Hello Everyone! My name is Omodolapo Ojo, I am a doctoral candidate at the Department of Educational Research Methodology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. My research work and hands-on practices focused on investigating equity and inclusion in evaluation efforts. Specifically, I adopt systems thinking principles in my work and would like to share …
Hello! We’re Katie Winters and Beverly Parsons. We are two systems-oriented evaluators with a cumulative 60+ years of evaluation experience spanning education, public health, and environmental sustainability. Evaluation’s orthodoxies are grounded in empiricism. That which can be perceived with the 5 senses is deemed legitimate in the dominant western worldview. If you can see, smell, …
We are Tanushree Banerjee, doctoral student in the Research, Assessment and Evaluation concentration and Dr. Lisa Abrams, a Professor of Research, Assessment, and Evaluation in the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. We are part of a research team working to evaluate the implementation and outcomes of a teacher residency program (TRP). In Virginia, …
I’m Mari Gasiorowicz; I am an internal evaluator, and I lead capacity-building for Systems Thinking at Public Health Madison & Dane County, Wisconsin. Over the last 35 years, I have also worked in state government, international development, and consulting. My current focus is on Systems Thinking—seeing the big picture and focusing on interactions as much …
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Hi! My name is Jan Noga, one of the founding members of the Systems in Evaluation TIG (SETIG) and one of its first program co-chairs (with Bob Williams). Evaluation 2024 marked the 20th anniversary of the SETIG. Returning to Portland after 18 years marked another major landmark for the TIG – our first full conference …
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Hi! We are the outgoing co-chairs of the American Evaluation Association Systems in Evaluation Topical Interest Group (SETIG). I’m Hayat Askar, an evaluator from the MENA region, actively engaged in international evaluation work. I have worked in both international development and government—two distinct but connected systems—and I believe evaluation has a unifying role, bridging differences …
My name is Jacques P. Lesure and I am a member of GEDI 19 (CREEators) and a Peer Navigator for GEDI 20. I now hold a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. For the last two years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with teams across the National Science Foundation, primarily …
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My name is Priyanka Kohli, and I am passionate about bringing technology, program management, and public health together to enable healthy lives for children experiencing poverty. Hot Tips The American Evaluation Association is hosting Graduate Education Diversity Internship (GEDI) Program week. The contributions all this week to AEA365 come from AEA’s GEDI Program and its …
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My name is Alfred Rodriguez, and I am a graduate student at UIC in the PhD program of Community Psychology and Applied Developmental Psychology. Today, I want to share my journey of discovering my strengths and leaning into what truly drives my research and career interests. When I began the GEDI program, I grappled with …
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Hi! My name is Leiny Yesenia Garcia and I want to share that navigating the complexities of Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation (CREE) requires a deep understanding of the subject area and a dedication to inclusivity. Reflecting on my journey into applying CREE within early childhood education (ECE)—a field initially unfamiliar to me—I’ve gathered some …
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