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ITE TIG Week: Developing Practical Skills and Critical Consciousness for Tech-enabled Evaluation by Zach Tilton, Linda Raftree, Kecia Berterman, and Ichhya Pant

1 Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation / January 2, 2021

Hi! We’re Zach Tilton, Linda Raftree, Kecia Berterman, and Ichhya Pant from the Integrating Technology into Evaluation Topical Interest Group. We’re thrilled to share with AEA365 readers a week of posts about the intersection of technology and evaluation. Though we’re certainly biased, we believe the new year provides a great opportunity to pause and take …

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The Power of Youth Voice in Data Conversations by Stephanie Mui

5 Comments / Youth Focused Evaluation / January 8, 2021

Hello!  My name is Stephanie Mui, and I am a Senior Program Analyst at Good Shepherd Services, evaluating afterschool programs serving elementary and middle school participants.  One of my favorite parts of my job is involving afterschool youth council participants in the program performance management cycle, which has served to enrich and expand the impact …

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AZENet Week: The Value of Ongoing Evaluation Reporting by Tabitha Cox

Leave a Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting / January 3, 2021

Hi! I’m Tabitha Cox, BA, a public policy grad student at Arizona State University. I recently finished a program evaluation course, and I’m suddenly very interested in what evaluation has to offer. For me, the central take-away of program evaluation is that evaluation is not an outsider coming in, taking information into the back room, …

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AZENet Week: Counting the Uncounted: Affirming Evaluation Practices for Transgender and Non-binary (TNB) Populations by Trey Jenkins & Isaac Akapnitis

Leave a Comment / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues / January 3, 2021

Isaac Akapnitis, LMSW and Trey Jenkins, MSW are first year doctoral students and staff at the Arizona State University Center of Applied Behavioral Health Policy interested in studying Transgender and Non-binary (TNB) health and wellness. In their experiences as researchers, community advocates, and as members of the TNB community, they are particularly interested in how …

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AZENet Week: Beyond the Comfort Zone: Learning Quickly in the Information Age by Meagan Schlinkert & David Schlinkert

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / January 3, 2021

Hello! We are Meagan Schlinkert, MPH and David Schlinkert, Ph.D., MPA, Co-Founders of SCHLink, LLC, a research, evaluation, and data communications consulting company in Arizona. We have extensive experience evaluating government grants and nonprofit organizations, with a specific focus on health, human services, and international development. In the research world, there are two specialty tracks, …

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AZENet Week: The Power of Listening in Evaluation by Hildie Cohen

7 Comments / Uncategorized / January 11, 2021

Hi! I’m Hildie Cohen, Research Director at NORC at the University of Chicago. Listening and pausing is a skill that I am constantly practicing in my work managing research and evaluation projects. I must listen to clients in order to design evaluation plans, reports, and deliverables that meet the goals of the project. I must …

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AZENet Week: Show Up and Do the Work: How to Build Bridges between Research and Communities of Color to Improve Research Turnout by Cynthia Mackey

2 Comments / Uncategorized / January 3, 2021

Hello AEA crew! My name is Cynthia Mackey, MSW and I am a doctoral student within the School of Social Work at Arizona State University. Over the years, I have collaborated with a number of nonprofit organizations who work directly with racially and ethnically diverse communities. While sharing our work, I learned one of the …

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AZENet Week: Evaluation as Accompaniment by Abby Henderson

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation / January 3, 2021

My name is Abby Henderson, MS and I work as an Analyst & Project Coordinator at Arizona State University. My work is split between the Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy in the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center and the Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security. I also serve as the External Communications Chair of …

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I Had a Meeting on Zoom Today by Kylie Hutchinson

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / December 5, 2020

Hi, I’m Kylie Hutchinson. I’m an independent evaluator with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation and author of three books about evaluation and program planning: A Short Primer on Innovative Evaluation Reporting, Evaluation Failures: 22 Tales of Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned, and Survive and Thrive: Three Steps to Securing Your Program’s Sustainability. Every year I …

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Lessons Learned Moderating Virtual Focus Groups During a Pandemic by Jacob Schreiber by Cha-Chi Fung

1 Comment / Uncategorized / December 5, 2020

Hello! I’m Jacob Schreiber, Instructor of Clinical Medical Education and I’m Cha-Chi Fung, Assistant Dean of Medical Education at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. We frequently employ focus groups in evaluation and institutional research to collect valuable insights about our medical students’ classroom and clinical activities. The Covid-19 pandemic has made it impossible …

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