I’m Ryan Watkins and I am a professor at George Washington University Among other things, I maintain the needs assessment website www.needsassessment.org – which collects many needs assessment resources for you.
Hi! My name is Madhawa “Mads” Palihapitiya. I am an evaluator, researcher, and lecturer at UMass Boston and the Principal Investigator on an evaluation of a set of mediation programs aiming to increase access to justice in Massachusetts. I’m sharing information on how to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in assessing needs and assets.
Hi AEA members! My name is Shannon Sharp, and I am an Evaluation Associate at the University of Mississippi’s Center for Research Evaluation (CERE). I have worked at this University-Based Evaluation center (UBC) for seven years, and in that time, I have come to realize that there are benefits—both professional and personal—to working within a university system that are often not available when working in other sectors.
Greetings! We are Vivana Rodriguez & Brian Yates, the new Economic Evaluation Section editors for AJE. After introducing ourselves, this AEA365 blogpost shares our first call for submissions and more!
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.
Hi, I’m Seth Tucker, an Evaluation Analyst at TCC Group.
Hello! My name is Carl Westine and I am an associate professor of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I’m also the new Section Editor for Experimental Methodology with the American Journal of Evaluation (AJE). Today I want to call your attention to some scope refreshing regarding this section …
¡Hola! Salam aleikoum! Salut!, Bozho! Olá! Osiyo! Wilujeng enjing! Sawubona! My name is Brandon Youker and I am the founding director of the Evaluation Lab, which is housed in The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Evaluation Lab employs undergraduate and graduate students to design and conduct evaluations with Kalamazoo area public …
Hello! I’m Lori Wingate, the executive director of The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University (WMU). This week of AEA365 celebrates The Evaluation Center’s 50 years at WMU. In this blog, I share a bit of the center’s history and factors I believe have contributed to our success and sustainability, mainly for the benefit of …
Hi! We are Matt Feldmann and Sam Robison, and we are here to provide you with some context for what it is like to lead an evaluation practice and/or a university based research center that serves higher education clients. Matt owns and operates Goshen Consulting, a small independent consulting firm in Edwardsville, Illinois. Sam is an Associate Professor of Research in the Social Research and Evaluation Center at LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana—note that I am not the director of our center, though I work closely with her and hope to have something useful to provide to this conversation!
