Kavali Consulting LLC

We are a network of independent researchers and consultants with extensive experience in conducting social science research and providing project management in a range of settings.

• Pamela Rao, PhD: anthropologist specializing in public health and health communication
• Alberto Bouroncle, PhD: anthropologist specializing in alcohol and drug policy and rehabilitation
• John W. Curtis, PhD: sociologist specializing in higher education, employment, and labor
• Juliana McDonald, PhD: anthropologist specializing in aging and environmental justice
• Terry Redding, MA: anthropologist specializing in ethnographic research, writing and editing

Click on a section heading for more information on each type of service.

Research and Evaluation Services

• Our network has the experience and skills to to provide a full range of research and evaluation services, from study design and proposal development, to data collection, analysis, and interpretation.

Project Management

• Our network has extensive experience in successfully navigating the sometimes byzantine approvals processes required by granting and contracting entities. We can also provide monitoring services to ensure that projects remain on time and on budget.

Training and Technical Assistance

• Our network can assist organizations with internal development activities such as:
  • meeting regulatory compliance requirements
  • creating training curricula and train-the-trainer programs
  • developing internal and external evaluation processes

Click on a section heading for more information, including examples of our network’s work.

Social Science Research

• Members of our network have conducted social science research in a wide range of settings with the goal of better understanding and answering questions regarding human behavior, defined broadly. Studies have addressed how individuals make decisions regarding behavior, the impact of social and cultural variables on groups or communities, and the effectiveness of efforts to communicate with the public on pressing issues that affect well-being.

Project Management

• Our network has provided project management services for government, non-profit, and other public sector organizations. We also have experience with assisting organizations with developing fundraising grant proposals.

Topic and Issues

• Members of our network have experience with a wide variety of topic and issues, such as education, gender, labor, health behavior, substance abuse, domestic violence, and the environment.

Locations and Populations

• Our network has conducted research and other projects in many parts of the world, including Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

The resources below are all accessible to the public, although some content may require registration or a subscription. Additional resources will be added as they become available.

Open Access Resource Lists

• Library of Congress E-Resources Online Catalog
• Guide to Open Access Journals
• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
• NSF Public Access Repository
• Open Textbook Library
• Internet Archive
  • Open Library
  • WayBack Machine

Citation Indices

• PubMed
• ScienceOpen

Open Access Books and Journals by Publisher

• Elsevier Open Access Journals
• Oxford Open
• JSTOR Open Content
• Wiley Open Access
• World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
• UCL Press (UK)

Journals and Topical Databases

• OARR: Open Anthropology Research Repository
• Grounded Theory Review: An International Journal
• National Anthropological Archives

Tools

• PSPP: Free program for statistical analysis of sampled data (alternative to SPSS)
• ProjectLibre: Open source alternative to MS Project
• Zotero: Free bibliographic program with group library functions and CWYW integration with MS Word