<< Back to Faculty Lucy Bassett Professor of Practice in Public Policy; Co-Director, UVA Humanitarian Collaborative Education & Training MA, Law and Diplomacy (MALD), the Fletcher School, Tufts University MS, Nutrition, Tufts University BA, English, Carleton College 434-243-1251 lb2zr@virginia.edu Curriculum Vitae (262.93 KB) Courses taught Global Early Childhood Development Applied Policy Project Children in Crisis at the US/Mexico Border Areas of focus Education Humanitarian Policy International Development UVA partners UVA Humanitarian Collaborative Lucy Bassett is a professor of practice in public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Bassett is an expert in children, caregivers, and communities in humanitarian and development contexts. Over her fifteen-year career, Bassett has worked with governments in low- and middle-income countries to expand access to quality education, nutrition and social protection services, particularly for poor and marginalized children and families. Before joining the Batten School, Bassett spent ten years as an education and social protection specialist with the World Bank. Her practitioners’ perspective is further grounded by previous work at UNICEF, the World Food Programme, Save the Children, the International Food Policy Research Institute and Peace Corps. She is currently leading research on how to best support young children’s development and learning in humanitarian contexts as well as how to support migrant children and families coming to the US/Mexico border. Bassett has expertise in designing and evaluating programs to improve nutrition, food security and early childhood development outcomes. She has worked on projects to increase preschool participation of Roma children in Serbia, provide cash transfers and nutrition services to poor Honduran families and improve social service delivery after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Bassett’s work in education focuses on improving quality at the pre-primary and primary levels, and she contributed to the development of a global measurement tool to assess children’s learning and development outcomes and learning environment quality. Related Content UVA Batten Students Team Up with Alumnus at the World Bank News Two UVA Batten MPP students who are graduating this week had the opportunity to collaborate with alumnus Cameron Haddad (MPP '19) this semester on a project for the World Bank, providing them hands-on experience in policy work. As a student, Haddad worked on a World Bank project with professor Lucy Bassett, who connected the three in February. When Research Hits Home: Paper Helps Professor, Student Bond As Survivors News Batten School professor Lucy Bassett and UVA alum Maya Ewart discovered a personal bond that led to a collaborative research project showcasing how depictions of eating disorders in popular culture and media are frequently out of touch with reality. A Global Approach to Improving Outcomes for Teen Mothers and Their Babies News Batten professor Lucy Bassett brought researchers from around the world together to tackle an issue that spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the UVA Humanitarian Collaborative, Bassett organized a workshop focused on how more support can be brought to adolescent mothers and young children. Enhancing educators’ skills for quality preprimary education in Bangladesh News In a study for World Bank, Batten's Lucy Bassett and co-author share findings about teacher preparedness in Bangladesh's pre-primary education programs. Childcare is a critical need for women refugees. It must be made a priority News Childcare: An overlooked response to emergencies News Providing childcare in humanitarian emergencies is a win-win strategy for women and children. It’s time to make it a reality for more families. Policy for Women — and Everyone News A new five-week course from Professor Lucy Bassett brings a feminist perspective to the Batten curriculum. 'Deal with the root causes': Harris visits U.S.-Mexico border after months of pressure on immigration News In advance of Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, Batten professor Lucy Bassett spoke with USA Today about the significance of the trip, and the complexity of the root causes contributing to record numbers of migrants seeking asylum at the southern border. Batten's Gabrielle Adams and Lucy Bassett Receive UVA's Prestigious All-University Faculty Teaching Award News Despite many challenges posed by the pandemic, Adams and Bassett demonstrated outstanding skill, compassion and creativity in keeping students engaged in virtual classes and relating their subject material to daily life. View All
UVA Batten Students Team Up with Alumnus at the World Bank News Two UVA Batten MPP students who are graduating this week had the opportunity to collaborate with alumnus Cameron Haddad (MPP '19) this semester on a project for the World Bank, providing them hands-on experience in policy work. As a student, Haddad worked on a World Bank project with professor Lucy Bassett, who connected the three in February.
When Research Hits Home: Paper Helps Professor, Student Bond As Survivors News Batten School professor Lucy Bassett and UVA alum Maya Ewart discovered a personal bond that led to a collaborative research project showcasing how depictions of eating disorders in popular culture and media are frequently out of touch with reality.
A Global Approach to Improving Outcomes for Teen Mothers and Their Babies News Batten professor Lucy Bassett brought researchers from around the world together to tackle an issue that spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the UVA Humanitarian Collaborative, Bassett organized a workshop focused on how more support can be brought to adolescent mothers and young children.
Enhancing educators’ skills for quality preprimary education in Bangladesh News In a study for World Bank, Batten's Lucy Bassett and co-author share findings about teacher preparedness in Bangladesh's pre-primary education programs.
Childcare: An overlooked response to emergencies News Providing childcare in humanitarian emergencies is a win-win strategy for women and children. It’s time to make it a reality for more families.
Policy for Women — and Everyone News A new five-week course from Professor Lucy Bassett brings a feminist perspective to the Batten curriculum.
'Deal with the root causes': Harris visits U.S.-Mexico border after months of pressure on immigration News In advance of Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, Batten professor Lucy Bassett spoke with USA Today about the significance of the trip, and the complexity of the root causes contributing to record numbers of migrants seeking asylum at the southern border.
Batten's Gabrielle Adams and Lucy Bassett Receive UVA's Prestigious All-University Faculty Teaching Award News Despite many challenges posed by the pandemic, Adams and Bassett demonstrated outstanding skill, compassion and creativity in keeping students engaged in virtual classes and relating their subject material to daily life.