Hello, my name is Dr. Adeyemo Adetogun (ETR Services LLC), originally from the Yoruba ethnic group in southwestern Nigeria, and I have lived experiences in other Western and Southern Africa. Impactful evaluation begins with cultural humility and a commitment to embracing perspectives beyond our own. When working with indigenous communities in Africa, it’s essential to …
We are Nicky Bowman, Charmagne Campbell-Patton, and Michael Quinn Patton, here to share about a partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Bowman Performance Consulting, a native and women-owned evaluation firm. This is a story about decolonizing funding, partnerships, and design/implementation of a project and related processes. Our intergenerational and intersectional team brought together …
Aloha mai kākou (hello, everyone), we are Niegel Rozet, Debbie Gowensmith, and Kinohi Fukumitsu, evaluation collaborators at a Native Hawaiian-serving organization. Niegel and Kinohi (both Native Hawaiian) are with Kua‘āina Ulu ‘Auamo (KUA), a backbone organization supporting Hawaiian practitioners at the intersection of land, community, and justice. Debbie has worked with KUA since 2004 and …
“When people get onto you for being [privileged], that’s kind of unfair, isn’t it?” This question arose from one of my students during a discussion about privilege as a form of social control. Instead of answering directly, I asked, “What do you think of #notallmen?” Another student explained that the hashtag emerged during the #metoo …
I’m Corrie Whitmore, an Associate Professor of Health Sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage and Past President of the American Evaluation Association. I’m a teacher of evaluation, mother of Indigenous children, and lifelong Alaskan. I’m an “accidental evaluator” who began my evaluation career on Dena’ina Land working for a tribally owned and operated healthcare …
Hello, fellow evaluators! My name is Gladys Rowe, PhD, and I love getting creative. You may be thinking, great, but why are you writing about this in an AEA blog?? Stick with me… I love playing around with creative practices and am deeply invested in the intersections of Indigenous evaluation, decolonization, and reflexivity. And combining …
About the Author, January O’Connor: I am Tlingit and Alaska born and raised. I am a Founding Director of Raven’s Group LLC, a consulting group that provides services in program planning and design, grant writing, education and youth programming, and evaluation. I’m currently in my final years of my PhD journey in Indigenous Studies and …
We are a group of Indigenous and ally wild foods and medicines teachers from the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States. We are honored to be part of a strong movement to revitalize Indigenous lifeways, protect Indigenous knowledge, and support future environmental stewards through education. An important part of this movement is the development …
Hello, AEA365 community! It’s Shelbi from EvaluACT. Recently, we drew upon Kim Anderson’s life stage teachings to develop an innovative reflection tool, seeking to unearth how various cultural lenses influence understandings of life stages and their ramifications on values and practices in professional settings. Participants from Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds engaged, revealing interesting nuances. Activity …
We are the team at Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) and the Northwest Native American Research Center for Health / Public Health Research Academy. We (Stephanie Craig Rushing, Celena Ghost Dog, Amanda Gaston, Grazia Cunningham at NPAIHB, and Allyson Kelley at AKA PLLC) have been evaluating culturally relevant programs, interventions, curricula, and …
