Hi. I am David Fetterman. I am the president of Fetterman & Associates, an international evaluation firm. I am also the past-president of the American Evaluation Association and a co-chair of the Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation TIG (with Liliana Rodríguez). I am the recipient of the Myrdal Award for Practice, the Lazarsfeld Award for Theory, and the Evaluation Advocacy and Use Award. I am also the founder of empowerment evaluation.

Hi! I am Gideon Eduah, a doctoral student from Tennessee Tech University, and I work with a group of interdisciplinary collaborators affiliated with the Center for Assessment & Improvement of Learning at Tennessee Tech and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness at Tallahassee Community College (TCC).

Together, we have facilitated ten professional development critical thinking workshops with three two-year and two four-year universities centered on assessment practices in higher education. Leveraging either the Critical thinking Assessment Test (CAT) or the American Association for Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Critical Thinking VALUE rubric, these workshops intended to help guide and support faculty as they navigate instructional pivots relating to student assessment and evaluation. These workshops have been in face-to-face, virtual, and hybrid settings, with faculty from multiple disciplines.

Hi there! My name is Kristen Quinlan. I’m a Senior Research Scientist at the Education Development Center (EDC). As part of this role, I support the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance), which is a public-private partnership charged with supporting the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and the Surgeon General’s Call to Action on Suicide Prevention.

Hello learned readers and evaluation enthusiasts, a warm welcome to my blog post for AEA conference. Let me introduce myself. I am Dr Saeed Ahmad from Pakistan. I am public health specialist with focus on monitoring and evaluation on public health projects. My area of work revolves around US led Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) implementation in Pakistan for better health for all. This blog post is related to my monitoring and evaluation of GHSA in militancy hit areas of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan. In the realm of global health security, few regions pose as significant challenges as the militancy-hit areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. These areas are not only afflicted by violence and conflict but also face unique socio-cultural and religious barriers that affect public health interventions. As a dedicated Health Emergency Management Consultant with extensive experience in public health, disease surveillance, and capacity building, I embarked on a groundbreaking project to evaluate US-CDC led Global Health Security indicators and polio programs in these troubled territories. In this blog, we will delve into the innovative approach employed, the invaluable lessons learned, and the implications of this work for policy makers, stakeholders, and similar conflict-affected regions around the world.

Greetings, fellow evaluators! We are members of the Blue Marble Evaluation Network, a global group engaged in asking questions about the future of our Earth and evaluation’s role in supporting a future that is just and regenerative. The Blue Marble refers to the view of Earth from space, an image of our shared planetary home without borders, boundaries, or divisions.
At the 2019 annual conference of the American Evaluation Association, ARCevaluation of Menomonie, Wisconsin (now Catalyst), sponsored a poetry contest. The winning entry, shown below, was submitted by Evgenia Valuy.

Hi! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, Ed.D. of Custom Professional Learning, LLC. I’m a speaker, educator, consultant, and yes, a program evaluator too!

In my first career as an educator, I dedicated years to co-teaching and coaching/mentoring teachers. I was intrigued by teachers who possessed a talent for engaging students. Was it their lively personalities, raw charisma, carefully crafted lesson plans, or the particular activities the students were doing that made the difference? I began observing closely and taking notes. As I transitioned from the classroom to the conference room creating and facilitating professional development courses for teachers and school leaders, the answer became clear: it’s all of the above!

Hi, I’m Kim Norris, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director for American Institutes for Research (AIR)’s International Development Division. Part of my role is to lead a MEL practice. As part of our initial strategy, our practice team determined to focus on localizing our work. For us this means we seek out ways to increase local partnering and leadership in and around MEL efforts – from business development to MEL direction and execution. This involves local team leadership, capacity strengthening and engagement on local terms.