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Memorial Week in Evaluation: AEA’s first Public Policy Positions by Richard Krueger

This is a post in the series commemorating pioneering evaluation publications in conjunction with Memorial Day in the USA (May 28). My name is Richard Krueger and I was on the AEA Board in 2002 and AEA President in 2003. In 2002 and 2003 the American Evaluation Association (AEA) for the first time adopted and disseminated …

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Memorial Week in Evaluation: The pioneering evaluation of the international response to genocide in Rwanda by Niels Dabelstein

This is a post in the series commemorating pioneering evaluation studies in conjunction with Memorial Day in the USA (May 28). My name is Niels Dabelstein and in this week of commemorating pioneering evaluation studies, I am highlighting a five-volume report entitled The International Response to Conflict and Genocide: Lessons from the Rwanda Experience. It …

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Memorial Week in Evaluation: Gunnar Myrdal’s pioneering study of racism in America and its influence on policy by Stephanie Evergreen

This is a post in the series commemorating pioneering evaluation studies in conjunction with Memorial Day in the USA (May 28). My name is Stephanie Evergreen and I was the 2017 AEA Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Evaluation Practice Award recipient, given to an evaluator “who exemplifies outstanding evaluation practice and who has made substantial cumulative contributions.” I’m …

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Memorial Week in Evaluation: The classic Nothing as Practical as Good Theory by Carol H. Weiss by Sharon Rallis

This is a post in the series commemorating pioneering evaluation publications in conjunction with Memorial Day in the USA (May 28). My name is Sharon Rallis, a former AEA President and editor of the American Journal of Evaluation. Carol Weiss was a pioneering sociologist and program evaluator who helped create the field of evaluation. She was my …

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Memorial Week in Evaluation: The first national Head Start evaluations by Lois-ellin Datta

This is a post in the series commemorating pioneering evaluation publications in conjunction with Memorial Day in the USA (May 28). My name is Lois-ellin Datta and I am reviewing some early and pioneering Head Start evaluations. I served as National Director of Evaluation for Project Head Start and the Children’s Bureau in the 1960’s. …

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Memorial Week In Evaluation: A pioneering study of evaluation use by Michael Quinn Patton

This is the opening post in a series commemorating pioneering evaluation publications in conjunction with Memorial Day in the USA (May 28).  My name is Michael Quinn Patton, a former AEA President and recipient of AEA’s 2017 Research on Evaluation Award. In conjunction with Memorial Day, I am curating six AEA365 contributions featuring pioneering and classic …

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Memorial Week in Evaluation: Participation as Buzzword by Akashi Kaul and Rodney Hopson

We are Akashi Kaul, third year graduate student at George Mason University, and Rodney Hopson, former AEA president and professor at George Mason University. Our reflection for this Memorial Day series is on what “participation” means. We highlight three things: (1) the ambiguity around participation’ since it exists in evaluation as both theory and method; …

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Memorial Week in Evaluation: The overdue demise of “lived experience” by Michael Morris

My name is Michael Morris and I teach evaluation at the University of New Haven. For this Memorial Day series, I want to reflect on my lived experience of “lived experience.” The phrase “lived experience” has spread like kudzu in scholarly discourse in recent years.  The first time I encountered it in a journal article …

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Memorial Week in Evaluation: The Demise of the Lengthy Report by Kylie Hutchinson

I’m Kylie Hutchinson (a.k.a. @EvaluationMaven), independent evaluation consultant and trainer with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation and author of Survive and Thrive: Three Steps to Enhancing Your Program Sustainability. The word I chose to memorialize this week is a small but important one. It’s the letter “a”, as in “She asked for a final evaluation …

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Memorial Week in Evaluation: “Third World” No More. Welcome Global South. by Tessie Catsambas

My name is Tessie Catsambas and I am Chair of the AEA International Working Group. My contribution to this Memorial Day series is to call attention to the demise of the designation “Third World.” The term Third World arose in the Cold War to refer to the group of developing nations mostly in Asia and …

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