I’m Geri Peak. I practice evaluation through the lens of spiritual demography. I recently conceived the term to align higher order principles with the collective aspirations of the clients and communities I serve, to create more durable and useful understandings that accurately inform collective advancement, and ultimately seek the transformation of ‘selves and systems. Like …

Decolonizing Evaluation Week: Clarifying Decolonization Mumbo Jumbo by Geri Peak Read More »

Welcome to a week of posts focused on Decolonizing Evaluation.  We are on stolen land. Indigenous peoples are still here.  The American Evaluation Association (AEA) headquarters sit on the unceded ancestral lands of the Nacotchtank (Anacostan) and neighboring Piscataway and Pamunkey peoples. The areas along the Anacostia and Potomac River watersheds, Chesapeake Bay, and the …

Decolonizing Evaluation Week: Welcome to Decolonizing Evaluation by Sheri Scott and Michael Petillo Read More »

Hello! I’m Kylie Hutchinson, an independent evaluation consultant with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation, author of several books on evaluation and program and planning, and frequent creator of free evaluation resources. So, you’re doing an evaluation and have analysed the data. Your next task is to write a final report…or is it? What about hosting …

You’re Invited to a Data Party by Kylie Hutchinson Read More »

Hi, Donna M. Mertens, PhD here, member of AEA since its first day. Like many evaluators, I intuitively started using mixed methods because it made sense for the programs I was evaluating. Interest in addressing complex problems has spurred a growing interest in innovations in mixed methods and some funding agencies are recommending their use. …

Mixed Methods Design in Evaluation by Donna M Mertens Read More »

Hello from Tamara Walser and Kirsten Kainz! Tamara is a professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Kirsten is a research professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. We both enjoy the Carolina coast and talking about evaluation, particularly how the evaluation field has evolved and where we hope it’s headed. …

Centering Our Values and Cause to Define Evaluation by Tamara Walser & Kirsten Kainz Read More »

As you know, we’ve had some staffing changes this month. It’s not all bittersweet, however: today we are officially welcoming Elizabeth Grim to our team of curators! Elizabeth is an evaluator with over a decade in the field. She has worked for numerous organizations and, within the past year, made the great leap into working …

Welcome to the Team, Elizabeth Grim! by Elizabeth DiLuzio Read More »