Thomas May
Expertise
Program implementation, local capacity building, statistical data analysis, project management, business development, qualitative research, data management, data collection & monitoring, & workshop facilitation.
Technical Competencies
Food security, rural community health, human nutrition, sustainable agriculture, animal agriculture, micro-finance, international agriculture trade policy, US & EU political structures & policies, postcolonial theory.
Education
London School of Economics and Political Science, Professional Certificate in Data Analytics
Tallinn University, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science: Concentrations in International Relations and Economics
Thesis—The ways in which colonial legacies have influenced food security: A case study of Jamaica.
Country Experience
Benin, Estonia, France, Italy, Morocco, Nicaragua, & the United States
Languages
English & French
Thinking About
The impacts of international trade policies on development in the Global South.
Proud of
My Peace Corps service in Benin & all of the wonderful people I had the opportunity to work with.
Passion
Travel (40 countries over 7 years so far), coffee, art, hiking, and volunteering with Rotary Youth Exchange
