Mrittika Sen, Ph.D.
Mrittika Sen is a researcher-practitioner whose work spans interpersonal and organizational communication, social psychology, research, evaluation, and learning across nonprofit, academic, global health, and healthcare settings.Mrittika’s career has included leading research and evaluation at Good Grief; conducting needs assessment and research at the World Health Organization; academic research and teaching; consulting on research, program development, and learning; and writing and editing for international media and publishing houses. Mrittika holds a Ph.D. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University, where she conducted research and analysis in the Interaction & Social Influence program.
I tend to probe the questions beneath the question.
A question is rarely as simple as it first appears. What people experience, how programs work, and why outcomes differ are shaped by identity, relationships, behavior, communication, context, culture, and systems — often simultaneously.That is why my work has crossed disciplinary boundaries. Interpersonal communication, organizational communication, and social psychology have been central to how I think, alongside perspectives from public health, sociology, management, and other fields. I conduct deep and rigorous inquiry to investigate what may be producing an outcome, test assumptions about why, and determine what the evidence actually supports. I then translate that inquiry into forms appropriate to the engagement, stakeholders, and intended use — from facilitated learning experiences to written products and publications.-
Interpersonal Communication · Organizational Communication · Social Support · Identity · Motivation · Persuasion · Behavior · Organizational Change · Systemic Factors
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Interdisciplinary Research · Evaluation Strategy · Qualitative, Quantitative & Mixed-Methods Designs · Surveys · Interviews · Focus Groups · Naturalistic Observation
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Frameworks · Logic Models & Theory of Change · Program Development · Learning · Public Scholarship
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Nonprofit · Academia · Global Health · Bereavement · Media & Publishing
THE WORK STARTS WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND.
Whether you’re investigating a question, evaluating a program, or trying to understand an unexpected outcome, IIP can help examine what is happening, what may be shaping it, and what the evidence suggests.