Hello! I am Amanda Sutter, long time evaluator, current doctoral student, and newbie researcher. I am excited (and nervous!) to share my first research on evaluation study, give back YOUR data, and share some tips I’ve been learning. Study Overview This study was a response to a literature gap on understanding evaluation practice. Perhaps no …
Hello! We are Rebecca Teasdale (University of Illinois Chicago, USA), Jennifer McNeilly (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA), and María Isabel Ramírez Garzón (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia). We are excited to share key takeaways from a research study we recently published with Judit Novak (University of Oslo, Norway) and Jennifer Greene (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) …
Hey there! I’m Paisley Worthington, a doctoral candidate studying program evaluation at Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada). Today’s post is about research on evaluation that digs into how the Collaborative Approaches to Evaluation (CAE) principles can be used to foster high levels of participation and co-creation in an online environment. This project was led by myself, …
Our names are Brianna Hooks Singletary, ‘Malitšitso Moteane, and Tyler Clark. We are three Black, cisgender, female doctoral candidates in the UNC Greensboro Educational Research Methodology department specializing in Program Evaluation. We recognize that our experiences in the field are often influenced by our positionality and as graduate students, we find value in acknowledging those …
Hello! My name is Dana Linnell (formerly Dana Wanzer). Along with my colleagues Esther Nolton, Michael Harnar, Seema Mahato, and Travis R. Moore, we are going to share information about research on evaluation (RoE) presented at the American Evaluation Association conference. For context, here is the definition of RoE that guided our work: “Any purposeful, …
Today’s post, originally published in 2015, is being resurfaced in memoriam of Chris L. Coryn. Dr. Coryn was the director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation at Western Michigan University. The blog post was authored by Dr. Coryn and Lyssa Wilson Becho, who currently serves as a principal research associate with The Evaluation Center at …
Hello! My name is Dana Linnell (formerly Dana Wanzer). I’m an assistant professor of psychology in evaluation at University of Wisconsin-Stout where I teach evaluation, statistics, and research methods and I’m the program director for our MS in Applied Psychology program, which has a concentration in evaluation. Today I’ll be sharing a simple framework that …
RoE TIG Week: Research, Evaluation, Research ON Evaluation?! by Dana Linnell Read More »
Hello! We are Nisaa Kirtman, Vidhya Shanker, and Elizabeth Taylor-Schiro – Co-Chairs of AEA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group. Have we piqued your interest yet? Have the posts from this week ignited excitement, curiosity, and/or resonance? The AEA DEI Working Group is excited to announce a Call for Applications to members interested in …
This week is sponsored by our colleagues in the DEI Working Group. Today’s contribution is an evergreen posts contributed by the working group members about a topic so important, it’s worth a second read. -Liz DiLuzio, Lead Curator Greetings from Vidhya Shanker, an interdependent evaluation scholar and practitioner. With the new year, the inauguration, and …
Our names are Nisaa Kirtman and Ayesha Boyce. In our prior post from yesterday, and today, we continue to reflect on the importance of generational wisdom. We all need a witness to our stories, as validation and evidence Stories carry significant meaning in all cultures and ethnicities. We bask in stories and shared lived experiences …
