Linden McBride is a Senior Research Assistant in the Development Strategy and Governance Division. Prior to joining IFPRI, she served in Peace Corps Burkina Faso as a small enterprise development volunteer, worked as a Rhetoric and Composition Lecturer at Marquette University, and worked as an editorial assistant for the Foreign Policy Bulletin.

Linden holds a B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, an M.A. in British and American Literature from Marquette University, and an M.A. in International Development/Development Economics from American University.