Reid Hamel

Reid Hamel is a demographer and food security analyst completing her Ph.D. in Demography at U.C. Berkeley. Her dissertation deals with the appropriate incorporation of voluntary family planning services into social safety net programs which aim to advance food security and resilience in Tajikistan and Niger. She recently designed and taught a new, intensive course, Global Population Growth and Food Security, at Middlebury College. She was previously an Associate Director of the Save the Children Dept. of Hunger and Livelihoods where she led research design and monitoring and evaluation strategy across a global food security and financial services portfolio. Prior to joining Save the Children, she was an Economic Development Program Associate at The Asia Foundation and a Peace Corps Volunteer in Azerbaijan. She holds an M.A. in Demography from U.C. Berkeley, an Ed.M. in International Education Policy from Harvard, and a B.A. in International Studies from Middlebury College.