Hi, my name is Brian Hoessler and I’m a consultant who works with community-based organizations to build their capacity to make change. Previously, I worked in the non-profit sector in Ontario, most recently as a researcher at Kingston Community Health Centres for two projects including a support program for high school students called Pathways to …
I’m Tara Gregory, Research and Evaluation Coordinator for Wichita State University’s Center for Community Support and Research (CCSR). CCSR works with non-profit, community and faith-based organizations across Kansas and was originally supported through the Community Psychology graduate program at Wichita State University. Many of our staff members, myself included, are graduates of this program so …
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Hi aea365ers! Susan Staggs here. I’m an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin – Stout, coordinator of an online graduate certificate program in Evaluation Studies, and incoming Program Director of our Master’s in Applied Psychology program, which includes a concentration in Evaluation Research. I write today on behalf of the American Evaluation …
My name is Sadish Dhakal and I work as the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at the dZi foundation. We currently work in two districts in Nepal, south of Mt. Everest. Today, I am going to share something I learned during the evaluation of an income generation program in these two areas. The income generation program …
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My name is Susan Kistler. I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regularly Saturday contributor. Back in September, I wrote about the emergence of huge, free, online courses – some of them taught by leading-edge thinkers in a particular field. I noted that I’d need to wait until winter to enroll in …
Hello, my name is Karen Anderson and I’m AEA’s Diversity Coordinator Intern. I’m sure you’ve noticed from previous posts during the Cultural Competence Statement week that the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group was pretty busy during the 2012 Annual Conference this year in Minneapolis. Not only was the Working …
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Hello, we’re Dominica McBride and Leah Neubauer, members of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence Dissemination Working Group. At AEA 2012, we participated in the brownbag session Critically Reflecting and Thinking about Cultural Competence in Your Evaluation Practice. We’d like to share some of the great insights generated from this session. In this session, …
I am Jenny Jones, member of AEA’s Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation (the Statement) Dissemination Working Group. Over the past five years, AEA has honored Asa G. Hilliard’s legacy through an annual Think Tank. The Fifth Annual Asa G. Hilliard III Think Tank on Relational Ecosystems explored how professional roles and relationships can …
I am Melanie Hwalek, CEO of SPEC Associates and a member of AEA’s Cultural Competence Statement Dissemination Core Workgroup. My focus within the Workgroup is to help identify ways to disseminate the Statement and integrate its contents into evaluation policy. AEA’s Think Tank: Adoption of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation: Moving …
My name is Cindy Crusto, and I am an associate professor at Yale University School of Medicine and chair of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. Today, I summarize and reflect on the Hindsight is 20/20: Reflecting on Missed Opportunities, Missteps, and Successes in Attending to Culture and Context …
