Abby Stoddard is a Senior Research Associate at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation, where she coordinates CIC's research and policy consultations on issues in international humanitarian action.
She is the author of Humanitarian Alert: NGO Information and its Impact on U.S. Foreign Policy (Kumarian Press, 2006). In addition, she has written articles and book chapters on humanitarian action, non-governmental organization and the U.S. foreign aid architecture. Most recently, she was co-author — along with colleagues Adele Harmer and Katherine Haver — of Providing Aid in Insecure Environments: Trends in Policy and Operations.
Dr. Stoddard’s professional experience includes ten years with international humanitarian organizations, first for CARE USA as Desk Officer for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Later on, she was Program Director for Doctors of the World (Médecins du Monde-USA).
Her training and practical experience include disaster assessment, emergency public health programming, project management and evaluation.
Since joining the Center on International Cooperation in 2000, Abby has performed several policy reviews and evaluations for UN agencies, donor governments, and non-governmental organizations.
