I’m Lisa Yeager, a program manager/business person at a leading cancer research center by day, with 10+ years moonlighting as an environmental educator. Recently, I joined forces with colleagues from the Applied Improvisation Network to form the Yes and Nature Collaborative and the Climate Conversations project. The collaborative brings together an interdisciplinary team working on …

Environmental Program Evaluation TIG Week: Building Stronger Climate Resilience – One Conversation at a Time by Lisa Yeager Read More »

Hey everyone! I’m Greta Landis (she / her), an Evaluation Specialist based in Teejop (Madison, Wisconsin) at the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Program Co-Chair of the Environmental Program Evaluation TIG. My work is informed by Dr. Michael Quinn Patton’s ‘principles-focused evaluation’ approach, which provides a set of strategies to develop …

Environmental Program Evaluation TIG Week: Principles in Practice: Using Mixed Methods Measurements for Principles-focused Evaluation in Agroecosystems Research by Greta Landis Read More »

Hello!  I’m Kristi Lekies, Associate Professor in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University where my position includes teaching, research on human-nature interactions across the life span, and evaluation.  I’ve been an evaluator for over 25 years and have worked on projects focused on early childhood education, afterschool programs, foster …

Environmental Program Evaluation TIG Week: Ideas for a Sustainable and Eco-Centered Evaluation Practice by Kristi Lekies Read More »

Hi, my name is Caitlyn Leary. I am a first-year Master of Public Policy student at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, where I am pursuing a degree concentration in Energy and Environmental Policy.  In my experience, the study of public policy focuses heavily on the beginning of the policy cycle developed by Eóin Young and …

Environmental Program Evaluation TIG Week: The Need for Evaluation in Environmental Public Policy Curriculum by Caitlyn Leary Read More »

Happy Earth Week! We are Dr. Megan Ennes, Assistant Curator of Museum Education at the Florida Museum of Natural History and head of the Museum Education Research Group (MERG); Melanie Giangreco, evaluator, MERG team member, and graduate student at the University of Florida; and Dr. Rupu Gupta, Owner of Rupu Gupta Consulting and Program Chair …

Environmental Program Evaluation TIG Week: Putting Assets-based Approaches into Action in Environmental Education Evaluation by Melanie Giangreco, Megan Ennes, and Rupu Gupta Read More »

Howdy! I’m Dawn Valentine, founder of the Variable Scoop. I would like to share how photovoice can support community-based initiatives for environmental justice with health outcomes. We use tools that empower people who are typically excluded from decision-making processes and education to raise awareness of social and environmental issues. In addressing environmental injustice and environmental …

Environmental Program Evaluation TIG Week: Using Photovoice to Promote Healthy Equity in Environmental Justice by Dawn Valentine Read More »

Hello! We are Evan Kuras (he/him), Evaluation Consultant with MXM Research Group, and Rupu Gupta (she/her), Owner of Rupu Gupta Consulting and Program Chair of AEA’s Environmental Program Evaluation (EPE) TIG. We’re celebrating Earth Week by reflecting on what it takes for everyone to steward a healthy planet through evaluation! Equity is foundational for evaluators …

Environmental Program Evaluation TIG Week: Reflections on the Intersection of Equity, Environment, and Evaluation by Evan Kuras and Rupu Gupta Read More »