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Sheila B. Robinson on “Ancora Imparo Valutazione” (I am still learning evaluation)!

Leave a Comment / Teaching of Evaluation / August 31, 2013

Hello! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Leader Volunteer Curator. I teach Program Evaluation Methods at University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education, and am a grant coordinator for Greece Central School District in Rochester, NY. In my spare time, I read, learn and blog about evaluation, and it’s no exaggeration to say I never come …

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CP TIG Week: Melissa Strompolis and Suzanne Sutphin on Measuring Well-Being in Child Welfare

1 Comment / Community Psychology / August 30, 2013

Hi!  We are Melissa Strompolis and Suzanne Sutphin.  Melissa is a Research Associate at the Center for Child and Family Studies (CCFS) in the College of Social Work at The University of South Carolina.  Suzanne is a Research Assistant Professor at CCFS.  We are both evaluators of South Carolina’s Child and Family Services Review (CFSR).  …

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CP TIG Week: Nidal Karim on Innovating for Gender Transformative M&E

1 Comment / Community Psychology / August 29, 2013

Greetings! I am Nidal Karim, Gender and Empowerment Impact Measurement Sr. Advisor at CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. The promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment defines CARE’s programs worldwide. This means, on a daily basis, I have to think about how to pursue meaning and justice in monitoring & evaluation (M&E) …

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CP TIG Week: Susan Wolfe on Presenting Data on Health Disparities

Leave a Comment / Community Psychology, Health Evaluation / August 28, 2013

My name is Susan Wolfe and I am the owner of Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC, a consulting firm that applies Community Psychology principles to strengthening organizations and communities.  Most of the evaluation work I do is with federally funded Healthy Start programs that are working to reduce disparities in infant mortality rates. According to …

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CP TIG Week: Helen Singer, Sally Thigpen, and Natalie Wilkins on Understanding Evidence: CDC’s Interactive Tool to Support Evidence-Based Decision Making

Leave a Comment / Community Psychology / August 27, 2013

Greetings! We are Helen Singer, Sally Thigpen, and Natalie Wilkins from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We are excited to share with you a new tool developed in CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention called Understanding Evidence. Understanding Evidenceis an interactive web resource that supports public health practitioners in making evidence-informed decisions around …

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CP TIG Week: Tara Gregory and Bailey Blair on Using Qualitative Data as a Catalyst for Youth Empowerment

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Community Psychology, Youth Focused Evaluation / August 26, 2013

We’re Tara Gregory, Director of Research and Evaluation, and Bailey Blair, Youth Leadership in Kansas Program Associate, at Wichita State University’s Center for Community Support and Research (CCSR).  CCSR was awarded a grant last year by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to provide technical assistance and research services to leadership groups for …

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CP TIG Week: Theresa Armstead on Representing Values in Evaluation Practice: A Balancing Act

Leave a Comment / Community Psychology / August 25, 2013

I am Theresa Armstead, a behavioral scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. I am a co-chair for the Community Psychology Topical Interest Group.   This week’s theme is Pursuing Meaning, Justice, and Well-Being in 21st Century Evaluation Practice. The theme is a blend of …

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Dan McDonnell on Two Ways to Evaluate Mobile on Your Website

Leave a Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting, Integrating Technology into Evaluation / April 7, 2014

My name is Dan McDonnell, and I am a Community Manager at the American Evaluation Association. For many people (myself included), the smartphone has become an extension of ourselves. We use our ‘third limb’ for nearly everything these days: from accessing news on our RSS feeds, to checking banking statements, to finding the perfect sushi …

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DOVP Week: June Gothberg on Involving Vulnerable Populations in Evaluation and Research

3 Comments / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation, Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / August 23, 2013

Greetings, I am June Gothberg, incoming Director of the Michigan Transition Outcomes Project and past co-chair of the Disabilities and Other Vulnerable Populations topical interest group at AEA.  I hope you’ve enjoyed a great week of information specific to projects involving these populations.  As a wrap up I thought I’d end with broad information on …

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DOVP Week: Anne Chamberlain on Logging your Evaluation Moves

Leave a Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting, Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations / August 22, 2013

I am Anne Chamberlain, and I am a Senior Research Associate at IMPAQ International, a rapidly-growing social-science research and evaluation firm serving clients in the areas of health; labor and human services; education; survey research; and international development. Recently we have been broadening our experience in researching barriers faced by people with disabilities (PWD), and …

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