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AKEN Affiliate Week: on Inclusion of Individuals with Disabilities in Disabilities Research, Evaluation and Surveillance Teams by Tasha Boyer, Tamara Douglas, Vanessa Hiratsuka, and Nathan Rabang

We are Tasha Boyer, Tamara Douglas, Vanessa Hiratsuka, and Nathan Rabang, research and evaluation staff at the Center for Human Development at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Our center’s mission is to improve the quality of lives for people who experience disabilities and their families, across the lifespan, through interdisciplinary training, technical assistance, exemplary service …

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Decolonizing Evaluation Week: Changing the Future: The Transformative Potential of Decolonized Foresight Practices by Jewlya Lynn and Jen Heeg

Hello friends. I’m Jewlya Lynn, a systems change strategist and evaluator, and I’m Jen Heeg, a researcher and evaluator at the intersection of complexity and equity. We’re here today to continue a conversation we entered at the 2020 AEA conference, and continued in this blog. If you missed the previous parts, here’s the straightforward premise:  …

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LGBT TIG Week: Shining a light on LGBTQ+ professionals in STEM by Veronica S. Smith

I am Veronica S. Smith, founder and lead scientist of data2insight, a culturally responsive measurement, evaluation, and assessment firm with team members across the United States. I am also a 52-year-old white, bisexual, cisgender woman who has been educated, trained, and working in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professions for 30 years. Because of …

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Being an AEA365 Sponsored Weeks Archaeologist! by Sheila B Robinson

Hello! Sheila B. Robinson here, aea365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. I composed the original version of post in 2013, but feel it deserves another go and an update as I’m feverishly queuing up more fabulous sponsored weeks for summer. Hot Tip: Leave no stone unturned! In other words, don’t skip entire weeks. You can learn a lot …

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LAWG Week: Evaluation Firms: Let’s Hire Youth! by Katie Fritz Fogel and Selam Tilahun

Hello! We’re Katie Fritz Fogel and Selam Tilahun, Research Associates at Rainbow Research, a nonprofit evaluation and applied community research firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Flipping the Script: White Privilege and Community Building, Sally Leiderman challenges evaluators to imagine “What would anti-racist evaluation look like?” We see evaluation as one tool for anti-racist community building …

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ICCE TIG Week: Learning from Evaluation around the Globe: International Travel Awardees by Xiaoxia Newton

Hi, I’m Xiaoxia Newton, co-Chair of ICCE and an Associate Professor at College of Education, UMass Lowell. I’m happy to promote our international awardees’ sessions and encourage you to attend their presentations. Our awardees spanning three continents (Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa). Hot Tip: Enhance the quality of evaluation work through capacity building among …

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Large Scale Eval Week: Erin M. Liang, Mark M. Holske, and Humberto Reynoso-Vallejo on Using GIS Maps Based on Census Data as a Proxy for Race/Ethnicity and Other Missing Variables When Using Administrative Data

Hello, Erin M. Liang, Mark M. Holske, and Humberto Reynoso-Vallejo here, members of the research team evaluating the Health Care Cost Containment law (Chapter 224) from the Office of the State Auditor. Using administrative data with a significant number of missing key variables (e.g. race/ethnicity) can be challenging in trying to answer specific evaluation questions. …

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Large Scale Eval Week: Erin M. Liang and Mark M. Holske on Strategies for Securing Data for Large and Complex Evaluation Projects

Hello – Erin M. Liang and Mark M. Holske here, members of the research team evaluating the Health Care Cost Containment Law (Chapter 224) from the Office of the State Auditor in Massachusetts. Large evaluation projects dealing with complex research questions may require several sources of data. Securing data becomes one of the most important and …

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LGBT Week: Cary Johnson and Efrain Gutierrez on Evaluating Advocacy Efforts to Promote LGBT Human Rights Around the World

Hello! We’re Cary Johnson, Executive Director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Efrain Gutierrez, Associate at FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm, and Co-leader of the LGBT TIG. We want to share with you some initial lessons learned and resources we have found since IGLHRC engaged with FSG in the development …

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Letting Go of Perfectionism by Lisa Danielson Gierach & Katie Winters

Greetings! We are Lisa Danielson Gierach and Katie Winters, independent evaluation consultants. As white practitioners committed to dismantling racism, we have become peer supports to each other by sharing resources, talking through missteps, and holding each other accountable. Here we share two examples of our missteps with BIPOC* communities we supported each other through. Lisa’s …

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