Hello to fellow evaluators around the world! We are Chhork Boeurng and Ihor Matviichuk, monitoring and evaluation managers for Pact. We work on two different projects located in Cambodia and Ukraine, both of which work to strengthen civic engagement. As citizens of each of our project countries, we are acutely aware of the limited space …
(Spanish version) Hi, I’m Liz Cortez, Associate Director of the Mission Promise Neighborhood (MPN) Initiative at the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) in the Mission District of San Francisco, CA. My career has always focused on advancing social justice by working with communities of color to improve outcomes in financial stability and education. I am …
I have said it before, and it is worth saying again. Especially now. Every single one of us is biased. My name is Didi Cross, and I have been involved in science evaluation for nearly ten years, including supporting the NIH and NSF in the United States, and funders and universities in the EU, UK, …
RTD TIG Week: Bias – It’s Still Here by Didi Cross Read More »
Hello! I am Asher Beckwitt, Research and Evaluation Project Director with Ripple Effect, and I have expertise in qualitative methods including interviews, focus groups, and content analysis. Hi! I am Alexis (Lex) Helsel, Lead Program Evaluator with Ripple Effect, and I have extensive experience in quantitative methods including survey design and analysis, administrative data analyses, …
I’m Gretchen Jordan, a long-time advocate of logic modeling. I do logic models on weekends for fun. My almost 30 years of work as an evaluator of government-funded science, technology, and innovation programs has convinced me that the big questions we are asked to answer require us to move toward use of agreed upon logical …
We are Jennifer (Jenny) Cohen (Evaluation Capacity-Building) and Batya Kallus (Israel Director) at the Social Venture Fund for Jewish-Arab Equality and Shared Society. Lessons Learned: Learning and evaluation at non-profit organizations, as many of us know, often take a backseat during times of crisis. Many evaluators and foundation professionals committed to organizational learning of us …
Adaptive Capacity Assessment in Times of Corona by Jennifer Cohen & Batya Kallus Read More »
I’m Melissa Jennings, and I work in the Division of Laboratory Systems in the Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in Atlanta, Georgia. I’m excited to share a new resource from the CDC that includes open-access materials for evaluating how guidelines are applied in public …
Hi! I’m Chad E. Kee, Ph.D., CEO and Founder of WhitworthKee Consulting, LLC. The COVID-19 pandemic and police brutality leading to the death of yet another Black person, George Floyd, are highlighting—yet again—systemic racism that exists in our society. As a Black male, I am disturbed by the current state of our society and find …
IC TIG Week: Evaluation as a Tool for Social Justice by Chad E. Kee Read More »
My name is Martha Brown, President of RJAE Consulting. Evaluators are often called to use our power and privilege to advance a more equitable society by “converting, illuminating, and overtly identifying racist policies and practices” (Bledsoe, 2018, p. 512). Being a white woman, I take this calling seriously and wrestle with the question, “What does …
SEA Affiliate Week: Illuminating Racism During Evaluation by Dr. Martha Brown Read More »
Hello! My name is Teresa McCaffrey and I am the Director of Research and Evaluation at the Educational Partnership Center (EPC) at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The EPC consists of 10 programs, working with over 11,000 underserved middle and high school students each year. Housing multiple programs with similar goals provided us with …
Guiding Collective Impact through Evaluation by Teresa McCaffrey Read More »
