Alexandra Satterfield's end of year presentation on her year of placement with Habitat for Humanity for her HCD Fellowship at University of Memphis. http://www.memphis.edu/suapp/hcdfellowship.php

1. Alex Satterfield
Department of Anthropology
2012
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
DR. KERI BRONDO
CHRISTIN REEDER
2012

2.  HCD Objectives/Expected outcomes
 Organization overview
 Placement overview
 Methods/Approaches
 HCD outcomes

3. HCD Objectives
 Employ the anthropological methods of Asset Based
Community Development to support the creation of
Homeowners’ Associations
 Understand the importance of evaluation, evidence-
based practice, and research in the programmatic
practice of community development
organizations, focusing on the Success Measures
Data Management System.

4. Organization Overview: Habitat for Humanity of
Greater Memphis
 Founded in 1976
 Non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry
dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in the city of
Memphis and surrounding areas, and to making decent
housing for all people a matter of conscience and action.
 In order to evaluate the program, Habitat has implemented
the Success Measures Data Management System, a tool
used so that the Habitat projects can be analyzed for
effectiveness and long-term sustainability

5. Placement Overview
 Understand the role of
anthropology/anthropologists in community
development projects and within non-profit
organizations, including but not limited to, non-
profit ethics, professionalism, use of social science
research methods, and presentation (both written
and visual) in order to measure impact and inform
change.

6. Placement Overview
 Organize clusters of homeowners and help
encourage the development of Homeowners’
Associations.
 Conduct data analysis through Success Measures
Data Management System and prepare results
summaries for two different types of surveys, 1.)
Community, and 2.) Individual.

7. Methods/Approaches
 Phone calls/Interviews
 Surveys (structured and unstructured)
 Qualitative content analysis
 Asset Inventory of interested neighborhoods
 Exploration of how Qualtrics can be used as a
supplement to Success Measures.

8. HCD Outcomes
 Neighborhood perceptions
 Asset development
 Research development and application to
anthropological theory
 Importance of academic interns to non-profit
organizations (Qualtrics, Social Media)
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tion=SV_bsGIfrKUUmL5aEk&SubSection=&SubSubSection=&Transac
tionID=1&Repeatable=0&T=2YOuL

9. Conclusions
 Next Steps: Encouragement of academic interns in
potential non-profit organization placement
 Asset inventory experience, survey/interview
experience, qualitative content analysis experience

10. Thank You!