Evaluator Reflexivity in an Algorithmic Era by Arthur Hernández

Hello! I’m Arthur Hernández, an evaluator and educator interested in evaluation practice, community engagement, and the forms of professional judgment required when technology changes how knowledge is produced. I want to suggest that AI-assisted evaluation requires a new layer of evaluator reflexivity.

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Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation TIG Week: Building a Bundle for Resurgence: A Resource for Indigenous Evaluation by Gladys Rowe

Tânisi, I am Dr. Gladys Rowe. I am excited to share Building a Bundle for Resurgence, a new card deck and facilitator guide created to support Indigenous and decolonial evaluation practice. The deck emerged from years of walking alongside Indigenous communities, evaluators, practitioners, and learners who have asked: What could evaluation look like if it

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Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation TIG Week: Beyond the Reservation: Rethinking Who We Mean by ‘Community’ in Indigenous Evaluation by Courtney Davis

Boozhoo! My name is Courtney Davis, and I am an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, born and raised in Belcourt, North Dakota. I am currently a second-year doctoral student in the Indigenous Health program at the University of North Dakota.

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Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation TIG Week: Strengthening Allyship with Indigenous Peoples Through Strategic Flexibility and Reflective Practice by Chris Jarrett

Hello! We are Jemzi Ortiz, MS (Northern Cheyenne/Mexican) and Summer Chupco-Boyajian, MPH (Muscogee/Seminole/Cherokee). Jemzi is the Research & Evaluation Program Manager and Summer is the Youth & Family Services Evaluator in the Community Wellness Department at the Native American Health Center, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The legacy of cultural resistance for Indigenous peoples and deep-rooted relationships that we have make us proud Bay area Urban Natives and sustain our motivation to serve our community.

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Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation TIG Week: Culture is Evidence: Evaluating Urban Native Community-Defined Evidence Practices by Jemzi Ortiz and Summer Chupco-Boyajian

Hello! We are Jemzi Ortiz, MS (Northern Cheyenne/Mexican) and Summer Chupco-Boyajian, MPH (Muscogee/Seminole/Cherokee). Jemzi is the Research & Evaluation Program Manager and Summer is the Youth & Family Services Evaluator in the Community Wellness Department at the Native American Health Center, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The legacy of cultural resistance for Indigenous peoples and deep-rooted relationships that we have make us proud Bay area Urban Natives and sustain our motivation to serve our community.

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Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation TIG Week: What We Carry Home: Indigenous Evaluators Gathering Reflections from UND Indigenous Health Students by Jennie Holmes, Casierra Cruz and Taylor Holland

Hi! We are Jennie Holmes, Casierra Cruz and Taylor Holland. As Indigenous Health Ph.D. Students at the University of North Dakota, we enter the program as colleagues, but after seminar weeks, long semesters, and shared experiences, those relationships grow into something closer to family. We make an intentional effort to stay connected and show up

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IPE TIG Week: Reciprocal Relations: Reflections from an Indigenous Evaluators Community of Practice by Nicole Bowman and Banita McCarn

I’m Nicky Bowman (Lunaape/Mohican), Policy Chair for the IPE TIG. A wife, auntie, sister, and friend, I am also a traditional community member and citizen of the sovereign Tribal Nation of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans in Wisconsin. My professional/academic work is via Bowman Performance Consulting and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation TIG Week: Finding Community and Confidence: Reflections from the Indigenous Evaluation Gathering by Cassie Anderson

Hi, my name is Cassie Anderson, and I’m a proud citizen of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s, located in north central Montana.

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Evaluation Managers and Supervisors TIG Week: Soft Skills for ALL Evaluators by Matt Feldmann

Hi! I am Matt Feldmann, the principal researcher and co-owner of Goshen Consulting. I generally focus my evaluation practice in Higher Education settings and was recently honored to be elected to the AEA Board of Directors. Eleven years ago I wrote a post about Soft Skills for Independent Consultants. Since then, I recognized that ALL

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Evaluation Managers and Supervisors TIG Week: Managing Evaluations toward Evaluation Use by Julianne Lee

Hello! I’m Julianne Lee, an evaluation manager who has worked across several public sectors (academia, state/federal government, non-profits) before landing in Washington, DC. While I earned a doctorate in evaluation in 2007, my reflective practice strengthened from real life applications in education, health, public health, and transportation, on the ground and in collaborative conversations with

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