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MSI Fellowship Week: Teaching about Culturally Responsive Evaluation (CRE): What we can learn from listening to our students by Darla Scott

Greetings! This is Darla Scott and I participated as an AEA 2018 MSI Fellow.  I also enjoy serving as an Assistant Professor in the School Psychology program at Bowie State University. At Bowie State University, we maintain a specialist-level three year NASP-approved program that focuses on creating culturally competent school psychologists, and I have the …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Using geographic thinking to understand a wide range of SDOH and identification of at-risk groups in affected communities by Imelda K Moise

Hello!  My name is Imelda K Moise, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Geography and Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami, Florida. Prior to this, I was a GIS /Global Health M&E Advisor, a Research Specialist and spent six years as a Peace Corps technical trainer in Zambia. Because of these experiences, much …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Using Culturally-Appropriate Theory to Address the Needs of Vulnerable Populations by Nicole Henley

Hello!  My name is Nicole Henley, an Assistant Professor and Health Care Management Program Coordinator in the Department of Health Science and Human Ecology at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB).  My research interests are access to health care for vulnerable populations and social determinants of health.  The main courses I teach are: Health Services …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Naomi Hall-Byers on the Importance of Social and Cultural Context in Culturally Responsive Evaluation by Naomi Hall-Byers

Greetings! I am Naomi Hall-Byers, an Associate Professor of Psychology at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. I am also a 2017 Minority Serving Institution fellow. During last year’s annual conference, my cohort and I explored the intersection between the social determinants of health (SDOH) and culturally responsive evaluation (CRE). SDOH are social and environmental …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Teaching Evaluation in Public Health and Economic Departments by Juan J. DelaCruz

Hello! My name is Juan J. DelaCruz, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Business of Lehman College (Bronx) and Associated Faculty of the School of Public Health and Health Policy (Harlem) both within the City University of New York, a complex of more than 25 junior and senior colleges serving a highly diverse …

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MSI Fellowship Week: All Evaluation Requires Cultural Responsiveness by Arthur Hernandez

My name is Arthur Hernandez and I am a Professor at the University of the Incarnate Word. I have served as evaluator and teacher of evaluation and am very interested in the processes of cultural responsiveness in practice. Lesson Learned: It seems to be generally accepted that cultural context influences the manner in which individuals perceive …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Cirecie West-Olatunji and Chandra Story On Intellectual Colonization and Exporting Pejorative Attitudes in Program Evaluation: 3 Hot Tips

We are both AEA Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Fellows this year with specialization in two related disciplines. The first author, Cirecie West-Olatunji is a counselor educator at Xavier University of Louisiana and Chandra Story is a faculty member in Health Education and Promotion/Pubic Health at Oklahoma State University. As we conclude our year long fellowship …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Art Hernandez on MSI Fellows’ Reflections on Cultural Responsiveness

My name is Art Hernandez and I am a Visiting Professor at University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. I participated in the second yearlong experience of the AEA Minority Serving Institutions Fellowship program and have served as the Director for several cohorts most recently this past year.  I teach and practice Evaluation …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Julia Lechuga on Culturally Competent Evaluation: A Reflection from a Health Psychologist

Hello. My name is Julia Lechuga and I am honored to be part of the AEA 2015 Minority Serving Institution (MSI) fellowship program. This year’s cohort was tasked with inquiring the manner in which different academic fields conceptualize the practice of culturally competent evaluation. Deep thought regarding the meaning of this statement for the practice …

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MSI Fellowship Week: Andrea Guajardo on the Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Faculty Fellowship Program Experience as a Non-Faculty Participant

I am Andrea Guajardo, MPH and I am the Director of Community Health at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System in San Antonio, Texas. I am also a doctoral student seeking the PhD in Education at the University of the Incarnate Word, and I enjoyed the distinct honor of being selected to participate in the Minority …

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