I am Sonia Baron, a recent MA graduate of Research and Evaluation Methods at Boston College and an incoming Ph.D. student in Evaluation and Applied research methods at Claremont Graduate University. Regional evaluations are resource-intensive endeavors with the task of balancing the interests of each individual sector, all while creating a deliverable that is true …
Hello! My name is Dana Linnell (formerly Dana Wanzer). Along with my colleagues Esther Nolton, Michael Harnar, Seema Mahato, and Travis R. Moore, we are going to share information about research on evaluation (RoE) presented at the American Evaluation Association conference. For context, here is the definition of RoE that guided our work: “Any purposeful, …
Hi AEA365 readers! We are Anjie Rosga and Caitlin Stanton with Informing Change, a strategic learning and evaluation firm based in Berkeley, California. We are excited to kick off Data Ethics Week with a simple question: what is data ethics? In a nutshell, according to the Open Data Institute, it’s “a branch of ethics that …
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Thank you for pausing during your busy day to read this post, I’m Michelle DiStefano. I am fortunate and humbled to combine my passions and work as the Community Research Associate Director for the Pace Center for Girls (Pace) in Jacksonville, FL. Pace believes in creating a just and equitable future where the young women we serve have power.
Hi, everyone. This is Bethany Laursen, independent consultant with Laursen Evaluation & Design, LLC, and Assistant Dean in the Graduate School at Michigan State University; Nicole Motzer, Director of Research Development at Montana State University; and Kelly Anderson, Research Scientist at the National Institute of Standards & Technology. Interdisciplinarity (ID) is all the rage in …
Hello again! We are Marshall Bailly, Executive Director of Leadership Initiatives and Assetou Barry, Regional Design Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Lead at the National Democratic Institute. We regularly serve as supervisors for students engaged in practicum coursework as part of American University’s Measurement and Evaluation Program. We are here today with Professor Beverly Peters; and …
Hello. We are Mingyu Feng and Kelly Collins with WestEd’s Learning and Technology group. Mingyu is a Senior Research Associate who directs several Institute of Education Sciences, National Science Foundation, and Education Innovation and Research funded experimental studies. Kelly is a Research Associate who is a pro in data manipulation and analysis. There is no …
Hi everyone! We are Tosha Shanableh, a University of New Orleans (UNO) MPA candidate, Professor Steve Mumford, also from UNO, and Andrew Holbein, Director of Resources and Data at VIA LINK. Our research partnership focuses on assessing community needs by utilizing VIA LINK’s 211 call data and resource database.
Hi everyone, my name is Shuli Rank and I’m a Research and Evaluation Associate at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). WCS runs the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, New York Aquarium, Prospect Park Zoo, and Queens Zoo, and conducts local and global conservation and research around the world. I study the impacts of visits to …
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Hi, we are Djosy Charles, Leon Moraes, and Lisa Melchior from The Measurement Group LLC, a consulting firm focused on evaluating health, behavioral health, and social services for at-risk and vulnerable populations. We would like to share some thoughts about the Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework, which we recently found useful in the context of …
