Eugenia McGill

Eugenia (Jenny) McGill is a Senior Lecturer and Interim Director of the Economic and Political Development Concentration at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where she directs the Workshop in Development Practice and teaches courses in methods for development practice and gender, politics and development. Her research interests include the social impacts of globalization, development interventions and development finance, particularly gender-related impacts. She also advises development organizations on gender and other social policy issues, and serves on the board of directors of East-West Management Institute and the oversight council of The School at Columbia University. Previously, she was a senior officer at Asian Development Bank and practiced law in New York and Hong Kong. She holds a JD from the University of Pennsylvania, MIA from SIPA, MAT from Northwestern and BA from Williams College.