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Any independent evaluator can have an environment impact by Lisa Kaczmarczyk

2 Comments / Independent Consulting / August 22, 2020

Hi, my name is Lisa Kaczmarczyk, owner of an evaluation consultancy that focuses on Computer Science and Engineering Education, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Computer Science department at Harvey Mudd College. For years I wondered how I could do something professionally to address our growing environmental problems. Not long ago I realized that as …

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Interview Continuum by Beverly Peters by Beverly Peters

1 Comment / Qualitative Methods, Uncategorized / August 22, 2020

Hello again! I am Beverly Peters, an assistant professor of Measurement and Evaluation at American University. This is the second article in a 5 part series on Using Interviews for Monitoring and Evaluation. In the previous article of this series, we learned when evaluators might use interviews to collect data for monitoring and evaluation. This article …

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LGBTQ Week: Do you need to ask about sex & gender on your survey? By Joseph Van Matre

11 Comments / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / August 12, 2020

Curator note: This article was originally published in 2017 but we thought it would make a great addition to this week. We often rerun articles as part of our “Best of AEA365 series.” Happy LGBTQ+ Evaluator Week! I’m Joseph Van Matre, an institutional research analyst at the University of California*. Surveys are an integral part …

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LGBT TIG Week: Identity as a Compass within 2SLGBTQ Evaluations: Finding Your Compass by Andrew Hartman, Brian Hoessler, Carolyn Camman & Vincent Tom

1 Comment / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / August 9, 2020

Hello! We are Andrew Hartman, Brian Hoessler, Carolyn Camman and Vincent Tom – 2SLGBTQ evaluators from upper Turtle Island located throughout Western Canada. We’ve been exploring how our identities inform how we navigate our evaluation work as part of a submission for an upcoming journal issue on 2SLGBTQ evaluators and evaluation. Existing as queer has …

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LGBT TIG Week: Intersectionality in LGBTQ+ Evaluation by Jackie Xu, Erik Elías Glenn, Jason Roth

Leave a Comment / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / August 11, 2020

Hi everyone! This is Jackie Xu (she/her), Erik Elías Glenn (he/him/él), and Jason Roth (choose your own adventure), coming to you from the Evaluation, Data Integration, and Technical Assistance (EDIT) team at Northwestern University. During this year’s LGBT TIG week, we reflect on how engaging with Intersectionality improves evaluation, positioning us to expose and ultimately …

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LGBT TIG Week: In Support of Abolition and a More Loving Future – Perspectives from LGBTQ+ Evaluators by Esrea Perez-Bill & Dylan Felt

3 Comments / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / August 9, 2020

Hey everyone! Esrea Perez-Bill (she/her and they/them) and Dylan Felt (she/her and they/them) here from the EDIT Program to talk LGBTQ+ resistance, abolition of the carceral and police state, and evaluation. As calls to #DefundThePolice have gained national attention, lots of folks are being newly introduced to abolition, and many may be feeling confused, afraid, …

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LGBT TIG Week: Becoming a Better Evaluator for LGBTQ+ Stakeholders: It’s On Us! By Morgan Wright and John LaVelle

6 Comments / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / August 8, 2020

Hello, our names are Morgan Wright (he/him/his) and John LaVelle (he/him/his), members of the Evaluation Studies community at the University of Minnesota, and working on a project to critically analyze and make recommendations about how to integrate LGBTQ+ topics and principles into evaluator education programs.  Our premise is: evaluators often do their work from a …

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LGBT TIG Week: Reflections on LGBTQ+ Liberation and Evaluation by Dylan Felt & Rocco Bagnarol

Leave a Comment / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / August 10, 2020

Hi everyone! This is Dylan Felt (she/her and they/them) and Rocco Bagnarol (he/him and they/them) coming to you from the Evaluation, Data Integration, and Technical Assistance (EDIT) team at Northwestern University. It’s LGBT TIG week, and we’re reflecting on our practice as LGBTQ+ evaluators (that is, evaluators who are both members of, and working in …

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Policy Governance Week: Tips for Implementing PG by Aimee White & Leslie Goodyear

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / August 1, 2020

Hello again everyone! Aimee White and Leslie Goodyear here, current (2020) and 2018 AEA Presidents. We hope you have enjoyed the week of posts about Policy Governance (PG) from the AEA Board. We are wrapping up our week with some lessons learned from our PG journey. We were asked to present at the annual Govern …

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Policy Governance Week: Understanding the Board’s Financial Duties by Felicia Bohanon

1 Comment / Uncategorized / August 1, 2020

Greetings. My name is Felicia Bohanon. I was very excited to join the Board as Treasurer after serving on the Financial Advisory Board (FAB) from 2012 – 2015. I served on the FAB during the time that AEA was making its transition to SmithBucklin, our current association management company. Having served on the FAB at …

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