Donatus Doe

Donatus Doe is a Ph.D. in Education and Social Policy student at the University of Delaware. His interdisciplinary research analyzes the processes and complexities in youths’ school-to-work transitions, positive youth development, youth agency and school outcomes, examining the role of social policies and programs in addressing poverty and inequality, and civil society organizations’ activism. He is currently investigating how transition programs such as National Service impact on young graduates’ outcomes of civic engagement attitudes, employability
skills, and career readiness.

Prior to pursuing his doctoral degree at UD, Donatus earned a Master of Education degree in Youth, Gender, and Development from the State University of Zanzibar, Tanzania, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Studies, minoring in Sociology from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

He has worked with several community-based organizations, K-12 schools, students, teachers and NGOs in both Ghana and Tanzania to develop and implement programs that support youth positive development and addressing inequalities. His current research assistantship involves using pragmatic research paradigms to understand Youth Experiences in Philadelphia (YEP). The focus explores how young people experience public authority at school and in their neighborhoods.

Education

• MEd. Youth, Gender and Development, State University of Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Tanzania, 2022
• BA. Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana,
  2019

Professional Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware 2023-Present
• Project Officer Intern, Aga Khan Foundation Madrasa Early Childhood Programme Zanzibar, 2022 – 2022
• Teaching and Research Assistant, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, 2019 – 2020

Recent Honors and Awards

• Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholar, Association of Commonwealth Universities, 2020-2022

Publications

• Doe, Donatus. “Effects of self-efficacy, parents, teachers and peers on advanced secondary school girls’ science interest in urban district Zanzibar,” In progress (Conditionally accepted).
• Doe, Donatus, Shemsa Othman Shindano, and Asia Ally Kimolo. “Why Are They Out? Exploring School Heads and Teachers’ Views on Secondary School Students’ Dropout in Peri-Urban
  Communities of Zanzibar, Tanzania.” Open Journal of Social Sciences 10, no. 10 (2022): 252-272.

Presentations

• Doe, D. (2021) Understanding the operations of inclusive, integrated, and special education school models in Zanzibar. Oral presentation at State University of Zanzibar Research Conference. Zanzibar.
• Doe, D. (2019) Investigating Non-Governmental Organizations Operations in Ghana: Challenges and Coping Mechanisms. Undergraduate Students Research Meeting, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.