Beryl Levinger
Beryl Levinger is an American academic and educator. She is Professor of International Development at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.Biography
Beryl Levinger is an international development professional who focuses on five core areas: strategic planning; education; evaluation; capacity development; and health. She is a frequent contributor to the work of , a US-based social venture organization.
Professor Levinger has worked in over 90 countries for multiple international development organizations including the World Bank, USAID, Save the Children, CARE, , the Carter Center, the International Committee of the Red Cross, Grameen Foundation, and the Inter-American Development Bank. A graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Cornell University, and the University of Alabama, Professor Levinger also served as Distinguished Visiting Professor within program.
Currently, Professor Levinger plays a number of key roles at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in addition to serving as Distinguished Professor. She chairs the Development Practice and Policy Program, is academic director for the program in , and is Middlebury's curricular innovation officer.
Professor Levinger is one of the three co-founders of the highly acclaimed Escuela Nueva movement that began in Colombia. She is also founder of the and was part of the team that founded , the leading association of US-based NGOs. Among her books are Human Capacity Development Across the Lifespan and Nutrition, Health, Education and for All. In 1996, she delivered the ninth annual , based on her research regarding the interplay among learning outcomes, nutrition and health.
Professor Levinger served as director or co-director of research for all but one of the annual Save the Children's State of the World's Mothers Report. In 2016, the organization retired that report and introduced in its stead an annual ; Professor Levinger is research co-director for this new publication, which compares the nature of childhood across 175 countries.
