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Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

AKEN Week: Amelia Ruerup on Understanding Indigenous Evaluation in an Alaskan Context

Hello! My name is Amelia Ruerup, I am Tlingit, originally from Hoonah, Alaska although I currently reside in Fairbanks, Alaska.  I have been working part-time in evaluation for over a year at Evaluation Research Associates and have spent approximately five years developing my understanding of Indigenous Evaluation through the mentorship and guidance of Sandy Kerr, …

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Video in #Eval Week: Kas Aruskevich on Telling the Story Through Video

Greetings from Alaska. I’m kas aruskevich, principal of Evaluation Research Associates (ERA), I work in rural Alaska with a great team of evaluators, associates, and local intermediaries. In the unique Alaskan context in which we work, telling the story through video helps us to show the context of people, place, and situations. Video clips, compiled …

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Karen Vocke on Migrant Evaluation

My name is Karen Vocke, an English Education professor at Western Michigan University.  My work has long focused on migrant farm worker education at multiple levels—families, educators, and programming. Migrant workers are often referred to as the “invisible people” because of their status as one of America’s most marginalized, vulnerable, and undereducated populations. These families’ …

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Humberto Reynoso-Vallejo on Multicultural Processes in Evaluation

I am Humberto Reynoso-Vallejo a Director for Program Evaluation with the Center for Health Policy and Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Conducting evaluation entails the incorporation of multicultural features of individuals and/or organizations into the process of data collection and analysis. These multicultural features are socially constructed and are translated into layers …

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CC Week: Dominica McBride on Integrating Cultural Competence into Everyday Practice, Part 2: Cultural Competence through Self-awareness and Reflection

Hi, I’m Dominica McBride, President of The HELP Institute, Inc. and a member of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. I also have my PhD in Counseling Psychology and have provided psychotherapy. This tip focuses on the affective and psychological side of cultural competence in everyday evaluation practice. Culturally …

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CC Week: Jori Hall on Integrating Cultural Competence into Everyday Practice, Part 1

Hello, I’m Jori Hall, assistant professor at the University of Georgia and a member of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. This tip is focused on integrating cultural competence into everyday practice through values-engagement. Tips: As suggested in the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation, all evaluation …

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CC Week: Karen Anderson on Integrating Cultural Competency into Organizations

I’m Karen Anderson, AEA’s Diversity Coordinator Intern, and in this role I support AEA’s diversity programs, TIGs, and the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. The baton has been passed from the Cultural Competence in Evaluation Task Force, the Statement developers, to the Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group …

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CC Week: Tamera Bertrand Jones, Osman Özturgut, and Leah Nuebauar on Teaching Culturally Competent Evaluation

Hello! We’re Tamera Bertrand Jones, Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Florida State University, Osman Ozturgut, Assistant Professor of Education at the University of the Incarnate World, and Leah Neubauer is the Associate Director of the Master of Public Health Program at DePaul University. Evaluators enter the field from different academic backgrounds and possess varying levels of …

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CC Week: Osman Özturgut and Tamera Bertrand Jones on Integrating Cultural Competence into Your AEA Presentation

Hello! We’re Osman Ozturgut, Assistant Professor of Education at the University of the Incarnate World and Tamera Bertrand Jones, Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Florida State University. In the previous posting, we learned about the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation (the Statement) and the reason for its development. In this post, …

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CC Week: Cindy Crusto on Introduction to AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Week

Hi, my name is Cindy Crusto, associate professor, Yale School of Medicine, and chair of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group.  I am writing on behalf of the Working Group to inform you of the purpose of the Working Group and to introduce this week’s aea365 series. As you …

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