Janice D'souza

Janice D’souza is the Evaluation and Research Lead on IIE’s Research, Evaluation, and Learning (REL) team, where she conducts performance and impact evaluations of government and private foundation programs. Her work focuses on providing strategic guidance on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks and learning approaches, strengthening evidence-based decision-making across programs, and facilitating meetings to turn insights into actionable program improvements.

She leads and collaborates closely with program teams on the MODE Framework for program evaluations sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. She oversees comprehensive evaluations of U.S. Department of State programs for the Bureaus of Educational and Cultural Affairs and Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

Her portfolio includes holistic M&E support to education in emergency programs, including the Scholar Rescue Fund and the Qatar Scholarship for Afghans Program. She also manages evaluations for corporate and foundation programs, including the Sony Music Group Scholarship Program, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation – Global Fellows Network, the Three Cairns Group, and the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program.

Ms. Dsouza has authored a number of impact reports, including Continuing Collaboration: How Conference Participation Grants Support the CADFP’s Long-Term Vision and Sustained Research through Collaborations: A Study of CADFP Alumni and Follow-On Grant Activities.

Prior to joining IIE, she worked as an evaluator and researcher, with an emphasis on gender and complex humanitarian emergencies, at the CDC, the NYC Department of Health, Mahindra Education Trust, and Ipas.

She is a member of the American Evaluation Association (AEA), National Scholarship Providers Association (NSPA), and Society of Gender Professionals, and regularly contributes thought leadership through blog posts and presentations.

Ms. Dsouza holds a Master of Public Health from Emory University and a Bachelor of Arts in Gender Studies from Berea College.