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Reflections of an Evaluator during Pinktober by Beverly Peters

I have been writing this blog post in my head for three years. The topic balances my professional and personal lives, taking me out of my comfort zone. I have come to the realization that it is time to put pen to paper.

I am Dr. Beverly Peters and I write this post today, not as a faculty member in American University’s Measurement and Evaluation Program, but as a woman personally affected by breast cancer. My experiences the past three years provide Lessons Learned and Hot Tips.

Reflections on Practicum Assignments: Part III: Supervisor Perspectives by Marshall Bailly, Assetou Barry, Beverly Peters, Danuta Dobosz, Talatha Kiazolu-Reeves, Jillian Klarman, Michael Petillo, and Tiffany Smith

Hello again! We are Marshall Bailly, Executive Director of Leadership Initiatives and Assetou Barry, Regional Design Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Lead at the National Democratic Institute. We regularly serve as supervisors for students engaged in practicum coursework as part of American University’s Measurement and Evaluation Program. We are here today with Professor Beverly Peters; and …

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Reflections on Practicum Assignments: Part II: Alumni Perspectives by Danuta Dobosz, Talatha Kiazolu-Reeves, Jillian Klarman, Michael Petillo, Tiffany Smith, Beverly Peters, Assetou Barry, and Marshall Bailly

Greetings! We are Danuta Dobosz, Talatha Kiazolu-Reeves, Jillian Klarman, Michael Petillo, and Tiffany Smith, alumni of American University’s Measurement and Evaluation Program. We are here with Professor Beverly Peters; and Assetou Barry and Marshall Bailly, who regularly serve as practicum supervisors for AU students. This article on Alumni Perspectives is one in a three-part series …

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Reflections on Practicum Assignments: Part I: Faculty Perspectives by Beverly Peters, Danuta Dobosz, Talatha Kiazolu-Reeves, Jillian Klarman, Michael Petillo, Tiffany Smith, Marshall Bailly and Assetou Barry

Hello! This is Beverly Peters, Faculty Member in Measurement and Evaluation at American University. I am here today with Danuta Dobosz, Talatha Kiazolu-Reeves, Jillian Klarman, Michael Petillo and Tiffany Smith, alumni of our program; and Marshall Bailly and Assetou Barry, who regularly serve as practicum supervisors for our students.

Using the Bridge Model in Virtual Focus Groups by Beverly Peters, Maha Alkhafaji, and Zachariah Rabah Barghouti

Hello, AEA365 community! Liz DiLuzio here, Lead Curator of the blog. This week is Individuals Week, which means we take a break from our themed weeks and spotlight the Hot Tips, Cool Tricks, Rad Resources and Lessons Learned from any evaluator interested in sharing. Would you like to contribute to future individuals weeks? Email me …

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Principles and Theories of Evaluation: Reflections from Human Resources Professionals by Beverly Peters, Corlene Dixon, Diane Hamilton, and Kenya Richardson-El

Hello! I’m Beverly Peters, faculty member in Measurement and Evaluation at American University. I am here today with three students from our Human Resource Analytics and Management (HRAM) program: Corlene Dixon, Diane Hamilton, and Kenya Richardson-El. These three students recently took my Principles and Theories in Evaluation course as an elective in their HRAM Master’s program. They came …

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Notetaking For Observation And Participant Observation Part 4 by Beverly Peters

Hello again! I am Beverly Peters, a faculty member in Measurement and Evaluation at American University. This is the final article in a 4 part series on Using Observation and Participant Observation for Monitoring and Evaluation. In the previous article of this series, we discussed what to observe when engaging in observation and participant observation. This …

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Observation And Participant Observation: What Should We Observe? Part 3 by Beverly Peters

Hello again! I am Beverly Peters, faculty member in Measurement and Evaluation at American University. This is the third article in a 4 part series on Using Observation and Participant Observation for Monitoring and Evaluation. In the previous article of this series, we discussed how evaluators might get to the so-called backstage of participant observation, where …

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Participant Observation: Getting To The Backstage Part 2 by Beverly Peters

Hello again! I am Beverly Peters, and I teach in American University’s Measurement and Evaluation Program. This is the second article in a 4 part series on Using Observation and Participant Observation for Monitoring and Evaluation. In the previous article of this series, we discussed the differences between observation and participant observation, and how evaluators use …

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