Cheryl Doss is Professor of Economics at Tufts University.  Her research focusses on issues of rural transformation and gender issues in agriculture; household and intrahousehold decision-making in rural economies; and women’s ownership and control over assets, including land.

Her current work includes research on methodological innovations in survey design and analysis, to allow richer understanding of multiple and competing voices within households. She has published widely in academic journals in economics, agricultural economics, and development studies.  She has worked with a wide range of international organizations including the CGIAR, the World Bank, UNDP, FAO, the African Development Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among others. 

Prior to coming to Tufts, she was Professor of International Development in the Oxford Department of International Development, and a Senior Lecturer in International Affairs at Yale University. 

She has served as the President of the International Association for Feminist Economics and on the board of the International Agricultural Economics Association.