Mel Mark here, recently retired from Penn State. I’ve long been involved in research on evaluation (RoE). In this post, I want to encourage collaboration between evaluation practitioners and RoE-ers (“rowers,” my term for those who do RoE). First, though, consider the potential value of RoE as shown by a pair of historical examples. In …

Research on Evaluation (RoE) TIG Week: Researcher-Practitioner Collaborations for Research on Evaluation by Mel Mark Read More »

Hello, fellow evaluators! We’re Natasha J. G. Monteith, Stacy Huff, and Gabriel Keney, doctoral students at UNC Greensboro in the Educational Research Methodology program. As members of the student-led RoE Lab, we’ve gained invaluable insights into fostering research productivity and professional development among graduate students. As practitioners, it is critical to consider that many graduate …

Research on Evaluation (RoE) TIG Week: Empowering the Next Generation: Insights from the Research on Evaluation Lab’s Journey by Natasha J.G. Monteith, Stacy Huff, and Gabriel Keney Read More »

Hello, we are: Tatiana Bustos, participatory researcher and evaluator, Jennifer Ann Morrow, Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, Mark Mulobi, Senior Associate at Digital Impact Alliance and Co-chair of EvalYouth Global Network, and Esrea Perez-Bill, Research Project Coordinator at Northwestern University. As part of the Research on Evaluation (RoE) TIG’s webinar committee, we …

Research on Evaluation (RoE) TIG Week: Reflections on the Research on Evaluation Webinar Series 2024 by Tatiana E. Bustos, Jennifer Ann Morrow, Mark Mulobi, and Esrea Perez Bill Read More »

We, Dana Linnell and Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead, explored this question in an interview study. We interviewed 40 professionals doing applied work (e.g., evaluators, researchers) about their journey into the field, applied practice, and professional identity. This study was published in Evaluation in January 2024. Here’s what we found! 1. Evaluators have unique journeys into the field. …

Research on Evaluation (RoE) TIG Week: What Makes an Evaluator an Evaluator? by Dana Linnell and Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead Read More »

Hi! I’m Valerie Marshall, an evaluator and doctoral student of evaluation at Western Michigan University. Today, I would like to present some findings from a study about values and valuing in evaluation to encourage you to reflect on how they show up in your practice. Values and valuing are central to what we “do” as …

Research on Evaluation (RoE) TIG Week: Practicing What You Preach: How Do You Talk About Values? by Valerie Marshall Read More »

Greetings! My name is Amy Jersild. I am an independent evaluation professional working internationally and a PhD candidate in Western Michigan University’s Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation program. I am excited to share the purposeful sampling approach I adopted for a 3-paper study on the professionalization of evaluation practice. Such a sampling strategy may be of …

Research on Evaluation (RoE) TIG Week: Exploring the Nature of Evaluation Practice in the Global South: A Search for Meaning Using a Purposeful Sampling Approach by Amy Jersild Read More »