My name is Leah Christina Neubauer. I am the President of the Chicagoland Evaluation Association and the Program Manager and an Instructor in the MPH Program at DePaul University. Today, I am writing to extend three updates from the Practice committee of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. We …
I am Melanie Hwalek, CEO of SPEC Associates and the LGBT TIG’s representative to the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. I accepted responsibility for spearheading the Policy Subgroup of the Workgroup. In this role, I’m responsible for coordinating our Workgroup’s efforts to infuse the Cultural Competency Statement into policy …
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I’m Tamara Bertrand Jones, an Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Florida State University, and on the Training Committee of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. We are working on disseminating some critical lessons, such as the following. Emphasis on developing not only evaluation competency, but the skills to …
Hello! My name is Karen Anderson, AEA’s former Diversity Coordinator intern. After supporting the Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group for over a year I became pretty invested in learning more about cultural competence in evaluation. I wish I magically received culturally competent evaluation resources by default, but I had to find them the …
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“Beauty is unity in variety.” (Samuel Coleridge) I am Dominica McBride, CEO of Become, Inc. and member of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. The above quote is one of the core lessons I have been reminded of through my work on this task force and is quite germane …
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Hi, we’re Cindy Crusto, associate professor, Yale University School of Medicine and Osman Özturgut, assistant professor,University of the Incarnate Word. We are members of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. We write to remind you of the purpose of the Working Group and the importance of acknowledging the “self” …
I’m Robert Hoke, independent evaluation consultant, and co-chair for the LGBT Issues TIG. Today, I want to share some reflections from this AEA365 week. Although it is becoming easier, it remains challenging to be different regarding sexual identity and gender issues. The “It Gets Better” campaign grew out of the bullying of youth, and primarily …
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My name is David Fetterman. I’m President & CEO of Fetterman & Associates, an international evaluation consulting firm (with 25 years experience at Stanford University) and past-president of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). I am probably best known for empowerment evaluation work (helping people learn how to evaluate their own programs). For examples see our …
I am Efrain Gutierrez and I work for FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm that helps foundations, nonprofits and corporations increase their social impact. Last year a friend started collaborating as an evaluator for a program that works with LGBTQ youth. Before starting his evaluation he wanted to talk about cultural competency when working with the LGBTQ community. As …
This is Kari Greene with Program Design & Evaluation Services in Oregon, and Emily Greytak with GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network in New York. We are with the American Evaluation Association’s (AEA) LGBT Issues Topical Interest Group (TIG) and are heartened to see AEA members building cultural competency around transgender-inclusivity. Have you …
