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American Journal of Evaluation Week: AJE’s Managing Editor Discusses Why & How to be a Journal Reviewer by Shannon Hitchcock

Greetings current or future journal reviewers! My name is Shannon Hitchcock, PhD (she/her/hers) and I am a quantitative sociologist, public health evaluator, and, since February 2023, the Managing Editor of the American Journal of Evaluation. I am here to, hopefully, encourage you to become an active reviewer for AJE, if not already! The content of …

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Meet The Team: Senior Membership and Operations Manager, Zachary Grays

My name is Zachary Grays and I am the Senior Membership and Operations Manager here at the American Evaluation Association (AEA). AEA plays an important part in shaping the career journey and identity of our approximately 5,0000 members as their professional home. At the core of the AEA member community are our Topical Interest Groups (TIGs), exclusive member communities defined around a special topic or interest whereby the knowledge, experience, and skills of each member can become a resource that the entire community can leverage. I LOVE our TIGs! And here is the simple reason why you should too: TIGs are the way to find your people.

Meet The Team: Membership and Operations Senior Associate, Kutia Swinney

Hey there. It is my pleasure to introduce myself as Kutia Swinney, the Membership & Operations Sr. Associate at the American Evaluation Association (AEA). In my role, I support, expand, and promote AEA’s programs which include the Graduate Education Diversity Internship, Minority Serving Institution Fellowship, and Student Evaluation Case Competition. Future evaluation leaders are shaped …

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Meet The Team: Elizabeth Grim, AEA365’s Curator

Greetings, evaluation friends! Elizabeth Grim here. Founder of Elizabeth Grim Consulting and Curator of AEA365. I blend learning, evaluation, and strategy to support purpose-driven organizations in making bold decisions with data through intentional inquiry, meaningful measurement, and sustainable solutions.

Meet The Team: Elizabeth DiLuzio, AEA365’s Lead Curator

Hello, evaluation community! Liz DiLuzio here, Lead Curator of the blog. This week, we’re taking the opportunity to pull back the curtain at the American Evaluation Association (AEA), giving you an opportunity to get to know the staff a bit better. You’ve likely seen my name around the blog and, if you’ve emailed aea365@eval.org in …

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Meet The Team: Let’s Play ‘Guess Who’ by Elizabeth DiLuzio and Elizabeth Grim

Hi everyone! AEA365 Lead Curator Elizabeth DiLuzio and Curator Elizabeth Grim here with a Guess Who style game for you. We have a sneaking suspicion that the two curators of AEA365 both being named Elizabeth might have confused a few folks over the years. So, in today’s post, we’re going to play a game of …

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SIM TIG Week: Unintended Consequences of Impact by Andrea Nelson Trice

Hi! I’m Shubha Kumar, and I’m an associate professor of global health at the University of Southern California (USC) and a consultant passionate about impact measurement and management.  Over the past couple of years, I’ve been working with my colleagues Sara Olsen and Aaron Mallett at SVT Group, an impact advisory firm, and Saji Prelis, Director, Children and Youth Programmes at Search for Common Ground and co-chair of the Global Coalition on Youth, Peace & Security (YPS), to explore how we can measure the impact of peacebuilding programming and inform investments in this space. 

SIM TIG Week: Social Return on Investment (SROI) as an Evaluation Framework for Localization by Shubha Kumar

Hi! I’m Shubha Kumar, and I’m an associate professor of global health at the University of Southern California (USC) and a consultant passionate about impact measurement and management.  Over the past couple of years, I’ve been working with my colleagues Sara Olsen and Aaron Mallett at SVT Group, an impact advisory firm, and Saji Prelis, Director, Children and Youth Programmes at Search for Common Ground and co-chair of the Global Coalition on Youth, Peace & Security (YPS), to explore how we can measure the impact of peacebuilding programming and inform investments in this space.