Meriam Manell Sassi
Technical Advisor, Research & Evaluation @FHI 360
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WORK HISTORY
Technical Advisor, Research & Evaluation @FHI 360
Washington, DC, US
Leads qualitative and mixed-methods research across 40+ civil society, education, and peacebuilding programs to uncover behavioral insights. Manages the full project cycle, including research design, sampling, instrument development, data collection, analysis, writing, and presenting. Adept in advanced research methodologies, including A/B testing, usability testing, behavioral insights analysis, mixed-method evaluations, impact assessments, outcome harvesting, and randomized control trials.Leads UX and human-centered research initiatives that inform the design and optimization of digital tools and knowledge products aimed at global civil society organizations. Conduct discovery research, usability testing, stakeholder and client interviews, and user experience surveys to uncover user needs, feature adaptations, and points for optimization. Develops low- and high-fidelity prototypes for product redesign. Facilitates co-design and adaptation workshops to finalize product changes. Sample products include Youth Programming Assessment Tool, CivicSpace.tech, and the Countering Violent Extremism Reference Guide, where UX research ensured tools were aligned with user needs, cultural contexts, and accessibility standards.Provides research and ethics training and capacity-building to international teams, mentoring junior researchers and integrating human-centered design principles into broader research and evaluation strategies.Developed and tested information architectures for interactive dashboards for key performance indicator monitoring used across 30+ projects, co-designing data visualization tools that enabled real-time performance monitoring and reporting.
EDUCATION
Institut Supérieur des Langues à Tunis
Advanced Modern Standard Arabic
Fordham University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Studies, Middle East Studies, Peace and Justice Studies
American University
Master’s Degree, International Peace and Conflict Resolution: Education
The School for International Training, World Learning
Emerging Identities of North Africa, Advanced Modern Standard Arabic
ABOUT MERIAM MANELL SASSI
Strategic researcher with expertise in qualitative methodologies, data-driven decision-making, and human-centered design. Skilled at stakeholder engagement, behavioral insights, and designing and executing research programs. Passionate about leveraging user research to drive design and adaptation. Experienced in usability testing, ethnographic research, and concept validation. Proficient in French, Spanish, and Arabic, with a global portfolio across 30+ countries.
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