Hi! We are Susan Foutz, director of research and evaluation at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and Bethany Thomas, vice president of programs and education engagement at the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. Our museums are two of the twelve Indiana cultural institutions participating in the Access Pass program. Access Pass provides low-cost admission …
Hello! I am Patti Saraniero, an independent evaluator based in San Diego, California, specializing in evaluation in the arts and culture sector. Like a lot of folks, I have spent time in the last year cleaning out drawers and closets. One of my cleaning bursts led me to revisit video data from an evaluation project …
We are Patricia Montaño, Katie Boyd, Christine Okochi, Megan Littrell, and Anne Gold from the We are Water project based at CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder. We used evaluation to put community perspectives at the center of designing informal STEAM educational experiences about water in the Four Corners Region where Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New …
Hello! I’m Jeremy Foutz, principal at STEAM Workgroup and chair of the Arts, Culture, and Museums TIG which addresses evaluation in informal learning environments. For those unfamiliar with the phrase, the informal learning sector includes a large group of organizations, such as libraries, zoos, museums, historic sites, science centers, and arts centers. I’m writing this …
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I’m Tamara Hamai, PhD, President of Hamai Consulting and President-Elect of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence. I’ve dedicated my career to rebuilding our global systems to encourage children’s holistic growth and well-being, from prenatal through completion of higher education. Lessons Learned: In the chapter Adverse Childhood Experiences: Past, Present, and Future, that I …
My name is Denise Long, MS, BHS, OT, Doctor of Education Candidate in organizational leadership/development and adjunct faculty at Southern Illinois University. Over the last 6 years, I’ve studied, written, and worked in the areas of trauma-informed care (TIC), resilience, evaluation, and anti-racism. My dissertation research focuses on executive leadership of institutional racial equity. As …
Hi, I’m Debbie Gowensmith, vice-president of Groundswell Services and PhD candidate specializing in evaluation at the University of Denver. With my colleague and partner, Dr. Neil Gowensmith, I have been using Photovoice with evaluations of programs for returning citizens, or people being released from prison. People in prisons are more likely than the general public …
My name is Carolyn F. Fisher, Ph.D. and I’m a Research and Evaluation Scientist at the Institute for Community Health in Malden, MA. I’m a qualitative specialist and a long-time IRB member. When I first began thinking about trauma-informed data collection a couple of years ago, I noticed that there are some contradictions between the …
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My name is Aaron Kates, and I am a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation (IDPE) program at Western Michigan University. I am a psychotherapist, researcher, and independent evaluator. “Has anyone ever had sex with you without your permission?” The Guatemalan boy across the table from me was silent. “Has anyone ever asked …
My name is Lisa Raphael, and I am an independent consultant. Until recently, much of my work has not explicitly considered trauma in the evaluation process. This is partly due to the fact that most education funding is tied to academic achievement and ignores other more holistic aspects of healthy child development.My own narrative has …
