. and Alejandra Davidziuk, 2006. "Defining the Diaspora: Los Argentinos in New York." New York: Argentina Observatory, The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs through a grant from the Ford Foundation.

Willman-Navarro, A. and Alejandra Davidziuk, 2006. "Mateando en la Gran Manzana." Documentary Film (30 minutes) Argentina Observatory, Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School.

Willman-Navarro, A. 2006. "All Things Unequal: Female Career Continuity and the Gender and Family Gaps." The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs, Working Paper Series.

Willman-Navarro, A. 2005. "Women on the Edge: Nicaraguan Women's Informal and Illicit Survival Strategies Under Structural Reform," presented at the annual conference for the Institute for Women's Policy Research, June.

Willman-Navarro, A. 2004. "Making it at the Margins: The Criminalization of Nicaraguan Women's Labor under Structural Reform," preliminary paper presented at the Women in International Security Conference, Washington DC, June.

Guest Lecture, "Informalization in the Development Process," Development Analysis, Prof. Martin Abeles, The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs.

Guest Lecture, "Gender and Economic Development," Economic Development, Jeff Madrick, Bard College, March 2005.

Grassroot Publications

Willman-Navarro 2004. "Sticks as Carrots: Open Market Operations and Internal Debt in Nicaragua" published on the Nicaraguan Center for Information and Consulting Services for Health (CISAS) website.

Willman, A. 2002. In Our Name? The Cycles of Economic and Military Violence in Latin America. (Washington DC: Witness for Peace).

Willman, A. 2001. A Hemisphere for Sale: The Epidemic of Unfair Trade in the Americas (Washington DC: Witness for Peace).

Willman, A. 2001. Behind the Seams: Maquilas and Development in Nicaragua (Washington DC: Witness for Peace).

Willman, A. 2000. A Bankrupt Future: The Human Cost of Nicaragua's Debt (Washington DC, Witness for Peace).

Willman, A. 1999. "Bearing a Double Burden: Women and Work in Nicaragua," Horizons magazine, March/April 1999.

Awards and Honors, Professional Affiliations

Grants and Awards

Outstanding Program by an Individual, The New School University 2005-06 An annual award presented to one student by the university for a project that significantly contributes to the university community. Awarded for the organization of the Sex Work Matters conference bringing together activists, sex workers and academics from 15 countries in March 2006.

David Hershberg Memorial Scholarship Recipient, 2006 Selected for a summer research grant to support academic fieldwork in Managua, Nicaragua in August 2006.

Milano Doctoral Fellowship, 2004-06 Awarded merit fellowship by the Doctoral Program in Urban and Public Policy. Based on demonstrated academic achievement, fellowship was increased in second year of program.

Women in International Security (WIIS) Fellow, 2004 Selected in competitive process and awarded fellowship to present original work at annual symposium, Georgetown University, Washington DC.

United States Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow, 2003-04 Chosen as one of two fellows at The New School, awarded full tuition and stipend for graduate study.

The New School International Affairs Fellow 2002-04 Selected among entering students for the program's most generous merit-based fellowship.

DePauw University Merit Scholarship 1992-96 Selected for four-year, partial tuition merit scholarship to fund undergraduate study.

Professional Affiliations

International Association of Feminist Economics (IAAFE)

Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)

Women in International Security, Georgetown University

The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs, Socioeconomic Development Concentration Committee