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LGBT TIG Week: Robert Hoke on Cultural Competence, LGBT, and Challenges to the Field

1 Comment / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 22, 2013 February 22, 2013

I’m Robert Hoke, independent evaluation consultant, and co-chair for the LGBT Issues TIG. Today, I want to share some reflections from this AEA365 week. Although it is becoming easier, it remains challenging to be different regarding sexual identity and gender issues. The “It Gets Better” campaign grew out of the bullying of youth, and primarily …

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LGBT TIG Week: David Fetterman on LGBT-related Evaluation, Medical Education, Civil Rights, and the Press

My name is David Fetterman. I’m President & CEO of Fetterman & Associates, an international evaluation consulting firm (with 25 years experience at Stanford University) and past-president of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). I am probably best known for empowerment evaluation work (helping people learn how to evaluate their own programs). For examples see our …

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LGBT TIG Week: Efrain Gutierrez’ Top Three Lessons for Evaluators (and Everyone) to Keep in Mind When Working with the LGBTQ Community

1 Comment / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 20, 2013 February 20, 2013

I am Efrain Gutierrez and I work for FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm that helps foundations, nonprofits and corporations increase their social impact. Last year a friend started collaborating as an evaluator for a program that works with LGBTQ youth. Before starting his evaluation he wanted to talk about cultural competency when working with the LGBTQ community. As …

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LGBT TIG Week: Kari Greene and Emily Greytak on Becoming More Transgender-inclusive in Your Evaluation Work

2 Comments / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 19, 2013 November 28, 2018

This is Kari Greene with Program Design & Evaluation Services in Oregon, and Emily Greytak with GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network in New York. We are with the American Evaluation Association’s (AEA) LGBT Issues Topical Interest Group (TIG) and are heartened to see AEA members building cultural competency around transgender-inclusivity. Have you …

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LGBT TIG Week: Terry L. Brown on Transgressing Gender

Leave a Comment / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 18, 2013 February 18, 2013

My name is Terry L. Brown, and I am a doctoral candidate in the College of Education at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. Transgressing gender is the practice of blurring socio-constructed gender boundaries as a strategic response to heteronormative practice. Heteronormative, also referred to as gender normative, practice seeks efficiencies through standardizing and regulating …

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LGBT TIG Week: Joe E Heimlich on LGBT Cultural Competence

2 Comments / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 17, 2013 February 17, 2013

Welcome to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Evaluation Topical Interest Group (LGBT TIG) week on aea365! My name is Joe E. Heimlich. I’m a professor with Ohio State University Extension where I work with informal learning institutions and organizations to build capacity. This week, I’m in my role as coordinator for the LBGT TIG’s …

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Cultural Competence Week: Cindy Crusto on Hindsight is 20/20 – Reflecting on Missed Opportunities, Missteps, and Successes in Attending to Culture and Context in Evaluation Practice

6 Comments / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / December 3, 2012 May 27, 2013

My name is Cindy Crusto, and I am an associate professor at Yale University School of Medicine and chair of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. Today, I summarize and reflect on the Hindsight is 20/20: Reflecting on Missed Opportunities, Missteps, and Successes in Attending to Culture and Context …

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Humberto Reynoso-Vallejo on Multicultural Processes in Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues, Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / July 29, 2012 July 26, 2012

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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Dominica McBride on Sociocultural Theory and its Applicability to Evaluation

1 Comment / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Feminist Issues in Evaluation, Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues, Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / April 2, 2012 March 5, 2012

I’m Dominica McBride, President of The HELP Institute, Inc. Recently, I wrote an article for New Directions for Evaluation on Sociocultural Theory (ST) and its applicability to evaluation. Joke: There were a few young fish swimming near an older, wise fish and the old, wise fish says, “My, isn’t the water wonderful today?” and the …

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LGBT Week: Robert Hoke on Resources, Lessons, and Tips for Evaluators Attending to LGBT Issues

2 Comments / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 10, 2012 January 30, 2012

Greetings. I’m Robert Hoke, an independent consultant and co-chair of AEA’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Issues TIG. We hope you have found this week’s AEA365 blogs to be thought-provoking and informative. As we all strive to embody the principles found in the AEA Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation, it is important to …

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