Hello! We are Debi Lang and Judy Savageau from the Center for Health Policy and Research at UMass Medical School. Earlier this year, Debi published a post on how program-specific learning objectives can help measure student learning to demonstrate program impact. Today’s post shows how to measure whether training or professional development programs are meeting …
Greetings AEA365 readers! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with a special invitation to contribute! To coincide with Labor Day in the US, AEA365 will feature one week of blog posts honoring the WORK of evaluation. This special week will acknowledge the labor of evaluation for Labor Day. Each Labor …
You’ve probably heard a new voice on the phone when you’ve called into the AEA main line. The first thing you ask might not be related to membership, but to the pronunciation of my name, and that’s completely okay (it’s Mee-lowsh)! My name is Milos Popovic, and I have been the Operations Associate for AEA …
Hi, we are Olya Glantsman, a visiting professor of Psychology at DePaul University and Judah Viola, a dean of the College of Professional Studies and Advancement at National Louis University in Chicago. Last month we celebrated the release of our book titled Diverse Careers in Community Psychology. The idea for the Diverse Careers in Community …
Our names are Susan M. Wolfe and Kyrah K. Brown and we are consultants at CNM Connect where we provide evaluation and capacity building services to nonprofit organizations. Our work also includes evaluating community collaborations and coalitions. To effectively address most health, education, and other social issues at a systems level requires that communities address …
Hi! I’m Tara Gregory, Director of the Center for Applied Research and Evaluation (CARE) at Wichita State University. Like any evaluator, the staff of CARE are frequently tasked with figuring out what difference programs are making for those they serve. So, we tend to be really focused on outcomes and see outputs as the relatively …
Hi folks! I’m Jill Scheibler, a community psychologist and Senior Research Analyst at Carson Research Consulting, a women-led firm whose mission is to help clients thrive by using data to measure impact, communicate, and fundraise. We’re passionate about storytelling with data to make a difference. At CRC I’m the “word nerd”, implementing our qualitative projects. …
Aloha! I am Anna Smith Pruitt, a community and cultural psychology doctoral candidate at the University of Hawai‘i at M?noa. I currently work with Dr. Jack Barile and his Ecological Determinants Lab evaluating community mental health and housing programs that serve people experiencing severe mental illness and homelessness on O‘ahu. These program participants are medically …
Greetings! Welcome to the Community Psychology TIG Week! I, Carissa Coleman, a Community Psychologist from James Bell Associates as well as the other members of the TIG Leadership Team, welcome you to a week of Community Psychology and our influence in evaluation work. Our Community Psychology ideals spread across many disciplines including psychology, social work, …
Hello AEA members! Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with an important message about the AEA elections. The ballot is now open for our 2018 President-elect and Board Members-at-Large. AEA member voting has been historically low. Let’s change that this year! Hot Tip: Don’t recognize some of the names? Get to know your candidates …
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