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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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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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LGBT Week: Cary Johnson and Efrain Gutierrez on Evaluating Advocacy Efforts to Promote LGBT Human Rights Around the World

3 Comments / Advocacy and Policy Change, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 9, 2012 February 10, 2012

Hello! We’re Cary Johnson, Executive Director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Efrain Gutierrez, Associate at FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm, and Co-leader of the LGBT TIG. We want to share with you some initial lessons learned and resources we have found since IGLHRC engaged with FSG in the development …

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LGBT Week: Joe Heimlich on Including Trans When We Talk of Gender

2 Comments / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 8, 2012 January 30, 2012

Hi. I’m Joe Heimlich, a professor at Ohio State, senior research associate with the Institute for Learning Innovation, and member of the LGBT TIG. I’d like to share some thoughts on including transgender in our discussions of gender when we gather data. In a study of gay and lesbian museum visitors, I was struck by …

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LGBT Week: Jason Taylor on the Educational Context for LGBT Youth

Leave a Comment / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / February 7, 2012 January 29, 2012

My name is Jason Taylor and I’m a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Educational Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I study programs and policies related to educational access, equity, and success, particularly as they relate to higher education. Among the tragic legacies of 2011 is the widespread publicity …

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LGBT Week: Kathleen Tinworth on Being an LGBT Ally

3 Comments / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 6, 2012 January 29, 2012

I’m Kathleen Tinworth, co-chair of AEA’s Evaluating Art & Culture TIG and member/avid supporter of the LGBT TIG. I am humbled and honored to be a part of the LGBT TIG’s AEA365 blog series and excited to share with you why I feel being an ally is essential to our work as evaluators. First of …

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LGBT Week: Robert Hoke and Efrain Gutierrez on Insights Into LGBTs and Evaluation

1 Comment / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / February 5, 2012 February 6, 2012

Hi. We’re Robert Hoke and Efrain Gutierrez, co-chairs for the TIG, with John Dawes, one of the program co-chairs, and we’re part of the leadership team for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Issues TIG. Today’s provocative blog was written with the intent to build awareness of LBGT issues in Culturally Sensitive Evaluation. Through …

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Lillian Rivera on Thinking beyond the gender binary on assessments: Notes from the field

2 Comments / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / July 8, 2011 July 8, 2011

I am Lillian Rivera, After School Program Director for Hetrick-Martin Institute, a community-based organization that provides programs for LGBT teens that focus on arts and culture, health and wellness, job readiness, academic enrichment as well as counseling and HIV prevention services to 1,500 youth annually. HMI’s HIV prevention work allows us to work with various …

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Susan Kistler on the AEA Graduate Education Diversity Internship

Leave a Comment / Graduate Student and New Evaluators, Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues, Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / June 4, 2011 June 3, 2011

Susan Kistler here, AEA’s Executive Director and Saturday contributor for aea365. I’m excited to be able to share this week that AEA is now taking applications for the AEA Graduate Education Diversity Internship (GEDI) Program. The goals of GEDI are to: Expand the pool of graduate students of color and from other underrepresented groups who …

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