Hi, my name is Rhodri Dierst-Davies, an evaluation specialist with Deloitte Consulting LLP working out of our Government & Public Services (GPS) practice. I am also the Program Chair of the Military and Veteran Evaluation (MVE) Topical Interest Group (TIG). This TIG was founded to raise awareness and promote greater use of AEA guiding principles …
Hi again! I’m Sara Vaca, independent evaluation consultant and one of the frequent contributors to Saturday posts in this blog. As a newbie in academic circles (I started writing 5 years ago, shortly after started evaluating), I am going to share my thoughts about bibliography sections, both as an author and as a reader. Basically, …
Making Bibliography Sections More User-Friendly by Sara Vaca Read More »
I’m Nora Murphy Johnson, CEO of Inspire to Change. In my role as co-curator of this week’s post on the labor of evaluation, I dug deep into Robert Ingle Service Award archives. What did I learn? I learned that the evaluation profession is shaped by members who hold a vision for what evaluation could be, …
I’m Nora Murphy Johnson, co-curator of this week’s posts. I’m honored to be highlighting Rodney Hopson who received the Robert Ingle Service Award in 2010 for his leadership on diversity issues and for his role in developing the AEA’s Graduate Education Diversity Internship program (GEDI). Two of his former students to share what his service …
Labor Day Week: Rodney Hopson: Teacher, Mentor, Learner by Nora Murphy Johnson Read More »
My name is Jean King, Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota. I was honored with the Robert Ingle Service Award in 1999 for my work organizing and running AEA’s annual meetings; I was Local Arrangements Chair in 1988, then served as Associate Conference Chair (1992-1995) and Conference Chair (1996-1999). I continued to serve, first …
Labor Day Week: Tales from the Ingle Award Files by Jean A. King Read More »
My name is Stephanie Evergreen and Dr. Nicole Bowman has changed my experience as a member of AEA. She’s changed yours, too, even if you don’t know it. Dr. Nicole Bowman, the 2018 Robert Ingle AEA Service Award recipient, has worked publicly and behind the scenes to push evaluators to grow their cultural competency, specifically and critically …
I am Donna Mertens, recipient of the Robert Ingle Service Award in 2004 and the Lazarsfeld Theory Award in 2009. I was president of AEA in 1998 when the AEA conference theme was Transforming Society Through Evaluation. Shortly before that, AEA had contracted with a company that managed professional associations to plan conferences, process membership …
Labor Day Week: Saving AEA in 1998 by Donna Mertens Read More »
My name is Michael Quinn Patton, a former AEA President. In conjunction with the Labor Day holiday, Nora Murphy Johnson and I are curating a week of AEA365 contributions featuring some of those who have labored conscientiously and with distinction on behalf of the evaluation profession. As context, let’s look at the origins of Labor Day …
Hello loyal readers! I’m Sheila B Robinson, AEA365’s Lead Curator, sometimes Saturday contributor, and avid conference-goer. Yep, I’m one of those people who would attend conferences every week if I could. I love connecting with other evaluators, learning new skills and approaches, presenting my work, and the overall experience of being in a space with …
My name is A. Rafael Johnson, Director of Creative Evaluation and Engagement, an initiative of Inspire to Change. I’m a novelist, and I’d like to tell you a story of how I came to be an evaluator without training as an evaluator. In 2010 I taught yoga to a blind orphan in Liberia. I’d arrived as a …
