Graduate Student and New Evaluators

This week, AEA365 is hosting GSNE Week with our colleagues in the Graduate Student and New Evaluators AEA Topical Interest Group. The contributions all this week to AEA365 come from our GSNE TIG members. We hope you enjoy! -Liz DiLuzio, Lead Curator Hello, I am Christopher Hall, MSW, ABD, a doctoral candidate at the University …

GSNE TIG Week: Collected Wisdom from Experienced Evaluators by Christopher Hall Read More »

This week, AEA365 is hosting GSNE Week with our colleagues in the Graduate Student and New Evaluators AEA Topical Interest Group. The contributions all this week to AEA365 come from our GSNE TIG members. We hope you enjoy! -Liz DiLuzio, Lead Curator Hi, our names are Ian Burke and Seema Mahato. We are early-career evaluators …

GSNE TIG Week: Making a Distinction Between Research and Evaluation: A Dialogue by Ian Burke and Seema Mahato Read More »

This week, AEA365 is hosting GSNE Week with our colleagues in the Graduate Student and New Evaluators AEA Topical Interest Group. The contributions all this week to AEA365 come from our GSNE TIG members. We hope you enjoy! -Liz DiLuzio, Lead Curator Hello fellow evaluators! We are Caitlin Rivera and Danielle Murillo, Research Assistant and …

GSNE TIG Week: A Helping Hand to Emerging Evaluators by Caitlin Rivera and Danielle Murillo Read More »

This week, AEA365 is hosting GSNE Week with our colleagues in the Graduate Student and New Evaluators AEA Topical Interest Group. The contributions all this week to AEA365 come from our GSNE TIG members. We hope you enjoy! -Liz DiLuzio, Lead Curator Hello! I’m Randi Knox, a student in Claremont Graduate University’s (CGU) Master’s in …

GSNE TIG Week: Choosing a Master’s Degree in Evaluation by Randi Knox Read More »

Good day to you all, I return to continue what I started, when I previously mentioned the African Diaspora and its effects on my social identity and professional role. Once again, I am Charity Odetola, a West African woman and budding evaluator, where the aftermath of colonization and the African Diaspora have influenced a lack …

Am I a Colonizer or Decolonizer … of Methodologies? Part II by Charity Odetola Read More »

Hello, I, Charity Odetola, an international student from West Africa, greet you from Greensboro, North Carolina, where I am a second-year graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, working on a Master’s Degree in Educational Research and Methodology with a Program Evaluation emphasis. This current endeavor, informed by my past experiences, has …

Am I a Colonizer or Decolonizer … of Methodologies? Part I by Charity Odetola Read More »

My name is Noelle Wyman Roth and I am a Research & Evaluation Analyst at the Social Science Research Institute at Duke University. In addition to working as a full-time evaluator, I am beginning a part-time PhD program at UNC-Greensboro this fall. I’m writing to share why being a non-traditional PhD student by pursuing my …

NC Evaluators Week: How I Benefit from Being a Non-Traditional Graduate Student in Program Evaluation by Noelle Wyman Roth Read More »

Hello! My name is Zachariah Barghouti, an intern with Evaluation + Learning Consulting, and a graduate student in American University’s Measurement and Evaluation Program. While the pandemic has put a halt to face-to-face evaluation, our work has shifted to online methods. When hosting meetings online directly with stakeholders, evaluative work should still be equitable, cross-culturally …

Participatory Evaluation in Remote Times by Zachariah Barghouti Read More »

Hi! I’m Amy M. Gullickson, 2010 IDPE graduate and Acting Co-Director and Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne Centre for Program Evaluation, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. One of the challenges to graduate education in evaluation is the Dunning-Kruger effect. Because evaluation is an everyday activity and a professional activity, and all the other kinds of activities in …

IDPE Week: Why bother with graduate education in evaluation? An alumni perspective by Amy M. Gullickson Read More »