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Fariha Parvaiz
Class of 2019
BSc (Honors) Social Development & Policy
Minor: Comparative Literature
Aspiration Statement
I want to pursue a master’s degree in Urban Development and Sociology and hope to continue the process of research and creating literature.
Core Skills
- Program Management
- Qualitative Research
- MAXQDA
- Research Design
- Data Entry
- Web Content Writing
- Field Work
- Community Service
- Python
- Adobe Illustrator
- Microsoft Excel
- Design Thinking
- Survey Research
- Oral History
Academic Awards / Achievements
- University of Chicago - M.A Social Sciences, Sociology [2019 - 2020]
- Phoenix Research Award - University of Chicago
Experience
Leadership / Meta-curricular
- Social Sciences Course on Health Information Privacy and Security - CITI Program
- SerVe Club member
- Facilitator - Student-led Design Thinking workshop
- HabibUniversityXTedx - Event Management Team member
Internship / Volunteer Work
- Senior Consultant - Ascend Consulting [Oct 2022 - Present]
- Program Associate - Interactive Research and Development [Nov 2021 - Sep 2022]
- Research Assistant | Policy & Evaluation - Impact Genome [Jan 2021 - Jun 2021]
- Research Assistant - Roots & Wings [Aug 2020 - Jan 2021]
- University of Chicago - Graduate Research Assistant at Survey Lab [Mar 2020 - Jun 2020]
- Content Writer - THE SOORAT [Feb 2019 - Apr 2019]
- Herald- Magazine, Intern, 2017
- Citizens Archive of Pakistan, Intern, 2016
- The Citizens Foundation - Volunteer Teacher [Summer 2012]
- Robin Hood Army - Volunteer [Jan 2017 - Dec 2018]
Final Year Project
Project Title
Creation and Demolition of Space in the City for the Migrant Hawker
Description
My thesis is on the community of hawkers in the city of Karachi. It was inspired by the anti-encroachment drive in 2018 where all of the street hawkers, with a majority of them being Afghanis, were displaced. This informal structure of bazaars was merged with an illegal structure to form the basis of massive displacements. This research provides possible solutions and insight into urban development problems, which are not sufficiently addressed by the policymakers at present.