Hello AEA colleagues – Katherine Haugh and Jenny Nulty (Lyons) here. Back in November 2019, we led a session at AEA about using journey mapping as an evaluation tool. We were thrilled to see so much enthusiasm and curiosity about the topic, so below we’ve shared more information and tips for using journey mapping as …
Hi, I’m Sara Vaca, independent consultant and AEA365 frequent contributor, sharing another nugget about my adventures of being an evaluator. Deadlines for presenting proposals for two major evaluation conferences this year –AEA’s Evaluation 2020 and the European Evaluation Society (EES) 2020 Conference — approach, and as every year by this time, I’m in a sea …
Evaluation Conferences: To Go or Not To Go, That Is The Question by Sara Vaca Read More »
We – Christina Peterson, Rachel Ladd, Brenna Butler, and Erica Echols – are doctoral students in the Evaluation, Statistics, and Measurement program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. As part of a recent study on evaluation scholar-practitioner identity, we interviewed students, alumni, and faculty from evaluation doctoral programs. Understanding the ways in which evaluators come …
I’m Elizabeth Henry, and I work as a mixed-methods evaluation researcher in global health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. I also teach program evaluation at the Boston University School of Public Health. As instructors, too often we present content without allowing sufficient space and time for processing. In this blogpost I’m …
Greetings! We are Kathleen Doll and Jennifer Villalobos (doctoral students at Claremont Graduate University (CGU)), led by Leslie Fierro (Evaluation Professor at CGU). In Winter 2018 we launched the “Educating Socially Responsive Evaluators Project” with our colleagues at the Community Engagement Center (CEC) at Pitzer College, one of the five undergraduate institutions within the Claremont …
My name is Kristie A. Thomas, PhD, MSW and I am a recipient of the 2019 AEA/SAGE Early Career Excellence in Teaching Awards. The Teaching of Evaluation Topical Interest Group asked me to reflect on what I learned at the conference and share some tips and tricks I have learned from teaching evaluation to graduate-level, …
Hello. My name is Sue Hamann. I have been a member of AEA for more than 20 years and a practicing evaluator for almost 40 years. I currently work as a Science Evaluator for the federal government, and I also teach program and policy evaluation. My students are of two categories: (1) seasoned scientists, PhDs …
ToE TIG Week: Teaching Evaluation Well in Specific Contexts by Sue Hamann Read More »
Hello! We are John LaVelle (University of Minnesota), Tiffany Smith (@tiffany7001, University of North Carolina at Greensboro), and Aileen Reid (University of North Carolina at Greensboro). We are the leadership team for the Teaching of Evaluation TIG (ToE TIG), and we are thrilled to introduce this week of posts on teaching and learning about evaluation. …
Hi, I’m Cady Stokes, editor of AEA’s monthly newsletter. It’s that time of year again—the holiday bliss has officially worn off, it’s beyond cold out, and it seems like we’re stuck inside until further notice. This makes it easy to get wrapped up in those ever-present winter blues. So, how do we combat these feelings of …
Practice Positivity: Thinking Happy Thoughts in 2020 Read More »
I’m Lovely Dhillon, CEO of Jodevi Consulting based in Atlanta, GA. I have been privileged throughout my career to work with visionaries across the world who share a dedication to using their expertise and life experience to create a better world. Beverly Parsons and Matt Keene, co-editors of Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable Future, and …
Visionary Evaluation Week: Living as a Visionary Evaluative by Lovely Dhillon Read More »
