cultural competence

We are Leah Christina Neubauer and Annelise Noelle Smith. Neubauer is based in DePaul’s MPH Program and is President of the Chicagoland Evaluation Association (CEA). Smith works for the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. We are both interested in Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a theoretical and methodological orientation to promote racial, …

Cultural Competence Week: Leah Christina Neubauer and Annelise Noelle Smith on Critical Race Theory and Counter-narrative: Counter-Storytelling, Equity and Evaluation Read More »

Hello! I’m Lisa Aponte-Soto, a member of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group, the AEA Graduate Diversity Internship Program (GEDI) 2009-2010 cohort, and the National Program Deputy Director of the RWJF New Connections at the OMG Center for Collaborative Learning. Latinas/os comprise the fastest growing U.S. population, but represent …

Cultural Competence Week: Lisa Aponte-Soto on the Benefits of Networks for Building Culturally Responsive Practices Read More »

Hi everyone! We are three evaluators committed to cultural competence in evaluation, particularly in international contexts. Hanife Cakici is a postdoctoral fellow and independent research consultant whose dissertation work focuses on perceptions of evaluation in Turkey. Lucy El-Sherif is a doctoral student at OISE, University of Toronto, and recently completed an evaluation of community schools …

Cultural Competence Week: Hanife Cakici, Lucy El-Sherif, and Molly Hamm on Understanding How Cultural Self-identity Affects Evaluation Work in International Contexts Read More »

Hello, I am Rupu Gupta, Analyst at New Knowledge Organization Ltd., a research and evaluation think tank aiming to increase social knowledge, positive lived experiences, and ecological harmony. I am also a member of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence Dissemination Working Group, and have had the opportunity to explore the ramifications of culture and the …

Cultural Competence Week: Rupu Gupta on Surfacing Cultural Beliefs about the ‘Environment’ for Long-term Equitable Partnerships Read More »

Hi, we are Wanda D. Casillas, Ph.D., University of Michigan, and Asma M. Ali from the American Society for Clinical Pathology in Chicago, IL. We have been thinking about interaction of culturally responsive evaluation and traditional research in our own evaluation work since we met as AEA-Duquesne GEDI Scholars in 2008-2009. In particular, we have …

Cultural Competence Week: Wanda D. Casillas and Asma M. Ali on The Role of Traditional Research in Culturally Responsive Evaluation Read More »

Hi! We are Osman Özturgut and Lisa Aponte-Soto from the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. Ozturgut is an assistant professor of doctoral studies at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio; and, Aponte-Soto serves as National Program Deputy Director of RWJF New Connections at OMG Center for …

Cultural Competence Week: Osman Özturgut and Lisa Aponte-Soto on Sustainability of Cultural Competency in Evaluation Read More »