Erin Murphy‐graham
Biographic Data
| ID | 4514630 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erin Murphy‐graham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erin |
| FAMILY NAME | Murphy‐graham |
| SIGNATURE | GRAHAM E M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8351-2244 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 108 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Transformative teacher professional development
This qualitative case study examines a novel approach to teacher professional development (PD), the Learning to Learn program in Uganda, which a randomized evaluation places in the top five percent of cost-effective educational interventions. Using Clarke and Hollingsworth’s (2002) Interconnected Model of Teacher Professional Growth, we analyze interviews with teachers to examine how this approach to PD supported teacher change: 1) through first-…
From Girls' Education to Gender-Transformative Education
The examination of gender inequality in education around the globe reveals a multifaceted issue deeply intertwined with persistent challenges within education systems and society at large. Over the past three decades, girls' education has often been portrayed as a panacea, touted as the solution to a wide array of societal problems, including issues as diverse as high fertility rates and global warming. This essay explores gender disparities in e…
Examining school dropout among rural youth in Honduras
School Dropout, Child Marriage, and Early Pregnancy among Adolescent Girls in Rural Honduras
This article examines intersections between schooling, child marriage, and adolescent pregnancy in a longitudinal, mixed-methods study of Honduran girls. It explores (a) girls’ enrollment and dropout of school patterns and how these relate to timing of marriage and/or childbirth, (b) the factors associated with dropout, early marriage, and/or early childbearing, and (c) reenrollment patterns after marriage/childbirth. We find that household incom…
Learning to trust
And when she comes home? Education and women's empowerment in intimate relationships
Constructing a New Vision
The Fairy Godmother—and Her Warts
Evaluators sometimes wish for a Fairy Godmother who would make decision makers pay attention to evaluation findings when choosing programs to implement. The U.S. Department of Education came close to creating such a Fairy Godmother when it required school districts to choose drug abuse prevention programs only if their effectiveness was supported by “scientific” evidence. The experience showed advantages of such a procedure (e.g., reduction in su…
Opening the black box
This article aims to clarify the relationship between education and women’s empowerment. Drawing from qualitative data collected in a study of four Garifuna villages on the north coast of Honduras, it argues that education can trigger the empowerment process if it expands women’s knowledge and understanding, self‐confidence and awareness of gender equity. However, not all education programs will do this. The program studied, Sistema de Aprendizaj…
US state government and Dare
English In contrast to the widespread local popularity of the police-led Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) school-based programme, evaluation studies have consistently questioned its sustained impact on adolescent drug use. Our focus in this article is on the role of state government in DARE policy. Semi-structured personal interviews were conducted with 30 people, including past or present state agency officials and external researchers. Th…
An Alternate Route to Policy Influence
Investigators of the influence of evaluations on policy decisions have noted three main routes to influence: instrumental, conceptual, and political/symbolic. This study, an inquiry into the effect of evaluations of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program, found a fourth main way that evaluations exert an influence: imposed use. The Safe and Drug Free Schools office of the U.S. Department of Education obliged districts to select a …
An Alternate Route to Policy Influence
Investigators of the influence of evaluations on policy decisions have noted three main routes to influence: instrumental, conceptual, and political/symbolic. This study, an inquiry into the effect of evaluations of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program, found a fourth main way that evaluations exert an influence: imposed use. The Safe and Drug Free Schools office of the U.S. Department of Education obliged districts to select a …
The Fairy Godmother—and Her Warts
Evaluators sometimes wish for a Fairy Godmother who would make decision makers pay attention to evaluation findings when choosing programs to implement. The U.S. Department of Education came close to creating such a Fairy Godmother when it required school districts to choose drug abuse prevention programs only if their effectiveness was supported by “scientific” evidence. The experience showed advantages of such a procedure (e.g., reduction in su…
And when she comes home? Education and women's empowerment in intimate relationships
Constructing a New Vision
Opening the black box
This article aims to clarify the relationship between education and women’s empowerment. Drawing from qualitative data collected in a study of four Garifuna villages on the north coast of Honduras, it argues that education can trigger the empowerment process if it expands women’s knowledge and understanding, self‐confidence and awareness of gender equity. However, not all education programs will do this. The program studied, Sistema de Aprendizaj…
From Girls' Education to Gender-Transformative Education
The examination of gender inequality in education around the globe reveals a multifaceted issue deeply intertwined with persistent challenges within education systems and society at large. Over the past three decades, girls' education has often been portrayed as a panacea, touted as the solution to a wide array of societal problems, including issues as diverse as high fertility rates and global warming. This essay explores gender disparities in e…
Learning to trust
US state government and Dare
English In contrast to the widespread local popularity of the police-led Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) school-based programme, evaluation studies have consistently questioned its sustained impact on adolescent drug use. Our focus in this article is on the role of state government in DARE policy. Semi-structured personal interviews were conducted with 30 people, including past or present state agency officials and external researchers. Th…
Examining school dropout among rural youth in Honduras
An Alternate Route to Policy Influence
Investigators of the influence of evaluations on policy decisions have noted three main routes to influence: instrumental, conceptual, and political/symbolic. This study, an inquiry into the effect of evaluations of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program, found a fourth main way that evaluations exert an influence: imposed use. The Safe and Drug Free Schools office of the U.S. Department of Education obliged districts to select a …
US state government and Dare
English In contrast to the widespread local popularity of the police-led Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) school-based programme, evaluation studies have consistently questioned its sustained impact on adolescent drug use. Our focus in this article is on the role of state government in DARE policy. Semi-structured personal interviews were conducted with 30 people, including past or present state agency officials and external researchers. Th…
The Fairy Godmother—and Her Warts
Evaluators sometimes wish for a Fairy Godmother who would make decision makers pay attention to evaluation findings when choosing programs to implement. The U.S. Department of Education came close to creating such a Fairy Godmother when it required school districts to choose drug abuse prevention programs only if their effectiveness was supported by “scientific” evidence. The experience showed advantages of such a procedure (e.g., reduction in su…
Opening the black box
This article aims to clarify the relationship between education and women’s empowerment. Drawing from qualitative data collected in a study of four Garifuna villages on the north coast of Honduras, it argues that education can trigger the empowerment process if it expands women’s knowledge and understanding, self‐confidence and awareness of gender equity. However, not all education programs will do this. The program studied, Sistema de Aprendizaj…
And when she comes home? Education and women's empowerment in intimate relationships
Constructing a New Vision
Learning to trust
School Dropout, Child Marriage, and Early Pregnancy among Adolescent Girls in Rural Honduras
This article examines intersections between schooling, child marriage, and adolescent pregnancy in a longitudinal, mixed-methods study of Honduran girls. It explores (a) girls’ enrollment and dropout of school patterns and how these relate to timing of marriage and/or childbirth, (b) the factors associated with dropout, early marriage, and/or early childbearing, and (c) reenrollment patterns after marriage/childbirth. We find that household incom…
Examining school dropout among rural youth in Honduras
From Girls' Education to Gender-Transformative Education
The examination of gender inequality in education around the globe reveals a multifaceted issue deeply intertwined with persistent challenges within education systems and society at large. Over the past three decades, girls' education has often been portrayed as a panacea, touted as the solution to a wide array of societal problems, including issues as diverse as high fertility rates and global warming. This essay explores gender disparities in e…
Transformative teacher professional development
This qualitative case study examines a novel approach to teacher professional development (PD), the Learning to Learn program in Uganda, which a randomized evaluation places in the top five percent of cost-effective educational interventions. Using Clarke and Hollingsworth’s (2002) Interconnected Model of Teacher Professional Growth, we analyze interviews with teachers to examine how this approach to PD supported teacher change: 1) through first-…
Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works)