Hello! We are Nisaa Kirtman, Vidhya Shanker, and Elizabeth Taylor-Schiro – Co-Chairs of AEA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group. Have we piqued your interest yet? Have the posts from this week ignited excitement, curiosity, and/or resonance?
The AEA DEI Working Group is excited to announce a Call for Applications to members interested in serving as a working group member! If this interests you, we welcome your application. Please be prepared to:
- Describe your experience working with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. *
- How have you demonstrated impact in diversity, equity, and inclusion in your work? *
- Tell us why you are interested in joining the Diversity Working Group. Are there any specific qualifications, experience, and/or special skills that you might bring to the group? *
- How do you see yourself contributing to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture for the AEA? *
- Describe your contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion via an AEA Topical Interest Group (TIG) *
- Please describe any current or past service to AEA. *
AEA and the Leadership Team are committed to nourishing and broadening diversity in the governance of the association. As stated in the AEA bylaws, “It is the policy of the American Evaluation Association to actively seek diversity across the Board and all committees, task forces, and other advisory groups, and individuals.” Particular attention is paid to adequate representation and balance according to the following criteria: • Gender (including nondiscrimination based on sexual representation and orientation or gender identity) • Racial/ethnic representation • Disciplinary heterogeneity • Practitioner/academic balance • Geographic heterogeneity • International representation and perspectives • Heterogeneity of areas of application.
How might your participation as a volunteer meet any of these diversity goals?
The application can be found through this link: https://forms.gle/tRbym8NEpMKsNUbs9.
Please reach out to the Co-Chairs for any questions:
- Nisaa Kirtman – nisaa@rockman.com
- Vidhya Shanker – shan0133@umn.edu
- Elizabeth Taylor-Schiro – tayl0564@umn.edu
The American Evaluation Association is hosting DEI Week with our colleagues in AEA’s DEI Working Group. The contributions all this week to AEA365 come from working group members. Do you have questions, concerns, kudos, or content to extend this AEA365 contribution? Please add them in the comments section for this post on the AEA365 webpage so that we may enrich our community of practice. Would you like to submit an AEA365 Tip? Please send a note of interest to AEA365@eval.org. AEA365 is sponsored by the American Evaluation Association and provides a Tip-a-Day by and for evaluators. The views and opinions expressed on the AEA365 blog are solely those of the original authors and other contributors. These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of the American Evaluation Association, and/or any/all contributors to this site.