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Memorial Week in Evaluation: On the Disappearance of Political Moderates by Eleanor Chelimsky

My name is Eleanor Chelimsky and my work has generally involved defining the multiple roles of evaluation, moving it into new areas, and assuring its credibility and utilization in policymaking. I also served as president of AEA. The loss I mourn most, these days, is that of the political moderate (also known as the intellectual …

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Memorial Week in Evaluation: Memorializing Language by Michael Quinn Patton

I’m Michael Quinn Patton, an independent evaluation scientist.  Last year for the Memorial Day holiday in the USA, AEA365 featured a series remembering and celebrating the contributions of distinguished evaluators no longer with us. This year we thought we’d memorialize obsolete and problematic evaluation terminology. I invited colleagues to consider memorializing outdated concepts, dubious terms, …

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Memorial Week: Charmagne Campbell-Patton on Remembering Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Alva and Gunnar Myrdal, Pioneers in Evaluation Research

This is final post in the series remembering and honoring evaluation pioneers in conjunction with Memorial Day in the USA (May 30). My name is Charmagne Campbell-Patton and I am an independent evaluation consultant. Last year was my first time attending the AEA annual conference including the Awards luncheon. I realized that I didn’t know …

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Memorial Week: Michael Quinn Patton on Remembering U.S. General Accounting Office’s (GAO) Program Evaluation and Methodology Division (PEMD).

This is part of a series remembering and honoring evaluation pioneers in conjunction with Memorial Day in the USA (May 30). My name is Michael Quinn Patton of Utilization-Focused Evaluation. I have been engaged in evaluation for five decades and from that ancient perspective I have been coordinating and editing this AEA365 In Memoriam series. …

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Memorial Week: Eleanor Chelimsky on Remembering Lee Sechrest (1929-2015), Evaluation Methodology Pioneer

This is part of a series remembering and honoring evaluation pioneers in conjunction with Memorial Day in the USA (May 30). My name is Eleanor Chelimsky and my work has generally involved defining the multiple roles of evaluation, moving it into new areas, and assuring its credibility and utilization in policymaking. I also served as …

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Memorial Week: Laura Leviton on Remembering Will Shadish (1949-2016) Evaluation Theory Pioneer

This is part of a series remembering and honoring evaluation pioneers in conjunction with Memorial Day in the USA (May 30). My name is Laura Leviton, Senior Adviser for Evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and former AEA president, as was Will Shadish. Will was a national treasure for evaluation, research methods, and mental …

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Memorial Week: Sharon Rallis on Remembering Carol H. Weiss (1927-2013), Pioneer in Evaluation Use and Politics

This is part of a series remembering and honoring evaluation pioneers in conjunction with Memorial Day in the USA on May 30. My name is Sharon Rallis, a former AEA President and current editor of the American Journal of Evaluation. Carol Weiss was my advisor and teacher; she taught me how evaluation can be used …

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Memorial Week: Michael Quinn Patton on Remembering and Honoring Evaluation’s Pioneers

I am Michael Quinn Patton of Utilization-Focused Evaluation and former AEA president. I have coordinated and edited two weeks of AEA365 contributions from distinguished evaluation colleagues remembering and honoring select evaluation pioneers who made enduring contributions to the emergence of our field. Today we pause in this In Memoriam series to take an evaluation look …

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Memorial Week: Jean King on Remembering Bob Ingle (1926-1998), Pioneer in establishing the annual AEA conference

This is part of a series remembering and honoring evaluation pioneers leading up to Memorial Day in the USA (May 30). I am Jean King, professor at the University of Minnesota and, like my colleague John McLaughlin, who collaborated with me on this In Memoriam, an original AEA member. I met Bob Ingle for the …

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Memorial Week: Sharon Rallis on Remembering Kathy Bolland (1950-2015), Pioneer in Service to AEA

This is part of a series remembering and honoring evaluation pioneers leading up to Memorial Day in the USA on May 30. My name is Sharon, a former AEA President and editor of the American Journal of Evaluation. Kathy Bolland contributed enormously to the evaluation field generally and AEA specifically. She contributed nearly 30 years …

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