Portfolio

Here's a selection of published articles, stories, books, and other creative and technical work.

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International Development

Working with a team of subject matter experts, writers, and editors, I have written and edited reports, evaluations, and policy papers for Oxfam America, World Vision, USAID, and World Bank, helping to fund millions of dollars in projects for poor farmers to achieve self-sufficiency in Senegal and Mauritania.

 

Examples include:

• World Bank Report: Sustainable Development for Returnees from Senegal and their Host Communities in Mauritania.

• World Vision Mauritania: Advocacy & Rural Community: Empowerment & Adaptability; Stresses in the Sahel Region, Risk Vulnerability Analysis (P128192), Preliminary Report.

• OXFAM America West Africa Regional Office: Mauritania Food Security and Nutrition Program, Final Evaluation Report.

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Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Climate Change

• Will Parrinello's "Water for Life"

• Michael Ben-Eli on Creating a Sustainable World​

• Amazon Frontlines: "Who Should Decide the Future of the Amazon?

• Behind the Scenes with Filmmaker Will Parrinello

• Chibeze Ezekiel: Climate Activist

• "SGT. PUSHUP' Wins First Place Humanitarian Award at MH Film Fest'

• Ukwati' Wins MY HERO Film Fest Relationships First Award

• Frances Moore Lappé’s Diet for a Small Planet Celebrates 50th Anniversar

• Inspired Giving

• Community Based Rehabilitation in Australia: In-Home Services

• Sample Donation Lette​r

 

Education and EdTech

• Jeffrey Rudkin Receives 2022 MY HERO Teacher Award

• Teacher Andy Crisp’s Film, 'Mental Health Awareness,' Wins Relationships First Award

• Pakistani Teacher Humaira Asif Awarded MY HERO Outstanding Educator Award

 

Peer-Reviewed Articles and Chapters in Education

 Neff, Deborah

2023 (in press). “Creating Young Heroes for Our World: The MY HERO Project.” Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

 

Moll, Luis, Cathy Amanti, Deborah Neff, and Norma Gonzalez 

“Funds of Knowledge for Teaching: Using a Qualitative Approach to Connect Homes and Classrooms.” In Funds of Knowledge:  Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms. Norma Gonzalez, Luis Moll, and Cathy Amanti, eds. Pp. 71-88. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

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Moll, Luis C., Cathy Amanti, Deborah Neff, and Norma Gonzalez 

“Funds of Knowledge for Teaching: Developing Strategic Connections Between Homes and Classrooms Through Teacher‑Anthropologist Collaboration.” Theory Into Practice XXXI No. 2: 132‑141.

 

Biographical pieces

• Regina G. Barber, Ph.D., ‘Chin@-Chicana’ Scientist Hero

• Frances Manuel: Native American Woman Hero

• High School Student Jackson Carrico Wins Two Awards

• Nancy Economou and Watts of Love

• Robert Shetterly: Americans Who Tell the Truth

• Leo Limon

• Judith F. Baca

• Pastana Durrani

• Judith Anderson

• Gabriel Diamond

• Sahraa Karimi

 

History and Culture

These three stories about local culture were donated to the book, Flavors and Folklore of Southern Arizona, Long Realty Cares, 2000:

 

• Borderland Foods, Tohono O’odham Style 

• Tubac

• Southern Arizona Wineries

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Nonfiction Books

 

Ethnography:

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Neff, Deborah L.

Forthcoming, November, 2023. Kerala’s Pulluvas and Pampum Tullal: Life, Art, and Devotion. Manohar Press, Delhi.

 

Life History/Memoir:

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Manuel, Frances and Deborah Neff

 2001 Desert Indian Woman: Stories and Dreams. (Tohono O’odham) University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

 

Small Town History:

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Neff, Deborah L. and Phillip Zarrilli

Wilhelm Tell. New Glarus Community Guild, New Glarus, Wisconsin.

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* Please drop me an email to request copies of peer-reviewed articles: debneffcontent@gmail.com

 

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