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Frances Julia Riemer on Ethnographic Evaluations

1 Comment / Qualitative Methods / September 21, 2011 September 21, 2011

I am Frances Julia Riemer from Professional Evaluation and Assessment Consultants (PEAC). PEAC specializes in school-based evaluations, regularly incorporating ethnographic methods in our work. I’ve also conducted several full-scale ethnographic evaluations of government and non-governmental funded initiatives in and outside the US and in and outside schools. These were both summative and formative; they illuminated …

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Teri Garstka on Using REDCap for Designing a Data Collection System

My name is Teri Garstka and I am currently a Research Associate in the Institute for Educational Research and Public Service at the University of Kansas. We have a wide portfolio of research and evaluation projects in early childhood, child welfare and youth programs, and family services. We work with lots of state, local, and …

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Hui-Hui Wang on Assessing STEM Education

2 Comments / Graduate Student and New Evaluators, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / August 25, 2011 August 24, 2011

My name is Hui-Hui Wang. Currently I am a Doctoral candidate in Science Education at the University of Minnesota. My research and teaching interests have been fostered by Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) integration professional development programs. As an evaluator, I encounter some struggles that I would like to share with people who are …

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Nancy Lee Leland on “Q by Q”

2 Comments / Evaluation Use / June 23, 2011 June 23, 2011

Hello. My name is Nancy Lee Leland and I am Senior Research Associate and Evaluation Team Leader for the University of Minnesota’s Prevention Research Center for Healthy Youth Development. I also do independent evaluation-related consulting with private, governmental, and nonprofit organizations. I strive to engage program and other organizational staff in the evaluation process and …

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Elizabeth Yuanjing Wilcox on Certification of Evaluators

Leave a Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change / May 11, 2011 April 18, 2011

Hi, this is Elizabeth Yuanjing Wilcox, a doctoral candidate of Evaluation Studies at University of Minnesota. Here are my two cents on credentialing and certification of evaluators. In light of Canadian Evaluation Society’s success in launching the Credentialed Evaluator (CE) designation in 2010, AEA started wondering about instituting a certification and/or credentialing program in America. …

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Sherry Boyce on Using Photos in Evaluation Reports

Leave a Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting, Extension Education Evaluation / April 29, 2011 April 18, 2011

My name is Sherry Boyce, Extension Educator in Program Evaluation with the University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development. I have worked for Extension for 30 years, in a variety of youth development roles. I have also done extensive photography as a volunteer with several youth programs. I’d like to share some thoughts about …

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Oscar Figueroa on Community Development and Empowerment Evaluation

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation / April 10, 2011 February 26, 2011

My name is Oscar Figueroa and I serve as a professor-researcher at Colegio de Postgraduados Montecillo Campus in Mexico. In 2005 a number staff members of Colegio had the opportunity to attend a workshop with Dr. Fetterman in empowerment evaluation, since then I have been taking advantage of the empowerment tools and methodology to achieve …

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CPE Week Bonus: Abraham Wandersman on Empowerment Accountability

2 Comments / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation / March 27, 2011 March 25, 2011

I am Abraham Wandersman, past-president of the American Psychological Association Division 27 – Community Psychology. I am also a professor of psychology at the University of South Carolina at Columbia. I have worked with David Fetterman and a long list of students and colleagues over the years on empowerment evaluation issues, articles, and books for …

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CPE Week: Lyn Shulha on Reinventing Your Identity as a Participatory Evaluator

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation / March 25, 2011 March 6, 2011

Hi, I am Lyn Shulha, Director of the Assessment and Evaluation Group, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. I have found that after 20 years of practice, I am still becoming a participatory evaluator. It is important to continue asking, “Is participatory work right for me?” This question pushes me into an ongoing assessment of my own …

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CPE Week: Beverly Triana-Tremain on Relationship Building

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation / March 24, 2011 February 18, 2011

My name is Beverly Triana-Tremain and I am the President & Owner of Public Health Consulting, LLC. I want to share with you one of my favorite quotes by Mark Twain, “A habit cannot be tossed out the window…it must be coaxed down the stairs one step at a time.” This quote is never more …

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