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  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    34 - Transformative Evaluability Assessment: Engaging Local, Cultural, and Contextual Knowledge to Understand a Program’s Story
    Location: White River Ballroom B
    PD Workshop Presenter: Tamara M Walser, PhD – UNC Wilmington
    PD Workshop Presenter: Michael S Trevisan, n/a – Washington State University
    Theories of Evaluation
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    44 - The Basics of Using Theory to Improve Evaluation Practice
    Location: 104
    PD Workshop Presenter: John Lavelle, PhD – University of Minnesota
    PD Workshop Presenter: Stewart I. Donaldson, Ph.D. – Claremont Graduate University
    Theories of Evaluation
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Re-storying Evaluation? Evaluating as Developing Value
    Location: Room 301
    Presenter: Thomas A. Schwandt, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    Theories of Evaluation
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Theories of Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Theories of Evaluation
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    183 - Epistemic (in)justice in evaluation: theoretical progress and empirical evidence on the connection between authentic storytelling and internal validity in impact evaluations
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Presenter: Elli M. Travis, MS – Virginia Tech
    Disscussant: Thomas Archibald, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech
    Theories of Evaluation
  • Wednesday, Oct 11th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    184 - Towards a theoretical evaluation ecosystem, the power of roots.
    Location: Griffin Hall
    Theories of Evaluation
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Visualizing Evaluation Theory: Trees, Periodic Tables, Metro Maps and Beyond
    Location: Room 201
    Presenter: John Lavelle, PhD – University of Minnesota
    Presenter: Sebastian Lemire, PhD – Abt Associates
    Chair: Sebastian Lemire, PhD – Abt Associates
    Presenter: Katrina L. Bledsoe, PhD – Abt Associates
    Presenter: Melvin M. Mark, PhD – Penn State University
    Disscussant: Melvin M. Mark, PhD – Penn State University
    Theories of Evaluation
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Grounding Evaluative Thinking In Our Ontological and Epistemological Stories
    Location: Room 202
    Presenter: Eric Einspruch, Ph.D. – ELE Consulting, LLC
    Presenter: Jennifer Billman, Ph.D. – HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College
    Theories of Evaluation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Stories that opened the mystery box in development evaluations- the cases from evaluation in Africa.
    Location: Room 209
    PD Workshop Presenter: Girma Earo -. Kumbi, N/A, Master degree – African Development Bank
    Presenter: Girma Earo -. Kumbi, N/A, Master degree – African Development Bank
    Author: Girma Earo -. Kumbi, N/A, Master degree – African Development Bank
    Facilitator: Girma Earo -. Kumbi, N/A, Master degree – African Development Bank
    Chair: Girma Earo -. Kumbi, N/A, Master degree – African Development Bank
    Disscussant: Girma Earo -. Kumbi, N/A, Master degree – African Development Bank
    Theories of Evaluation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Commitments Made: A Journey Through Values-Based Evaluation
    Location: Room 205
    Presenter: Lisa Frantzen, MBA – TCC Group
    Theories of Evaluation