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AKEN Affiliate Week: Is This More Than an Evaluation? Ask Your IRB by Cassie Pinkel

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / March 28, 2022

Hello, I’m Cassie Pinkel, Research Integrity Administrator in the Office of Research Integrity at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. AKEN webmaster Alda Norris is an evaluator who has sought advice from our office, and she invited me to share some resources about the advantages of connecting with your local Institutional Review Board (IRB). Is there …

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AKEN Affiliate Week: Evaluation in Alaska’s Rural, Remote Communities by Patricia Moore Shaffer

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / March 28, 2022

I’m Patricia Moore Shaffer of the Shaffer Evaluation Group, a small, woman-owned evaluation firm that works with education partners — school districts, colleges and universities, government agencies, and nonprofits — to develop programs that address and correct long-standing inequities in education. I’ve been leading external evaluations of educational initiatives in the beautiful State of Alaska …

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AKEN Affiliate Week: Science Writing Skills by Alda Norris

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / March 28, 2022

Greetings! I’m Alda Norris, Ph.D, evaluation specialist with the Institute of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Extension (IANRE) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.I serve as webmaster for the Alaska Evaluation Network (AKEN). As we spend this week highlighting the innovative work of our Alaskan affiliate members, I’d like to offer some tips related to science …

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AKEN Affiliate Week: Transforming Local and Indigenous Community Engaged Research and Evaluation Practices in Alaska by Diane Hirshberg

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / March 28, 2022

My name is Diane Hirshberg. I am the director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage. I am writing today from my home on the ancestral and unceded traditional lands of the Eklutna Dena’ina people. In Alaska, as in many places, there is a robust discussion among researchers …

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AKEN Affiliate Week: Enhancing AEA Connections Through Affiliates by Corrie Whitmore

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / March 28, 2022

Hello! I’m Corrie Whitmore, a working evaluator and academic. I teach evaluation and other health sciences courses at the University of Alaska Anchorage. I was part of the group that helped bring the Alaska Evaluation Network (AKEN) into being and completed the process to become an AEA affiliate. As a local affiliate, AKEN functions as …

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Community Development TIG Week: The Power of Collective Reflective Practice in Community Development Evaluation by Joy Amulya

Leave a Comment / Community Development / March 30, 2022

“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having a voice to be heard.” -Liz Fosslien This year Community Development (CD) TIG’s sponsored week focuses on community development evaluation and how members are addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Research shows that diversity and inclusion in the workforce …

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Community Development TIG Week: Activating Community-Based Participatory Research Methods in Immigrant Communities Impacted by High-Trauma by Ivonne Chand O’Neal and Lauren Shelton

2 Comments / Community Development / March 30, 2022

“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having a voice to be heard.” -Liz Fosslien This year Community Development (CD) TIG’s sponsored week focuses on community development evaluation and how members are addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Research shows that diversity and inclusion in the workforce …

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Community Development TIG Week: Designing Inclusive Participatory Evaluation Approaches in Global Projects by Jennifer Roglà, Daniel Kanyembe, Festus Hanankuni, Elise Mann, and Lauren Riley

Leave a Comment / Community Development / April 1, 2022

“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having a voice to be heard.” -Liz Fosslien This year Community Development (CD) TIG’s sponsored week focuses on community development evaluation and how members are addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Research shows that diversity and inclusion in the workforce …

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Community Development TIG Week: Empowering Residents of an Affordable Housing Complex Through Evaluation by Deacon Dzierzawski, Laura Brinson, and Mary Ann Wojton

Leave a Comment / Community Development / March 11, 2022

“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having a voice to be heard.” -Liz Fosslien This year Community Development (CD) TIG’s sponsored week focuses on community development evaluation and how members are addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Research shows that diversity and inclusion in the workforce …

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Community Development TIG Week: R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Framework in Community Development Evaluation by Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo

Leave a Comment / Community Development / March 11, 2022

“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having a voice to be heard.” -Liz Fosslien This year Community Development (CD) TIG’s sponsored week focuses on community development evaluation and how members are addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Research shows that diversity and inclusion in the workforce …

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