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Award-winning author and global leader in public health and evaluation

Award-winning author and global leader in public health and evaluationAward-winning author and global leader in public health and evaluationAward-winning author and global leader in public health and evaluation

Crafting impactful narratives to engage and inspire young people considering career options

Award-winning author and global leader in public health and evaluation

Award-winning author and global leader in public health and evaluationAward-winning author and global leader in public health and evaluationAward-winning author and global leader in public health and evaluation

Crafting impactful narratives to engage and inspire young people considering career options

Book launch announcement

My book is launching!

I have exciting news...the memoir I've been writing about my life and career has just been published! It's called "Navigating Change: Global Health, AIDS, CDC and the United Nations". It describes my 40 year journey on the frontlines of global health, fighting for change and navigating uncharted waters in over 100 countries.

My journey can serve as an inspiration to anyone trying to build organizational change at any level. I share lessons and hope that my insights inspire young people starting their careers, particularly young women in the fields of public health, behavioral sciences and evaluation. My main message is that one CAN make a difference and even have global impact!

It's available now on Amazon and Barnes & Noble in hardcover, paperback and digital download versions.

Highlights

Michael Quinn Patton, world-renown leader in the field of evaluation endorses "Navigating Change"

I want you to know about this extraordinarily thoughtful and inspiring book unlike anything in the evaluation literature.  Deborah Rugg spent 30 years fighting the AIDS pandemic throughout the world.  She takes us through the twists and turns of the battle against AIDS. In so doing she skillfully and reflectively generates lessons and insights about the role of science in society and the experience of being a scientist and an evaluator. Especially inspiring are stories of the courage and tenacity of the frontline healthcare workers we meet.   In this book you’ll learn how Deborah Rugg transitioned from being an epidemiologist to becoming a global leader in the emergent profession of program evaluation. She takes us inside how the United Nations, against enormous political odds, came to designate the year 2015 as the International Year of Evaluation.  Deborah helped lead that effort and important subsequent work in operationalizing indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which constitute the world’s aspirations articulated in the global development agenda for 2030.  The book concludes with advice to young people, especially young women, on managing a professional career in a way that fulfills a personal commitment to making the world a better place.  The advice offered is hard-won, grounded in overcoming daunting obstacles, thus deeply authentic, and yet graced with humility and deep caring about both.

PUBLISHED ARTICLE

My memoir was highlighted in the CDC EIS Literary Magazine Klados. The following essay summarizes my story.

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PBS NEWSHOUR MEMOIR INTERVIEW

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