February 2013 – Page 2

LGBT TIG Week: Terry L. Brown on Transgressing Gender

Leave a Comment / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 18, 2013 February 18, 2013

My name is Terry L. Brown, and I am a doctoral candidate in the College of Education at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. Transgressing gender is the practice of blurring socio-constructed gender boundaries as a strategic response to heteronormative practice. Heteronormative, also referred to as gender normative, practice seeks efficiencies through standardizing and regulating …

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LGBT TIG Week: Joe E Heimlich on LGBT Cultural Competence

2 Comments / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 17, 2013 February 17, 2013

Welcome to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Evaluation Topical Interest Group (LGBT TIG) week on aea365! My name is Joe E. Heimlich. I’m a professor with Ohio State University Extension where I work with informal learning institutions and organizations to build capacity. This week, I’m in my role as coordinator for the LBGT TIG’s …

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Susan Kistler on EvalPartners, Free eLearning in Development Evaluation, and Mapping Evaluation Associations Around the World

2 Comments / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / February 16, 2013 February 16, 2013

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. A number of aea365 contributors have written before about the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE). IOCE has partnered with UNICEF and other organizations to form EvalPartners and AEA was pleased to join EvalPartners in …

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Bloggers Series: Kevin Flora on the EdMatics Blog

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / February 15, 2013 February 15, 2013

Hey ya’ll (I’m from Kentucky), I’m Kevin Flora, the owner of EdMatics. I am a doctoral student at the University of Kentucky in the Interdisciplinary program of Educational Studies. Essentially, I am less than two years away from being out of school and permanently in a career. Rad Resource – EdMatics: The EdMatics blog is …

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Bloggers Series: Melissa Cater on eXtension Evaluation Community Blog

Leave a Comment / Extension Education Evaluation / February 14, 2013 February 14, 2013

My name is Melissa Cater, and I am an assistant professor and evaluation specialist at Louisiana State University AgCenter. I also coordinate and contribute to the eXtension Evaluation Community of Practice (Eval CoP) blog. Rad Resource – eXtension Evaluation Community Blog: The Eval CoP blog is a resource for evaluators of all levels from novice …

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Bloggers Series: Ann Emery on the Emery Evaluation Blog

1 Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / February 13, 2013 February 13, 2013

Greetings! I’m Ann Emery from Innovation Network in Washington, DC. Rad Resource – Emery Evaluation: Like many evaluators, I wear several hats – full-time evaluation consultant, part-time research methods graduate student, and 24/7 data nerd. My blog weaves these roles together: I blog about my adventures as a nonprofit and foundations evaluator. I share data …

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Bloggers Series: Kim Firth Leonard on Actionable Data

1 Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting, Uncategorized / February 12, 2013 February 12, 2013

Hello all, I’m Kim Firth Leonard, American Evaluation Association (AEA) member since 2008, and President of local affiliate OPEN, the Oregon Program Evaluators Network. I currently work at Marylhurst University in Portland, Oregon, primarily on assessment of student learning and academic programs, though I also dabble in institutional research. I also do contract work in …

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Bloggers Series: Brian Hoessler on the Strong Roots Blog

Leave a Comment / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / February 11, 2013 February 11, 2013

Hi everyone, my name is Brian Hoessler and I am an independent consultant in Saskatoon, Canada. Through my company, Strong Roots Consulting, I work with non-profit organizations and community-based initiatives to build their capacity through research, strategic planning, and evaluation. Rad Resource – Strong Roots blog: The website for Strong Roots is also home to …

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Susan Kistler on Real Time Reporting When the Lights Go Out

Leave a Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting / February 10, 2013 February 12, 2013

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Except, today is Sunday, because Friday and Saturday brought snowfall for the record books and here on the Southcoast that snow came with 40 mile per hour sustained winds and gusts far exceeding that. Power outage …

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APC Week: Colleen Duggan and Kenneth Bush on Evaluation in Settings Affected by Violent Conflict: What Difference Does Context Make?

1 Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change / February 8, 2013 February 8, 2013

We are Colleen Duggan, Senior Evaluation Specialist, International Development Research Centre (Canada) and Kenneth Bush, Director of Research, International Conflict Research (Northern Ireland). For the past three years, we have been collaborating on a joint exploratory research project called Evaluation in Extremis: The Politics and Impact of Research in Violently Divided Societies, bringing together researchers, …

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Month: February 2013