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STEM Education & Training TIG Week: Defying Stereotype Narratives on who can do STEM: Lessons from a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) by John Chikwem, Toks Fashola, Kevin Favor, and Monica Mitchell

Leave a Comment / STEM Education and Training / April 11, 2022

Greetings, AEA365. Liz DiLuzio here, lead curator of the blog. Although today’s post is from the AEA365 archives, it is as relevant now as it was when it was originally posted in 2019. Whether this is your first read or your tenth, I hope you find something new and thought-provoking in this post. Greetings AEA …

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STEM Education & Training TIG Week: Which One? Evaluator, Researcher, or Both? It’s a Matter of Perspective by Angelicque Tucker Blackmon

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“I can remember stories …,” Anita Baker, my favorite singer-songwriter, reflects on her experiences in the soulful ballad “Fairy Tales”. The lyrics strike a reflective chord. I hear how she was snapped out of happy fairy tales into the snares of reality. But before I tell you about the realities of being an external program …

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STEM Education & Training TIG Week: Importance of Building Relationships with STEM Education Program Staff for Successful Evaluation Process by Melissa K. Demetrikopoulos

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Hi Everyone. I am Melissa K. Demetrikopoulos, Ph.D., Chair of the Division of Program Development and Assessment at the Institute for Biomedical Philosophy.  My research interests include partnership formation, broadening participation, scientific literacy, and student success in research.  I provide professional development training on inter-institutional collaborations, building consensus, and partnership formation.  Just as it is …

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STEM Education & Training TIG Week: Celebrate Ten Years of Good Times with the STEM Education and Training Evaluation TIG by Kim Kelly

Leave a Comment / STEM Education and Training / April 11, 2022

As a founding member of the STEM Education and Training Evaluation TIG, I have been privileged to witness the birth, growth, and impact of the TIG over its first decade of existence. I am Kim Kelly, an educator, research analyst, program evaluator, and grant writer in STEM education and workforce development for 20 years. Since …

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EPE TIG Week: Modern Environmental Program Evaluation by Allison Van

Leave a Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation / April 11, 2022

Hi, I’m Allison Van, Chair of the Environmental Program Evaluation (EPE) Topical Interest Group (TIG) and Executive Director of Spark: a centre for social research innovation at McMaster University. The EPE TIG has spent the last year thinking and having conversations about what environmental program evaluation is and should be in the midst of our …

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EPE TIG Week: Facilitation Styles in Environmental Education with Animals by Shuli Rank

Leave a Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation / April 11, 2022

Hi everyone, my name is Shuli Rank and I’m a Research and Evaluation Associate at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). WCS runs the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, New York Aquarium, Prospect Park Zoo, and Queens Zoo, and conducts local and global conservation and research around the world. I study the impacts of visits to …

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EPE TIG Week: Environmental Volunteer Motivations: Place & Space by Cat Scharon

Leave a Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation / April 11, 2022

Hello! I’m Cat Scharon, research assistant with Inform Evaluation & Research (Inform) and a student at the University of Pittsburgh’s Ed.D program, focusing on Out-of-School Learning. I’ve spent my career working in informal spaces including museums, zoos, and aquariums, and since joining Inform have rekindled my focus on lifelong STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) and …

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EPE TIG Week: Thinking Globally: How to evaluate the effectiveness of aid to the environment on a global level by Sara El Choufi

Leave a Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation / April 11, 2022

Greetings, AEA365! Liz DiLuzio here, lead curator of the blog. Those of you long time, loyal readers may recognize today’s post by Sara El Choufi. It was originally posted to the site back in 2014. Forgive the pun, but the EPE TIG’s curation team thought that its evergreen content made it worth the repost. We …

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EPE TIG Week: Blossoming Needs and a Big Tent in Environmental Evaluation by Katie Butler

Leave a Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation / April 11, 2022

I am Katie Butler, a 20+ year evaluator of environmental programs. I worked in the EPA’s Office of Inspector General for 16 years, evaluating things like disaster response and fish contamination programs. Now, I run a small consulting company dedicated to improving environmental programs. I am writing to invite you into the environmental evaluation tent. …

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EPE TIG Week: Evaluators as Data Shepherds by Rupu Gupta and Arika Virapongse

Leave a Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation / April 11, 2022

Hi, We are Rupu Gupta, Program-Chair of AEA’s Environmental Program Evaluation Topical Interest Group, and Co-Chair of the Community Resilience Cluster within Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), and Arika Virapongse, Chair of ESIP’s Community Resilience Cluster, Director of Middle Path EcoSolutions, and Community Director of the Ronin Institute. With multiple hats on, we’re raising a …

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