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AEA Sponsored Session

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Power, Proximity, and Tradeoffs in the International Evaluation Ecosystem

Location: Room 101

Facilitator: Alejandra Garcia, n/a – Independent Evaluator

Facilitator: Alyna Wyatt, MA (she/her/hers) – BHP Foundation

Facilitator: Holta Trandafili, MA (she/her/hers) – World Vision US

Facilitator: Shama Dossa, Doctor of Philosophy – Fenomenal Funds

Facilitator: Norma Kok, Masters Degree in Public Health – Citizen Leader Lab

Facilitator: Clara Desalvo, Master in Public Policy (she/her/hers) – FRIDA The Young Feminist Fund

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Localization and evaluation contracting: When, why and how to contract local evaluators and contribute to a robust and equitable global evaluation community

Location: Room 101

Facilitator: Hubert Palmer, n/a – International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE)

Facilitator: Alyna Wyatt, MA (she/her/hers) – BHP Foundation

Presenter: Adeline Sibanda

Presenter: Akosua Koranteng

Presenter: Shama Dossa, Doctor of Philosophy – Fenomenal Funds

Presenter: Eddah Kanini, Monitoring and Evaluation – Monitoring and Evaluation Professionals Association of Kenya

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Birds of a Feather

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

1 - Brainstorm Ways to Present Student Risky Behavior Survey Results to Stakeholders as Well as Discouraging Parental Opt-Outs of Child's Participation

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: Susan Saka, MEd (she/her/hers) – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

2 - CTSA Evaluators Unique Role in Advancing Translational Science through the Research Unit Network (RUN)

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: Maran Subramain, Ph.D. – University of Iowa

Presenter: Alejandro Comellas, MD – University of Iowa

Presenter: Patrick Barlow, Ph.D. – University of Iowa

Translational Research Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

3 - Cultivating Capacity for Evaluation

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: Tanha Patel, MPH (she/her/hers) – CDC Foundation

Facilitator: Tanha Patel, MPH (she/her/hers) – CDC Foundation

Presenter: Sarah Myer, MPH, MCHES – Cultivate Capacity LLC

Facilitator: Sarah Myer, MPH, MCHES – Cultivate Capacity LLC

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

4 - Evaluation and personal story: Why incorporating individuals’ experiences is key to improving modern evaluation methodology

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: Dianna Cazarez, MS (she/her/hers) – WestEd

Author: Dianna Cazarez, MS (she/her/hers) – WestEd

Author: Kimberly Nguyen, n/a – WestEd

Presenter: Marta Civil

Presenter: Beatriz Quintos

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

5 - Evaluation Anthropology Networking Session

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: Eve C. Pinsker, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

Facilitator: Eve C. Pinsker, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

Facilitator: Kim Falk, n/a – Allegheny County Dept of Human Services

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

6 - Evaluation of Disparate Initiatives with Common Funding Streams

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: Natalie B. Wilson, MPA (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University Health Affairs Institute

Presenter: Edis Osmanovic, MHA (he/him/his) – West Virginia University Health Affairs Institute

Author: Jayne Harris Esposito, MPH – West Virginia University Health Affairs Institute

Author: Thomas Bias, PhD, MA – West Virginia University Health Affairs Institute

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

7 - Feeding Two Birds with One Crumb: Sharing your story with what you got

Location: White River Ballroom E

Facilitator: Andi Sutter, MPH, MS – John Snow Inc R&T

Presenter: Raju Tamang, MBA, MHM (he/him/his) – John Snow India Pvt Ltd

Facilitator: Raju Tamang, MBA, MHM (he/him/his) – John Snow India Pvt Ltd

Presenter: Elan Ebeling, MPA (she/her/hers) – PATH

Facilitator: Elan Ebeling, MPA (she/her/hers) – PATH

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

8 - I Fudged Up: Spacemaking for Stories of Failure in Evaluation

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: monique inez liston, PhD – UBUNTU Research and Evaluation

Presenter: Sojourner White, MSW (she/her/hers) – UBUNTU Research & Evaluation, LLC

Independent Consulting

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

9 - Leading Learning Agendas: Effective Practices to Maximize Impact

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: Joaquina Kankam, PhD (she/her/hers) – Joaquina Scott Kankam, Ph.D

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

10 - Mentoring for early career evaluators and graduate students

Location: White River Ballroom E

Facilitator: Jennifer L. Mursaloglu, PhD, PMP (she/her/hers) – REL Strategies, LLC

Facilitator: Rakiah Anderson, MPH (she/her/hers) – Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

11 - Monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL) in international higher education and research capacity strengthening projects: A place to share our stories

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: Loran Parker, PhD – Evaluation and Learning Research Center, Purdue University

Presenter: David Schlinkert, PhD, MPA – Arizona State University’s Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain Africa

Presenter: Artie S. Maharaj, Ph.D (she/her/hers) – TSNE

Presenter: Wilella Burgess, MS – Evaluation and Learning Research Center, Purdue University

Presenter: Romita Mitra, Ph.D – MIT Local Innovation Group

Presenter: Javier Ñaupari, PhD – PERU-Hub at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina

Presenter: Elias Assefa, PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Presenter: Roseanne C. Schuster, PhD, MSc – Arizona State Unviersity

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

12 - Novel Strategies for Assessing an Organization’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Culture and Progress towards Goals

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: Jamelle E. Banks, M.P.H. (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health

Presenter: Rosanna K. Ng, M.A. (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health

Presenter: Robin M. Wagner, PhD, M.S. – National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

13 - Rewriting the Narrative - Sharing Stories Behind the Statistics

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: Lexi Jones, MS – South Carolina First Steps

Internal Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

14 - Sharing power in the evaluation process

Location: White River Ballroom E

Facilitator: Charles Guedenet, n/a – IREX

Facilitator: Tanisha Washington, MA – IREX

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

15 - Strengthening MEL capacity at your organization: Sharing examples and best practices

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: Artie S. Maharaj, Ph.D (she/her/hers) – TSNE

Presenter: Romita Mitra, Ph.D – MIT Local Innovation Group

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

16 - The growing challenge to keep evaluation going in the face of disruption

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: Samuel Dunklin, MPH (he/him/his) – National Asthma Control Program, CDC

Presenter: Evan Mallen, MUP, PhD (he/him/his) – Climate and Health Program, CDC

Presenter: Kat Sisler, MPH, MPAff (she/her/hers) – Climate and Health Program, CDC

Presenter: Jenifer M. Ballouk, MPH (she/her/hers) – National Asthma Control Program / CDC

Presenter: Ana Paula Pohl Duarte, MPH, PMP – CDC

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

17 - Using integrated lenses to tell the stories of participants and facilitators of TAMAR, a trauma-informed psychoeducational program

Location: White River Ballroom E

Author: Shannon Gatewood, MPH, PMP – W2 Consulting Corporation

Author: Kristin Washington, PsyD, PMP

Author: Chizoba L. Chukwura, MPH, CPH (she/her/hers) – W2 Consulting Corporation

Presenter: Chizoba L. Chukwura, MPH, CPH (she/her/hers) – W2 Consulting Corporation

Author: Arjee Restar, PhD, MPH – W2 Consulting Corporation

Presenter: Raul Almazar, RN, MA (he/him/his) – NASMHPD

Author: Joan Gillece, PhD – NASMHPD

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

18 - Who are you and what do you stand for? Telling our own story to establish our values and reciprocate.

Location: White River Ballroom E

Facilitator: Sara McGarraugh, MPP (she/her/hers) – The Improve Group

Presenter: Sara McGarraugh

Presenter: Amy Cyr

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

19 - Sharing Challenges and Lessons Learned from Evaluating Family Poverty Reduction Programs: How Can We Effectively Tell the Program's Story?

Location: White River Ballroom E

Presenter: Kelly Robertson, n/a – The Evaluation Center Western Michigan University

Presenter: Lyssa W. Becho, Ph.D. – Western Michigan University

Human Services Evaluation

Demonstration

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

An Approach to Measuring Health Inequities: Building the Health Equity Indicators for Cardiovascular Disease Toolkit

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Simone McPherson, MPH, CHES – Cherokee Nation Operational Solutions, LLC

Author: Simone McPherson, MPH, CHES – Cherokee Nation Operational Solutions, LLC

Author: Lillian Whiting Collins, PhD, MSPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Author: Amena Abbas, MPH – ASRT, Inc.

Author: Myles Bostic, MPH – Veritas Management Group

Author: Amma Boakye, MPH – CDC

Author: Aziza Mustefa, MPH – ASRT Inc.

Author: Refilwe Moeti, MA – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Author: Aisha Tucker-Brown, PhD, MSW – CDC

Author: Ebony Montgomery, JD, MPH – Veritas Management Group, Inc.

Author: Marla Vaughan, MPH – CDC

Author: Lauren Toledo, MPH (she/her/hers) – Deloitte Consulting LLC

Author: Dorothy Wei, MS (she/her/hers) – Deloitte Consulting LLC

Health Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Centering partners in assessment: Using storytelling to understand organizational and network capacity strengthening

Location: Room 204

Presenter: Carlisle Levine, PhD (she/her/hers) – BLE Solutions

Facilitator: Hippolyt Akow Saamwan Pul, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute for Peace and Development

Presenter: Toyin Akpan, PhD – Auricle Services

Facilitator: Rhonda Schlangen, MA (she/her/hers) – Rhonda Schlangen Consulting, LLC

Presenter: Jeff Krentel, MA – Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Data Audits: An Overlooked & Powerful Tool in Accurately Telling Your Program's Story

Location: Room 103

Presenter: Hannah Kitchin, MA – L&G Research and Evaluation Consulting, Inc.

Author: Hannah Kitchin, MA – L&G Research and Evaluation Consulting, Inc.

Presenter: Danielle A. Campbell, DrPH, MPH (she/her/hers) – L&G Research and Evaluation Consulting, Inc.

Author: Danielle A. Campbell, DrPH, MPH (she/her/hers) – L&G Research and Evaluation Consulting, Inc.

Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Learning Logs for Short-Cycle Feedback and Long-Term Learning

Location: Room 201

Presenter: Rebecca Perlmutter, MA – Innovation Network

Presenter: Cory Georgopoulos, MPP – Innovation Network

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Qualitative Data Tools for Impact Measurement and Management

Location: Room 309/310

Presenter: Slavica Stevanovic, MBA, MA, CE (she/her/hers) – Qatalyst Research Group

Social Impact Measurement

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Rubrics, storytelling, and sensemaking: How rubrics help Laudes Foundation harness the power of story to guide and learn from systemic change

Location: White River Ballroom A

Presenter: E. Jane Davidson, Ph.D. – Real Evaluation

Chair: E. Jane Davidson, Ph.D. – Real Evaluation

Presenter: Thomaz K. Chianca, PhD (he/him/his) – COMEA Relevant Evaluations

Presenter: Mariana Beirao Xavier, MA (she/her/hers) – Laudes Foundation

Presenter: Merav Bat-Gil, MA – Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Systems in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

The story of systemic racism and playgrounds: How KABOOM! uses data to overcome playspace inequity.

Location: Room 104

Presenter: Isaac Castillo, M.S. (he/him/his) – KABOOM!

Presenter: Colleen Coyne, B.A. (she/her/hers) – KABOOM!

Nonprofit and Foundations

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Using a story focused approach in understanding what experiences are important and meaningful to Indigenous families in Minnesota

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Presenter: Jessica Tokunaga, MPH (she/her/hers) – Wilder Research

Presenter: Jennifer Valorose, MPP (she/her/hers) – Wilder Research

Presenter: Lucy Littlewolf Arias

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Weaving the “L” in “MEL” into the “M and the “E”: Using Learning Agendas as a Tool for Data Storytelling

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Kirsten Zeiter, MA (she/her/hers) – U.S. Department of State

Presenter: Nicole Germano (she/her/hers) – U.S. Department of State

Presenter: Natalie R. Donahue, n/a (she/her/hers) – U.S. Department of State

Government Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

A story to tell: Case studies from a Global Developmental Evaluation

Location: Room 309/310

Presenter: Susana Morales, MA – Texas Health Institute

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Amplifying Voices: Techniques for Qualitative Data Analysis

Location: White River Ballroom C

Presenter: Noelle Wyman Roth, MEM – Duke University, Social Science Research Institute

Presenter: Anupama Shekar, n/a – Southern Methodist University

Qualitative Methods

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Context Monitoring and Resilience Analysis Using High Frequency Data

Location: Room 208

Presenter: Gregory Makabila, MBA, Ph.D – Catholic Relief Services - Ethiopia

Presenter: Maria Alemu, MA Development Studies (she/her/hers) – Catholic Relief Services

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

DISCAPAZ: Utilizing Inclusive Storytelling to Amplify Disability Experiences in the Borderlands

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Presenter: Jacy Farkas, MA, ABD (she/her/hers) – Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities, University of Arizona

Author: Celina Urquidez, MPH – Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities, University of Arizona

Author: Bianca Aguilar, BS – Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities, University of Arizona

Author: Abraham Venegas, BA – Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities, University of Arizona

Author: Sarah Robles, -- – Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities, University of Arizona

Author: Paulette Nevarez, -- – Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities, University of Arizona

Author: Yumi Shirai, PhD – Family & Community Medicine, University of Arizona

Author: Julie Armin, PhD – Family & Community Medicine, University of Arizona

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

In Search of Evidence-Use Stories: Mining Annual Performance Reports for Examples of Adaptive Management

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Todd M. Anderson, Master of Public Policy (MPP) (he/him/his) – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Facilitator: Todd M. Anderson, Master of Public Policy (MPP) (he/him/his) – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Chair: Todd M. Anderson, Master of Public Policy (MPP) (he/him/his) – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Disscussant: Reena Nadler, Master of Arts – U.S. Agency for International Development

Presenter: Ari Cooper, Master of Public Health – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Presenter: MiKell Brough-Stevenson, Master, International Business/Trade/Commerce – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Facilitator: MiKell Brough-Stevenson, Master, International Business/Trade/Commerce – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Chair: MiKell Brough-Stevenson, Master, International Business/Trade/Commerce – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Rubrics as a powerful tool to turn children’s stories of change into rich, trackable outcomes: Save the Children’s journey in child-led development and evaluation.

Location: Room 102

Presenter: E. Jane Davidson, Ph.D. – Real Evaluation

Presenter: Thomaz K. Chianca, PhD (he/him/his) – COMEA Relevant Evaluations

Chair: Thomaz K. Chianca, PhD (he/him/his) – COMEA Relevant Evaluations

Presenter: Nicole Dulieu, M.A. – Save the Children

Presenter: Margarita Franco, MA (she/her/hers) – Save the Children

Co-Presenter: Erika Barrera, Juridical Science (she/her/hers) – Save the Children

Youth Focused Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Teacher RePlay: A new formative self-assessment tool for teachers engaging students in learning through play

Location: Room 203

Presenter: Brian Dooley, EdM – FHI 360

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Use your hands to build MUVA’s evidence story! Sharing complex evaluation results using physical objects in low-income communities

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

PD Workshop Presenter: Iana Barenboim (she/her/hers) – MUVA

Presenter: Iana Barenboim (she/her/hers) – MUVA

Facilitator: Iana Barenboim (she/her/hers) – MUVA

PD Workshop Presenter: Kerry Selvester, n/a – MUVA

Author: Kerry Selvester, n/a – MUVA

Facilitator: Kerry Selvester, n/a – MUVA

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Using ChatGPT to Enhance Program Evaluation's Storytelling

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Crystal Luce (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado - Denver

Presenter: Antonio Olmos, Ph.D. – Aurora Research Institute

Presenter: Rachel Carlson, n/a – Aurora Research Institute

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Using Most Significant Change Stories in Social Finance System Change Initiatives that Advance Racial Equity

Location: Room 201

Chair: Jane Reisman, PhD – Jane Reisman Ph.D.

Presenter: Jasmine Johnson, MPP (she/her/hers) – Jasmine Johnson Consulting

Presenter: John Sherman, MPH (he/him/his) – Sherman Impact Consulting

Social Impact Measurement

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Evaluation tools to promote equitable research partnerships in international development

Location: White River Ballroom A

Presenter: Katharina Anton-Erxleben, PhD – Pulte Institute for Global Development

Facilitator: Katharina Anton-Erxleben, PhD – Pulte Institute for Global Development

Presenter: Paul Perrin, PhD – Pulte Institute

Chair: Paul Perrin, PhD – Pulte Institute

Author: Alexandra Towns, PhD – Catholic Relief Services

Author: Laura Riddering, PhD – Catholic Relief Services

Author: Maria Estela Rivero, PhD – Pulte Institute for Global Development

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Journey Mapping for Program Evaluation: Applications in Formative Evaluation and Evaluation Design

Location: White River Ballroom G

Presenter: Carly E. Levitz, MPH (she/her/hers) – Center for Community Health and Evaluation

Presenter: Emily A. Bourcier, MPH, MHA – Center for Community Health and Evaluation

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Using a mix of complexity-responsive qualitative MERL methods to help develop a holistic narrative on the life of project impact in Cambodia

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Tripti Pande, MScPH (she/her/hers) – Pact

Author: Tripti Pande, MScPH (she/her/hers) – Pact

Facilitator: Tripti Pande, MScPH (she/her/hers) – Pact

Author: Lody Peng, n/a – Pact

Author: Sum Setha, n/a – Pact

Qualitative Methods

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Advancing equity through storytelling and community voice: A Creative Evaluation Story

Location: Room 202

Presenter: Molly O'Connor, MS (she/her/hers) – Coco Canary Consulting, LLC

Facilitator: Molly O'Connor, MS (she/her/hers) – Coco Canary Consulting, LLC

Presenter: Sully Moreno, MA (she/her/hers) – Culture Shift Consulting

Facilitator: Sully Moreno, MA (she/her/hers) – Culture Shift Consulting

Advocacy and Policy Change

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Beyond Short Stories: Exploring Long-Term Impacts of a STEM Education Initiative Through Purposively-Sampled Focus Groups

Location: Room 208

Presenter: Alicia Kiremire, PMP (she/her/hers) – FlowStream Management LLC

Presenter: Benjamin K. Williamson, EdM (he/him/his) – CYBER.ORG

STEM Education and Training

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

My Evaluation is Over, Now What? Storytelling Tips for Fostering Post-Eval Action

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: Kelly Zimmerman, n/a – Guidehouse

Presenter: Lindsay Scanlon (she/her/hers) – Guidehouse

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Normalizing unseen dimensions in M&E design: How to advocate for vibrant local storytelling that includes intangibles (e.g., hope, trust)

Location: Room 102

Presenter: KURT WILSON, PhD (he/him/his) – Effect X LLC

Presenter: Travis Mayo, MA – USAID

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Using innovative story telling and non-traditional data collection techniques to understand the needs of women in the cut-flower and sugarcane sectors in Colombia

Location: Room 309/310

Presenter: Maria Camila Chaparro, BA (she/her/hers) – Pact

Author: Diana Morales, MA (she/her/hers) – Pact

Author: Tripti Pande, MScPH (she/her/hers) – Pact

Author: Patricia Henao, MSc – Pact

Presenter: Diana Morales, MA (she/her/hers) – Pact

Presenter: Tripti Pande, MScPH (she/her/hers) – Pact

Qualitative Methods

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Visualizing Survey Data in Tableau

Location: Room 104

Presenter: Robert D. Blagg, PhD – UCLA

Data Visualization and Reporting

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Creative and engaging strategies to promote evaluation capacity-building in Cooperative Extension

Location: Room 204

Presenter: Madeleine deBlois, Sc.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

Presenter: Rachel Leih, MPH, MEd – University of Arizona

Presenter: Terrace Ewinghill, ABD, M.Ed (they/them/theirs) – University of Arizona

Presenter: Rachel Gildersleeve, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

Presenter: Deirdre Avery, MPH – University of Arizona

Presenter: Kara Haberstock Tanoue, MA (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Equivalence Tests in Evaluation: Statistical Methods for Proving That Groups Don’t Differ Meaningfully

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Steven J. Pierce, PhD (he/him/his) – Michigan State University

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Family Voice Journey Maps: A Storytelling Approach to Evaluation that Informs Early Childhood System Building

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: Callie Lambarth, MSW (she/her/hers) – Center for Improvement of Child & Family Services, Portland State University

Presenter: Ron Joseph, BA (he/him/his) – Center for Improvement of Child & Family Services, Portland State University

Data Visualization and Reporting

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

How to Center Valuing and Values through Evaluation Purpose, Questions, and Criteria

Location: Room 203

Presenter: Tamara M Walser, PhD – UNC Wilmington

Presenter: Michael S Trevisan, n/a – Washington State University

Teaching of Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Telling the Story of Harms, Risks, and Needs: Using Participatory Action Research for Community-Based Child Protection Mapping in Humanitarian Settings in Africa and the Americas

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Presenter: Radwa El Manssy, MA (she/her/hers) – ChildFund International

Author: Darcy Strouse, PhD – ChildFund International

Facilitator: Darcy Strouse, PhD – ChildFund International

Author: David Arango, n/a – ChildFund International

Author: Maria Landazuri, Mg (she/her/hers) – ChildFund Ecuador

Author: Juan José Castellanos Piedrahita Castellanos Piedrahita, n/a – War Child

Presenter: Darcy Strouse, PhD – ChildFund International

Presenter: Maria Landazuri De Mora, MA (she/her/hers) – CHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA

Presenter: Jessica Castro, n/a – ChildFund International

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Working with Program Staff to Create a Compelling Narrative of the Program's Impact Through Meaning-Making

Location: White River Ballroom A

Presenter: Lenka Berkowitz, M.S. (she/her/hers) – Alliance for a Healthier Generation

Presenter: Elena Kuo, PhD (she/her/hers) – Center for Community Health and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

Internal Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Evaluating Extension Programs from a DEI Lens with Examples from the National Youth Retention Study

Location: Room 203

Presenter: Meggan Franks, M.B.A. – LSU AgCenter

Presenter: Sarah Hensley, Ph.D. – University of Florida

Extension Education Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Evaluating Job Applicant and Staff Member Stories to Better Hire and Develop Successful Employees

Location: Room 204

Presenter: Erin Berical, MS.Ed. (she/her/hers) – The Center for Human Services Research

Presenter: Margaret Gullick, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Center for Human Services Research

University-Based Center

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Hidden stories: How can one-on-one client interactions be measured as organization-wide impacts?

Location: Room 203

Presenter: Brenna Butler, PhD (she/her/hers) – Penn State Extension

Presenter: Michael Hamel, PhD (he/him/his) – Penn State Cooperative Extension

Presenter: Matthew Spindler, PhD – Penn State Extension

Presenter: Malinda Suprise, MA – Penn State Extension

Extension Education Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Using a cognitive complexity framework as a tool for understanding and integrating AEA Evaluator Competencies

Location: Room 204

Facilitator: Susan Tucker, PhD (she/her/hers) – Evaluation & Development Associates LLC

Disscussant: Susan Tucker, PhD (she/her/hers) – Evaluation & Development Associates LLC

Presenter: Jennifer P. Villalobos, MA – Claremont Graduate University

Presenter: Minji Cho, MSc – Claremont Graduate University

Teaching of Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Words create Worlds: Using Appreciative Inquiry and the Power of Stories for Strategic Thinking

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Kathleen Dean, PhD – The Rucks Group

Presenter: Lyssa W. Becho, Ph.D. – Western Michigan University

Program Design

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Evaluation’s Story in Fable and Song: Greatest Hits Over Five Decades

Location: Grand Ballroom 5/6

Presenter: Michael Q. Patton, PhD (he/him/his) – Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Presenter: Charmagne Campbell-Patton, MA – Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Teaching of Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Telling stories and building unicorns: lessons learned from a tiered Most Significant Change evaluation in Iraq

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Niki Wood, MA (she/her/hers) – Chemonics UK

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Amplifying and Centering the Stories of the Community in an Evaluative Process to Address Racial Inequities in Two School Communities

Location: White River Ballroom B

Presenter: Latia White, EdD – Digital Promise

Presenter: Alexandra Merritt Johnson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Digital Promise

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Facilitating the Logic Model Process with Stakeholders in a Complex Environment: A Demonstration Session

Location: Room 104

Presenter: Kate Clavijo, Ed.D. – Military Family Advisory Network

Presenter: Gabby L’Esperance, Ph.D. – Military Family Advisory Network

Presenter: Emily Warren, Ph.D – National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Presenter: Piper Grandjean Targos, M.A. – EdgeEval

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Developing Utilization Focused Theories of Change

Location: White River Ballroom A

Presenter: Loraine Park, MSW – ECMC Foundation

Chair: Loraine Park, MSW – ECMC Foundation

Presenter: Ashlie Denton, PhD – Education Northwest

Presenter: Nicole Jolly, MA (she/her/hers) – Equivolve

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Expert Lecture

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

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

A Novel Approach to Evaluating Health Equity: Contributory Complex System Equity-based (CCSE) Evaluation

Location: White River Ballroom D

Presenter: Jennifer S. Latham (she/her/hers) – RI Department of Health & Brown University

Author: Jennifer S. Latham (she/her/hers) – RI Department of Health & Brown University

Health Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

All that glitters isn’t gold: stories, lessons learned, and tips from arts-based evaluation practice

Location: Room 205

Presenter: Maya Lefkowich, PhD (she/her/hers) – AND implementation

Presenter: Jennica Nichols, MPH, CE (she/her/hers) – AND implementation

Arts, Culture, and Museums

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

DATA LITERACY DOESN’T WORK: Why data literacy efforts almost always fail (and what to do instead)

Location: Room 102

Presenter: Joseph Travers, n/a – Travers Data

Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Systems Learning Studio: Giving currency to positionality

Location: White River Ballroom I

Presenter: Carlos Romero, MBA – Apex Evaluation

Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Issues

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Testimonial Evidence and the Evidence Act: Findings from Federal Managers Survey on the Use of Evaluation Evidence

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Terell P. Lasane, n/a – US Government Accountability Office

Author: Terell P. Lasane, n/a – US Government Accountability Office

Co-Presenter: Gergana Danailova-Trainor, n/a – US Government Accountability Office

Co-Presenter: Valerie Caracelli, n/a – US Government Accountability Office

Author: Lawrence Crockett, n/a – US Government Accountability Office

Government Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Three Stories from the Land of Cost-Inclusive Evaluation: Failure, Success, and Yes!

Location: Room 301

Presenter: Brian T. Yates, PhD – American University

Author: Brian T. Yates, PhD – American University

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

A Story of the Future of Theory-Driven Evaluations: From Better Theory Visualizations to Artificial Intelligence

Location: White River Ballroom B

Presenter: Stewart I. Donaldson, Ph.D. – Claremont Graduate University

Chair: Charles Gasper, M.A. – TCC Group

Disscussant: Charles Gasper, M.A. – TCC Group

Disscussant: Huey T. Chen, PhD – Department of Public Health, Mercer University

Disscussant: Jessica Renger, n/a – Kaiser Permanente

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

A Military Chaplain and Evaluator's Perspective on Storytelling

Location: Room 206

Presenter: Spencer Barr, MA – ICF

Military and Veteran Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Can we use deliberation to change evaluation systems?

Location: White River Ballroom G

Presenter: Peter Dahler-Larsen, PhD, dr scient pol – University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Author: Peter Dahler-Larsen, PhD, dr scient pol – University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Democracy and Governance

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

10 strategies for conducting virtual focus groups: Considerations for the virtual newcomer, persons living with disabilities, farmworkers, and Tribal communities.

Location: Room 202

Presenter: Becky Garrow, MPH – Garrow Consulting, Inc.

Author: Becky Garrow, MPH – Garrow Consulting, Inc.

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Advancing evaluation theories and approaches through attention to problem-solving philosophies: Reductionism, systems thinking, and pragmatic synthesis

Location: White River Ballroom C

Presenter: Huey T. Chen, PhD – Department of Public Health, Mercer University

Author: Huey T. Chen, PhD – Department of Public Health, Mercer University

Chair: Stewart I. Donaldson, Ph.D. – Claremont Graduate University

Disscussant: Stewart I. Donaldson, Ph.D. – Claremont Graduate University

Co-Author: Liliana Morosanu

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Story's Power for Measuring Impact in a Decolonizing World

Location: Room 104

Presenter: Andrea G. Nelson Trice, PhD – National Institute for Social Impact

Social Impact Measurement

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Developing and implementing a multi-level evaluation framework to assess learning collaboratives at multiple levels/perspectives: facilitators, participating agencies, staff, and priority populations

Location: Room 301

Presenter: Emily Leung, MPH – CAI (Cicatelli Associates Inc.)

Presenter: Ruchi Kumari Mehta, MPH – CAI (Cicatelli Associates, Inc.)

Author: Alice Douglas, MPH – CAI (Cicatelli Associates Inc.)

Author: Amelia Gonzalez, MA – CAI (Cicatelli Associates Inc.)

Author: Rama Murali, MPH, MA – CAI (Cicatelli Associates Inc.)

Author: Rebecca Cohen, MD, MPH – Division of HIV and STD Programs at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Presenter: Lindsay Senter, MPH – CAI (Cicatelli Associates Inc.)

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Looking at the Evolution of Networks to Tell the Story of Communities of People: Leveraging Time and Context in Social Network Analysis

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Charles Gasper, M.A. – TCC Group

Presenter: Seth Tucker, n/a – TCC Group

Social Network Analysis

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Qualitative Data Visualization

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Stephanie Evergreen, PhD (she/her/hers) – Evergreen Data

Data Visualization and Reporting

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

The story behind the qualitative indicators and qualitative inquiry for monitoring

Location: White River Ballroom D

Presenter: Meri Ghorkhmazyan, Ma – Mercy Corps Global

Author: Meri Ghorkhmazyan, Ma – Mercy Corps Global

Presenter: Thomas Scialfa, PhD – Mercy Corps Global

Author: Thomas Scialfa, PhD – Mercy Corps Global

Facilitator: Josephine Gambade, Ma – Mercy Corps Global

Qualitative Methods

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Using health communication to guide students to better understand the patient’s story

Location: Room 105

Presenter: Jalysa King, MA (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Medicine

Presenter: Jennifer Taylor, DHEd, MPH, MCHES – Indiana University School of Medicine

Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Learning the Stories Behind the Data: Engaging Stakeholders in Data-Driven Technical Assistance to Power Evaluation

Location: Room 205

Presenter: Caitlyn Bukaty, PhD (she/her/hers) – Institute for Community Inclusion, UMass Boston

Presenter: Kathleen Becht, PhD – Institute for Community Inclusion, UMass Boston

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Democratizing the Development of Theories of Change: Leveraging New and Older Technology to Give Voice to Individuals & Sectors, to Tell the Story of Programs and the Communities They Serve

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Presenter: Charles Gasper, M.A. – TCC Group

Presenter: Stephanie Coker, MPA; BA in Political Science and Government – CVS Health

Presenter: Rose N. Konecky, n/a – TCC Group

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Better Together: Building Local, Community-Wide Evaluation Capacity

Location: Room 206

Presenter: Kurt Steuck, PhD – Steuck & Associates LLC

Community Development

Ignite

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Ignite Session 1

Location: Room 209

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

A story of partner engagement using data synthesis and social network analysis as evaluation approaches

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Bilquis Khan, MSc, MBA, MSc (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Author: Omoshalewa Bamkole, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Author: Erin Black, MS, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Author: Stephanie Dunson, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Internal Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

“Seen and Heard”: Implementing Youth’s Feedback to Enhance Inclusion in Relationship Education Programming

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Je'Kylynn Steen, MS (she/her/hers) – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Author: Je'Kylynn Steen, MS (she/her/hers) – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Author: Kim Gregson, PhD, LMFT – Gregson Consulting

Author: Francesca Adler-Baeder, PhD – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Author: Julianne McGill, PhD – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Author: Erin Cooper, MS – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Author: Menglin Wei, MS – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Author: Jenna Lawlor, MS – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Issues

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Addressing Missing Data – Tell the Right Story

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Saori Iwamoto, MIDP (she/her/hers) – FHI 360

Presenter: Marcio Vargas Sejas, MS – FHI 360

College Access Programs

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Bringing Your Data to Life: Using Interactive Dashboards for Storytelling

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Syed Latifi, PhD, MS, MEd. – Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar

Author: Syed Latifi, PhD, MS, MEd. – Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar

Facilitator: Syed Latifi, PhD, MS, MEd. – Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar

Author: Mark Healy, MSc. – Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar

Systems in Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Building Capacity: Teacher Professional Development (PD) for Cultural Competence and Computer Science Micro-Credential

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Xiaoxia Newton, PhD – University of North Carolina Charlotte

Author: Jada Deiderich, n/a – University of North Carolina Charlotte

Author: Audrey Rorrer, n/a – University of North Carolina Charlotte

Author: David Pugalee, n/a – University of North Carolina Charlotte

STEM Education and Training

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Children Formerly Associated with Armed Forces/Groups (CAAFAG) in South Sudan who received vocational training open a carpentry business, prompting an evaluation that shows widespread success.

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Julia P. King, MPA (she/her/hers) – Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB)

Internal Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Collaboratively designing SCM certification: What’s the moral of the story?

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Daniela Zahn, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brinkerhoff Evaluation Institute

Author: Daniela Zahn, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brinkerhoff Evaluation Institute

Presenter: Daniela Schroeter, PhD (she/her/hers) – Western Michigan University

Author: Daniela Schroeter, PhD (she/her/hers) – Western Michigan University

Teaching of Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Creating a New Approach in Ethiopia: When Evaluation is the Story

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Julie Krause, MSPH (she/her/hers) – Last Mile Health

Presenter: Mark Begley, MS (he/him/his) – Last Mile Health

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Ignite Session 2

Location: Room 209

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Data is the Beginning: Using Story as a Collaborative Tool in Community Needs Assessments

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Lauren Dixon, CANS Coach (they/them/theirs) – Centerstone

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Delayed Ignition: Investing more evaluation time and resources to better convey the story for undeserved participants.

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Andrew Grillo-Hill, PhD – WestEd

Author: Rasha Elsayed, MA – WestEd

Author: Karen Melchior, EdM (she/her/hers) – WestEd

Author: Kimberly Nguyen, n/a – WestEd

Author: Josh Valcarcel, n/a – WestEd

Presenter: Karen Melchior, EdM (she/her/hers) – WestEd

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Doubling Up: Joining Two Indigenous Program Evaluations for Greater Engagement and Impact

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Alicia Suen – Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Empowering Leaders of Summer Learning Programs to Tell Stories of Impact For Long-term Sustainability

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Bryan Hall, M.S. (he/him/his) – Sperling Center for Research and Innovation (SCRI)

Presenter: Carrie Underwood, M.A. – Sperling Center for Research and Innovation (SCRI)

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Engaging Stakeholders in an Ongoing Conversation: Using an Adapted Know-Want to Learn-Learned (KWL) Chart to Plan an Evaluation

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Samantha E. Bos, Ph.D. – Gibson Consulting

Presenter: Cathy Malerba, PhD (she/her/hers) – Gibson Consulting Group

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Evaluating ‘inoculation’ theory in the fight against online mis and disinformation

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Sarah Eve Barr, MA Hons, MSc, FRSA – Purpose Europe Ltd.

Health Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Evaluating the impact of teaching mindfulness to Educators in nine Wisconsin schools.

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Elizabeth K. Hagen, BS, PS (she/her/hers) – Eau Claire City-County Health Department

Behavioral Health

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Freeing the Story: Making Data Accessible Using Data Warehousing and Reporting Tools

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Taj Carson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Inciter

Independent Consulting

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

From Beginning to End: Engaging Stakeholders in Program Evaluation in a Rural, Historically Marginalized Community

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Miriam Tardif-Douglin, MSPH – North Carolina Healthcare Association

Health Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Ignite Session 3

Location: Room 209

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

From Stories to Narratives: Capturing System-Level Work in a Community Grant Program

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Mia Robillos, MS (she/her/hers) – Minnesota Department of Health Center for Health Equity

Author: Kara Beckman, MA, BA – University of Minnesota Healthy Youth Development - Prevention Research Center

Health Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

From the launch (note)pad to the cloud(s): The explosive power of centralized data storage to rocket program evaluation skyward!

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Samantha Wasala, MPH, CPH – DC Health

Author: Senkuta Riverson, MPH – DC Health

Author: Tariku Mekonnen, MPH – DC Health

Author: Tesha Coleman, MS – DC Health

Author: Katherine Michel, PhD – DC Health

Data Visualization and Reporting

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Getting down to the essentials: How to effectively measure need on a needs assessment survey using a gap analysis approach

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Brenna Butler, PhD (she/her/hers) – Penn State Extension

Needs Assessment

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Getting Kids to Share Their Stories: Lessons Learned in Obtaining Youth Feedback

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Isaac Castillo, M.S. (he/him/his) – KABOOM!

Nonprofit and Foundations

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Going with the flow: How letting go of outcomes can improve your evaluation practice

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Shannon Wichlacz, PhD – CCNY, Inc.

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Growing the evaluation workforce for more than two decades: stories from graduate students trained in a public health evaluation team

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Meghan D. McGurk, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaii Office of Public Health Studies

Author: Alena K. Shalaby, BA – University of Hawaii Office of Public Health Studies

Author: Rebekah Rodericks, MSc – University of Hawaii Office of Public Health Studies

Author: L. Brooke Keliikoa, DrPH (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaii Office of Public Health Studies

University-Based Center

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

How Do Listeners Listen and Readers Read? 8 Considerations for Centering Intended Users in Our Reports

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Theresa LeGros, MA – University of Arizona

Author: Kathryn Orzech, PhD – University of Arizona, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Wellness

Author: Laurel Jacobs, DrPH., MPH – University of Arizona, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Wellness

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Identifying Program Achievements

Location: Room 209

Author: Amanda Geller, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Author: Nida Ali, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Author: Kendra Wilson, DrPH, MS (she/her/hers) – CDC

Presenter: Kendra Wilson, DrPH, MS (she/her/hers) – CDC

Government Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Internal Evaluation of Three Unique Projects Funded through the American Rescue Plan Act

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Natalie B. Wilson, MPA (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University Health Affairs Institute

Presenter: Edis Osmanovic, MHA (he/him/his) – West Virginia University Health Affairs Institute

Author: Jayne Harris Esposito, MPH – West Virginia University Health Affairs Institute

Author: Thomas Bias, PhD, MA – West Virginia University Health Affairs Institute

Internal Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Ignite Session 4

Location: Room 305

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Knowledge is Power: How to Transform Tacit Knowledge into Powerful Stories that Promote Learning and Adaptive Management

Location: Room 305

Presenter: Jake Meyers, MDP (he/him/his) – iDE

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Locally-Led Storytelling: Re-imagining Power in Stories to Learn from Lived Experience

Location: Room 305

Presenter: Jake Meyers, MDP (he/him/his) – iDE

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Minnesota’s COVID-19 Stories of Community Outreach and Partnership

Location: Room 305

Presenter: Mia Robillos, MS (she/her/hers) – Minnesota Department of Health Center for Health Equity

Author: Erica Chung, MPH, CPH – Minnesota Departmetn of Health

Health Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Mixed Methods Formative Evaluation of Domestic Violence Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: Findings from the Community

Location: Room 305

Presenter: Britta Egeland, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Britta Egeland, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Stacey Cunningham, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Candice Bangham, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Gain Robinson, n/a – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Sarah Fielman, n/a – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Alyson Codner, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Meredith Hurley, MPH, RN – Winthrop Department of Public Health and Clinical Services

Author: Sarko Gergerian, LMHC – Winthrop Police Department

Author: Marissa Varrasso, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Presenter: Jacey Greece, DSc, MPH (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Jacey Greece, DSc, MPH (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Public Health

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Mixed-methods evaluation of national virtual healthcare team training on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders using Normalization Process Theory

Location: Room 305

Author: Candice Bangham, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH – Boston Medical Center

Author: Sara Messelt, n/a – Proof Alliance

Author: Alyson Codner, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Belinda O'Hagan, MPH – Boston Medical Center

Author: Stacey Cunningham, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Jacqueline German, MPH – Boston Medical Center

Author: Kendra Gludt, MPH – Proof Alliance

Author: Amy Harlowe, MPhil – Boston Medical Center

Author: Nicole Kitten, MPH – Boston Medical Center

Author: Jacey Greece, DSc, MPH (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Public Health

Presenter: Jacey Greece, DSc, MPH (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Public Health

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

No fish tales: How stories from the fishing community inform a nonprofit's program design

Location: Room 305

Presenter: Gretchen Biesecker, PhD (she/her/hers) – Bee's Knees Consulting LLC

Health Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

No One-Use Visualizations: Making the Most of a Dashboard

Location: Room 305

Presenter: Amanda Nabors, MPP (she/her/hers) – WestEd

Presenter: Aaron Soo Ping Chow, MS Applied Statistics – WestEd

Data Visualization and Reporting

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Panic and procrastination in the post-pandemic era: Tips for making it out alive

Location: Room 305

Presenter: KaYing Vang, MDP (she/her/hers) – Innovation Data + Design Studio

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Photovoice Evaluation of Community College Students' Experiences in a Summer Science Research Program

Location: Room 305

Presenter: Christine Okochi, MA (she/her/hers) – CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder

Author: Alicia Christensen, MS – CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder

Author: Anne U. Gold, PhD – CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder

Author: Dana F. Stamo, PhD candidate – University of Colorado Boulder

Author: Rebecca Batchelor, PhD – CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder

STEM Education and Training

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Ignite Session 5

Location: Room 209

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Put it in the Baby Book! Using an Implementation Log to Chronicle a Coalition’s First Five Years

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Erin M. Malcolm, MA (she/her/hers) – IMPACT, Inc.

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Reframing a story - from Societal Impact to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Katrine Z. Iversen, MSc (she/her/hers) – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Revolutionizing Program Evaluation: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence tools like ChatGPT

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Nishank Varshney, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Nebraska Medical Center, Munroe-Meyer Institute

Author: Nishank Varshney, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Nebraska Medical Center, Munroe-Meyer Institute

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Roadmap for conducting a meta-evaluation: approach and insights.

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Laura Kunert, MA (she/her/hers) – German Institute for Development Evaluation

Author: Laura Kunert, MA (she/her/hers) – German Institute for Development Evaluation

Author: Kerstin Guffler, n/a – German Institute for Development Evaluation

Author: Marian Wittenberg, n/a – German Institute for Development Evaluation

Research on Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

SHIFTING IDENTITIES IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS

Location: Room 209

Author: Natalie De Sole, MSW, ACUE teaching certificate – Rooted-Growth LLC

Independent Consulting

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

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Storytelling to Influence Evidence-Based Policymaking: Bar ama Baro Somalia's Accelerated Quality Learning Program

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Luke T Ingersoll, PhD – Evaluation and Learning Research Center - Purdue University

Author: Luke T Ingersoll, PhD – Evaluation and Learning Research Center - Purdue University

Author: Ann Bessenbacher, BS (she/her/hers) – Evaluation and Learning Research Center, Purdue University

Author: Wilella Burgess, MS – Evaluation and Learning Research Center, Purdue University

Advocacy and Policy Change

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

The Contextuality of Evaluation Practice in Global South - A China Story

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Charles Leung, PhD; RSW(HK); Accredited Mediator(HK); Project DPro(Level 1&2) – Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (BNU-HKBU UIC)

Author: Charles Leung, PhD; RSW(HK); Accredited Mediator(HK); Project DPro(Level 1&2) – Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (BNU-HKBU UIC)

Author: Jianchao Huang, n/a – Freelancer

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Ignite Session 6

Location: Room 209

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

The Power of Most Significant Change Stories: Amplifying Lived Experiences in Participatory Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Hilda Wuniche Alhassan, n/a – iDE

Qualitative Methods

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

The story of the orchestra on the Titanic: Lessons Learned from a Sinking Evaluation

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Crystal Luce (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado - Denver

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

The transformative power of using stories to understand lived experience and strengthen cultural competency in evaluating health equity related to drug overdose

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Jasmine Kenney, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Author: Gary Chovnick, n/a – ICF

Author: Rosanne Hoffman, n/a – ICF

Author: Shelley Kay, n/a – ICF

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

The Utility of Utilization-Focused Evaluation in Education: From Engagement to Co-Design

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Katherine Merriweather, PhD (she/her/hers) – E3 Alliance- Austin Community College

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Translating Evaluation for the Unrecognized Evaluator

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Ashley Chavez, CHW – Minnesota Department of Health

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Using storytelling in diversity, equity, inclusion, & accessibility (DEIA) climate assessments and initiatives in the federal workforce

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Jennifer L. Mursaloglu, PhD, PMP (she/her/hers) – REL Strategies, LLC

Government Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Using Youth’s Questions to Identify Gaps of Information in Current Sex Education Programming

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Sydney Modica, Masters in Program Evaluation – Centerstone

Author: Sydney Modica, Masters in Program Evaluation – Centerstone

Author: Holly Fyffe, Master's in history & Cultural Anthropology – Centerstone

Facilitator: Jordan Nelon, PhD in Health Education (she/her/hers) – Centerstone

Youth Focused Evaluation

Multipaper

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Determining Reach, Inclusion, Effectiveness in Humanitarian Contexts - Using Data Visualization and Automated Data Systems to Adapt Humanitarian Programs to Meet the Needs of People Affected by Crisis

Location: White River Ballroom D

Presenter: Alex Tran – Mercy Corps

Presenter: Johnstone Lowoton, n/a – Mercy Corps

Presenter: Martin Peter (he/him/his) – Mercy Corps

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Harnessing the Power of Machine Learning for Story Telling in Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Author: Randyll Pandohie – University of Central Florida

Presenter: Haiyan Bai, Ph.D. – University of Central Florida

Author: Haiyan Bai, Ph.D. – University of Central Florida

Data Visualization and Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Humanizing Evaluations Beyond Grant Requirements: Challenges and Strategies for Centering Trauma-Affected Populations in Data Collection and Reporting

Location: Room 203

Presenter: Crystal N. Steltenpohl, PhD (she/her/hers) – Dartmouth Center for Program Design and Evaluation

Presenter: Catherine M. Denial, MS – Dartmouth Center for Program Design and Evaluation

Chair: Erin M. Knight-Zhang, PhD – Dartmouth Center for Program Design and Evaluation

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Innovations in Complexity-Responsiveness: Methodological and Transformative Approaches

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Chair: Alysson Akiko A. Oakley, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pact

Presenter: Alejandra Garcia, n/a – Independent Evaluator

Presenter: Kate Krueger, n/a – Pact

Presenter: Giovanni P. Dazzo, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

Presenter: Alysson Akiko A. Oakley, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pact

Democracy and Governance

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Making your evaluation count! Leveraging approaches, tools, and techniques to engage users and promote use

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Bilquis Khan, MSc, MBA, MSc (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Author: Bilquis Khan, MSc, MBA, MSc (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Presenter: Jasmine Gaillard, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Author: Jasmine Gaillard, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Presenter: Caitlin McColloch, MDP – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Author: Caitlin McColloch, MDP – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Presenter: Sarina Juma, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Author: Sarina Juma, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

The power of story in adapting outcome harvesting to different contexts

Location: White River Ballroom C

Presenter: Chelsea Horváth, MPP (she/her/hers) – Caribou Digital

Presenter: Cesare Rossi (he/him/his) – University of Pisa, Department of Political Science

Presenter: Reagan Ronald Ojok, n/a – Ministry of Water and Environment

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Using narratives to build theory, and vice versa, to evaluate and learn in complex settings

Location: Room 208

Presenter: Boru Douthwaite, Principal evaluator (he/him/his) – Selkie Consulting Ltd

Author: Boru Douthwaite, Principal evaluator (he/him/his) – Selkie Consulting Ltd

Presenter: Elizabeth Hoffecker, MCP (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Author: Elizabeth Hoffecker, MCP (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Author: Claudio Proietti, MSc (he/him/his) – CIRAD

Chair: Marina Apgar (she/her/hers) – Institute of Development Studies - Centre for Development Impact

Presenter: Marina Apgar (she/her/hers) – Institute of Development Studies - Centre for Development Impact

Presenter: Marie Ferré, PhD (she/her/hers) – CIRAD

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Burden-sensitive data collection and high buy-in data communication: Two strategies for understanding and telling stories

Presenter: Catherine M. Denial, MS – Dartmouth Center for Program Design and Evaluation

Presenter: Erin M. Knight-Zhang, PhD – Dartmouth Center for Program Design and Evaluation

Presenter: Kady Sternberg, BA – Dartmouth Trauma Interventions Research Center

Presenter: Rebecca Parton, MSW, LICSW – Dartmouth Trauma Interventions Research Center

Presenter: Holly Gaspar, MEd, MPH – Population Health at Dartmouth Health

Presenter: Erin Barnett, PhD – Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Presenter: Mary K. Jankowski, PhD – Dartmouth Trauma Interventions Research Center

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Data Visualizations for Story Telling: How the Mercy Corps Ukraine Humanitarian Response team enables shared story telling through dashboards

Presenter: Amy Joce, n/a – Mercy Corps

Presenter: Tatiana Klymenko, n/a – Mercy Corps

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Don't forget about the evaluation findings! Use of a follow-up action plan

Presenter: Sarina Juma, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Presenter: Jasmine Gaillard, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Presenter: Caitlin McColloch, MDP – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Presenter: Meagan Davis, MPH – CDC

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Ensuring grant efforts also meet community needs: Measure validation with specialized populations

Presenter: Erin M. Knight-Zhang, PhD – Dartmouth Center for Program Design and Evaluation

Presenter: Crystal N. Steltenpohl, PhD (she/her/hers) – Dartmouth Center for Program Design and Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Evaluating a woman's leadership journey and impact by adapting contribution mapping and analysis tools

Presenter: Alejandra Garcia, n/a – Independent Evaluator

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Harnessing Microsoft Azure Cloud Data Engineering Capabilities to Standardize and Aggregate Data Across Multiple Humanitarian Contexts and Programs to Gain Insight into Global Trends and Inform Agency Strategy to Improve Humanitarian Food Security Programming Globally

Presenter: Alex Tran – Mercy Corps

Presenter: Johnstone Lowoton, n/a – Mercy Corps

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Helping programs identify emerging outcomes in complex systems: working on value-chains in Bihar, India

Presenter: Elizabeth Hoffecker, MCP (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

How to use education data and machine learning for story telling

Presenter: Haiyan Bai, Ph.D. – University of Central Florida

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Humanizing human rights evaluation: Integrating human rights principles to maintain methodological rigor, axiological commitments, and epistemic justice

Presenter: Giovanni P. Dazzo, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Let's get this party started! Using data parties to craft effective evaluation stories

Presenter: Caitlin McColloch, MDP – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Presenter: Omoshalewa Bamkole, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Machine learning story telling

Presenter: Randyll Pandohie – University of Central Florida

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Made in Africa: Understanding Indigenous African approaches to democracy, human rights, and governance evaluation through the study of proverbs

Presenter: Sîm-Yassah Awilêlo Badjo (he/him/his) – CLEAR FA

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Navigating the evidence: A story of evaluating a comprehensive public health workforce applicant recruitment strategy

Presenter: Bilquis Khan, MSc, MBA, MSc (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Presenter: Omoshalewa Bamkole, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Not your typical meeting — leveraging facilitation techniques to maximize evaluation use

Presenter: Jasmine Gaillard, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Presenter: Sarina Juma, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Presenter: Caitlin McColloch, MDP – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Workforce Development)

Presenter: Meagan Davis, MPH – CDC

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Outcome Trajectory Evaluation (OTE): An approach to tackle research-for-development's long-causal-chain problem

Presenter: Boru Douthwaite, Principal evaluator (he/him/his) – Selkie Consulting Ltd

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Showcasing Microsoft Azure as the Engine behind the Powerful Stories told by Power BI in Humanitarian Emergencies in Nigeria

Presenter: Martin Peter (he/him/his) – Mercy Corps

Presenter: Alex Tran – Mercy Corps

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Telling training's story: adapting outcome harvesting to evaluate a public health management and leadership training program in Kenya

Presenter: Chelsea Horváth, MPP (she/her/hers) – Caribou Digital

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

The use of Outcome Harvesting in a theory-based and learning-oriented evaluation: some considerations arising from a field-research in Italy

Presenter: Cesare Rossi (he/him/his) – University of Pisa, Department of Political Science

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Theory amidst complexity – using process tracing in ex-post evaluations

Presenter: Kate Krueger, n/a – Pact

Author: Kate Krueger, n/a – Pact

Author: Molly Wright, M.S. – Pact

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Using data to contextualize parents' recovery journey in a Wraparound intervention

Presenter: Crystal N. Steltenpohl, PhD (she/her/hers) – Dartmouth Center for Program Design and Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Using outcome harvesting to give prominence to an emerging multidisciplinary approach to plant breeding

Presenter: Claudio Proietti, MSc (he/him/his) – CIRAD

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Using Outcome Harvesting to tell the story of Innovation Start-up Grants: The Case of I-Growth Accelerator Programme

Presenter: Reagan Ronald Ojok, n/a – Ministry of Water and Environment

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Innovations in Complexity-Responsiveness: Practical and Operational Realities

Location: White River Ballroom H

Chair: Kate Krueger, n/a – Pact

Presenter: Alysson Akiko A. Oakley, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pact

Presenter: Rebekah Usatin, MPA – National Endowment for Democracy

Presenter: Lauren Serpe – Pact

Presenter: Kate Krueger, n/a – Pact

Presenter: Emily Bango

Democracy and Governance

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The power of stories for evaluating DEI programming in Extension and beyond

Location: Room 204

Presenter: Mary Emery, PhD – University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Facilitator: Mary Emery, PhD – University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Chair: Mary Emery, PhD – University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Presenter: Michael Stout, PhD – Oklahoma State University at Tulsa

Presenter: Nicole Breazeale, PhD – University of Kentucky

Presenter: Jennifer Aranda, EdD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota Extension

Extension Education Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The Story of the Underrepresented: Being Attentive to the Diverse Populations Served by Networks for Clinical and Translational Research

Location: Room 301

Presenter: Beth Tigges, PhD, RN, PNP, BC – University of New Mexico

Author: Sabina Malik, PhD – University of Nevada Reno

Author: Kathrene Conway, BS – University of Montana

Author: Jospeh Guerrero Lopez, PhD – University of Nevada Las Vegas

Author: Francisco Sy, MD, MS, DrPH – University of Nevada Las Vegas

Presenter: Mary Culnane, PhD – University of Delaware

Presenter: Sue Giancola, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

Presenter: Stephen Kogut, PhD – University of Rhode Island

Author: John Stevenson, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Rhode Island

Author: Anthony Hayward, MD – Brown University

Author: Meghan Tenca, MA – Brown University

Chair: Judy Kimberly, PhD – Brown University

Disscussant: Rechelle Paranal, MSW, MA (she/her/hers) – Medical University of South Carolina

Presenter: Rechelle Paranal, MSW, MA (she/her/hers) – Medical University of South Carolina

Translational Research Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Assessing and reporting on equity-focused food coalitions using in-depth rippling

Presenter: Nicole Breazeale, PhD – University of Kentucky

Presenter: Ramona Madhosingh-Hector, MPA – University of Florida / IFAS Extension

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Barriers to conducting translational research experienced by researchers from groups that are underrepresented in science and medicine

Presenter: Stephen Kogut, PhD – University of Rhode Island

Presenter: John Stevenson, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Rhode Island

Presenter: Anthony Hayward, MD – Brown University

Presenter: Meghan Tenca, MA – Brown University

Presenter: Judy Kimberly, PhD – Brown University

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Building the workforce for clinical and translational research in the U.S. Mountain West Region: Operationalization of underrepresentation to reflect the communities served

Presenter: Beth Tigges, PhD, RN, PNP, BC – University of New Mexico

Presenter: Sabina Malik, PhD – University of Nevada Reno

Presenter: Kathrene Conway, BS – University of Montana

Presenter: Jospeh Guerrero Lopez, PhD – University of Nevada Las Vegas

Presenter: Francisco Sy, MD, MS, DrPH – University of Nevada Las Vegas

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Coming Together: Are we making a difference?

Presenter: Mary Emery, PhD – University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Presenter: Michael Stout, PhD – Oklahoma State University at Tulsa

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Equitable evaluation in remote and sensitive spaces

Presenter: Emily Bango, MA (she/her/hers) – Internews

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Matching program complexity with institutional funding realities in democracy, human rights, and governance program evaluation

Presenter: Rebekah Usatin, MPA – National Endowment for Democracy

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Nimble adaptation: Tailoring monitoring, evaluation, and learning methods to provide actionable data in complex environments

Presenter: Lauren Serpe – Pact

Presenter: Mason Ingram – Pact

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

“Politics is more difficult than physics”: Complexity and the challenge of democracy, human rights, and governance program evaluation

Presenter: Alysson Akiko A. Oakley, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pact

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Ripple Effect Mapping of a community foundation's equity-oriented leadership development programs: Short-, medium-, and long-Term Outcomes

Presenter: Michael Stout, PhD – Oklahoma State University at Tulsa

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Telling the story of the Welcoming and Inclusive Communities Project

Presenter: Jennifer Aranda, EdD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota Extension

Presenter: Scott Chazdon, PhD – University of Minnesota Extension

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Using demographic data to build bi-directional relationships between ACCEL scientists and the community

Presenter: Sue Giancola, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Using demographic data to build bi-directional relationships between ACCEL scientists and the community

Presenter: Mary Culnane, PhD – University of Delaware

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Stories from Evaluators at a University-Based Center on Navigating Their Work with University Clients

Location: Room 202

Chair: Tammiee Dickenson, PhD – University of South Carolina

Presenter: Ashlee A. Lewis, PhD – University of South Carolina

Presenter: Jennifer Crooks Monastra, Ph.D. – University of South Carolina

Presenter: Leigh D'Amico, Ed.D. – University of South Carolina

Presenter: Tammiee Dickenson, PhD – University of South Carolina

Author: Dawn Coleman, Ph.D. – University of South Carolina

Author: Hall West, Ph.D. – University of South Carolina

University-Based Center

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Collaborating Across Knowledge Paradigms

Presenter: Jennifer Crooks Monastra, Ph.D. – University of South Carolina

Presenter: Ashlee A. Lewis, PhD – University of South Carolina

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Navigating Improvement Science within a University-Based Teacher Residency Program

Presenter: Leigh D'Amico, Ed.D. – University of South Carolina

Presenter: Jennifer Crooks Monastra, Ph.D. – University of South Carolina

Author: Hall West, Ph.D. – University of South Carolina

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Using Rubric Methodology to Make Sense of a Complex Project

Presenter: Ashlee A. Lewis, PhD – University of South Carolina

Presenter: Tammiee Dickenson, PhD – University of South Carolina

Author: Dawn Coleman, Ph.D. – University of South Carolina

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Creating a Powerful Programme Story: Combining Motivations into a Theory of Change

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Author: Nils Riemenschneider (he/him/his) – Oxford Policy Management

Presenter: Paul Jasper, PhD (he/him/his) – Oxford Policy Management

Program Design

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Talk Saves Lives: The Power of Voice and Story in Community-Engaged and Culturally Responsive Evaluation

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Corbin Standley, PhD (he/him/his) – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Chair: Corbin Standley, PhD (he/him/his) – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Alexis Lucero, MPH, CHES (she/her/hers) – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Valerie Ratner-Smith, MA (she/her/hers) – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Telling stories through strategic state health planning

Location: White River Ballroom H

Presenter: Emily Groebner, MPH (she/her/hers) – Professional Data Analysts

Chair: Emily Groebner, MPH (she/her/hers) – Professional Data Analysts

Presenter: Kate LaVelle, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

Presenter: Melissa Chapman Haynes, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

Health Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

After Action Reviews for Needs Assessment

Presenter: Maurya West Meiers, MA (she/her/hers) – World Bank

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Building engagement and collaborating towards a common goal

Presenter: Kate LaVelle, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Building momentum through strategic planning

Presenter: Melissa Chapman Haynes, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Community engaged participatory needs assessment

Presenter: Lisle Hites, Jr., MS, MEd, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Alabama

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)NA and asset mapping for needs assessments

Presenter: Madhawa OF MASSACHUSETTS Palihapitiya, MA – university of massachusetts boston

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Improving Timeliness and Robustness of Continuous Quality Improvement as a Driver of Storytelling

Presenter: Valerie Ratner-Smith, MA (she/her/hers) – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Radhika Sood, PhD, MPH – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Heather Mavronicolas, PhD, MPH – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Corbin Standley, PhD (he/him/his) – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Alexis Lucero, MPH, CHES (she/her/hers) – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Leveraging Voices from Suicide Prevention Education Experts, Program Presenters, and People with Lived Experience

Presenter: Alexis Lucero, MPH, CHES (she/her/hers) – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Heather Mavronicolas, PhD, MPH – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Radhika Sood, PhD, MPH – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Valerie Ratner-Smith, MA (she/her/hers) – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Corbin Standley, PhD (he/him/his) – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Meeting Communities Where They Are: Adapting Evaluation to Contextual Needs

Presenter: Corbin Standley, PhD (he/him/his) – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Alexis Lucero, MPH, CHES (she/her/hers) – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Radhika Sood, PhD, MPH – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Valerie Ratner-Smith, MA (she/her/hers) – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Presenter: Heather Mavronicolas, PhD, MPH – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Modified online nominal group technique

Presenter: Hsinling Sonya Hung, PhD (she/her/hers) – VCU Center on Health Disparities

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Modified online nominal group technique for needs assessments

Presenter: Yi-Fang Lee, Professor – National Taiwan Normal University

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Needs Assessment: Adding new tools to the toolbox 2023 (Needs Assessment Ignite Session)

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Chair: Maurya West Meiers, MA (she/her/hers) – World Bank

Disscussant: Lisle Hites, Jr., MS, MEd, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Alabama

Presenter: Hsinling Sonya Hung, PhD (she/her/hers) – VCU Center on Health Disparities

Presenter: Yi-Fang Lee, Professor – National Taiwan Normal University

Presenter: Madhawa OF MASSACHUSETTS Palihapitiya, MA – university of massachusetts boston

Presenter: Sue Hamann, n/a – NIH

Presenter: Ryan Watkins, n/a – George Washington University

Presenter: Susana Morales, MA – Texas Health Institute

Chair: Maurya Meiers

Needs Assessment

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Needs-aware artificial intelligence in needs assessment

Presenter: Ryan Watkins, n/a – George Washington University

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

State planning for strategic program development

Presenter: Emily Groebner, MPH (she/her/hers) – Professional Data Analysts

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Storytelling and using community data in needs assessments

Presenter: Susana Morales, MA – Texas Health Institute

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Training 70+ year old evaluators in new tech

Presenter: Sue Hamann, n/a – NIH

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Telling the story of potential Impacts in clinical and translational science

Location: Room 208

Author: Sue Giancola, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

Chair: Sue Giancola, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

Disscussant: Bill Trochim, PhD – Cornell University

Presenter: Mary Culnane, PhD – University of Delaware

Presenter: Clara Pelfrey, PhD (she/her/hers) – Case Western Reserve University

Presenter: Jessica Sperling, PhD – Duke University

Author: Stella Quenstedt, MA – Duke University

Author: Perusi Muhigaba, PhD – Duke University

Translational Research Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

But what counts as “potential”?: Identifying potential benefits across use cases and developing framework for defining “potential”

Presenter: Jessica Sperling, PhD – Duke University

Presenter: Stella Quenstedt, MA – Duke University

Presenter: Perusi Muhigaba, PhD – Duke University

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Demonstrating translational science benefits to society

Presenter: Clara Pelfrey, PhD (she/her/hers) – Case Western Reserve University

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Presenter: Sue Giancola, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

Presenter: Bill Trochim, PhD – Cornell University

Presenter: Stella Quenstedt, MA – Duke University

Presenter: Perusi Muhigaba, PhD – Duke University

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Pathways to "potential" impacts using the Translational Science Benefits Model

Presenter: Mary Culnane, PhD – University of Delaware

Presenter: Sue Giancola, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The evaluation of the Community Leaders in Health Equity program: The power of participants’ voices.

Location: Room 201

Presenter: Mariana Enriquez, PhD – Independent Consultant

Author: Mariana Enriquez, PhD – Independent Consultant

Presenter: Clea Vannet, MPH – American Institutes for Research

Author: Clea Vannet, MPH – American Institutes for Research

Presenter: Raquel Sanchez, Ph.D. – American Institutes for Research

Author: Raquel Sanchez, Ph.D. – American Institutes for Research

Presenter: Miriam Estrada, M.A. – Independent Consultant

Author: Miriam Estrada, M.A. – Independent Consultant

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Proving Promise and Support: Evaluation of Indiana Family Preservation Services

Location: Room 104

Presenter: Brian Goodwin, MA – Indiana Department of Child Services

Presenter: Allyson Dir, Ph.D., HSPP – Indiana University

Presenter: Ciana R. Sorrentino Wallace, MPA (she/her/hers) – Indiana Department of Child Services

Social Work

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The evaluation of the Community Leaders in Health Equity: Communities of practice.

Presenter: Raquel Sanchez, Ph.D. – American Institutes for Research

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The evaluation of the Community Leaders in Health Equity: Evolution of methodology

Presenter: Mariana Enriquez, PhD – Independent Consultant

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The evaluation of the Community Leaders in Health Equity: Participant choice in qualitative data

Presenter: Clea Vannet, MPH – American Institutes for Research

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The evaluation of the Community Leaders in Health Equity: Participants' voices

Presenter: Miriam Estrada, M.A. – Independent Consultant

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Evaluation of Ohio Healthcare Professionals’ Pandemic-Related Stressors, Change in Burnout Symptoms, and Help-Seeking Behaviors and Concerns

Location: Room 205

Presenter: Gretchen Clark Hammond, PhD, MSW, LSW, LCDCIII, TTS (she/her/hers) – Mighty Crow Media, LLC

Presenter: Rebecca McCloskey, PhD, MSW, LISW-S (she/her/hers) – Mighty Crow Media, LLC

Presenter: Brieanne Beaujolais, PhD, MSW, MA, LSW (she/her/hers) – Mighty Crow Media, LLC

Behavioral Health

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Stories from the People: Facilitating Community Engagement through Innovative Participatory Approaches

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Chair: Rajib Nandi, Development Scholar and Evaluator (he/him/his) – Community of Evaluators - South Asia

Presenter: Madri S. Jansen van Rensburg, PhD Consulting Psychology (she/her/hers) – Resilience Analysis Consulting

Presenter: Vikas Choudhry, Public Health Specialist – Sambodhi Research and communications

Presenter: Neeta Goel, Evaluation Expert (she/her/hers) – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Presenter: Swapnil Sekhar (he/him/his) – Sambodhi Research and Communications

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Applying a participatory approach for improving Respectful Maternity Care at public health facilities in India

Presenter: Vikas Choudhry, Public Health Specialist – Sambodhi Research and communications

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Evaluation of Ohio healthcare professionals' pandemic-related help-seeking behaviors and concerns

Presenter: Brieanne Beaujolais, PhD, MSW, MA, LSW (she/her/hers) – Mighty Crow Media, LLC

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Facilitating community engagement and democratizing evaluation through innovative participatory approaches

Presenter: Rajib Nandi, Development Scholar and Evaluator (he/him/his) – Community of Evaluators - South Asia

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Ohio healthcare professionals' survey: Work and home stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic

Presenter: Gretchen Clark Hammond, PhD, MSW, LSW, LCDCIII, TTS (she/her/hers) – Mighty Crow Media, LLC

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Ohio physicians' retrospective pre-post COVID-19 pandemic reports of burnout and well-being

Presenter: Rebecca McCloskey, PhD, MSW, LISW-S (she/her/hers) – Mighty Crow Media, LLC

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Participation in Evaluation processes: unpacking the role of the Evaluation professional

Presenter: Rituu B Nanda, Evaluator – Global Fund for Children

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Using visual stories to enable hearing

Presenter: Madri S. Jansen van Rensburg, PhD Consulting Psychology (she/her/hers) – Resilience Analysis Consulting

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Storytelling and systems change: How creative use of data can drive change in education and youth systems

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: Audrey S. Moore, PHD (she/her/hers) – Mathematica

Chair: Audrey S. Moore, PHD (she/her/hers) – Mathematica

Presenter: Ivonne Padilla, MPA/ID (she/her/hers) – Mathematica

Presenter: Laura Meyer, MPP – Mathematica

Presenter: Rachel Blum (she/her/hers) – Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)

Disscussant: Erin McCarthy – Hilton Foundation

Systems in Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

How the use of data and narratives support systems change.

Presenter: Erin McCarthy – Hilton Foundation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Improving access and equity to middle school education

Presenter: Audrey S. Moore, PHD (she/her/hers) – Mathematica

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Improving the quality and relevance of vocational education and training

Presenter: Ivonne Padilla, MPA/ID (she/her/hers) – Mathematica

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Locally sourced early childhood development (ECD) systems measurement frameworks for change

Presenter: Laura Meyer, MPP – Mathematica

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Using analytic frameworks to capture unanticipated systems-level changes

Presenter: Rachel Blum (she/her/hers) – Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Using multiple methods to tell whole stories within complex systems: A tale of three community-driven, mixed-methods evaluations of gender-based violence prevention and response efforts

Location: Room 105

Presenter: Jessica Shaw, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago

Chair: Jessica Shaw, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago

Presenter: Megan Greeson, PhD (she/her/hers) – DePaul University

Presenter: Agnes Rieger, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Community Psychology

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Identifying multi-level concerns for action: Mixed-methods exploration and evaluation in a public housing violence prevention planning grant

Presenter: Agnes Rieger, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Presenter: Heather Steele, MS (she/her/hers) – Safe Journeys

Presenter: Melissa Engel, M.Div (she/her/hers) – Safe Journeys

Presenter: Nicole Allen, PhD – Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Mandatory reporting and adolescent sexual assault: Using a mixed-methods evaluation to tell adolescent survivors' stories

Presenter: Jessica Shaw, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago

Presenter: Caroline Bailey, MSW, MA – University of Illinois Chicago

Presenter: Megan Greeson, PhD (she/her/hers) – DePaul University

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Using community expertise to sharpen the evaluation focus: A mixed-methods participatory evaluation

Presenter: Megan Greeson, PhD (she/her/hers) – DePaul University

Presenter: Erin Hoffman, MA – DePaul University

Presenter: Kayleigh Zinter, PhD – DePaul University

Presenter: Shariell Crosby, BA – DePaul University

Presenter: Hannah Samuels, BA (She/They) – DePaul University

Presenter: Shadman Saquib, BA – DePaul University

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Impact Management as an effective base for multi-level evaluation and storytelling: practical experience from a funder of public research and health, education and social projects

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Chair: Henrik B. Fosse, PhD (he/him/his) – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Presenter: Rasmus V. L Jensen, MSc – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Presenter: Katrine Z. Iversen, MSc (she/her/hers) – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Presenter: Gert V. Balling, PhD – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Building a unified data solution that supports and shapes storytelling in a large funding organization

Presenter: Rasmus V. L Jensen, MSc – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

How a unified impact management approach can benefit mission storytelling of an organization

Presenter: Gert V. Balling, PhD – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Impact frameworks do not only benefit the ex post evaluation mindset of applicants - they can also improve narratives in applications for funding

Presenter: Katrine Z. Iversen, MSc (she/her/hers) – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Introduction to the session by the chair

Presenter: Henrik B. Fosse, PhD (he/him/his) – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Panel

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Build impact short stories: Rapid Feedback Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning at USAID

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Facilitator: Shannon Griswold, Ph.D. – USAID

Presenter: Christina Synowiec, MSc – Results for Development

Presenter: Eric Djimeu, PhD – Results for Development

Presenter: Katie Bowman, MIA – Results for Development

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Conducting research on evaluation as experiential learning: Student reflections on their experiences

Location: White River Ballroom G

Facilitator: Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, Ph.D. – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Chair: Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, Ph.D. – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Presenter: Meg Johnson, M.S. (all pronouns) – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Presenter: James Fargnoli, M.Ed. – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Presenter: Nadia Sahila, M.Ed. – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Presenter: Golnar Fotouhi, M.A. (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Getting from “what is” to “what if”: tips, strategies & applications of imagination in evaluation

Location: White River Ballroom H

Presenter: Jennica Nichols, MPH, CE (she/her/hers) – AND implementation

Presenter: Maya Lefkowich, PhD (she/her/hers) – AND implementation

Independent Consulting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Learning from Designing Cross-Sectoral Impact Evaluations: Case Studies from Zambia and West Africa

Location: Room 205

Presenter: Christina Seybolt, MUP (she/her/hers) – Social Impact, Inc.

Author: Mike Duthie, MSc – Social Impact, Inc.

Presenter: Kimberlee Chang, PhD – Social Impact, Inc.

Author: Heather Huntington, PhD – University of Pennsylvania

Environmental Program Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

A professor's perspective on using experiential team learning projects for the development of evaluation competencies in graduate students

Presenter: Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, Ph.D. – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Adaptive learning combined with impact evaluation? How to tell a story in real time and in retrospect.

Presenter: Eric Djimeu, PhD – Results for Development

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Collective impact approach in Cambodia: a series of short stories

Presenter: Christina Synowiec, MSc – Results for Development

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Empowering Graduate Students through Experiential Learning: A Case of Simultaneous Program Evaluation and Research in Higher Education

Presenter: Golnar Fotouhi, M.A. (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Presenter: Linda P. Dart-Kathios, M.A. (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Facilitator

Presenter: Shannon Griswold, Ph.D. – USAID

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Imaginative Interviewing: Using narrative techniques to elicit data

Presenter: Maya Lefkowich, PhD (she/her/hers) – AND implementation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

It's all about the team: A case study of learning about teamwork in an evaluation context

Presenter: James Fargnoli, M.Ed. – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Presenter: Nadia Sahila, M.Ed. – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Learning from Designing Cross-Sectoral Impact Evaluations: Case Study from West Africa

Presenter: Kimberlee Chang, PhD – Social Impact, Inc.

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Learning from Designing Cross-Sectoral Impact Evaluations: Case Study from Zambia

Presenter: Christina Seybolt, MUP (she/her/hers) – Social Impact, Inc.

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Oh s***! : Using stories of failure as a tool to reflect and grow as an evaluator

Presenter: Jennica Nichols, MPH, CE (she/her/hers) – AND implementation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Perceived impact of case competitions on student evaluator competency development

Presenter: Meg Johnson, M.S. (all pronouns) – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Training others on storytelling through evaluation in Uganda

Presenter: Katie Bowman, MIA – Results for Development

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Representation Matters: Engaging a Community Advisory Board to Shape & Refine the Emory COMPASS Center's Community-Led Grantmaking & Capacity Building Initiative for Southern HIV service organizations

Location: White River Ballroom G

Facilitator: Candace Meadows, MPH – COMPASS Coordinating Center - Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

Presenter: Candace Meadows, MPH – COMPASS Coordinating Center - Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

Presenter: Guilemere Cox, JD – Emory COMPASS Coordinating Center

Presenter: Kia Colbert, MPH, CHES (she/her/hers) – Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

Presenter: Rebecca Fils-Aime, MPH (she/her/hers) – Center for Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement, Emory Centers for Public Health Training and Technical Assistance

Presenter: Christopher Roby, PhD – Emory COMPASS Coordinating Center

Nonprofit and Foundations

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Supported Storytelling: Building a Learning Culture for the Equitable Use of Data

Location: Room 206

Presenter: Stephanie Hood, MSW – Kaye Implementation & Evaluation

Presenter: Indra Amaro Gomez, MPH – Kaye Implementation & Evaluation

Presenter: Leah Bartley, PhD, MSW – Kaye Implementation & Evaluation

Disscussant: Jaymie Lorthridge, PhD, MSW (she/her/hers) – Kaye Implementation & Evaluation

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Using Multiple Modalities to Tell Evaluation Stories over Time and Space

Location: Room 105

Presenter: Caitlin Rose Dailey, MA (she/her/hers) – FHI 360

Presenter: Sanskriti Thapa, MSW – FHI 360

Presenter: Amy L Detgen, MPA (she/her/hers) – FHI 360

College Access Programs

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Meet the Editors: Learn About the What, Why and How of Peer-Reviewed Evaluation Journals

Location: Room 101

Chair: Laura Peck, PhD (she/her/hers) – Abt Associates

Presenter: Jori Hall, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago

Presenter: Michael A. Harnar, PhD (he/him/his) – Western Michigan University

Presenter: Thomas Archibald, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

Presenter: Mark Abrahams, PhD – Southern Hemisphere

Presenter: Leslie A. Fierro, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – McGill University

Presenter: Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead, PhD – University of Connecticut

Presenter: Sarah Mason, PhD – The University of Mississippi

Presenter: Jill Chouinard, Dr – University of Victoria

Presenter: Isabelle Bourgeois, PhD – University of Ottawa

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Sharing Bridge to Employment's Success Stories

Presenter: Amy L Detgen, MPA (she/her/hers) – FHI 360

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Telling the Story of Bridge to Employment: A Data Dashboard

Presenter: Sanskriti Thapa, MSW – FHI 360

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Thirty Years of Bridge to Employment: An Oral History

Presenter: Caitlin Rose Dailey, MA (she/her/hers) – FHI 360

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

A panel discussion on the importance of the story of Health Equity in Latinx communities

Location: Room 203

Presenter: Arthur E. Hernandez, PhD (he/him/his) – University of the Incarnate Word

Presenter: Gabriela Castro-Mikhaylov, MS (she/her/hers) – RAND Corporation / Claremont Graduate University

Presenter: Susana Morales, MA – Texas Health Institute

Presenter: Tatiana E. Bustos, PhD – RTI International, Transformative Research Unit for Equity

Disscussant: Lisa Aponte-Soto, MHA, PhD – Tanoma Consulting LLC

Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness in Research Funding Programs: Data Issues and Pathways Forward

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Chair: Josh Schnell, PhD – Clarivate

Presenter: Madeleine F. Wallace, PhD – Windrose Vision

Presenter: Lena Leonchuk, PhD – RTI International

Presenter: Jeffrey Alexander, PhD – RTI International

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

From the Field: How Local Teams Improved their Storytelling to Increase their Impact

Location: White River Ballroom H

Chair: Julie Younes, MA (she/her/hers) – Social Impact

Presenter: Brooke Hill, MIA (she/her/hers) – Social Impact

Presenter: Amy Zangari, n/a – Social Impact

Presenter: Carla Trippe

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Recasting the story of accountability. Who’s in the lead role? Who’s a supporting actor? (Spoiler: it should be completely different to how it typically is.)

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Rhonda Schlangen, MA (she/her/hers) – Rhonda Schlangen Consulting, LLC

Chair: Jim Coe, n/a – Independent consultant

Presenter: Irit Houvras – AJWS

Nonprofit and Foundations

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Shifting Power from International NGOs to Women-Led Organizations in the Global South: Operationalizing Locally Led Feminist Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Presenter: Brittany N. Dernberger, PhD (she/her/hers) – CARE

Facilitator: Tamara Jurberg Thomer (she/her/hers) – CARE

Presenter: Maria Luisa Ramirez, n/a – GENFAMI

Presenter: Prabha Paudel, n/a – WOREC Nepal

Feminist Issues in Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Telling the Stories of challenging but well succeeded evaluation projects in the Amazon

Location: Room 104

Author: ANA LUCIA L. LIMA, n/a – CONHECIMENTO SOCIAL

Presenter: Martina Rillo Otero, n/a – Climate and Society Institute

Author: Martina Rillo Otero, n/a – Climate and Society Institute

Presenter: Juliana Vilhena, n/a – Fundo Vale

Author: Juliana Vilhena, n/a – Fundo Vale

Presenter: Nathalia Cipoleta, n/a – Fundo Vale

Author: Nathalia Cipoleta, n/a – Fundo Vale

Presenter: Aline Calahani, n/a – Associação Vagalume

Author: Aline Calahani, n/a – Associação Vagalume

Presenter: nathalia Flores, n/a – Associação Vagalume

Author: nathalia Flores, n/a – Associação Vagalume

Presenter: Michele Costa, n/a – Fundação Amazônia Sustentável

Author: Michele Costa, n/a – Fundação Amazônia Sustentável

Disscussant: Camilla Cirillo, n/a – GIFE

Environmental Program 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

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Young people’s stories shaping complex data collection and analysis in Uganda

Location: Room 103

Chair: James Robinson – Itad

Presenter: Julian K. Bagyendera, Dr. (PhD) (she/her/hers) – Provide and Equip (P&E)

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Action Research for Community Health and Wellness (AR4CHW)

Presenter: Arthur E. Hernandez, PhD (he/him/his) – University of the Incarnate Word

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Case #1: Transforming a capacity assessment into a storytelling tool

Presenter: Thao Dinh, n/a – USAID/Vietnam Learns

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Case #2: Data placemats and visual products to increase user interaction

Presenter: Kesly Felizor, n/a – Haiti Evaluation and Survey Services Plus

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Contextualizing the logistics and cultural challenges of designing and implementing evaluation processes in the Amazon

Presenter: ANA LUCIA L. LIMA, n/a – CONHECIMENTO SOCIAL

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Discussant

Presenter: Camilla Cirillo, n/a – GIFE

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in Research Funding Programs: Data Issues and Pathways Forward

Presenter: Josh Schnell, PhD – Clarivate

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Estimating "Missingness" and Representation through Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding

Presenter: Jeffrey Alexander, PhD – RTI International

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

From Increasing Representation to Enhancing Engagement: Addressing DEI Issues in Federal Biomedical Innovation and Commercialization Programs

Presenter: Lena Leonchuk, PhD – RTI International

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Introducing the AEA Student Evaluation Case Competition: A case of the Indiana storytelling organization

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Chair: Dana J. Linnell, PhD (she/they) – University of Wisconsin-Stout

Disscussant: Dana J. Linnell, PhD (she/they) – University of Wisconsin-Stout

Presenter: Asma Ali, PhD – Deloitte

Presenter: Carolina De La Rosa Mateo, MPH (she/her/hers) – Causal Pathways

Presenter: Megan Telligman (she/her/hers) – Indiana Humanities

Presenter: Meg Johnson, M.S. (all pronouns) – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Presenter: Marian Dyer

Presenter: James Farngoli

Presenter: Golnar Fotouhi, M.A. (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Presenter: Nadia Sahila, M.Ed. – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Presenter: Jill Lohmeier

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Introductions and broader qualitative analysis

Presenter: James Robinson – Itad

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Leveraging strength from our positionality to change narratives in public health

Presenter: Tatiana E. Bustos, PhD – RTI International, Transformative Research Unit for Equity

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Making Evaluation Theory Accessible

Presenter: Katrina L. Bledsoe, PhD – Abt Associates

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Mapping the Landscape of Evaluation Theory: Tables, Trees, and Metro Maps

Presenter: Sebastian Lemire, PhD – Abt Associates

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

N/A

Presenter: Jim Coe, n/a – Independent consultant

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Overcoming challenges for meaninful story-telling on the funding of social impact initiatives in Brazilian Amazon

Presenter: Juliana Vilhena, n/a – Fundo Vale

Presenter: Nathalia Cipoleta, n/a – Fundo Vale

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Oversight of the complex outcomes baseline and quantitative approach

Presenter: Julian K. Bagyendera, Dr. (PhD) (she/her/hers) – Provide and Equip (P&E)

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Pulling up the floorboards and reshaping evaluation and accountability

Presenter: Rhonda Schlangen, MA (she/her/hers) – Rhonda Schlangen Consulting, LLC

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Pushing back on USAID templates: Designing a feminist evaluation framework with Women-Led Organizations in the Global South

Presenter: Brittany N. Dernberger, PhD (she/her/hers) – CARE

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Re-signifyng evaluation narratives for ensuring actuak communication with different stakeholders in changelling Amazon Raind Forest territories

Presenter: Michele Costa, n/a – Fundação Amazônia Sustentável

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Storytelling and Health Equity

Presenter: Gabriela Castro-Mikhaylov, MS (she/her/hers) – RAND Corporation / Claremont Graduate University

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Summarizing findings and experiences

Presenter: Lisa Aponte-Soto, MHA, PhD – Tanoma Consulting LLC

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Telling Our Story: What's In a Theory?

Presenter: John Lavelle, PhD – University of Minnesota

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Telling stories about funded initiatives supporting sustainable economic and social development in the Amazon

Presenter: Martina Rillo Otero, n/a – Climate and Society Institute

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

"The Journey": a methodology able to tell stories about a project that for over a decade promotes readiing among children in remote communities in the Amazon

Presenter: Aline Calahani, n/a – Associação Vagalume

Presenter: nathalia Flores, n/a – Associação Vagalume

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

The story of Health Equity using data

Presenter: Susana Morales, MA – Texas Health Institute

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Transformative shifts: how funders can ensure they are playing the supporting role

Presenter: Irit Houvras – AJWS

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Visualizing Evaluation Theory: Review of Existing Visualizations and a Sketch of What May Lie Beyond

Presenter: Melvin M. Mark, PhD – Penn State University

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

What Do We Know About the Missing Millions?

Presenter: Madeleine F. Wallace, PhD – Windrose Vision

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Women Leading Change in Colombia

Presenter: Maria Luisa Ramirez, n/a – GENFAMI

Presenter: Erika Veloza – GENFAMI

Presenter: Cristina Burgos – Surcos de Vida

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Women Led Organizations as Humanitarian Actors in Nepal

Presenter: Prabha Paudel, n/a – WOREC Nepal

Presenter: Prasanna Raut – Centre for Women's Awareness and Development (CWAD)

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Working with local teams to build storytelling capacity

Presenter: Sierra Frischknecht, n/a – Social Impact

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Working with young people to tell their stores

Presenter: Denis Pato, n/a – Vijana Corps

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Health Theater & Vaccine Deliberation: How Evaluators & Artists Used Storytelling to Address COVID hesitancy & confidence with Black Citizens in Rural Georgia

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Presenter: Marcel Foster, MPH (they/them/theirs) – Center for Arts in Medicine at University of Florida

Facilitator: Thomas Brazzle, MFA (he/him/his) – Out of Hand Theater

Arts, Culture, and Museums

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Introducing new information technologies to development partners: Stories from the field

Location: Room 201

Presenter: Kerry Bruce, DrPH (she/her/hers) – North End Consulting

Presenter: Swapnil Shekhar, Indian Institute of Forest Management (he/him/his) – Sambodhi Research and Communications

Presenter: Michael Bamberger, Ph.D – International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)

Chair: Kecia Bertermann, n/a (she/her/hers) – Luminate

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Stories are the foundation of everything: program design and cultural evaluation methods in three Indigenous organizations across Hawai’i

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Dawn Mahi, None – Consuelo

Presenter: Kaui Nichols, None – Hoʻokuaʻāina

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

The power of participation: A story of how a child labor systems-change initiative made visible causal pathways to drive change

Location: White River Ballroom B

Chair: Carolina De La Rosa Mateo, MPH (she/her/hers) – Causal Pathways

Presenter: Marina Apgar (she/her/hers) – Institute of Development Studies - Centre for Development Impact

Disscussant: Jewlya Lynn, PhD (she/her/hers) – PolicySolve

Systems in Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Best-Practice Quantitative, Qualitative, and Arts-Based Methodologies

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Chair

Presenter: Kecia Bertermann, n/a (she/her/hers) – Luminate

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Does intensive community mobilizing help households to create better livelihoods? – A synthesis of 200+ micro-narratives of community mobilisers in a slum area in Dhaka

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Enabling better usage of data and technology through ground-up engagement with frontline workers, state and large-scale public intent data

Presenter: Swapnil Shekhar, Indian Institute of Forest Management (he/him/his) – Sambodhi Research and Communications

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

How to keep up with the pace of change for technology in evaluation.

Presenter: Kerry Bruce, DrPH (she/her/hers) – North End Consulting

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Introducing big-data technologies to strengthen humanitarian programs: Stories from the field

Presenter: Michael Bamberger, Ph.D – International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Investigating causal pathways is a powerful way to support systemic change: Combating the myths that get in the way

Presenter: Jewlya Lynn, PhD (she/her/hers) – PolicySolve

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Managing a Health Equity Theater Project

Presenter: Tiffany Porter, n/a – Out of Hand Theater

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Our Time Over COVID

Presenter: Thomas Brazzle, MFA (he/him/his) – Out of Hand Theater

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Participatory causal analysis: through the experience of child laborers

Presenter: Marina Apgar (she/her/hers) – Institute of Development Studies - Centre for Development Impact

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Stories are the foundation of everything: program design and cultural evaluation methods in three Indigenous organizations across Hawai'i

Presenter: Dawn Mahi, None – Consuelo

Presenter: Kaui Nichols, None – Hoʻokuaʻāina

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

All that glitters is not gold - Humanitarian impact evaluation in Northeast Syria

Location: Room 105

Author: Gary Glass, Jr. – Blumont Inc.

Presenter: Christy Lazicky, MPA/ID – Causal Design

Presenter: Gary Glass, Jr. – Blumont Inc.

Design and Analysis of Experiments

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Conversations with Friends of Evaluation: Perspectives on Evaluation to Support Diverse Student Populations

Location: Room 301

Author: Julia Siwierka, PhD – The Rucks Group

Presenter: Grayson McKeown, M.Ed. – Columbus State Community College

Presenter: Morakinyo Kuti, PhD – Central State University

Chair: Kathleen Dean, PhD – The Rucks Group

Facilitator: Lana Rucks, Ph.D. – The Rucks Group

Assessment in Higher Education

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Evaluating Storytelling: Voices of Veterans and Youth in Ukraine

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Presenter: Justin Lawrence, MPA – Resonance Global

Chair: Justin Lawrence, MPA – Resonance Global

Presenter: Olga Schetinina, MA – Resonance Global

Presenter: Kaitlan Havlicek-McClenahan, MA – Resonance Global

Presenter: Zumrat Salmorbekova, MA – Resonance Global

Presenter: Sarah McLaughlin, MA – Department of State

Presenter: George Mesthos (he/him/his) – Department of State Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Flipping the Script on Evaluating Preventing or Countering Violent Extremism Program in Somalia

Location: White River Ballroom D

Presenter: Akugizibwe Byenkya, MA – USAID

Disscussant: Akugizibwe Byenkya, MA – USAID

Presenter: Chris Thompson, MPA – Social Impact

Disscussant: Chris Thompson, MPA – Social Impact

Presenter: Joseph N. Mungai – Social Impact

Disscussant: Joseph N. Mungai – Social Impact

Presenter: Marzia Faraz, n/a – USAID

Disscussant: Marzia Faraz, n/a – USAID

Facilitator: Stephen Okoth, Mr (he/him/his) – USAID Somalia

Systems in Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Past, Present, and Future: How Context Affects People's Lives

Location: Room 206

Presenter: Dominica McBride, PhD – BECOME

Presenter: Tatiana Cortes, MA – BECOME

Presenter: Coretta J Pruitt, BS (she/her/hers) – Love Thy Neighbors Network

Community Psychology

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Storytelling in the Context of International Development: Discussion of an Innovative Evaluation Framework used to tell our Social Impact Story to Stakeholders and to inform Organizational Learning

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Sarah Randolph – U.S. Trade and Development Agency

Presenter: Sandra Williams, Ph.D. – Q-Q Research Consultants, LLC

Presenter: Laura A. Robinson – U.S. Trade and Development Agency

Government Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Telling the Training Story Using the Kirkpatrick Training Evaluation Model

Location: Room 103

Facilitator: Salome Tsereteli-Stephens (she/her/hers) – American Bar Association Center for Global Programs

Presenter: Jeanette Tocol, Evaluation and Learning Advisor (she/her/hers) – American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative

Presenter: Paola Andrea Suarez, MEL Expert (she/her/hers) – American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative

Presenter: Victoria Alegre, MEL Expert (she/her/hers) – American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative

Democracy and Governance

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

The Seductive Danger of Stories: How narratives can mislead evaluators and evaluation managers

Location: Room 201

Presenter: Jerome Gallagher, n/a – US Department of State

Chair: Jerome Gallagher, n/a – US Department of State

Presenter: Melissa Chiappetta, MS – USAID

Presenter: Mateusz Pucilowski – Social Impact

Disscussant: Adam Trowbridge, MIDP – U.S. Department of State & USAID

Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

What Does it Mean to Include Latino/a/e/x Voice in Evaluation?

Location: White River Ballroom H

Presenter: Gabriela L. Garcia – BECOME

Presenter: Allison Shurilla, MPP (they/them/theirs) – AS Community Consulting, Inc.

Presenter: Emely Medina-Ridriguez, n/a – EMR Evaluation

Presenter: Alisha Garcia Flores, MUPP (She/her/hers/ella) – Enlace Chicago

Disscussant: Wanda Casillas, n/a – Claremont Graduate University

Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Youth Participatory Action Research: Telling the story of well-being across identity groups

Location: Room 102

Chair: Andrea Juarez Mendoza, Phd – City University of New York, Graduate Center

Disscussant: Kim Sabo-Flores, PhD (she/her/hers) – Hello Insight

Presenter: Desiree Armas, BA – Fresh Tracks

Presenter: Niara Frankson, BA – Fresh Tracks

Presenter: Sierra QUINTANA

Youth Focused Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Building an Evidence-Base For CVE Programming

Presenter: Marzia Faraz, n/a – USAID

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Conversations with Friends of Evaluation: a Coordinator's Perspective on the Field's Role to Support Diverse Student Populations

Presenter: Grayson McKeown, M.Ed. – Columbus State Community College

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Conversations with Friends of Evaluation: a Program Manager's Perspective on the Field's Role to Support Diverse Student Populations

Facilitator: Lana Rucks, Ph.D. – The Rucks Group

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Conversations with Friends of Evaluation: an Associate Provost of Research's Perspective on the Field's Role to Support Diverse Student Populations

Presenter: Morakinyo Kuti, PhD – Central State University

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Conversations with Friends of Evaluation: an Evaluator's Perspective on the Field's Role to Support Diverse Student Populations

Presenter: Kathleen Dean, PhD – The Rucks Group

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Culturally Responsive Community Transformation

Presenter: Dominica McBride, PhD – BECOME

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Discussant

Presenter: Adam Trowbridge, MIDP – U.S. Department of State & USAID

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Discussion facilitator

Location: Room 103

Presenter: Salome Tsereteli-Stephens (she/her/hers) – American Bar Association Center for Global Programs

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Engaging Youth and Young Adults As Researchers, Creating Measures of Wellbeing For and With Their Communities

Presenter: Kim Sabo-Flores, PhD (she/her/hers) – Hello Insight

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Framing the relationship: Evaluation and storytelling

Presenter: Justin Lawrence, MPA – Resonance Global

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

From village to isolation to hope

Presenter: Coretta J Pruitt, BS (she/her/hers) – Love Thy Neighbors Network

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Harmonizing Voices: Synthesizing Learning from Partners on the Ground in Somalia

Presenter: Joseph N. Mungai – Social Impact

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

How context shapes people's lives

Presenter: Tatiana Cortes, MA – BECOME

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Innovative Evaluation Framework used to tell a Social-Impact Story to Stakeholders

Presenter: Sandra Williams, Ph.D. – Q-Q Research Consultants, LLC

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Just-so causal stories: The danger of spinning causal narratives from inadequate methods and evidence.

Presenter: Melissa Chiappetta, MS – USAID

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Making Global Local: Storytelling for Multiple Audiences

Presenter: Paul Marin, n/a – U.S. Trade and Development Agency

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Measuring Storytelling

Presenter: Kaitlan Havlicek-McClenahan, MA – Resonance Global

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Principles for Portfolio Measurement Systems in Fragile and Conflict-Prone Environments

Presenter: Chris Thompson, MPA – Social Impact

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Results from CYLA and Veterans Reintegration Program

Presenter: Zumrat Salmorbekova, MA – Resonance Global

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Storytelling as a data collection tool: Veteran's Voices

Presenter: Olga Schetinina, MA – Resonance Global

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Storytelling in the Context of International Infrastructure Projects

Presenter: Sarah Randolph – U.S. Trade and Development Agency

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Telling a new story: USAID/Somalia's experience using a Portfolio Monitoring Approach to evaluate P/CVE

Presenter: Akugizibwe Byenkya, MA – USAID

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Telling Our Story Of Wellbeing Using a YPAR Approach

Presenter: Andrea Juarez Mendoza, Phd – City University of New York, Graduate Center

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Telling Stories that Shape Action

Presenter: Martha Muco, Ph.D. – Khulisa

Presenter: Jesse Webb, MA – Khulisa

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Telling stories through bite sized evaluation insights

Presenter: Sarah McLaughlin, MA – Department of State

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Telling the story of culture, values, and circumstances that nurture the well-being of Black youth and young adults

Presenter: Niara Frankson, BA – Fresh Tracks

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Telling the story of culture, values, and circumstances that nurture the well-being of Latine youth and young adults

Presenter: Desiree Armas, BA – Fresh Tracks

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Telling the Training Story Using the Kirkpatrick Model in Colombia Programs for Judges and Court Personnel

Location: Room 103

Presenter: Paola Andrea Suarez, MEL Expert (she/her/hers) – American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Telling the Training Story Using the Kirkpatrick Model in Peru Programs for Justice Actors

Location: Room 103

Presenter: Victoria Alegre, MEL Expert (she/her/hers) – American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

The over-simplified evaluation story: Resisting the urge to erase contradiction and uncertainty in the presentation of evaluation findings and conclusions

Presenter: Mateusz Pucilowski – Social Impact

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

The urge to aggregate: The danger of creating overly-coherent stories from aggregating complex information

Presenter: Jerome Gallagher, n/a – US Department of State

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Youth and Young Adult Wellbeing: A youth-led participatory action research project to define and measure well-being

Presenter: Juan Martinez Pineda, MA – The Aspen Institute

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Building inclusive rigor through stories

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Chair: Helene Bradburn – Independent

Presenter: Marina Apgar (she/her/hers) – Institute of Development Studies - Centre for Development Impact

Presenter: Steff Deprez, n/a – Voices That Count

Presenter: Edwin Cubillos, n/a – EPI - Photovoice

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Mapping and Critical Analysis of Localization Efforts, a Shared and Fraught Story Across Continents

Location: Room 201

Author: Karla Giuliano Sarr, AEA member, 15+ years in international development – EnCompass LLC

Chair: Karla Giuliano Sarr, AEA member, 15+ years in international development – EnCompass LLC

Author: Kimberly Mahling, Over 30 years in international research, evaluation and development – EnCompass LLC

Author: Pragati Godbole, 15+ years experience – EnCompass LLC

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Narratives of sustainability: Lessons and examples from Nigeria

Location: White River Ballroom G

Presenter: Jessica Fehringer, PhD (she/her/hers) – Data for Impact

Disscussant: Jessica Fehringer, PhD (she/her/hers) – Data for Impact

Presenter: Tory M. Taylor, MPH (she/her/hers) – Data for Impact

Presenter: Justus Uzim, n/a – USAID/Nigeria

Health Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Sources and consequences of bias in big data-based evaluations: Stories from the field

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Presenter: pete york, MSSA – BCT Partners

Presenter: Linda Raftree, BA in Anthropology – MERL Tech

Chair: Michael Bamberger, Ph.D – International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)

Presenter: Randal Pinkett, PhD, MBA (he/him/his) – BCT Partners

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

The care needed for shaping and understanding “the story” for RCT researchers and consumers: an example from microfinance.

Location: White River Ballroom H

Facilitator: Genzo Yamamoto, PhD – Opportunity International

Chair: Genzo Yamamoto, PhD – Opportunity International

Disscussant: Lise Masselus, n/a – Leibnitz Institute for Economic Research

Presenter: Luis Fernando Sanabria – Fundacion Paraguaya

Presenter: Genzo Yamamoto, PhD – Opportunity International

Presenter: Nathan Fiala, PhD – University of Connecticut

Presenter: Michael Spingler – VisionFund

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Ukraine: Resilience in the face of conflict- How two Ukrainian health projects adapted when data became a moving target

Location: 104

Presenter: Kateryna Krasnikova, MA (she/her/hers) – Community Action for HIV Control Project; Pact Inc, Ukraine office

Presenter: Ihor Matviichuk, M.A. – Public Health System Resilience & Recovery Project; Pact Ukraine

Facilitator: Lauren Serpe – Pact

Author: Molly Wright, M.S. – Pact

Author: Kateryna Krasnikova, MA (she/her/hers) – Community Action for HIV Control Project; Pact Inc, Ukraine office

Author: Ihor Matviichuk, M.A. – Public Health System Resilience & Recovery Project; Pact Ukraine

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

A Story of Two Localization Landscape Analyses

Presenter: Kimberly Mahling, Over 30 years in international research, evaluation and development – EnCompass LLC

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Addressing Hidden Biases: Enhancing Equity through Causal Modeling in Big Data Evaluations

Presenter: pete york, MSSA – BCT Partners

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Asking the right questions: Sentinel indicators help tell the story of health programs' progress toward sustainability in Nigeria

Presenter: Siân Curtis, PhD – Data for Impact

Presenter: Huyen Vu, MPH – Data for Impact

Presenter: Justus Uzim, n/a – USAID/Nigeria

Presenter: Tory M. Taylor, MPH (she/her/hers) – Data for Impact

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Data as a moving target: How adaptations to a community HIV program's M&E enabled critical service provision to vulnerable populations in a time of war

Presenter: Kateryna Krasnikova, MA (she/her/hers) – Community Action for HIV Control Project; Pact Inc, Ukraine office

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Data as a moving target: How one M&E team is meeting the data challenges of war head-on

Presenter: Ihor Matviichuk, M.A. – Public Health System Resilience & Recovery Project; Pact Ukraine

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Gaps in Democracy and Governance Local Programming Across 7 Countries

Presenter: Pragati Godbole, 15+ years experience – EnCompass LLC

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Introducing the sources of bias in big data framework

Presenter: Michael Bamberger, Ph.D – International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)

Presenter: Randal Pinkett, PhD, MBA (he/him/his) – BCT Partners

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Learning from stakeholders' stories about sustainability: An application of the most significant change (MSC) method in Nigeria

Presenter: Jessica Fehringer, PhD (she/her/hers) – Data for Impact

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Localization Case Studies - Promising Practice and Lessons Learned

Presenter: Karla Giuliano Sarr, AEA member, 15+ years in international development – EnCompass LLC

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

N/A

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Participatory life story analysis: A methodology for systems change

Presenter: Marina Apgar (she/her/hers) – Institute of Development Studies - Centre for Development Impact

Presenter: Helene Bradburn – Independent

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Participatory narrative inquiry and sensemaking: Using SenseMaker to facilitate citizen engagement for participatory neighborhood development

Presenter: Steff Deprez, n/a – Voices That Count

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Participatory photography and Everyday Peace Indicators: Social impact and tensions of this relationship in conflict areas

Presenter: Edwin Cubillos, n/a – EPI - Photovoice

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Stories of Natural Language Processing: exciting possibilities and concerning challenges

Presenter: Linda Raftree, BA in Anthropology – MERL Tech

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Uncovering the Impacts of Racial and Gender Bias in Data Science: How Participatory Analytics can Break the Bias and Promote Equity

Presenter: miriam sarwana, PhD in Social/ Health Psychology – BCT Partners

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Welcome and introduction to the Inclusive Rigour framework and case studies

Presenter: Helene Bradburn – Independent

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Who what where: Using organizational network analysis to assess community embeddedness as a marker of health program sustainability in Nigeria.

Presenter: Tory M. Taylor, MPH (she/her/hers) – Data for Impact

Presenter: Siân Curtis, PhD – Data for Impact

Author: Devin J. Cornell, PhD

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Creating and Telling the Story of System Change: Oxfam’s Experiences

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Irene Guijt, PhD – Oxfam Great Britain

Presenter: Kimberly Pfeifer, PhD – Oxfam US

Presenter: Jorge Romero Leon, MA (he/him/his) – Oxfam Netherlands

Chair: Velina Petrova, PhD (she/her/hers) – Oxfam International

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Emerging AI in Evaluation: Implications and Opportunities for Practice & Business

Location: Room 103

Chair: Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead, PhD – University of Connecticut

Disscussant: Sarah Mason, PhD – The University of Mississippi

Presenter: Nina Sabarre, PhD (she/her/hers) – Intention 2 Impact

Presenter: Kathleen Doll, PhD (she/her/hers) – Intention 2 Impact

Presenter: Sahiti Bhaskara, MPH, BDS – Intention 2 Impact

Presenter: Linda Raftree, BA in Anthropology – MERL Tech

Author: Aileen M. Reid, PhD (she/her/hers) – UNC Greensboro

Presenter: Zach Tilton, n/a – Western Michigan University

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

How Evaluation Commissioners shape, tell and receive the “evaluation story?”

Location: Room 102

Presenter: Tessie Catsambas, MPP – EnCompass LLC

Facilitator: Tessie Catsambas, MPP – EnCompass LLC

Chair: Tessie Catsambas, MPP – EnCompass LLC

Disscussant: Veronica Olazabal, MA (she/her/hers) – The BHP Foundation

Presenter: Daniel Kidder, PhD (he/him/his) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Disscussant: E. Jane Davidson, Ph.D. – Real Evaluation

Presenter: Marco Segone, MA – United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Presenter: Veronica Olazabal, MA (she/her/hers) – The BHP Foundation

Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Revealing and Transmitting Prevention-Related Stories through the Georgia Prevention Data Hub

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Chair: Jenna Gabrio, MPH – RTI International

Disscussant: Darigg Brown, PhD, MPH – RTI International

Presenter: Kirsty Weitzel, MS – RTI International

Presenter: Anna Godwin, MS (she/her/hers) – RTI International

Author: Ian Thomas, BA – RTI International

Author: Chris Coxen, MS, BS – RTI International

Author: Malinda Gowin, MPH – Georgia Dept of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Behavioral Health Prevention and Federal Grants

Author: Donna Dent, MS, MISM, ICPS – Georgia Dept of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Behavioral Health Prevention and Federal Grants

Author: Jill Mays, LPC – Georgia Dept of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Behavioral Health Prevention and Federal Grants

Presenter: Jenna Gabrio, MPH – RTI International

Presenter: Ian Thomas, BA – RTI International

Presenter: Darigg Brown, PhD, MPH – RTI International

Data Visualization and Reporting

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Rigorous stories: How Outcome Harvesting can be a tool for understanding when, where, why and how change happens

Location: White River Ballroom A

Chair: Abdoul Karim Coulibaly, n/a – Freelance

Presenter: Yulianto Dewata, Director – PT. Reforma Visi Utama

Presenter: Steve Powell – Causal Map Ltd

Presenter: Marina Apgar (she/her/hers) – Institute of Development Studies - Centre for Development Impact

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The Power of Story in Organizations

Location: Room 205

Presenter: Darlene F. Russ Eft, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue Polytechnic, Purdue University

Author: Darlene F. Russ Eft, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue Polytechnic, Purdue University

Author: JB Jordan, n/a – Davenport University

Presenter: Brandon Grant, PhD (he/him/his) – Purdue Polytechnic, Purdue University

Author: Brandon Grant, PhD (he/him/his) – Purdue Polytechnic, Purdue University

Presenter: Valerie Ehrlich, PhD (she/her/hers) – Center for Creative Leadership

Author: Valerie Ehrlich, PhD (she/her/hers) – Center for Creative Leadership

Author: Judanne Lennox-Morrison, Master of Urban Planning (MUP) (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

Author: Patti Phillips, PhD – ROI Institute

Disscussant: Patti Phillips, PhD – ROI Institute

Author: Michelle Schneider, n/a – Center for Creative Leadership

Presenter: Patti Phillips, PhD – ROI Institute

Leadership and Organizational Performance

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

To adapt or not to adapt? Retaining quality when tailoring Outcome Harvesting

Location: White River Ballroom C

Presenter: Lauren Serpe – Pact

Facilitator: Lauren Serpe – Pact

Presenter: Karen Biesbrouck, n/a – Oxfam Novib

Presenter: Kyaw Thura Tun, MSc – Pact

Presenter: Tripti Pande, MScPH (she/her/hers) – Pact

Qualitative Methods

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Using Storytelling to Ground and Make Sense of Organizational Strategies and Frameworks: Experiences from Three Organizations

Location: Room 309/310

Presenter: Natalie Trisilla – International Republican Institute

Chair: Natalie Trisilla – International Republican Institute

Presenter: Anna Chukhno, n/a – IRI

Presenter: Adrienne Lemon, n/a – SFCG

Presenter: David Connolly (he/him/his) – USIP

Presenter: Diego Benitez (he/him/his) – Learning, Evaluation, and Research, USIP

Democracy and Governance

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

A story of shifting power and changing systems: the new learning and accountability framework for Oxfam Great Britain

Presenter: Irene Guijt, PhD – Oxfam Great Britain

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Abdoul Karim is the chair, he would not have a presentation.

Presenter: Abdoul Karim Coulibaly, n/a – Freelance

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Centering Equity: The Role of Evaluation and Evaluators in an AI World

Presenter: Aileen M. Reid, PhD (she/her/hers) – UNC Greensboro

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Co-author

Presenter: JB Jordan, n/a – Davenport University

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Co-author for all panel presentations

Presenter: Ian Thomas, BA – RTI International

Presenter: Chris Coxen, MS, BS – RTI International

Presenter: Malinda Gowin, MPH – Georgia Dept of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Behavioral Health Prevention and Federal Grants

Presenter: Donna Dent, MS, MISM, ICPS – Georgia Dept of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Behavioral Health Prevention and Federal Grants

Presenter: Jill Mays, LPC – Georgia Dept of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Behavioral Health Prevention and Federal Grants

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Co-author with V Ehrlich

Presenter: Michelle Schneider, n/a – Center for Creative Leadership

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Co-Author with V. Ehrlich

Presenter: Judanne Lennox-Morrison, Master of Urban Planning (MUP) (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Commissioning evaluation in a federal agency

Presenter: Daniel Kidder, PhD (he/him/his) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Commissioning evaluation in the foundation context

Presenter: Huilan Krenn, Ph.D. – W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Commissioning evaluations in United Nations' agencies

Presenter: Marco Segone, MA – United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Designing and Constructing Data Visualization Tool to Reveal Stories

Presenter: Kirsty Weitzel, MS – RTI International

Presenter: Evan Bunnage, BS – RTI International

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Developing Critical AI Literacy in Evaluation Education and Capacity Building

Presenter: Zach Tilton, n/a – Western Michigan University

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Evaluation in work-from-home settings

Presenter: Brandon Grant, PhD (he/him/his) – Purdue Polytechnic, Purdue University

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Evaluation manager's role in commissioning evaluations that matter

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Finding the Right Narrative: Dilemmas in Strategy Evaluation

Presenter: David Connolly (he/him/his) – USIP

Presenter: Diego Benitez (he/him/his) – Learning, Evaluation, and Research, USIP

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Flexibility in Outcome Harvesting approaches: when do you draw the line?

Presenter: Chhork Boeurng, MDM – Pact

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Gain or Pain: Outcome Harvesting methodological flexibilities and its pitfalls in field implementation to draw a complete story of the project

Presenter: Thomas Mugala, n/a – Pact, ACHIEVE

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Gathering and Synthesizing Data to Discover Stories

Presenter: Jenna Gabrio, MPH – RTI International

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Gathering stories in data collection, analysis, and presentation: Power of critical incidents

Presenter: Darlene F. Russ Eft, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue Polytechnic, Purdue University

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Good practices and cautions for evaluation commissioners

Presenter: E. Jane Davidson, Ph.D. – Real Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

How far is too far when tailoring Outcome Harvesting? Reflections from an INGO's case study review

Presenter: Lauren Serpe – Pact

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Implications for evaluation capacity building for evaluation commissioners

Presenter: Veronica Olazabal, MA (she/her/hers) – The BHP Foundation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Knowledge for Systems Change at Oxfam America

Presenter: Kimberly Pfeifer, PhD – Oxfam US

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Knowledges for Transformative System Changes: Where From and Where To?

Presenter: Velina Petrova, PhD (she/her/hers) – Oxfam International

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Making the Case: Storytelling in Strategies for System Transformation

Presenter: Jorge Romero Leon, MA (he/him/his) – Oxfam Netherlands

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Moderator

Presenter: Darigg Brown, PhD, MPH – RTI International

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Pathways to Leadership: Stories about Relationships and Opportunities

Location: Room 208

Facilitator: Mónica Ruiz-Casares, PhD – Toronto Metropolitan University

Presenter: Leslie J. Cooksy, PhD – Independent Consultant

Presenter: Maurice Samuels, PhD – Sierra Health Foundation

Presenter: Leslie Goodyear, PhD – Education Development Centre

Presenter: Corrie Whitmore, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Alaska Anchorage

Presenter: Karen T. Jackson, Ph.D. – North Carolina A&T State University

Qualitative Methods

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Putting Stories into Action: Using Storytelling to Develop and Implement IRI's Organization-wide Results

Presenter: Natalie Trisilla – International Republican Institute

Presenter: Anna Chukhno, n/a – IRI

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Session Chair

Presenter: Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead, PhD – University of Connecticut

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Session Discussant

Presenter: Sarah Mason, PhD – The University of Mississippi

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Stories and ROI

Presenter: Patti Phillips, PhD – ROI Institute

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Storytelling in equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) programs

Presenter: Valerie Ehrlich, PhD (she/her/hers) – Center for Creative Leadership

Presenter: Judanne Lennox-Morrison, Master of Urban Planning (MUP) (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Supporting inclusive rigour in outcome harvesting

Location: White River Ballroom A

Poster Presenter: Marina Apgar (she/her/hers) – Institute of Development Studies - Centre for Development Impact

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Tailoring Outcome Harvesting to manage the risk of bias in risk mitigation procedures used in complex policy advocacy programs

Presenter: Karen Biesbrouck, n/a – Oxfam Novib

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Using AI to Disrupt Business As Usual In Evaluation Firms

Presenter: Nina Sabarre, PhD (she/her/hers) – Intention 2 Impact

Presenter: Kathleen Doll, PhD (she/her/hers) – Intention 2 Impact

Presenter: Sahiti Bhaskara, MPH, BDS – Intention 2 Impact

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Using Outcome Harvesting Approach to Identify Project's Contributions to Regulatory Change in Education Sector (Indonesia case study)

Presenter: Yulianto Dewata, Director – PT. Reforma Visi Utama

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Utilizing the Data Visualization Tool to Transmit Stories

Presenter: Anna Godwin, MS (she/her/hers) – RTI International

Presenter: Rebecca Watkins, BS – RTI International

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Watch out! Risks of using Natural Language Processing AI for Evaluation

Presenter: Linda Raftree, BA in Anthropology – MERL Tech

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

What's in a Framework? Shifting Stories About Peace and Who Gets to Tell Them

Presenter: Adrienne Lemon, n/a – SFCG

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM ET

Stories of Collaboration: A Conversation among a Funded Partner, Evaluator, and Funder about using Participatory Methods in Evaluation

Location: White River Ballroom I

Presenter: Noemi Avalos, MPH – Sierra Health Foundation/The Center

Presenter: Madeline Sabatoni, MPA (she/her/hers) – Sierra Health Foundation/The Center

Presenter: Romala Ramkissoon, MBA – Dignity Health

Disscussant: Maurice Samuels, PhD – Sierra Health Foundation

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

A story of MSC implementation and capturing marginalized voices–-learnings based on various phases of MSC

Location: Room 202

Facilitator: Sarya Sok, n/a – State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Office of Global Programs

Presenter: Theophilus Odaudu, n/a – Disability Rights Fund

Presenter: Nikki Junker, PhD (she/her/hers) – Contracting Resources Group

Disscussant: Giovanni P. Dazzo, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Building Evaluation Capacity to Tell a Foundation’s Story of Systems Change

Location: Room 104

Presenter: Margaret B. Hargreaves, M.P.P. – NORC at the University of Chicago

Presenter: Freya Bradford, MSW – Rotary Charities of Traverse City

Disscussant: Brandon Coffee-Borden, MPP (he/him/his) – NORC at the University of Chicago

Presenter: Jessica Conrad

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Can evaluation go beyond storytelling? How Developmental Evaluations are working to become part of the story.

Location: Room 102

Presenter: Heather Esper, MPH – William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Presenter: Dani de Garcia (she/her/hers) – Social Impact

Presenter: Chris Thompson, MPA – Social Impact

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Reframing rigor: evaluation practitioner perspectives on tradeoffs and transformations

Location: Room 204

Presenter: Alysson Akiko A. Oakley, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pact

Presenter: Kate Krueger, n/a – Pact

Presenter: Giovanni P. Dazzo, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

Presenter: Bret Barrowman, PhD (he/him/his) – IRI

Research on Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Stories of Change: Using Most Significant Change in Final Program Evaluation of Girls Education in Mali, West Africa

Location: White River Ballroom G

Facilitator: Ashley Bishop, M.S. in Measurement & Evaluation – Winrock International

Presenter: Drew Schmenner, M.A. International/Global Studies – School-to-School International

Presenter: Safal Khatri, M.A. Applied Developmental Psychology, M.Ed. Educational Assessment, Testing and Measurement – Winrock International

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Telling a tale of tech and health system partnerships: lessons learned and opportunities for the future

Location: White River Ballroom H

Presenter: Maggie Jones, MPH (she/her/hers) – Center for Community Health and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

Presenter: Elena Kuo, PhD (she/her/hers) – Center for Community Health and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

Health Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Turning the Page on Impact Evaluations: The Story of What Went Wrong and an Untapped Potential

Location: White River Ballroom A

Presenter: Adam Trowbridge, MIDP – U.S. Department of State & USAID

Presenter: Keith B. Ives, MIDP (he/him/his) – Causal Design

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

A story of MSC implementation and capturing marginalized voices–discussant

Presenter: Giovanni P. Dazzo, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

A story of MSC implementation and capturing marginalized voices–facilitator

Presenter: Sarya Sok, n/a – State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Office of Global Programs

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Addressing social needs: lessons from an evaluation of the implementation of a large-scale social health referral platform

Presenter: Maggie Jones, MPH (she/her/hers) – Center for Community Health and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Clues to Marginalized Population Impact: A Case of MSC in Nigeria

Presenter: Nikki Junker, PhD (she/her/hers) – Contracting Resources Group

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Conceptualizing rigor across paradigms and into the practical

Presenter: Alysson Akiko A. Oakley, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pact

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Debating rigor through a framework of shared objectives and tradeoffs

Presenter: Kate Krueger, n/a – Pact

Presenter: Giovanni P. Dazzo, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

Presenter: Bret Barrowman, PhD (he/him/his) – IRI

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Guided discussion

Presenter: Maurice Samuels, PhD – Sierra Health Foundation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

How Winrock International Learned from Girls' Stories: Education Department

Presenter: Brenda Sinclair, PhD in Education – Winrock International

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

How Winrock International Learned from Girls' Stories: Evaluation Department

Presenter: Safal Khatri, M.A. Applied Developmental Psychology, M.Ed. Educational Assessment, Testing and Measurement – Winrock International

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Joint presentation

Presenter: Adam Trowbridge, MIDP – U.S. Department of State & USAID

Presenter: Keith B. Ives, MIDP (he/him/his) – Causal Design

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Marginalized Voices and Most Significant Change: Early Lessons Learned from Intentional Design

Presenter: Theophilus Odaudu, n/a – Disability Rights Fund

Presenter: Melanie Kawano-Chiu, MA (she/her/hers) – Disability Rights Fund/Disability Rights Advocacy Fund

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Navigation to improve health equity in birth outcomes: lessons from an evaluation of the implementation of a text-based navigation program at a large health system

Presenter: Elena Kuo, PhD (she/her/hers) – Center for Community Health and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Overall Evaluation Findings and Stories

Presenter: Abou Coulibaly, n/a – Winrock International

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Overview of the Evaluation Process

Presenter: Ashley Bishop, M.S. in Measurement & Evaluation – Winrock International

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Reflection and Discussion on Building Evaluation Capacity to Tell a Foundation's Story of Systems Change

Presenter: Brandon Coffee-Borden, MPP (he/him/his) – NORC at the University of Chicago

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Supporting our partners to tell their story

Presenter: Madeline Sabatoni, MPA (she/her/hers) – Sierra Health Foundation/The Center

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Telling the Story of Systems Change – the Evaluator's Perspective

Presenter: Margaret B. Hargreaves, M.P.P. – NORC at the University of Chicago

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Telling the Story of Systems Change – the Foundation's Perspective

Presenter: Freya Bradford, MSW – Rotary Charities of Traverse City

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

The power of story through participatory evaluation and culturally responsive practices

Presenter: Noemi Avalos, MPH – Sierra Health Foundation/The Center

Presenter: Maurice Samuels, PhD – Sierra Health Foundation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Use of Most Significant Change in Final Evaluation

Presenter: Drew Schmenner, M.A. International/Global Studies – School-to-School International

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Using Photovoice and engaging in participatory evaluation to uplift the stories from the community.

Presenter: Romala Ramkissoon, MBA – Dignity Health

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Amplifying Program Beneficiaries' Stories of Sustainability Through Select USAID Ex-Post Evaluations

Location: Room 102

Presenter: Fiona Watta, n/a – USAID/Uganda

Presenter: Alphonse Bigirimana, n/a – USAID/Africa Bureau

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Designing, implementing, and evaluating an academic-public health partnership program during a public health emergency: The story of the Rollins COVID-19 Epidemiology Fellowship

Location: Room 208

Presenter: Jennifer M. Ballentine, MPH – Highland Nonprofit Consulting

Presenter: Allison Chamberlain, PhD – Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University

Presenter: Shelby Rentmeester, MPH – Emory COVID-19 Response Collaborative

Program Design

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Fulfilling the Multi-Faceted Commitments of University-Based Evaluation Centers

Location: Room 205

Presenter: Lori W. Wingate, PhD (she/her/hers) – Western Michigan University

Disscussant: Brad Watts, PhD (he/him/his) – The Evaluation Center

Presenter: Jessica Osborne, PhD – The Center for Research Evaluation, University of Mississippi

Presenter: Erica Echols-Miller, PhD – National Institute for STEM Evaluation & Research

University-Based Center

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

How We Model Matters: Visualizing Program Theories

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Presenter: Stewart I. Donaldson, Ph.D. – Claremont Graduate University

Disscussant: Stewart I. Donaldson, Ph.D. – Claremont Graduate University

Presenter: Allan W. Porowski, MPA – Abt Associates

Presenter: Kaity Mumma, PhD – Abt Associates

Presenter: Sebastian Lemire, PhD – Abt Associates

Chair: Sebastian Lemire, PhD – Abt Associates

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Improving Communication with Populations Experiencing Limited Health Literacy: Applying CLAS and NIH Clear Standards in Text Messaging

Location: Room 104

Presenter: Natalia Rodríguez-Gonzalez, PhD (they/them/theirs) – Arizona State University -SIRC

Presenter: Wendy Wolfersteig, PhD (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University -SIRC

Presenter: Maria Aguilar-Amaya, DM, MAOM – Arizona State University -SIRC

Presenter: Mara de Luca Funke, MPH (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University-SIRC

Health Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Increasing the Power of Story through Transformative Culturally Responsive Mixed Methods Evaluation.

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Presenter: Ayesha Boyce, PhD (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University

Presenter: Jori Hall, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago

Presenter: DONNA M. MERTENS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Gallaudet University

Chair: DONNA M. MERTENS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Gallaudet University

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Telling the Story of Global Democratic Trends Across the Academic-Practitioner Divide

Location: Room 103

Presenter: Marcia D. Mundt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening

Presenter: Brigitte Seim, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenter: Natalie Trisilla – International Republican Institute

Presenter: Daniel Pemstein, PhD – North Dakota State University

Disscussant: Linda Stern, n/a – National Democratic Institute

Democracy and Governance

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Telling the story: Overcoming challenges in translational research evaluation

Location: Room 301

Author: John Stevenson, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Rhode Island

Chair: John Stevenson, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Rhode Island

Disscussant: Clara Pelfrey, PhD (she/her/hers) – Case Western Reserve University

Presenter: Sue Giancola, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

Author: Ingrid Philibert, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center

Presenter: Reagan Curtis, PhD (he/him/his) – West Virginia University

Author: Nikki Lewis, MS – West Virginia Clinical Translational Research Institute

Author: Evana Nusrat Dooty, MS – West Virginia University

Author: Mohammad Muntashir Raquib, MA – West Virginia University

Presenter: Sarah Mason, PhD – The University of Mississippi

Author: S. Hope Gilbert, PhD – Deloitte Consulting, L.L.C.

Translational Research Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Academic Perspectives: The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project Dataset

Presenter: Brigitte Seim, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenter: Daniel Pemstein, PhD – North Dakota State University

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Advancing Evaluation Through Outreach and Capacity Building

Presenter: Lori W. Wingate, PhD (she/her/hers) – Western Michigan University

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Capturing Complexity in Program Theories

Presenter: Allan W. Porowski, MPA – Abt Associates

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Discussion of Broad Issues Facing University-Based Centers

Presenter: Brad Watts, PhD (he/him/his) – The Evaluation Center

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Focus groups: A culturally responsive tool for storytelling

Presenter: Jori Hall, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Follow the Money

Presenter: Erica Echols-Miller, PhD – National Institute for STEM Evaluation & Research

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Fostering protective factors in translational research: Reflections from Mississippi

Presenter: Sarah Mason, PhD – The University of Mississippi

Author: S. Hope Gilbert, PhD – Deloitte Consulting, L.L.C.

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Global Democratic Trends Across the Academic-Practitioner Divide

Presenter: Linda Stern, n/a – National Democratic Institute

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Improving Communication with Populations Experiencing Limited Health Literacy: Applying CLAS and NIH Clear Standards in Text Messaging

Presenter: Natalia Rodríguez-Gonzalez, PhD (they/them/theirs) – Arizona State University -SIRC

Presenter: Wendy Wolfersteig, PhD (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University -SIRC

Presenter: Maria Aguilar-Amaya, DM, MAOM – Arizona State University -SIRC

Presenter: Mara de Luca Funke, MPH (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University-SIRC

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Integrating Evaluation in Program Design for Sustainable Academic-Public Health Partnerships: the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship Program

Presenter: Shelby Rentmeester, MPH – Emory COVID-19 Response Collaborative

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Lessons learned from an evaluation of the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship: Incorporating stakeholder stories into program design and adaptation

Presenter: Jennifer M. Ballentine, MPH – Highland Nonprofit Consulting

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Leveraging Academic-Public Health Partnerships to Establish and Support the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship Program

Presenter: Allison Chamberlain, PhD – Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Mapping Minds and Relations in Program Theories

Presenter: Kaity Mumma, PhD – Abt Associates

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Mixed methods culturally responsive evaluation as a facilitator of stories for minoritized populations

Presenter: Ayesha Boyce, PhD (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Presenter: John Stevenson, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Rhode Island

Presenter: Clara Pelfrey, PhD (she/her/hers) – Case Western Reserve University

Presenter: Ingrid Philibert, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center

Presenter: Nikki Lewis, MS – West Virginia Clinical Translational Research Institute

Presenter: Evana Nusrat Dooty, MS – West Virginia University

Presenter: Mohammad Muntashir Raquib, MA – West Virginia University

Presenter: S. Hope Gilbert, PhD – Deloitte Consulting, L.L.C.

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Navigating times of change while building evaluation capacity in the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Presenter: Reagan Curtis, PhD (he/him/his) – West Virginia University

Presenter: Nikki Lewis, MS – West Virginia Clinical Translational Research Institute

Presenter: Evana Nusrat Dooty, MS – West Virginia University

Presenter: Mohammad Muntashir Raquib, MA – West Virginia University

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Practitioner Perspectives: CEPPS Global Democratic Trends Dataset

Presenter: Marcia D. Mundt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening

Presenter: Natalie Trisilla – International Republican Institute

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Stacking, Nesting, and Integrating Program Theories

Presenter: Sebastian Lemire, PhD – Abt Associates

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Stories of challenges to evaluation over time: CTR evaluator survey results

Presenter: Sue Giancola, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

Presenter: John Stevenson, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Rhode Island

Presenter: Ingrid Philibert, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Sustainability Stories from Uganda: Ex-post evaluation to examines the sustainability of outcomes from USAID's Sustainable, Comprehensive Responses for Vulnerable Children and their Families (SCORE) Project

Presenter: Fiona Watta, n/a – USAID/Uganda

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

The Evolution of the Use of Program Theory in Practice: A Powerful Story and Bright Future

Presenter: Stewart I. Donaldson, Ph.D. – Claremont Graduate University

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

The UBC's role in providing hands-on student learning

Presenter: Jessica Osborne, PhD – The Center for Research Evaluation, University of Mississippi

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Transformative culturally responsive mixed methods evaluation: The power of story

Presenter: DONNA M. MERTENS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Gallaudet University

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

When Powerful Stories of Sustainability and Resilience Emerge from Data and Other Real-World Challenges: The Case USAID/Mali Out-of-School Project Ex-Post Post Evaluation

Presenter: Alphonse Bigirimana, n/a – USAID/Africa Bureau

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

A tale of two perspectives: The benefits of collaborating with communications experts in evaluation storytelling

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Presenter: Lauren Decker-Woodrow, Ph.D. – Westat

Presenter: Valerie Orellana, MEd (she/her/hers) – Westat

Presenter: Hayley Trentacosta, BA (she/her/hers) – Westat

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Creating Impact Stories for Federally Funded Capacity Building Centers

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Allison Hyra, PhD (she/her/hers) – Westat Insight

Chair: Allison Hyra, PhD (she/her/hers) – Westat Insight

Author: Karmen Perry, BA (she/her/hers) – Westat Insight

Presenter: Lauren Decker-Woodrow, Ph.D. – Westat

Author: Lauren Decker-Woodrow, Ph.D. – Westat

Author: Valerie Orellana, MEd (she/her/hers) – Westat

Author: Hayley Trentacosta, BA (she/her/hers) – Westat

Qualitative Methods

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Storytelling to enhance quality and better understanding during Outcome Harvesting evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Julius Nyangaga, MSc, BSc. (he/him/his) – Right Track Africa

Chair: Carmen Wilson-Grau, n/a – Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

Presenter: Noor Muhammad ANSARI

Qualitative Methods

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Telling the Story of U.S. DoD Global Health Engagement through Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation

Location: Room 105

Disscussant: Jessica Jackson, MA, MPH – Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.

Presenter: Amber Rollings, PhD – Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.

Presenter: Elizabeth Pertner, PhD – Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.

Presenter: Eric Regalbuto, M.Sc. – Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.

Military and Veteran Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

The Stories we tell ourselves about the big, bad private sector - repositioning the value proposition of evaluation in corporate contexts.

Location: Room 204

Facilitator: Jared Raynor, n/a – TCC Group

Presenter: Morgan Buras-Finlay, MSW – Raya Cooper Impact Consulting

Presenter: Veronica Olazabal, MA (she/her/hers) – The BHP Foundation

Presenter: John Sherman, MPH (he/him/his) – Sherman Impact Consulting

Social Impact Measurement

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Using Evidence for Learning in USG International Development Agencies

Location: White River Ballroom G

Presenter: Sarah Lane – Millennium Challenge Corporation

Presenter: Daniella Mak – USAID

Presenter: Pamela Velez-Vega, n/a – US Department of State

Facilitator: Casey Dunning, MPP – MCC

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

African Partnership Outbreak Response Alliance (APORA): Evaluating an initiative building multisectoral health security alliances

Presenter: Amber Rollings, PhD – Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership Medical Program (APRRP): Successes, challenges, and enabling sustainability for peacekeeping

Presenter: Elizabeth Pertner, PhD – Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Chair of the panel

Presenter: Carmen Wilson-Grau, n/a – Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

Qualitative Methods

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Counting outcomes: identifying, describing and characterizing outcomes

Presenter: Julius Nyangaga, MSc, BSc. (he/him/his) – Right Track Africa

Qualitative Methods

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Medical Evaluations Describing Interoperability Capability Assessment Levels of Partner Trauma Institutions or Non-Battle Injury Services

Presenter: Eric Regalbuto, M.Sc. – Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Moderator

Presenter: Casey Dunning, MPP – MCC

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

New narratives for impact in finance

Presenter: Jane Reisman, PhD – Jane Reisman Ph.D.

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Painpoints that evaluation can solve in the private sector

Presenter: Veronica Olazabal, MA (she/her/hers) – The BHP Foundation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Power of non-conventional approaches such as storytelling in Outcomes Harvesting of The Educate A Child (EAC): a global education program.

Presenter: Awuor C. PONGE, PhD (he/him/his) – African Policy Centre (APC)

Presenter: Noor Muhammad Ansari – Education Above All (EAA) Foundation

Qualitative Methods

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Summaries of Successes and Challenges

Presenter: Jessica Jackson, MA, MPH – Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Telling stories of evaluation to business leaders

Presenter: Morgan Buras-Finlay, MSW – Raya Cooper Impact Consulting

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

The need for evaluators in market-based spaces

Presenter: Jared Raynor, n/a – TCC Group

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Using a hybrid story circle to capture impacts of a networked improvement community approach to educational practice challenges

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Jenny Nguyen, EdM (she/her/hers) – Westat Insight

Presenter: Allison Hyra, PhD (she/her/hers) – Westat Insight

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Using a story circle to capture impacts of a teacher development career pathway

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Allison Hyra, PhD (she/her/hers) – Westat Insight

Presenter: Karmen Perry, BA (she/her/hers) – Westat Insight

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Using Evidence at MCC

Presenter: Sarah Lane – Millennium Challenge Corporation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Using Evidence at the State Department

Presenter: Pamela Velez-Vega, n/a – US Department of State

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Using Evidence at USAID

Presenter: Daniella Mak – USAID

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation Stories from Evolving Evaluation

Location: Room 204

Author: Sandra Silva, Master of Management – Change Matrix

Chair: Sandra Silva, Master of Management – Change Matrix

Disscussant: Sandra Silva, Master of Management – Change Matrix

Presenter: Christina Davis, MPA – Change Matrix

Presenter: Arthur E. Hernandez, PhD (he/him/his) – University of the Incarnate Word

Presenter: Karen T. Jackson, Ph.D. – North Carolina A&T State University

Research on Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Telling the Changing Story of Evaluation

Location: Room 203

Presenter: C Deborah Laughton – Guilford Press

Presenter: Susan M. Wolfe, PhD (she/her/hers) – Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC

Presenter: Claudia Olavarria, n/a – International Evaluation Consultant

Chair: DONNA M. MERTENS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Gallaudet University

Disscussant: DONNA M. MERTENS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Gallaudet University

Teaching of Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The story of an RCT: Challenging assumptions about “control” in social programming

Location: Room 103

Presenter: Heather J. MacArthur, PhD (she/her/hers) – Blueprint

Presenter: Arden Cheadle, MA – Blueprint

Design and Analysis of Experiments

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Discussant: Changing Story of Evaluation: An Author's Perspective

Presenter: DONNA M. MERTENS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Gallaudet University

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Evaluation Then and Now: Preparing Evaluators in a Changing World

Presenter: C Deborah Laughton – Guilford Press

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Leveraging Trauma-informed Approaches to Conduct More Inclusive Evaluations

Location: Room 202

Disscussant: Marian Ware, MA – International Republican Institute

Presenter: Aaron W. Kates, Ph.D., LMSW – Effect X

Presenter: Paige Rumelt, MPP – International Republican Institute

Presenter: Martha Brown, PhD (she/her/hers) – RJAE Consulting

Social Work

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The changing story of evaluating coalitions and community engagement

Presenter: Susan M. Wolfe, PhD (she/her/hers) – Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The changing story of evaluation practice in the Latin America and Caribbean region: New actors, needs and opportunities

Presenter: Claudia Olavarria, n/a – International Evaluation Consultant

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The evolving story of an RCT: Emerging perspectives of program delivery partners and researchers

Presenter: Heather J. MacArthur, PhD (she/her/hers) – Blueprint

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The evolving story of an RCT: Emerging perspectives of program participants and researchers

Presenter: Arden Cheadle, MA – Blueprint

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

“It’s a long story” - Evaluation Capacity Building in Trust-Based Philanthropy

Location: Room 204

Presenter: Corey Newhouse, MPP (she/her/hers) – Public Profit

Presenter: Taylor B. Anderson, MS (she/her/hers) – Public Profit

Facilitator: Kasi Allen, PhD – The Ford Family Foundation

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Evaluation in the story of change: Reshaping design to center racial equity and parent leadership

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Anita Chandra, Dr.P.H. – RAND Corporation

Presenter: Ari Elliot, PhD (he/him/his) – Greater Rochester Health Foundation

Disscussant: Toyin Anderson (she/her/hers) – The Children's Agenda

Presenter: Jennifer Ames (she/her/hers) – Easthouse Corporation

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Evaluation Influence Models as a Guide to Research on Evaluation’s Consequences

Location: Room 203

Presenter: Melvin M. Mark, PhD – Penn State University

Chair: Melvin M. Mark, PhD – Penn State University

Presenter: Melissa R. Goodnight, PhD – University of Illinois

Presenter: James L. Herbert, PhD – University of South Australia

Disscussant: Karen E. Kirkhart, PhD – Syracuse University, School of Social Work

Research on Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

From Data to Dialogue: Storytelling's Role in Localized Development Evaluation

Location: Room 206

Presenter: Ian Schwenke (he/him/his) – Nuru International

Presenter: Dena Bunnel, MSc (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University

Presenter: Thomas Boswell, MA (he/him/his) – University of Texas Austin, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources

Community Development

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Discussion

Presenter: Karen E. Kirkhart, PhD – Syracuse University, School of Social Work

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Evaluation Capacity Building at the Speed of Community

Presenter: Corey Newhouse, MPP (she/her/hers) – Public Profit

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Evaluation Capacity Building in Trust-Based Philanthropy - Reflections from an Internal Evaluation Leader

Presenter: Kasi Allen, PhD – The Ford Family Foundation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Learning Alongside an Innovative, Fast Growing Foundation

Presenter: Taylor B. Anderson, MS (she/her/hers) – Public Profit

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Nuru International Data Collection; What makes it unique, and how does Nuru incorporate local design in evaluation?

Presenter: Ian Schwenke (he/him/his) – Nuru International

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Paint by number: how mixed methods research enriches quantitative data with qualitative stories to tell us more in fragile, complex environments

Presenter: Dena Bunnel, MSc (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Panel Discussion: Discussant

Presenter: Carolyn Lee-Davis, n/a – National Parent Leadership Institute Inc.

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Panel discussion: Evaluator perspective

Presenter: Anita Chandra, Dr.P.H. – RAND Corporation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Panel discussion: Funder perspective

Presenter: Ari Elliot, PhD (he/him/his) – Greater Rochester Health Foundation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Panel discussion: Parent leader perspective

Presenter: Toyin Anderson (she/her/hers) – The Children's Agenda

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Qualitative evaluation of resilience; How to incorporate story-driven data into advanced social science evaluation

Presenter: Thomas Boswell, MA (he/him/his) – University of Texas Austin, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Research on Evaluation Influence: Methods and Questions

Presenter: Melvin M. Mark, PhD – Penn State University

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Telling a Story about How and Why Evaluation Matters: A Framework for Research on Evaluation Influence

Presenter: Melissa R. Goodnight, PhD – University of Illinois

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

What Happens After the Final Report? Improving Evaluation Practice by Considering How Evaluation Influences People and Organisations

Presenter: James L. Herbert, PhD – University of South Australia

Paper

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

200 - Evidence-Building to Evaluate the Technology Transfer Mission at the U.S. Department of Energy

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Vanessa Pena – US Department of Energy

Presenter: Javier Ortiz – US Department of Energy

Government Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

A study of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic demonstration to inform future investments in a new model of care: synthesizing a story across a range of voices and data sources

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: RACHEL MILLER, MPA, MA (she/her/hers) – Mathematica

Author: Jonathan Brown, PhD, MHS – Mathematica

Author: Kate Stewart, PhD, SM – Mathematica

Author: Eric Dehus, MS – Mathematica

Author: Tyler Rose, MS – Mathematica

Author: Allison Wishon, MHS – Mathematica

Author: Joshua Breslau, PhD, ScD – RAND Corporation

Author: Judith Dey, PhD – Office of Behavioral Health, Disability, and Aging, ASPE, HHS

Author: Laura Jacobus-Kantor, PhD – ASPE, HHS

Behavioral Health

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

“I would have died without help”: Connections, learning, and the de-stigmatization of substance use in rural communities in Maine

Location: White River Ballroom F

Author: Nicole Criss, DHS – MCD Global Health

Presenter: Catherine Sanders, PhD (she/her/hers) – MCD Global Health

Author: Catherine Sanders, PhD (she/her/hers) – MCD Global Health

Author: Valerie Jackson, n/a – MCD Global Health

Presenter: Austin Connally, MPH (He/They) – MCD Global Health

Behavioral Health

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Achieving Greater Educational Equity through Family and Community Engagement: The Power and Story of Trust-Based and Reflexive Partnerships

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Jeanette Au, MDP (she/her/hers) – Creative Research Solutions

Presenter: Rachel Messer, PhD (she/her/hers) – Creative Research Solutions, LLC

Presenter: Kelly Casey, MPhil – Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Presenter: Johana Rendon Ledesma (she/her/hers) – Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Presenter: Nivedita Ranade, PhD – Creative Research Solutions

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Building capacities of VOPEs in East Africa through Peer-to-Peer learning: The story of Uganda Evaluation Association

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Josephine Watera, n/a – Parliament Of Uganda

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Evaluating Measurement-Based Care in a Virtual Clinic

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: L. James A. Schut, PhD – Self

Author: Angelique Troelstrup, PhD – Centerstone Research Institute

Author: Lisa Eggebeen, MSSW, LCSW – Steven A. Cohen Clinics at Centerstone

Presenter: Morgan Given, MPH – Centerstone’s Institute for Clinical Excellence and Innovation

Behavioral Health

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Evaluating Progress in 988/Crisis System Implementation: Metrics and Recommendations

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Kristen Quinlan, PhD – Education Development Center

Author: Kristen Quinlan, PhD – Education Development Center

Author: Shari Kessel Schneider, MA – Education Development Center

Author: Colleen Carr, MA – Education Development Center

Behavioral Health

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Infant Mortality - More Than One Analytical Approach to Understanding the Story

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Karen H. Larwin, PHD – Youngstown State University

Presenter: David A. Larwin

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Integrating Culturally Responsive and Systems Thinking Lens in Organizational Evaluation Capacity: Findings from a Scoping Review

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Omodolapo Somo-Aina, MS – University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Overcoming Methodological Challenges in Impact Evaluation: Lessons from a STEM Education Program in Brazil

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Rafael de Sousa Camelo, PhD (he/him/his) – Plano CDE Institute

Author: Rafael de Sousa Camelo, PhD (he/him/his) – Plano CDE Institute

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Proposal of how to create logic models at the time of evaluation – Does it serve as material for conversations with project participants?

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Ayano Kobayashi – New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Author: Ayano Kobayashi – New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Author: Shin Uesaka, n/a – New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Author: Yoshiko Yamamoto, n/a – New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Ratings and comments given for formative R&D project evaluation – Do they depend on the attributes of external evaluators? And how?

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Shumpei Miyajima, PhD (he/him/his) – New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Author: Shumpei Miyajima, PhD (he/him/his) – New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Author: Nobuhiko Yoda, n/a – New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Author: Shin Uesaka, n/a – New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The Evaluation Capacity of Czech Social Services Organizations

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Salvatore Alaimo, PhD – Grand Valley State University

Author: Salvatore Alaimo, PhD – Grand Valley State University

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Use of Big Data to evaluate the impact of academic international mobility on funding

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Ana Maria Carneiro, Ph.D on Science and Technology Policy (she/her/hers) – Center for Public Policy Studies at University of Campinas

Author: Ana Maria Carneiro, Ph.D on Science and Technology Policy (she/her/hers) – Center for Public Policy Studies at University of Campinas

Author: Carolina Mendes Bento Ferreira, n/a – Unicamp

Author: Gabriela Araújo Tetzner, n/a – Unicamp

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Using Machine Learning and Government Data for Story Telling

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Travis Candieas, MA – University of California, Santa Barbara

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Living the story we wanted to tell: Using mixed methods developmental evaluation to build and weave a network to reduce COVID-19 vaccination disparities

Location: Room 208

Presenter: Nicole Kuiper, MPH (she/her/hers) – CDC

Author: Nicole Kuiper, MPH (she/her/hers) – CDC

Author: Yulia E. Chuvileva, PhD, MA, MSc – CDC

Author: Alyssa Jeffers, MPH (she/her/hers) – CDC

Author: Aparna Ramakrishnan, MA, MSW – Devi Partners

Author: Isabella Chan, PhD, MA, CPH – Karna

Author: Kenneth Goodman, MA – Karna

Author: Hepsi Swarna, M.Sc. – Karna

Social Network Analysis

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

A Tale of Two School Districts: Lessons Learned When Using MAEC's Equity Audit Tool to Evaluate Systemic Barriers to Equity in Two Different Contexts

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Author: Katarzyna Razynska, n/a – Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium

Presenter: Jenny Portillo-Nacu – Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium

Presenter: Vo Ram Yoon, n/a – Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium

Presenter: Katarzyna Razynska, n/a – Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Data Storytelling Through the Lens of a Cross-Initiative Evaluation Project

Location: White River Ballroom F

Author: Ceiara Hyde, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Author: Phyllis Ottley, PhD – Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presenter: Arianna Siler, MPH, CHES – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

Author: Arianna Siler, MPH, CHES – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

Presenter: Ceiara Hyde, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Design Parameter Values for Multilevel Mediation Studies of Teacher Development

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Amota Ataneka, M.A. – University of Cincinnati

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Identifying Implementation and Subgroup Effects with Mixed Effects Random Forests in a Statewide Intervention

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Keith Zvoch – University of Oregon

Author: Christopher Loan, n/a – University of Oregon

Author: Kathleen Scalise, n/a – University of Oregon

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Program Evaluation: Telling the Story of Programs Serving New and Immigrant Students

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Ernest Y. Amoateng, MA – Western Michigan University

Presenter: Mwila Mvula, n/a – Western Michigan University

Presenter: Wessam Abdelaziz, n/a – Kalamazoo Public Schools

Presenter: Joshua Amponsah, n/a – Western Michigan University

Presenter: Mustafa Nazari, MA (he/him/his) – Western Michigan University

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Storytelling for Sustainability: Leveraging Narrative to Look to the Future

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Michael Vanic, M.S.Ed. – ICF

Presenter: Andrew MacDonald, MPP – ICF

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Adjusting the Chi-Square Test When Participants Make Several Forced-Choice Response

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Harold Stanislaw, PhD – California State University, Stanislaus

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Evaluating Student Success in Higher Education: A Plea for Needs Assessment

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Jessica Osborne, PhD – The Center for Research Evaluation, University of Mississippi

Author: Jessica Osborne, PhD – The Center for Research Evaluation, University of Mississippi

Needs Assessment

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Evaluative Thinking for Transformative Change: Building Capacity in Early Care and Education Systems

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Kathleen (Kate) C. Gallagher, PHD (she/her/hers) – Buffett Early Childhood Institute, University of Nebraska

Presenter: Katherine Sutton, MPH – Buffett Early Childhood Institute, Univ. of Nebraska

Presenter: Jamlick Bosire, MEd – University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Research on Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Introduction, Design and Analysis for Multilevel Interventional Mediation Effects With Multiple Mediators

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Fangxing Bai, n/a – University of Cinicinnati

Author: Ben Kelcey, Quantitative Methods – University of Cinicnnati

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Investigating the Use of Bifactor Models in the Context of Item Wording Method Effects

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Elizabeth Leighton, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina

Author: Elizabeth Leighton, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Lessons Learned from a Culturally Specific Gender-Based Violence National Needs Assessment

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Author: Swathi Reddy, PhD – Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence

Author: Shirley Luo, MA – Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence

Presenter: Krista Grajo, MA (she/they) – Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence

Author: Krista Grajo, MA (she/they) – Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence

Needs Assessment

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Once Upon a Time, There Was a P-Value… Our Evolving Story of Statistical Significance

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Theresa LeGros, MA – University of Arizona

Author: Gregory Goodman, MS – University of Arizona, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Wellness

Author: Laurel Jacobs, DrPH., MPH – University of Arizona, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Wellness

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Sound, Camera, Action: How Much Power Does a Documentary Hold and How Much Can it Unleash?

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: João Martinho, MA (he/him/his) – The Audacious Project, TED

Arts, Culture, and Museums

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Success Case Method Theory in Practice: Findings from Interviews with Robert O. Brinkerhoff

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Daniela Schroeter, PhD (she/her/hers) – Western Michigan University

Author: Daniela Schroeter, PhD (she/her/hers) – Western Michigan University

Presenter: Daniela Zahn, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brinkerhoff Evaluation Institute

Author: Daniela Zahn, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brinkerhoff Evaluation Institute

Research on Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

The Other Side of the Evaluation Story: A Multi-Methods Study on Practical Knowledge and the Ways of Knowing in Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Heather D. Codd, PhD – Pyxis Management, Inc.

Research on Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

The Power of Arts in Education Evaluation Stories: Placing stakeholders at the center

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Yvette Clinton, n/a – MSG

Presenter: Renne Benson, n/a – Young Audiences of Louisiana

Arts, Culture, and Museums

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Transformative Front-End Evaluation: Centering Communities of Color when Defining “Success”

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Rebecca M. Teasdale, PhD – University of Illinois Chicago

Presenter: Cecilia Garibay, PhD – Garibay Group

Arts, Culture, and Museums

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Unpacking the tension between truth and justice: The use of narrative inquiry to explore validity in international development impact evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Elli M. Travis, MS – Virginia Tech

Disscussant: Thomas Archibald, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

Research on Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Combining Econometric Methods and Qualitative Inquiry to Uncover the Impact of a School Attendance Program in Brazil

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Rafael de Sousa Camelo, PhD (he/him/his) – Plano CDE Institute

Author: Rafael de Sousa Camelo, PhD (he/him/his) – Plano CDE Institute

Author: Isadora Castanhedi (she/her/hers) – Plano CDE

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Effects of EU-funded tourism promotion in the Cap of the North

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Ville Vehkasalo, PhD (he/him/his) – National Audit Office of Finland

Author: Ville Vehkasalo, PhD (he/him/his) – National Audit Office of Finland

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

The Power of Story: The Value-Added from Conducting Cost-Inclusive Evaluations— How Cost Numbers Can Enhance Strategic Managerial Decision-Making

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Dr. Nadini Persaud, Pd.D., CPA, CGA – The University of the West Indies, Barbados

Author: Dr. Nadini Persaud, Pd.D., CPA, CGA – The University of the West Indies, Barbados

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Using Evaluation to Communicate the Broader Value of Investment within a Rural Environment

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Cagney Stigger-Morns, MPH – CDC

Author: Cagney Stigger-Morns, MPH – CDC

Author: Amena Abbas, MPH – ASRT, Inc.

Author: Amma Boakye, MPH – CDC

Author: Kelsi O. Jackson, MPH (she/her/hers) – Cherokee Federal

Author: Shaquira Robinson, MPH – ASRT

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Whose Benefits Matter?: Case of Cost-Benefit Analysis of Home Visiting Programs

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Nishank Varshney, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Nebraska Medical Center, Munroe-Meyer Institute

Author: Nishank Varshney, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Nebraska Medical Center, Munroe-Meyer Institute

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

A Story of Teachers’ Data Use for Self-Evaluation in Two Taiwanese High Schools

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Shu-Huei Cheng, education, evaluation – National Taiwan Normal University

Author: Shu-Huei Cheng, education, evaluation – National Taiwan Normal University

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

But what do teachers think? Centering teacher stories in a program evaluation of a district-mandated reading initiative through longitudinal focus groups

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Amanda Swerdlow (she/her/hers) – Fulton County Schools

Presenter: Lisa McCulley, PhD – Resources for Learning

Presenter: Stacia Long, PhD – Gibson Consulting Group

Disscussant: David Osman, PhD – Gibson Consulting

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Data Dashboards as a Story-telling Tool: Advantages and Considerations

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Presenter: Natashia Bibriescas, M.S. (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas at Austin

Presenter: Miriam R. Jacobson, Ph.D. – The University of Texas at Austin

Author: Jayce R. Warner, PhD – Gibson Consulting Group

Author: Zhuoying Wang, PhD – The University of Texas at Austin

Author: Joshua Childs, Ph.D. – The University of Texas at Austin

STEM Education and Training

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Development of an Evaluation Model for the Great Lakes Bay Regional STEM Initiative

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Presenter: Diane Salinas, MS (she/her/hers) – Davenport University

Author: Diane Salinas, MS (she/her/hers) – Davenport University

Presenter: Brooks Applegate, PhD – Western Michigan University

Author: Brooks Applegate, PhD – Western Michigan University

STEM Education and Training

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

How Systems Change and Transformation Change the Plot of Our Evaluation Story: Findings from an Inter-disciplinary Literature Review, 2011-2021

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Emily F. Gates, PhD – Boston College

Author: Emily F. Gates, PhD – Boston College

Presenter: Pablo Vidueira, PhD (he/him/his) – Global Alliance for the Future of Food

Author: Pablo Vidueira, PhD (he/him/his) – Global Alliance for the Future of Food

Research on Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Intra-department Monitoring through Rapid Large Scale Data Collection and Review: Experiences from Integrated Child Development Services in Maharashtra

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Author: Yatin Diwakar, n/a (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Author: Satish Agnihotri, n/a – Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Author: Idzes Kundan, n/a – Government of Maharashtra

Author: Raju Jotkar, n/a – RJMCHN Mission, DWCD Maharashtra

Author: Nidhi Harihar, n/a – RJMCHN Mission DWCD Maharashtra

Presenter: Arshee Rizvi (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Government Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Learning from Long-Standing Community Partnerships: Strengthening CDC’s PRC Program by Enhancing Community Voices Through Storytelling

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: Alyssa Jeffers, MPH (she/her/hers) – CDC

Author: Nicole Kuiper, MPH (she/her/hers) – CDC

Author: Garry Lowry, MPH – CDC

Author: Brigette Ulin, DrPH(c), MPH – CDC

Government Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Learning From Practice: Scoping Review Methods and Early Findings on Youth Participatory Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Amanda Sutter, MA, MSW, MA (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut

Presenter: Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead, PhD – University of Connecticut

Presenter: Chisomo Phiri (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut

Research on Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Multiple Data Sources, Different Audiences: Telling a Coherent Story about a Science Curriculum Field Test

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Presenter: Carol Pazera, MS, MA (she/her/hers) – Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin

Author: Carol Pazera, MS, MA (she/her/hers) – Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin

Author: Madeline L. Haynes, Ph.D. – The Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin

Presenter: Nicole D. Martin, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin

Author: Nicole D. Martin, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin

STEM Education and Training

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Problems with CUREs: When numbers don't tell the whole story

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Presenter: Rebecca Friesen, PhD Educational Psychology (University of Arizona); EdM Policy, Planning, Administration (Boston University) (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

Author: Adriana Cimetta, PhD Educational Psychology, minoring in Public Health – Program Planning and Evaluation (University of Arizona); MPH (University of Arizona) – University of Arizona

STEM Education and Training

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

The Effects of State Legislation Limiting Solitary Confinement for Youth: A Process and Outcome Analysis

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: Samantha Wiener, PhD Candidate – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Author: Julie Wertheimer-Meier, JD and MA – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Author: Scout Richters, JD – ACLU

Author: Richard Wiener, PhD MLS – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Government Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

The Power of Stories to Develop Monitoring and Assessment Toolkit for USAID's Private Sector Engagement Process

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: Priyanka Brunese, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

Author: Yuehwern Yih, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

Author: Min Kyung Lee, n/a – Purdue University

Author: Tatiana Pulido, n/a – U.S. Agency for International Development

Government Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

The Role of Context: A Synthesis of Empirical Research on Evaluation Context

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Zhi Li, n/a – University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Presenter: Carl Westine, n/a – University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Research on Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

The West Dallas STEM School Story: Early Evaluation of a School-Community-University-Industry Partnership

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Karen Pierce, PhD – SMU Simmons School of Education and Human Development

Presenter: Annie Wright, Ph.D – Center on Research and Evaluation, Simmons School of Education and Human Development Southern Methodist University

Author: Joan Pasley, PhD – Horizon Research (HRI)

Author: Courtney Plumley, M.Ed. – Horizon Research (HRI)

Author: Jessica Murillo, n/a – Southern Methodist University

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Using Participatory Evaluation to Understand the Implementation and Impact of a Statewide Kindergarten Transition Program

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Leigh D'Amico, Ed.D. – University of South Carolina

Presenter: Chelsea Richard, Ph.D. – South Carolina First Steps

Presenter: Alexis Jones, MS – South Carolina First Steps

Author: Janice Kilburn, Ph.D. – South Carolina First Steps

Author: Xumei Fan, Ph.D. – University of South Carolina

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

A Day in the Life of an Agricultural Professional: Telling Stories From the Images Drawn by Middle and High School-Aged Youth

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Sarah Dodoo, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Author: Amy M. Leman, MPA, DPA (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Author: Ruth Kaggwa, n/a – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Author: Kristine Callis-Duehl, PhD (she/her/hers) – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Author: Lisa Walsh, PhD (she/her/hers) – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

A Story that Contextualizes and Debunks the “Malicious Compliance” Culture in Africa’s Evaluation Practice

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Dickson Otieno (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

Author: Thomas Archibald, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Application of Weight and Sum Methodology to Product Evaluations: Key Lessons Learned

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Laura Carroll, Masters in Educational Psychology (she/her/hers) – Andrew University

Presenter: Adedayo J. Adeyeye, M.Ed in Measurement and Evaluation (he/him/his) – Western Michigan University

Presenter: Marie Djeni, MA, MBA (she/her/hers) – Western Michigan University

Presenter: Tongriang Daspan, n/a – Western Michigan University

Presenter: Ernest Y. Amoateng, MA – Western Michigan University

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Evaluating the Evolving and Complex Advocacy and Social Movement Stories of the Caregiver and Constituent-Led Efforts to Foster Child and Family Well-Being Initiative

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Jeanette Au, MDP (she/her/hers) – Creative Research Solutions

Author: Jeanette Au, MDP (she/her/hers) – Creative Research Solutions

Presenter: Keyondra Lashaen Brooks, PhD (she/they) – Creative Research Solutions

Author: Keyondra Lashaen Brooks, PhD (she/they) – Creative Research Solutions

Author: Miranda Yates, PhD – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Author: Zachariah Rabah, MS – Creative Research Solutions

Author: Nivedita Ranade, PhD – Creative Research Solutions

Author: Molly Matthews-Ewald, PhD (she/her/hers) – Creative Research Solutions

Author: Seth Borgos, n/a – Community Change

Advocacy and Policy Change

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Social Determinants of Health: Applying Leading, National Frameworks to Construct a Story of Place

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Cheryl Arndt, PhD – Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health

Author: Cheryl Arndt, PhD – Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health

Author: Samantha Shaak, PhD – Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health

Author: Edward Meehan, MPH – Leonard Parker Poole Institute for Health

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Straight from the Community: Stories about Building Collective Impact in Colorado

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Kaitlynn Walton, MPH – Colorado School of Public Health

Author: Kaitlynn Walton, MPH – Colorado School of Public Health

Author: Kaitlyn Jones, MPH, MSW – University of Colorado

Author: Sophie Dila, MA – Colorado School of Public Health

Author: Erin Kelly, DrPH, MA (she/her/hers) – Injury and Violence Prevention Center, Colorado School of Public Health

Author: Marc Morgan, BA – Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The Value of Collaborative Partnerships to Develop a System and Continuum of Care for At Risk Families

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Connie Walker-Egea, PhD – University of South Florida

Author: Connie Walker-Egea, PhD – University of South Florida

Author: Linda Callejas, PhD – University of South Florida

Presenter: Svetlana Yampolskaya, PhD – University of South Florida

Author: Svetlana Yampolskaya, PhD – University of South Florida

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Using Participatory evaluation as a framework for evaluation planning and implementation to improve data communication

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Xi Wang, n/a – The University of Iowa

Author: Xi Wang, n/a – The University of Iowa

Author: Reuben Vyn, n/a – The University of Iowa

Author: Asih Asikin-Garmager, Ph.D. – University of Iowa Center for Evaluation and Assessment

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

USING SMALL-WINS FRAMEWORK AND CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS FOR IMPACT STORY TELLING OF A POLICY ADVOCACY EVALUATION

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Dharmendra Chandurkar, MPA (he/him/his) – Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd.

Author: Dharmendra Chandurkar, MPA (he/him/his) – Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd.

Advocacy and Policy Change

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

'WHOSE AGENDA IS IT?': REFRAMING EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN EVALUATION IN AFRICA

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Samukelisiwe Mkhize, SN – Centre for Learning on Evaluations and Results Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA)

Author: Samukelisiwe Mkhize, SN – Centre for Learning on Evaluations and Results Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA)

Advocacy and Policy Change

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

A Story of Victory and Challenge in Strides Toward Equitable Success: What We Learned from Our National Evaluation of an Initiative Supporting Black, Indigenous, and Latina/o/e STEM Doctoral Students

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Tashera Gale, PhD – Higher Ed Insight

Presenter: Donté McGuire, MEd (he/him/his) – Higher Ed Insight

STEM Education and Training

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

BREAKAWAY: The generative power of story for deep learning and youth empowerment

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Hua Wang, PhD – University at Buffalo, the State University of New York

Youth Focused Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Diversifying the STEM Workforce in Philadelphia: The Use and Value of Stories as an Ecologically valid approach to program evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Author: Destiny Samuel, n/a – AnLar

Presenter: Kristin Gagnier, Ph.D – AnLar

Author: Kristin Gagnier, Ph.D – AnLar

Author: Melissa Kurman, MS (she/her/hers) – University City Science Center

Presenter: Ashli-Ann Douglas, Ph.D (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University

Author: Ashli-Ann Douglas, Ph.D (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University

Author: Phil Brooks, n/a – University City Science Center

Author: Felica D. Jones (she/her/hers) – University City Science Center

Presenter: Felica D. Jones (she/her/hers) – University City Science Center

Presenter: Tiffany Copeland

STEM Education and Training

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Equipping Youth to share their Stories: Building Evaluation Capacity in Minnesota 4-H'ers

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: John N. Murray, MA, HSDP (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota Extension

Youth Focused Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Evaluating in conflict and fragile settings: A West African Case study

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: OUSSENI KINDA, OK – Norwegian Refugee Council

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Healing The Measures of Black Folks: Embracing a Duboisian Approach of Care for Black Evaluators

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: monique inez liston, PhD – UBUNTU Research and Evaluation

Author: monique inez liston, PhD – UBUNTU Research and Evaluation

Independent Consulting

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Integrating System Thinking Models and Data Analytics for Disaster and Emergency Management Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: Arshee Rizvi (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Author: Arshee Rizvi (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Author: Farheen Rizvi, n/a – WinLighter

Author: Yatin Diwakar, n/a (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Latent Class Analysis (LCA): Caregivers’ Stories, Perceptions, and Concerns

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Svetlana Yampolskaya, PhD – University of South Florida

Author: Connie Walker-Egea, PhD – University of South Florida

Author: Linda Callejas, PhD – University of South Florida

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Lessons Learnt from Applying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Evaluation Framework to the Measles Incident Management System Response

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: Sara Blough, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Postcolonial Analysis of the Role of MSIs in a Large-Scale STEM Collaboration

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Courtney Stone, MEd (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University

Presenter: Caitlin Albrechtsen, MA, MEd – Arizona State University

STEM Education and Training

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Restor(y)ing Well-Being: An Evaluation of Culturally Relevant Healing Practices for Youth of Color

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Oscar Cerna, M.Ed – Flourish Agenda

Author: Oscar Cerna, M.Ed – Flourish Agenda

Youth Focused Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Structural After Measurement Estimation of higher order and (non)linear in n-level Structural Equation Models

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Ben Kelcey, Quantitative Methods – University of Cinicnnati

Author: Ben Kelcey, Quantitative Methods – University of Cinicnnati

Author: Fangxing Bai, n/a – University of Cinicinnati

Author: Amota Ataneka, M.A. – University of Cincinnati

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

The Challenging Story of Assessing Mathematics Teachers' Growth: Evaluating the North Carolina Master Mathematics Teacher Fellows Program

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Jamie Gillespie, PhD in Educational Research and Policy Analysis (she/her/hers) – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State

Author: Jamie Gillespie, PhD in Educational Research and Policy Analysis (she/her/hers) – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State

STEM Education and Training

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

The Evaluation Marketplace and Entrepreneurship in Africa: A Literature Review

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Nicolas Uwitonze – Virginia Tech

Author: Nicolas Uwitonze – Virginia Tech

Chair: Nicolas Uwitonze – Virginia Tech

Author: Bolanle Adebayo, n/a – Department of Agriculture Leadership and Community Education, Virginia Tech

Presenter: Thomas Archibald, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

Author: Thomas Archibald, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

Independent Consulting

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Title: Building a youth focused conceptualisation of “empowerment” with adolescent girls within the context of sexual and reproductive health: a qualitative study in Nigeria and Tanzania

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Isabel Quilter, n/a – Itad

Author: Isabel Quilter, n/a – Itad

Presenter: Morenike Ukpong, n/a – Obafemi Awolowo University

Author: Morenike Ukpong, n/a – Obafemi Awolowo University

Health Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Translating Well-Being Data to Elucidate Workers’ Stories in Global Supply Chain Decision-Making: Evidence from Six Years, Eight Countries, and 15,000+ Respondents

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Eileen McNeely, PhD, MS, RNC – Harvard University

Presenter: Nidhi Ghildayal, PhD, MPH – Harvard University

Presenter: Joanna Valle Luna, Masters in International Affairs – Manaus, LLC

Presenter: Joel Levesque

Health Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

USAID Multi Sectoral Nutrition Strategy 2nd Periodic Assessment

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Caitlin Showalter, MSGH (she/her/hers) – Palladium, Data for Impact

Author: Rae Galloway, MS – Self

Author: Lauren Morris, PhD (she/her/hers) – Data For Impact, Palladium

Health Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Adding a voice to the story: Retailer collaboration in tobacco control policy and evaluation

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Jessica Price, MS (she/her/hers) – Center for Public Health Systems Science

Author: Veronica Chaitan, n/a – Center for Public Health Systems Science

Author: Caren Bacon, MPH – Center for Public Health Systems Science

Author: Todd Combs, n/a – Center for Public Health Systems Science

Author: Tonia Smith, RDN, MCHES, REHS, CTTS – Cincinnati Health Department

Author: Kelley Adcock, MPH – Interact for Health

Health Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Creating Surveys that Reflect Real Youth Stories: Using Cognitive Interviews and Other Youth-Focused Steps to Get Better Teen Pregnancy Prevention Survey Data

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Pamela Drake, MEd, PhD (she/her/hers) – ETR

Author: Pamela Drake, MEd, PhD (she/her/hers) – ETR

Author: Carly Raasch, MA – ETR

Health Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Evaluating the Army’s Exceptional Family Member Program

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Stacy Ann Hawkins, PhD – Research Facilitation Laboratory

Author: Stacy Ann Hawkins, PhD – Research Facilitation Laboratory

Author: Marisa M. Nihill, PhD – Research Facilitation Laboratory

Military and Veteran Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Examining a Participatory Evaluation Approach that Centers BIPOC Teacher-Leaders’ Lived Experiences in a K-12 School Leadership Preparation Program

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Jilliam Joe, Ph.D. – Measure by Design Consulting

Author: Jilliam Joe, Ph.D. – Measure by Design Consulting

Author: Rodriguez Yunuen, M.A. – University of Chicago - Crown Family School

Author: Lichtenberg Caryn, n/a – Teach for America

Author: Kate San Juan, n/a – Teach for America

Author: Barron Cynthia, Ph.D. – University of Illinois at Chicago

Author: Williams Lynda, Ed.D. – National Louis University

Author: Allen Lionel, Ed.D. – University of Illinois at Chicago

Author: Lee Sarah, n/a – Teach for America

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Flipping the Script: Using an Implementation Science Methodology to frame Quality Improvement across a multi-site, multi-provider HIV Care and Treatment Program

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Theresa C. Fox, MSW (she/her/hers) – Fox Caring Consultants

Author: Theresa C. Fox, MSW (she/her/hers) – Fox Caring Consultants

Presenter: Brittany Babich, MPH – VNA Health Group

Health Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

From storytelling to action: Revising evaluation tools to better capture the impact of a financial assistance program for breast cancer patients

Location: White River Ballroom F

Author: Shelby Lautner, PhD (she/her/hers) – Susan G. Komen

Author: Janet Okamoto, PhD (she/her/hers) – Susan G. Komen

Author: Dustin Scott, MPH – Susan G. Komen

Presenter: Mandy Spadine, PhD – Susan G. Komen

Health Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Lessons learned from an agriculture veterans program: When the experience doesn’t yield anticipated results

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Nesma Osman, PhD (she/her/hers) – Mississippi State University

Presenter: Tiffany Drape, PhD (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech

Military and Veteran Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Machine Learning algorithms for predicting university student dropout

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Elvira Celardi (she/her/hers) – University of Catania

Author: Vincenzo Miracula, n/a – University of Catania

Author: Antonio Picone, PhD (he/him/his) – Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Catania

Presenter: Antonio Picone

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Preparing for the sequel: A formative evaluation of a mutual-aid support group for Veterans living with chronic pain

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Rachael Kenney, MA, PMP (she/her/hers) – Veterans Health Administration

Author: Rachael Kenney, MA, PMP (she/her/hers) – Veterans Health Administration

Author: Anne Hale, n/a – Veterans Health Administration

Author: John Evans, n/a – Veterans Health Administration

Author: Joe Frank, MD, MPH – Veterans Health Administration, University of Colorado

Military and Veteran Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Project Monitoring and Evaluation: Application of Data Analytics for Interview Response Grading

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Zhi Li, n/a – University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Presenter: Carl Westine, n/a – University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Stories of change from refugees and people living with disabilities that changed programming

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Author: Soledad Muniz, MSc (she/her/hers) – InsightShare

Author: Mandy Burrows, MSc Management, BSc Psychology (she/her/hers) – Opportunity International UK

Author: Melissa Bell, PhD (she/her/hers) – Opportunity International UK

Presenter: Mandy Burrows, MSc Management, BSc Psychology (she/her/hers) – Opportunity International UK

Presenter: Melissa Bell, PhD (she/her/hers) – Opportunity International UK

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

The Hidden Helpers Coalition Evaluation: Output Survey Findings

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Kate Clavijo, Ed.D. – Military Family Advisory Network

Presenter: Gabby L'Esperance, Ph.D. – Military Family Advisory Network

Military and Veteran Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

The Power of Storytelling and Participative Research in Evaluating a STEM Program Serving Adolescent Hispanic Females from Marginalized Areas in South Texas

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Pamela D. McCray, Doctoral Student, MBA, presenter at MWERA (she/her/hers) – Doctoral student at University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas

Author: Pamela D. McCray, Doctoral Student, MBA, presenter at MWERA (she/her/hers) – Doctoral student at University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

True stories: Centering authenticity in bundled evaluations of programs tackling society’s biggest challenges

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Chair: Lily Zandniapour, PhD – AmeriCorps

Facilitator: Megha Patel, n/a – AmeriCorps

Presenter: Andrew McDonald, n/a – ICF

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Community-based programmes: The role of collective storytelling in the context of sustainable agriculture

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Abishek Nippani, n/a – Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd.

Presenter: Saikumar BC, Doctorate – Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd.

Community Development

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Designing User-Centered Programming using Integrated Human Center Design and Community Based Engagement Approaches: Role of Evaluation from Start to Finish

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Asih Asikin-Garmager, Ph.D. – University of Iowa Center for Evaluation and Assessment

Author: Asih Asikin-Garmager, Ph.D. – University of Iowa Center for Evaluation and Assessment

Author: Rima Afifi, PhD, MPH – College of Public Health, University of Iowa

Author: Amos Glenn, Ph.D. – NNLM All of Us Program Center

Author: Brittney Thomas, MLIS – NNLM All of Us Program Center

Author: Hannah Sinemus, MLIS – NNLM All of Us Program Center

Author: Stefania Acosta Ramirez, MS – NNLM All of Us Program Center

Author: Kirsten Crowhurst, MPH – NNLM All of Us Program Center

Presenter: Diana Brace, MA – University of Iowa Center for Evaluation and Assessment

Author: Diana Brace, MA – University of Iowa Center for Evaluation and Assessment

Author: Carlette Dennis, MLIS, CRA – Medical Library Association (MLA) and Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM)

Author: Fran Yager, M.A. ; MAEd – University of Pittsburgh

Author: Renae Barger, BS MLIS – University of Pittsburgh

Author: Linda Walton, MLIS – NNLM Region 6

Community Development

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Ripples of Influence: Using Storytelling to Empower the Kauffman Scholars in Representing Their Lived Experiences

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Debbie Kim, PhD – NORC at the University of Chicago

Author: Debbie Kim, PhD – NORC at the University of Chicago

Presenter: Carol McElvain, JD (she/her/hers) – NORC at the University of Chicago

Author: Carol McElvain, JD (she/her/hers) – NORC at the University of Chicago

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

The Nexus Between Knowledge Management, Evaluation and Development Among the Indigenous Communities

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Eddah Kanini, Monitoring and Evaluation – Monitoring and Evaluation Professionals Association of Kenya

Author: Eddah Kanini, Monitoring and Evaluation – Monitoring and Evaluation Professionals Association of Kenya

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

The Power of Story: How the Story of the Indigenous Mijikenda Kayas in Kenya can be used to influence Evaluation in the Kenyan Context?

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Awuor C. PONGE, PhD (he/him/his) – African Policy Centre (APC)

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Using Digital Storytelling to Meaningfully Engage and Share Complex Lived Experiences

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Erin Singer, PhD, MSW – JSI Research & Training Institute

Author: Katie Robert, MPA – JSI Research & Training Institute

Author: Becky Milner, BA – JSI Research & Training Institute

Qualitative Methods

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

A different kind of story: Answering the question “What design should I use?”

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Sue Giancola, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

Presenter: Jeffrey R. Klein, EdD (he/him/his) – University of Delaware

Teaching of Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Challenges and opportunities for an independent and influential evaluation practice: Findings of an exploratory study into the dynamics of evaluation professionalization in the Global South

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Amy Jersild, n/a – Western Michigan University

Research on Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Evaluator Education at the Undergraduate Level: Stories from the Community-based Assessment and Evaluation (CBAE) Program

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Rick Sperling, PhD (he/him/his) – St. Mary's University

Presenter: Melanie Martinez, HS Diploma (she/her/hers) – St. Mary's University

Presenter: Azucena Cuevas, BA (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan

Teaching of Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

How can we shift power through our evaluation approach?

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Karie L. Morgan, PhD (she/her/hers) – Michigan Public Health Institute

Author: Karie L. Morgan, PhD (she/her/hers) – Michigan Public Health Institute

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Improving quality of training based on evidence from evaluation – lessons learned from Kosovo and Ethiopia

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Deepika Chawla, PhD; EdD – Spectrum Solutions International

Author: Deepika Chawla, PhD; EdD – Spectrum Solutions International

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Lessons Learned from Introducing Structural Change to a Change Adverse, Complex Environment

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: Scarlett Kingsley, n/a – Oklahoma State University

Internal Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Let the Team Tell Its Own Story: An Internal Evaluation of Agile Processes for Test Development

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: David P. Anderson, MS – American University, Measurement and Evaluation Alum, 2023

Internal Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Meta-Evaluation: Exploring Quality Assurance Processes in Evaluation Practice

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: MICHAEL OSEI, n/a – WSTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Author: MICHAEL OSEI, n/a – WSTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

PD Workshop Presenter: Michael A. Harnar, PhD (he/him/his) – Western Michigan University

Research on Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Success stories: a mixed method case study exploring the long-term impact of a global faculty development program for health professions educators.

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Shiyao Yuan, MS, MSEd – Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research

Author: Shiyao Yuan, MS, MSEd – Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research

Author: Snigdha Mukherjee, PhD – Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research

Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The Story Behind an Evaluation Practice Survey: Insights from Cognitive Interviews

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Amanda Sutter, MA, MSW, MA (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut

Research on Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Trends in Program Evaluation Methods: An Empirical Investigation

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Author: Maggie Schultz, PhD, MSW – Schultz Patel Evaluation

Research on Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

White Defensiveness in a Community-Based Couple Relationship Education Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Kim Gregson, PhD, LMFT – Gregson Consulting

Author: Je'Kylynn Steen, MS (she/her/hers) – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Author: Francesca Adler-Baeder, PhD – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Author: Julianne McGill, PhD – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Author: Menglin Wei, MS – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Author: Erin Cooper, MS – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Author: Jenna Lawlor, MS – Auburn University, Dept. of Human Development and Family Science

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Addressing inequality in climate change adaptation through using Intersectionality framework as an evaluation approach.

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Steven Masvaure – Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results - Anglophone Africa

Author: Steven Masvaure – Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results - Anglophone Africa

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Aligning Dollars with Values: Community-engaged Grant Making for Health Equity

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Sarah Suiter, PhD, MS – Vanderbilt University

Author: Sarah Suiter, PhD, MS – Vanderbilt University

Presenter: Lexie Lipham, MPH – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Author: Lexie Lipham, MPH – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Author: Velma McBride Murry, PhD – Vanderbilt University

Author: Stephania Miller-Hughes, PhD, MS, MSCI – Meharry Medical College

Author: Aima Ahonkhai, MD, MPH – Vanderbilt University

Author: Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI – Vanderbilt University

Translational Research Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Bibliometric analysis to tell the story of Susan G. Komen’s research funding impact

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Dana M. Brantley-Sieders, PhD (she/her/hers) – Susan G. Komen

Author: Lauren Leslie, MPH – Susan G. Komen

Author: Amy Dworkin, Ph.D. – Susan G. Komen

Author: Kari Wojtanik, Ph.D. – Susan G. Komen

Translational Research Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Co-creation: centering the stories of youth in Africa

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Chelsea Horváth, MPP (she/her/hers) – Caribou Digital

Presenter: Grace Natabaalo, BA (she/her/hers) – Caribou Digital

Author: Hélène Smertnik, MA – Caribou Digital

Author: Vanessa Bart-Plange, MA, CSM – Mastercard Foundation

Author: Chizoba Imoka-Ubochioma, Ph.D – Unveiling Africa Foundation | Mastercard Foundation

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Developing Evaluation Capacity Building of Social-Smotional Learning in Latin American Youth-Serving Organizations

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Angélica Becerra Rojas, MS (she/her/hers) – Hello Insight

Author: Angélica Becerra Rojas, MS (she/her/hers) – Hello Insight

Author: Diego Catalan Molina, PhD – Hello Insight

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Longitudinal Evaluation of Federally Funded Agricultural Centers - A Case Study of Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Author: Kanika Arora, PhD – University of Iowa

Author: Marsha Cheyney, MPH – University of Iowa

Translational Research Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Using Digital Storytelling as an Evaluation Tool to Communicate COVID-19 Research Efforts

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Author: Carolyn Gray, MPH – University of Southern Maine

Presenter: Kelly F. Waters, MPH, MSEd (she/her/hers) – University of Southern Maine

Author: Brenda M. Joly, PhD – University of Southern Maine

Author: Kathryn Bizier, MPH (C) – University of Southern Maine

Translational Research Evaluation

Poster

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Advocacy and Policy Change Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Advocacy and Policy Change

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Arts, Culture, and Museums Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Arts, Culture, and Museums

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Assessment in Higher Education Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Assessment in Higher Education

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Behavioral Health Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Behavioral Health

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

College Access Programs Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

College Access Programs

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Community Development Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Community Development

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Community Psychology Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Community Psychology

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Data Visualization and Reporting Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Data Visualization and Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Democracy and Governance Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Democracy and Governance

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Design and Analysis of Experiments Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Design and Analysis of Experiments

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Environmental Program Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Environmental Program Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Evaluation Policy Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Evaluation Policy

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Extension Education Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Extension Education Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Feminist Issues in Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Feminist Issues in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Government Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Government Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Graduate Student and New Evaluators Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Health Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Health Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Human Services Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Human Services Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Independent Consulting Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Independent Consulting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Integrating Technology into Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Internal Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Internal Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Leadership and Organizational Performance Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Leadership and Organizational Performance

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Mixed Methods Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Needs Assessment Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Needs Assessment

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Nonprofit and Foundations Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Nonprofit and Foundations

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Program Design Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Program Design

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Qualitative Methods Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Qualitative Methods

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Research on Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Research on Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Social Impact Measurement Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Social Impact Measurement

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Social Network Analysis Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Social Network Analysis

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

STEM Education and Training Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

STEM Education and Training

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Systems in Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Systems in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Teaching of Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Teaching 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

Translational Research Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Translational Research Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

University-Based Center Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

University-Based Center

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Use and Influence of Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Youth Focused Evaluation Poster Viewing

Location: Griffin Hall

Youth Focused Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

1 - Medicaid Expansion: A Mixed Method Story from the Provider Perspective

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Jake Haselswerdt, PhD – University of Missouri

Author: Kathleen Quinn, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri

Presenter: Emmie Harcourt, MPA – University of Missouri

Author: Kristi Ressel, MPH – University of Missouri

Advocacy and Policy Change

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

2 - Theory and Practice: Evaluation in the Museum Context

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Kari Ross Nelson, MA, MS – Thanksgiving Point Institute

Arts, Culture, and Museums

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

3 - Thinking about Thinking: Exploring Faculty Transformation Narratives to Fuel Best Practices for Critical Thinking Workshops

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Gideon D. Eduah – Tennessee Technological University

Author: Andrea Arce-Trigatti, PhD – Tallahassee Community College

Author: Ada Haynes, PhD – Tennessee Tech University

Assessment in Higher Education

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

4 - Evaluating institutional change efforts: evaluators as story collectors and story analysts

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Loran Parker, PhD – Evaluation and Learning Research Center, Purdue University

Author: Loran Parker, PhD – Evaluation and Learning Research Center, Purdue University

Presenter: Alex France, n/a – Purdue University

Author: Alex France, n/a – Purdue University

Author: Ann Bessenbacher, BS (she/her/hers) – Evaluation and Learning Research Center, Purdue University

Author: Kyle Habig, n/a – Purdue University

Assessment in Higher Education

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

5 - Understanding Avenues for Program Development and Evaluation for Peer Support Programs for Substance Use Recovery: Directions Identified by Peer Support Workers

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: SarahGrace Frary, M.A. – University of South Carolina

Presenter: Magdalena Moskal, M.A. – University of South Carolina

Author: Elizabeth Bodalski, M.A. – University of South Carolina

Author: Wendy Chu, M.A. – University of South Carolina

Author: Sarah Miller, M.A. – University of South Carolina

Author: Eleanor Wu, M.A. – University of South Carolina

Author: Sayward Harrison, Ph.D. – University of South Carolina

Behavioral Health

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

6 - Tale of Two Stories: Evaluation of Staff and Residents Experiences in Crisis Residential Treatment Programs

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Sae Lee – Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services

Presenter: Fred J. Pasquarella, n/a – Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services

Presenter: Gi Lee, n/a – Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services

Presenter: Jasmin Humble, n/a – Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services

Behavioral Health

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

7 - Police and Mental Health Collaboration: A Storytelling Approach to Decision Making

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Amanda Zwirecki, MSED (she/her/hers) – Endeavor Health Services

Presenter: Chloe Hurley, MPH (she/her/hers) – Endeavor Health Services

Behavioral Health

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

8 - Telemental Health Satisfaction and Usefulness: Exploring the Client Experience

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Kayla Thompson, BS (she/her/hers) – Centerstone Research Institute

Author: L. James A. Schut, PhD – Self

Behavioral Health

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

9 - The Association between Stable Housing and Service Retention among a Sample of Nevadans in Substance Use Disorder Services

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Anthony Omaye, MPH – University of Nevada, Reno

Author: Carina Rivera, MPH – University of Nevada, Reno CASAT

Author: Lauren Williams, MPH – University of Nevada, Reno

Behavioral Health

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

10 - Cooperative Extension Culturally Responsive Approaches for Building Community-Based Solutions Addressing Rural Behavioral Health Challenges

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Aaron Golson, Master of Business Administration – University of Georgia

Author: Virginia Brown, DrPH – UGA

Behavioral Health

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

11 - Evaluation of an innovative online learning method for substance use prevention and treatment providers

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Carina Rivera, MPH – University of Nevada, Reno CASAT

Author: Nancy Roget, MS – University of Nevada, Reno CASAT

Author: Alyssa O'Hair, MPH, MA, CPS (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada Reno, CASAT

Author: Michelle Frye-Spray, MS – University of Nevada, Reno CASAT

Author: Wendy Woods, MA – University of Nevada Reno CASAT

Author: Terra Hamblin, MA – University of Nevada, Reno CASAT

Behavioral Health

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

12 - Integrating partner voices in multi-site evaluation planning

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Heather Zook, MA (she/her/hers) – Professional Data Analysts

Facilitator: Cat Jones, MPH – Professional Data Analysts

Author: Fred Bingle, MBA – Bingle Research Group, Inc.

Author: Amy Kerr, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

Author: Katelin Rupp, M.A. – Indiana Dept of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

13 - Getting the Full Story through Monitoring and Evaluation

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Anika Hannan, MPH (she/her/hers) – RTI International

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

14 - Evaluation Lessons Learned After One Year of Implementing a Multi-year PS&E Initiative: Evaluator and Funder Perspectives

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Rachel Levine, MS – Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Presenter: Meghan Guptill, MPH – Health Resource in Action

Presenter: Leah Stockman, MA – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Presenter: Becca Walmer, MPH – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Presenter: Magnolia Contreras, MSW, MBA – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Presenter: Lisa Wolff, ScD – Health Resources in Action

Presenter: Heather Nelson, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Health Resources in Action

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

15 - Ethical Inclusion of Collaboration Guiding Principles for Equitable Evaluation Practices

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Liliana Rodríguez -Campos, Ph.D. – University of South Florida

Author: Michael E. Mitchell, PhD(c) – Florida SouthWestern Collegiate

Presenter: Michael E. Mitchell, PhD(c) – Florida SouthWestern Collegiate

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

17 - Participatory Evaluation: A Framing Device for More Equitable Evaluation Practices in Grant Funded Youth Development Programs

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Ana Maria Grigoras, PhD – L&G Research and Evaluation Consulting

Author: Ana Maria Grigoras, PhD – L&G Research and Evaluation Consulting

Author: Taylor Disco, M.U.P. – L&G Research and Evaluation Consulting

Presenter: Hayley Davis, MPH – L&G Research and Evaluation Consulting

Author: Hayley Davis, MPH – L&G Research and Evaluation Consulting

Presenter: Jackie Sifuentes, MA – L&G Research and Evaluation Consulting

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

18 - Integrating Restorative Practices and Focus Groups: The story of how an evaluation team prioritized healing and community over data collection to the benefit of all

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Elyse Fuerst, LMSW (she/her/hers) – CCNY, Inc.

Author: Elyse Fuerst, LMSW (she/her/hers) – CCNY, Inc.

Author: Jessica Tufte, MPH – CCNY, Inc.

Facilitator: Jessica Tufte, MPH – CCNY, Inc.

Author: Dina Thompson, M.A. – Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition

Author: Andy Canizares, n/a – CCNY, Inc.

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

19 - Chain of Harm Applied Research Approach: an Iterative Evaluation Framework

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Brittany Hamzy, MA (she/her/hers) – International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)

Facilitator: Dylan Diggs, n/a – Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

20 - Evaluators as crafters of stories: examining an interactive, multi-method, and self-reflective process of telling stories of after school programs in NYC

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Pia Otero, MEd, MA Sociology and Education (she/her/hers) – L&G Research & Evaluation Consulting

Author: Pia Otero, MEd, MA Sociology and Education (she/her/hers) – L&G Research & Evaluation Consulting

Author: Christina Lopez, PhD – L&G Research & Evaluation Consulting

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

21 - Making Space for Community Partners and Program Participant Storytelling and Data Reflection in Equitable Evaluation of Family-Centered

Location: Griffin Hall

Facilitator: Jomaris DeJesus, MBA (she/her/hers) – The Prosperity Agenda

Presenter: Chandria D. Jones, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – NORC at the University of Chicago

Presenter: Rachel Brooks

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

22 - Change through the eyes of those who live it: Can Realist Approaches be Participatory and Community-led?

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Gunjan Veda, n/a – The Movement for Community-led Development

Presenter: Lauren VanEnk, MPH (she/her/hers) – World Vision

Presenter: Danielle Pearl, n/a – USAID

Disscussant: Marina Apgar (she/her/hers) – Institute of Development Studies - Centre for Development Impact

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

23 - Building a Statewide Digital Equity Plan through Empowerment Evaluation

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Rebekah Davis, PhD – North Carolina State University

Presenter: Oscar R. Miranda Tapia, PhD Student (he/him/his) – NC State University - The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

Author: Oscar R. Miranda Tapia, PhD Student (he/him/his) – NC State University - The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

Presenter: Erin Huggins, MAT – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NCSU

Author: Erin Huggins, MAT – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NCSU

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

24 - Lessons on power sharing: Integrating lived experience in evaluation

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Johnavae E. Campbell, MS, PhD – ICF

Presenter: Shailiegh Piepmeier, BA – ICF

Presenter: Kate Stephenson, MS (she/her/hers) – ICF

Presenter: Jessica A. Garcia, MPH, CPH (she/her/hers) – ICF

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

25 - Every Picture Tells a Story: Techniques to Allow Young People to Tell Their Story through Images

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Kathryn Colasanti, MS (she/her/hers) – Program Evaluation Group, University of Michigan School of Social Work

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

26 - Calling In to Listen: Empowering everyone involved to contribute to the evaluation planning process

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Emily Oaks, BA (she/her/hers) – CCNY, Inc.

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

27 - Evaluating Culture Shift: an Internal Evaluation Team's Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Journey at a Human Service Non-Profit

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Vania Arzadon, MS (she/her/hers) – Starfish Family Services

Facilitator: Vania Arzadon, MS (she/her/hers) – Starfish Family Services

Presenter: Lauren Eby, MPH – Starfish Family Services

Facilitator: Lauren Eby, MPH – Starfish Family Services

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

28 - Enhancing Collaborative Evaluation through Visual Story Telling Strategies

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Wendy Dickinson, Ph.D – School District of Manatee County

Author: Wendy Dickinson, Ph.D – School District of Manatee County

Author: Liliana Rodríguez -Campos, Ph.D. – University of South Florida

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

29 - Enhancing School Improvement Strategies Through Collaborative Evaluation

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Cynthia Bauman, PhD – Florida Atlantic University

Author: Liliana Rodríguez -Campos, Ph.D. – University of South Florida

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

30 - Insights from Leading Entrepreneurs through Collaborative Evaluation

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Davina M. DeVries, M.Ed. – USF Health Taneja College of Pharmacy

Presenter: Michelle Rincones-Rodríguez, n/a – University of Florida

Author: Liliana Rodríguez -Campos, Ph.D. – University of South Florida

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

31 - Evaluating the use of human-centered design in bringing about innovative changes at HIV community-based organizations

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Sharonda Everett, MHA (she/her/hers) – APIAHF

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

32 - From Planning to Action: Lessons Learned from Engaging Stakeholders in Evaluating the Impacts of a Research Coordination Center Supporting Projects Promoting COVID-19 Testing Equity.

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Abisola Osinuga Snipes, PhD, MPH, PMP (she/her/hers) – Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina

Author: Abisola Osinuga Snipes, PhD, MPH, PMP (she/her/hers) – Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina

Author: Josephine McKelvy, PhD – Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina

Author: Adriana Parker, MPH – Gillings School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, University of North Carolina

Author: Miranda Wenhold, M.Ed., LCMHCA – Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina

Presenter: Jade Hollars, MPH (she/her/hers) – Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina

Author: Jade Hollars, MPH (she/her/hers) – Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina

Author: Gaurav Dave, M.D., DrPH, MPH – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

33 - Utilizing Levels of Voices to Support Capacity, Process and Outcome Evaluations

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Stephanie Adams, MS (she/her/hers) – Centerstone

Presenter: Marlee Maher, BS – Centerstone

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

34 - Using Mobile Learning for Higher Education in Venezuela: A Collaborative Evaluation

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Alfredo Rodriguez-Vera, n/a – University of South Florida

Presenter: Liliana Rodríguez -Campos, Ph.D. – University of South Florida

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

35 - Stories of Community Implementation: Exploring Barriers and Facilitators of Implementing an At-Home SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Self-Testing Intervention.

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Bola B. Yusuf, MBBS MPH – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Author: Lisa M. Cross, PhD, MSc (she/her/hers) – Abacus Evaluation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Author: Amelia DeFosset, MPH – Center for Health Equity Research, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Author: Warren A. Kibbe, PhD – Duke Clinical Research Institute

Author: Michael Cohen-Wolkowiez, MD, PhD – Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University

Author: Alan Richmond, MSW – Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

Author: Giselle Corbie, MD, DrPH, MPH – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Author: Gaurav Dave, M.D., DrPH, MPH – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

36 - Collaborative Teacher Evaluations: Improving Instruction in Career and Technical Education Courses

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Julie Chappell, M.A. – University of South Florida

Presenter: Angad Dang, Ph.D. – University of South Florida

Author: Liliana Rodríguez -Campos, Ph.D. – University of South Florida

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

37 - Reaching the Finish Line: Impacts of Coaching on College Completion

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Kelly Lack, MPP – Abt Associates

Author: Kelly Lack, MPP – Abt Associates

College Access Programs

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

38 - Evaluating in complexity: the case-study of "Ri-belli" project

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Elvira Celardi (she/her/hers) – University of Catania

Author: Elvira Celardi (she/her/hers) – University of Catania

Author: Vincenzo Miracula, n/a – University of Catania

Author: Ornella Occhipinti, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Catania

Author: Antonio Picone, PhD (he/him/his) – Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Catania

Author: Francesco Mazzeo Rinaldi, n/a – University of Catania

Presenter: Antonio Picone, PhD (he/him/his) – Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Catania

Community Development

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

39 - Midterm evaluation of Developing inclusive and profitable dairy value chain for pastoralist communities in Borena

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: MESTAWOT KETEMA ALEAB, Masters in Project Mangement (she/her/hers) – CST Ethiopia

Author: MESTAWOT KETEMA ALEAB, Masters in Project Mangement (she/her/hers) – CST Ethiopia

Facilitator: MESTAWOT KETEMA ALEAB, Masters in Project Mangement (she/her/hers) – CST Ethiopia

Community Development

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

40 - Community Liaison Frameworks in Community Development: A Non-Profit’s Logic Model

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Helena L. Swanson, M.A. – DePaul University

Author: Helena L. Swanson, M.A. – DePaul University

Author: Sally Pope-Smyth, MPH – Urban Health Partnerships

Author: Arely B. Lozano Cantú, MA – Urban Health Partnerships

Author: Andrea Iglesias, Psy.D. – Urban Health Partnerships

Community Development

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

41 - A Framework for Evaluating Community Engagement

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Brandon Coffee-Borden, MPP (he/him/his) – NORC at the University of Chicago

Community Psychology

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

42 - Captivating Stories: Uncovering Powerful Narrative through Successful Business Case Implementation

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Jenifer M. Ballouk, MPH (she/her/hers) – National Asthma Control Program / CDC

Author: Jenifer M. Ballouk, MPH (she/her/hers) – National Asthma Control Program / CDC

Facilitator: Jenifer M. Ballouk, MPH (she/her/hers) – National Asthma Control Program / CDC

Author: Tursynbek Nurmagambetov, MS – CDC

Presenter: Abbigayle Brooks (she/her/hers) – Indiana Department of Health

Author: Abbigayle Brooks (she/her/hers) – Indiana Department of Health

Author: Alexandra CH Nowakowski, PhD, MPH (they/them/theirs) – Florida State University

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

44 - Putting Descartes Before the Report: How the Grid Design System Can Help Tell your Evaluative Story

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Rose N. Konecky, n/a – TCC Group

Data Visualization and Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

45 - Enhancing the M&E toolkit with more intuitive visual frameworks and the use of emojis

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Kasey Gordon – IAMovement

Author: Kasey Gordon – IAMovement

Data Visualization and Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

46 - Leveraging data visualization techniques and surveillance data to tell a short(er) story

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Belle Federman, ScD – Professional Data Analysts

Presenter: Cat Jones, MPH – Professional Data Analysts

Author: Cat Jones, MPH – Professional Data Analysts

Author: Katelin Rupp, M.A. – Indiana Dept of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

Author: Brandy Paul, MPH – Indiana Dept of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

Author: Amy Kerr, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

Data Visualization and Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

47 - Understanding homelessness by location through data visualization

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Md Mominul Islam (he/him/his) – Pine Street Inn

Data Visualization and Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

48 - A DataViz is Worth a Thousand Words: Storytelling with PowerBI

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Jasmine R. Owens, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presenter: Brittany Wright, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Data Visualization and Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

49 - Story Telling with ASPIRE

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Marie C. Tate, PhD – SAMHSA

Author: Regine' Bumper, MPH – SAMHSA

Author: Marie C. Tate, PhD – SAMHSA

Author: Tanya Geiger, Ph.D. – SAMHSA

Author: Meaghan C. McHugh, Ph.D – SAMHSA

Data Visualization and Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

50 - Visualizing the Voices: Transforming Qualitative Interview Data into Data Visualizations with Accessible Tools

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Alyssa M. Contreras, MPH (she/her/hers) – ICF

Author: Michelle Segall, MPH – ICF

Author: Jessie Rouder, MA – ICF

Author: Diane Orenstein, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Author: Chloe Bryen, MA – ICF

Data Visualization and Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

51 - Work smarter not harder: Using secondary data sources within your project to enhance your story featuring an example from Mauritania

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Dominique Ngo, BA, BS, MPH – FHI360

Presenter: Pauline McMurry, BA – FHI360

Data Visualization and Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

52 - Education Accounts: Do Spending Trends Follow Political Rhetoric

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Deepika Chawla, PhD; EdD – Spectrum Solutions International

Author: Deepika Chawla, PhD; EdD – Spectrum Solutions International

Chair: Deepika Chawla, PhD; EdD – Spectrum Solutions International

Democracy and Governance

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

53 - Lessons learned from integrating research and learning in a global, multidisciplinary, consortium approach to empowering women and girls.

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Salome Tsereteli-Stephens (she/her/hers) – American Bar Association Center for Global Programs

Author: Sarah Byrn, n/a – ABA ROLI

Democracy and Governance

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

54 - Advancing Digital Democracy and Addressing Digital Repression

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Tanya Hurst – DevTech Systems

Author: Nicole Housekeeper (she/her/hers) – DevTech Systems

Democracy and Governance

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

55 - Evaluating military maternity leave policy: How our analytic decisions impact the stories we tell

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Stacy Ann Hawkins, PhD – Research Facilitation Laboratory

Author: Stacy Ann Hawkins, PhD – Research Facilitation Laboratory

Author: Kerry Whittaker, PhD – Research Facilitation Laboratory

Author: Thom Taylor, PhD – Research Facilitation Laboratory

Author: Douglas Bonett, PhD – University of California, Santa Cruz

Design and Analysis of Experiments

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

56 - The Waterfall Chat: An innovative method for collecting evaluation data from youth with disabilities

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Emma Duer, MPH – Dainis & Company, Inc.

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

57 - A Messaging Campaign for Disability-Inclusive Evaluation: Results from an Experimental Study

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Sarah Zlatkovic, M.S., M.A., GStat (she/her/hers) – Claremont Graduate University

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

58 - Evaluation of Global Health Security in militancy hit areas of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan – Lessons Learnt

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Saeed Ahmad, MBBS, MSPH, MPM – South Asia Field Epidemiology and Technology Network

Facilitator: Fahmeeda Idrees, MSPH – Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan

Disscussant: Fahmeeda Idrees, MSPH – Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan

Presenter: Saeed Ahmad, MBBS, MSPH, MPM – South Asia Field Epidemiology and Technology Network

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

59 - Telling the story of impact through reporting requirements: The CDC Foundation’s experience in building an equitable and sustainable evaluation process for grantees

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Hailey Bednar, MPH – CDC Foundation

Author: Hailey Bednar, MPH – CDC Foundation

Facilitator: Hailey Bednar, MPH – CDC Foundation

Author: Suzanne McMillan, MSPH – CDC Foundation

Facilitator: Suzanne McMillan, MSPH – CDC Foundation

Presenter: Alannah Kittle, MPH – CDC Foundation

Author: Alannah Kittle, MPH – CDC Foundation

Facilitator: Alannah Kittle, MPH – CDC Foundation

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

60 - Principles in Practice: Developing mixed methods measurements for principles-focused evaluation in agroecosystems research

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Greta Landis, PhD – Natural Resources Institute - University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension

Presenter: Amber Saylor Mase, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Presenter: Samuel Pratsch, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Presenter: May Pannchi, MS – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Presenter: Brittany Isidore, n/a – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Environmental Program Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

61 - How National Evaluation Policy Happens: The Story of Kenya’s New National Evaluation Policy

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Dickson Otieno (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

Author: Thomas Archibald, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

Evaluation Policy

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

62 - Collecting needs assessment data using participatory and culturally responsive strategies

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Vikram Koundinya, PhD – University of California-Davis

Presenter: Namah Taku-Forchu, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Author: Natalia Pinzon, M.A. – UC Davis

Author: Lauren Parker, PhD – UC Davis

Author: Mark Cooper, PhD – UC Davis

Author: Steven Ostoja, PhD – UC Davis

Author: Leslie Roche, PhD – UC Davis

Presenter: Samuel Ikendi, PhD – University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources

Author: Tapan Pathak, PhD – UC Merced

Extension Education Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

63 - Flip the Script: Honoring the power and desire of youth to tell their own story, how and why to make it happen

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Sara Stalland McGarraugh, MPP – The Improve Group

Presenter: LaJoy R. Spears, Ph.D. – New Mexico State University

Extension Education Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

64 - Fleshy Evaluations: Feminist storytelling, African youth, and the rehumanization of development

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Lauren De Besten, MA (Philosophy), to be completed in 2023; Honours degree in Development Studies (first distinction); Bachelors Degree in Politics, Economics and Philosophy (cum laude – Genesis Analytics

Presenter: Catherine Namwezi, Mphil Development Studies, MA Political Science and International Development – Genesis Analytics

Feminist Issues in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

65 - Becoming Hwehwemudua (The Measuring Stick): Black Women Storytellers in Evaluation

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: monique inez liston, PhD – UBUNTU Research and Evaluation

Author: Sojourner White, MSW (she/her/hers) – UBUNTU Research & Evaluation, LLC

Author: Linetta Alexander, M.Ed. (she/her/hers) – UBUNTU Research and Evaluation

Author: Mikey Murry, n/a – UBUNTU Research and Evaluation

Presenter: Linetta Alexander, M.Ed. (she/her/hers) – UBUNTU Research and Evaluation

Feminist Issues in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

67 - Communicating government impact with policymakers

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Amia Downes, DrPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Author: Kandyce Reeves, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Author: Summer Slaughter, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Government Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

68 - Evaluation evidence generation lessons and challenges: The case of joint evaluations for the World Food Programme Regional Bureau Southern Africa and Indian Oceans

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Jennifer K. H Sakwiya, Ms (she/her/hers) – UN World Food Programme

Facilitator: Jennifer K. H Sakwiya, Ms (she/her/hers) – UN World Food Programme

Author: Mayibongwe Manyoba, Ms – UN World Food Programme

Facilitator: Mayibongwe Manyoba, Ms – UN World Food Programme

Government Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

69 - Federal Managers Telling Stories through Responses to the Federal Managers' Survey Administered by the US Government Accountability Office

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Terell P. Lasane, n/a – US Government Accountability Office

Facilitator: Terell P. Lasane, n/a – US Government Accountability Office

Chair: Terell P. Lasane, n/a – US Government Accountability Office

Presenter: Gergana Danailova-Trainor, n/a – US Government Accountability Office

Presenter: Lawrence Crockett, n/a – US Government Accountability Office

Presenter: Valerie Caracelli, n/a – US Government Accountability Office

Government Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

70 - An Evaluation of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) New Innovators Award (DP2)

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Sarah Hijaz, DrPH – NIH/NIAID (Policy, Planning, & Evaluation Branch)

Author: Sarah Hijaz, DrPH – NIH/NIAID (Policy, Planning, & Evaluation Branch)

Author: Deena Zytnick, DrPH – NIH/NIAID (Policy, Planning, & Evaluation Branch)

Author: Brandie Taylor, MA – NIH/NIAID (Policy, Planning, & Evaluation Branch)

Author: Jon Nye, PhD – NIH/NIAID (Data Analytics Research Branch)

Author: Sivanagalakshmi Karamsetty, MS – GAP Solutions, Inc.

Government Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

71 - Indigenous Critical Discourse Framework(s)

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Crystal Luce (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado - Denver

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

72 - Role of Business Analysts in Monitoring and Evaluating Government Policies and Structures

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Arshee Rizvi (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Author: Farheen Rizvi, n/a – WinLighter

Author: Yatin Diwakar, n/a (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Presenter: Arshee Rizvi (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

73 - It’s All About the Team: A case study of learning about teamwork as student evaluators

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: James Fargnoli, M.Ed. – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Author: James Fargnoli, M.Ed. – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Presenter: Nadia Sahila, M.Ed. – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Author: Nadia Sahila, M.Ed. – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

74 - Approaches to Measuring Capacity to Address Health Equity in a Maternal Health Workforce Setting

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Rakiah Anderson, MPH (she/her/hers) – Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Author: Rakiah Anderson, MPH (she/her/hers) – Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Author: Leah Daniel, MPH – Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Author: Suzanna Larkin, MPH – Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Author: Lauren Caton, MPH – Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Author: Abby Cannon, MSW, MPH – UNC Chapel Hill

Author: Christine Tucker, PhD – Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Health Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

75 - Crisis Care and Lives Lived of Behavioral Health Consumers at Risk for Suicide.

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Samuel Owusu, MA – Centerstone Research Institute

Presenter: Paul Frankel, PhD (he/him/his) – Centerstone Research Institute

Presenter: Kayla VanNostran, BA – Centerstone Research Institute

Presenter: Karma Plaisance, BA – Centerstone Research Institute

Health Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

76 - Evaluating Community Collaboration for Sustained Change in Health and Equity: Telling the Story of RADx-UP C2G Pilot Projects

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Shelly Maras, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Author: Shelly Maras, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenter: Rossana Roberts, MSW, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Abacus, Center for Health Equity Research

Author: Rossana Roberts, MSW, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Abacus, Center for Health Equity Research

Author: Gaurav Dave, M.D., DrPH, MPH – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Health Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

77 - How to evaluate COVID-19 vaccine service integration into routine immunization and primary health care? Featuring one story based on a mixed-methods evaluation from DRC

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Grace Awantang, MHS, MA – John Snow Inc R&T

Health Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

78 - Multi-country evaluation of interventions to strengthen data quality and use for COVID-19 vaccination: a mixed-methods evaluation from DRC, Kenya, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania, and Vietnam

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Jessica Shearer, PhD – PATH

Author: Grace Awantang, MHS, MA – John Snow Inc R&T

Author: Godefroid Mpanya, MD (he/him/his) – PATH DRC

Author: Elan Ebeling, MPA (she/her/hers) – PATH

Author: Emily Carnahan, n/a – PATH

Presenter: Elan Ebeling, MPA (she/her/hers) – PATH

Health Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

79 - Navigating Black Patients Through Racism and Bias in Healthcare Course: Describing and affirming a national need to support changes in workforce development

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Samantha Scott, MPH (she/her/hers) – Susan G. Komen

Author: Kyandra Fox, MHA – Susan G. Komen

Author: Alyncia Mason, MPH – Susan G. Komen

Author: Janet Okamoto, PhD (she/her/hers) – Susan G. Komen

Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

80 - Evaluating federally funded efforts to improve permanency in the child welfare system: how stories fueled evaluation and evaluation fueled the story of success.

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Julie Murphy, MSW – James Bell Associates (JBA)

Presenter: Monica Faulkner, PhD, LMSW – The University of Texas at Austin, Steve Hicks School of Social Work

Presenter: Heather Allan, MSW – The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect

Presenter: Anna Wasim, Anna Wasim, LMSW (she/her/hers) – Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin

Facilitator: Anna Wasim, Anna Wasim, LMSW (she/her/hers) – Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin

Human Services Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

81 - Finding the Narrative – Creating Textual Performance Indicators to Guide Mixed-Methods Evaluation in Educational Programs and Settings

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Jeff Sun (he/him/his) – Sun Associates

Independent Consulting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

82 - Visualizing Impact Stories for Arctic Inspiration Prize

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Slavica Stevanovic, MBA, MA, CE (she/her/hers) – Qatalyst Research Group

Author: Kristen Gauthier, BA (she/her/hers) – Qatalyst Research Group

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

83 - The Power of Cultural Champions: How Community Stories Influence Programs

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Cody Ingle, MPH (he/him/his) – Lost&Found

Author: Cody Ingle, MPH (he/him/his) – Lost&Found

Author: Gesine E. Ziebarth, PhD (she/her/hers) – Lost&Found

Author: Opal Jones, n/a – Great Plains Tribal Leaders' Health Board

Author: Denise Brave Heart, N/A – Great Plains Tribal Leaders' Health Board

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

84 - Culturally Responsive Approaches to Evaluation of Cultural Transmission in Indigenous Communities

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Jessica Presley, MPP (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Author: Jessica Black, PhD – Center for Alaska Native Health Research

Author: LaVerne Demientieff, LMSW, PhD – Center for Alaska Native Health Research

Author: Jann Hayman, PhD – Osage Nation

Author: Harleigh Moore, MBA – Osage Nation

Author: Ryan Mortenson, MBA – Southcentral Foundation

Author: John Trainor, PhD – Southcentral Foundation

Author: Jo Volkheimer, PhD – Southcentral Foundation

Author: Kyle Wark, MA – Southcentral Foundation

Author: Kaylee R. Clyma, MPH – Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences

Author: Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, MPH, DrPH – Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

85 - Spreadsheets, but helpful!

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Doris Espelien, n/a – University of Minnesota

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

86 - Using Video and other 'Social Media Style' formats in lieu of weekly journal reflections in a 12 week Fellowship Program for young adults

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Theresa C. Fox, MSW (she/her/hers) – Fox Caring Consultants

Presenter: Jamé McCray, Phd – National Wildlife Federation

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

87 - 10 years of Evaluating the Food Safety Program

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Debra Dekker, PhD (she/her/hers) – NACCHO

Author: Daniel Pagan, MA, MPH – NACCHO

Author: Rashel Rabinovich, MPH – NACCHO

Author: Kellie Hall, MS (she/her/hers) – NACCHO

Presenter: Daniel Pagan, MA, MPH – NACCHO

Internal Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

88 - Evaluation of Alternative Preservice Teachers Practicum During a Pandemic

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Allen M. Mathende, PhD, MBA (he/him/his) – Tennessee Technological University

Author: Allen M. Mathende, PhD, MBA (he/him/his) – Tennessee Technological University

Author: Gideon D. Eduah – Tennessee Technological University

Internal Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

89 - Intersectionality in Evaluation: Capturing the Complexity of Diverse Communities

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: John F. Akwetey, MSc – The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

Author: John F. Akwetey, MSc – The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

90 - Integrating Local Knowledge in Humanitarian and Development Programming: Perspectives and Experiences of Global Women Leaders

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Megan Kelly, MPA – CARE USA

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

91 - “Some people may not understand why you have to sacrifice”: Evaluating learning outcomes through stories from Ghanaian women in graduate supply chain management programs

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Roseanne C. Schuster, PhD, MSc – Arizona State Unviersity

Author: Kekeli L. Adonu, MSc (she/her/hers) – CARISCA-KNUST

Author: Yeukai A. Mlambo, PhD, MA – Arizona State University

Author: Elsie K. Addae, MBA – CARISCA-Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Author: Priscilla Mante, PhD, BPharm – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology + USAID/CARISCA

Author: David Schlinkert, PhD, MPA – Arizona State University’s Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain Africa

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

92 - Making Sense of the Complex World with Evaluations: Using Storytelling for Conducting and Disseminating Project Evaluations

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Chikako Miwa, MIA (she/her/hers) – World Bank Group

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

93 - Crises of English Literary Research among Bangladeshi Emerging Scholars: Contemporary Socio-economic Perspectives

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Md. Amir Hossain (he/him/his) – IBAIS University

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

94 - The story of innovation practice in the third-party evaluation carried out by China Association for Science and Technology

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Xiangyu Liu, PhD – National Academy of Innovation Strategy, CAST

Author: Li Zhang, zhangli@cast.org.cn – National Academy of Innovation Strategy, CAST

Author: Yang Dong, 542305993@qq.com – National Academy of Innovation Strategy, CAST

Presenter: Yuanhui Deng, PhD – National Academy of Innovation Strategy, CAST

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

95 - Evaluating Women's Leadership in Global Health: Assessing Organizational Change through Individual Stories

Location: Griffin Hall

Facilitator: Anne Schwartz, MA (she/her/hers) – Bixal

Facilitator: Shagun Saberwal, MD – WomenLift Health

Presenter: Chidinma Obi, MA – Nextier

Presenter: Aishwarya Joshi, PhD – LEAD at Krea University

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

96 - Telling the Story of Changing Social Norms – Successes, Challenges and Lessons in Evaluating Edutainment Campaigns

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Ben Fowler, n/a – MarketShare Associates

Facilitator: Ben Fowler, n/a – MarketShare Associates

Chair: Ben Fowler, n/a – MarketShare Associates

Presenter: Chris Heitzig, n/a – MarketShare Associates

Presenter: Alexis Diamond, PhD – Minerva Schools at KGI

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

97 - Lessons learned using evaluation to weave stories about the results of a large, interdisciplinary multi-national development project

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Javier Ñaupari, PhD – PERU-Hub at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina

Presenter: Loran Parker, PhD – Evaluation and Learning Research Center, Purdue University

Presenter: Wilella Burgess, MS – Evaluation and Learning Research Center, Purdue University

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

98 - How stories connect us to the Last Mile

Location: Griffin Hall

Disscussant: Barbara Willett, n/a – Last Mile Health

Presenter: Mardieh Dennis, PhD – Last Mile Health

Presenter: Julie Krause, MSPH (she/her/hers) – Last Mile Health

Presenter: Mark Begley, MS (he/him/his) – Last Mile Health

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

99 - Powerful Stories of Lived Experience: How to Contextualize Evaluation Narratives

Location: Griffin Hall

Chair: Abdul-Shatar Abdullai, Bachelor of Art Degree in Integrated Development Studies (Specialize in Economics) (he/him/his) – iDE

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

100 - Equipping constituents with the power of their data to shape the impact story

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Cesar Jacome, Economist with Specialization in Project Management, Design & Evaluation – Children International

Presenter: Rittika Brahmachari, Post Graduation in Rural Management (Gold Medalist), Masters in Social Work – Children International

Presenter: Erin Morse, Master of International Development – Children International

Presenter: Dennis Nuñez Guamos (he/him/his) – Children International Bicol, Philippines

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

101 - Affirming Human Dignity through the Work of Evaluation

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Paul Perrin, PhD – Pulte Institute

Presenter: Lila K. Khatiwada, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Notre Dame

Presenter: Shriniwas Gautam

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

102 - Lending credibility to your evaluation story with data quality and assurance approaches – strategies from an education intervention longitudinal evaluation in Somalia

Location: Griffin Hall

Chair: Wilella Burgess, MS – Evaluation and Learning Research Center, Purdue University

Presenter: Jennifer Sdunzik, Ph.D. – Evaluation and Learning Research Center, Purdue University

Presenter: Asia Mohamed, MS – SORDI (Somali Research and Development Institute)

Presenter: Ann Bessenbacher, BS (she/her/hers) – Evaluation and Learning Research Center, Purdue University

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

103 - Perspectives and reflections from Latino/a/e/x evaluators: breaking down their culture, identity, contributions to the field & professional practice

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Grettel M. Arias Orozco, PhD (she/her/hers) – Universidad de Costa Rica

Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

104 - Storytelling as an Evaluation Tool to Support Health Equity Among Latine Communities

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Rosario Silva, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Presenter: Luis Paganelli Marin, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

105 - Evaluators as advocates: Examining opportunities to authentically engage with funders, interveners, and community.

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Alisha Garcia Flores, MUPP (She/her/hers/ella) – Enlace Chicago

Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

106 - Mindfulness and the Fidelity of the Stories We Tell as Evaluators

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: James Pann, PhD – Nova Southeastern University

Presenter: Jim McDavid, PhD (he/him/his) – School of Public Administration, University of Victoria

Presenter: Scott Hughes, PhD – S.D. Hughes Group, LLC

Presenter: ELIZABETH DILUZIO, MPH, LMSW – Behavioral Health Improvement Institute

Presenter: Anne Coghlan

Leadership and Organizational Performance

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

107 - Realities and Prospects for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the International Development Workforce – Using Data to Weave a Complex Story

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Brooke Hill, MIA (she/her/hers) – Social Impact

Presenter: Laura Kim, MSc (she/her/hers) – The Canopy Lab

Leadership and Organizational Performance

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

108 - Sustainability case for increasing diversity: A membership-based organization approach to advancing equity through leadership development research

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Amber Trout, PhD, MPH – Community Science

Presenter: Marissa Salazar, PhD, MS (she/her/hers) – Community Science

Presenter: Ashlee Bledsoe, PhD – Y-USA

Leadership and Organizational Performance

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

109 - Professional learning through reflective, deliberate evaluation practice

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Kate LaVelle, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

Author: Melissa Chapman Haynes, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

Author: Emily Groebner, MPH (she/her/hers) – Professional Data Analysts

Leadership and Organizational Performance

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

110 - The Data and the Story; K12 District Office Employees Find Meaning, Resonance, and Healing During A Leadership Transition

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Dana L. Minney, Doctoral Candidate, St. Edward's University – Central Texas Independent School District

Leadership and Organizational Performance

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

111 - A Mixed Methods Approach to Educational Evaluation: Lessons Learned From a STEM Program

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: George Chitiyo, PhD – Tennessee Tech University

Author: George Chitiyo, PhD – Tennessee Tech University

Presenter: Marlana Lastres, PhD – Tennessee Tech University

Author: Marlana Lastres, PhD – Tennessee Tech University

Author: Michael Danquah, PhD – University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Presenter: Kinsey Simone, PhD – Tennessee Tech University

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

112 - Discovering the how and why of school leader transformation: A mixed-methods evaluation approach

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Michelle Lucas, PhD – Holdsworth Center

Presenter: Danielle Bustillos SoRelle, PhD – Holdsworth Center

Author: Danielle Bustillos SoRelle, PhD – Holdsworth Center

Chair: Namrita Chawla, MA – Holdsworth Center

Author: Eva Chiang, PhD & JD – George W. Bush Institute

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

113 - Telling parent stories as part of a data-informed community-driven infant safe sleep campaign: Lessons from Indiana

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Jamie Smith, M.P.H. (she/her/hers) – Indiana Department of Health

Presenter: E. Susana Mariscal, PhD (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Social Work

Presenter: Allie Houston, B.S. – Indiana Department of Health

Presenter: Mallory Lown, BSPH (she/her/hers) – Indiana Department of Health

Presenter: Miriam Commodore-Mensah, MSW – Indiana University School of Social Work

Presenter: Zohra Asad, MSW – Indiana University School of Social Work

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

114 - Using Implementation Frameworks and Qualitative Narratives from a Formative Evaluation to Advance Community Initiatives and Partnerships

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Sarah Fielman, n/a – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Sarah Fielman, n/a – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Candice Bangham, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Stacey Cunningham, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Gain Robinson, n/a – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Meredith Hurley, MPH, RN – Winthrop Department of Public Health and Clinical Services

Author: Sarko Gergerian, LMHC – Winthrop Police Department

Author: Marissa Varrasso, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Britta Egeland, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Public Health

Presenter: Jacey Greece, DSc, MPH (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Jacey Greece, DSc, MPH (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Public Health

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

115 - “It gives us better information, more accurate information”: Compelling Narratives from Evaluating Kentucky’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

Location: Griffin Hall

Facilitator: Adreana Tipton, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Facilitator: Marissa Roberts, DrPH, MPH, CHES – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Facilitator: John Le, PharmD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Facilitator: Jean Hall, BS – Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services

Author: Wesley Sargent, EdD, EdS, MA – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presenter: Taylor Jennings, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Author: Taylor Jennings, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Author: Jordan Shannon

Author: Susan Harris, MSSW, CPIP

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

116 - Navigating complexity: Crafting relevant stories through pragmatism and adapting to the unexpected

Location: Griffin Hall

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

117 - Whose Stories Get Told? Toward Validation and Representation in Culture and Climate Studies

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Courtney Stone, MEd (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University

Presenter: Caitlin Albrechtsen, MA, MEd – Arizona State University

Presenter: Mohammed Ibrahim, MSC (he/him/his) – Arizona State University

Presenter: Ayesha Boyce, PhD (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

118 - Addressing Community Trauma through Community Experiences and Stakeholder Perspectives: A Community-Engaged Approach to Intervention Design and Strategic Communication

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Sarah Fielman, n/a – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Sarah Fielman, n/a – Boston University School of Public Health

Presenter: Marissa Varrasso, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Marissa Varrasso, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Deidra Clermont, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Candice Bangham, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Stacey Cunningham, MPH – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Meredith Hurley, MPH, RN – Winthrop Department of Public Health and Clinical Services

Author: Sarko Gergerian, LMHC – Winthrop Police Department

Presenter: Jacey Greece, DSc, MPH (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Public Health

Author: Jacey Greece, DSc, MPH (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Public Health

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

119 - From Insights to Action: Leveraging Big Data Analytics and AI for Real-time Monitoring and Evaluation in Agile Project Management

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Arshee Rizvi (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Author: Arshee Rizvi (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Author: Yatin Diwakar, n/a (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Author: Farheen Rizvi, n/a – WinLighter

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

120 - Applying Digital Photovoice with Social Media Techniques in Needs-based Evaluators’ Professional Training Program

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Thi Phuong Vy Nguyen – National Taiwan Normal University & lecture at VNU-UEd, Quality Management Faculty

Presenter: Yi-Fang Lee, Professor – National Taiwan Normal University

Presenter: Hsinling Sonya Hung, PhD (she/her/hers) – VCU Center on Health Disparities

Needs Assessment

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

121 - From Data to Action: Story-Telling in Community Needs Assessments

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Melanie Dakwa, MPH (she/her/hers) – Mirror Group LLC

Facilitator: Melanie Dakwa, MPH (she/her/hers) – Mirror Group LLC

Presenter: Jenny Jones (she/her/hers) – Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition

Facilitator: Jenny Jones (she/her/hers) – Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition

Needs Assessment

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

122 - The Burden of the Pandemic: How COVID-19 Pushed Inequity Over the Edge

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Karen Armknecht, MBA (she/her/hers) – Chicanos Por La Causa

Author: Karen Armknecht, MBA (she/her/hers) – Chicanos Por La Causa

Presenter: Victoria R. Iwinski, MA (she/her/hers) – Chicanos Por La Causa

Author: Victoria R. Iwinski, MA (she/her/hers) – Chicanos Por La Causa

Needs Assessment

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

123 - A story to tell: Telling the richness and complexities of a community using data.

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Richard A. Chamberlain, DrPH, MPH, CPHA, CPM, CHW, RS (he/him/his) – City of Laredo Health Department

Presenter: Susana Morales, MA – Texas Health Institute

Presenter: Cristal Romero

Needs Assessment

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

124 - Evaluating the Intercollegiate Graduate Statistics and Data Science Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville: A Needs Assessment Study

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Richard D. Amoako, MPH, MSc – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Presenter: Jennifer Ann Morrow, PhD (she/her/hers) – The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Author: Kelsie Saxe, PhD – University of Tennessee

Author: Rachel Creager, PhD – University of Tennessee

Needs Assessment

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

125 - Community Listening Sessions: Empowering Community Voices to Address Health Disparities

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Kristin Everett, PhD – Everett Evaluation

Presenter: Nicole Storteboom, CPC – Prevention Works

Presenter: Alecia Chenault, MPH, M. Ed., CHES – Western Governors University

Nonprofit and Foundations

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

126 - Flipping the script on how funders collaborate: embedding and measurement and learning in how we work together

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Meredith Blair Pearlman, n/a – Packard Foundation

Presenter: Marta Arranz, n/a – Learning Edge

Presenter: Madeleine McKinnon, n/a – Philanthropic Trust

Presenter: Rees Warne, ABD (she/her/hers) – Bezos Earth Fund

Presenter: Olivia Deich, n/a – Climate Breakthrough Project

Nonprofit and Foundations

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

127 - Working in flexible evaluation partnerships to promote equity among small evaluation firms and in our practice: The story of one such partnership

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Carlisle Levine, PhD (she/her/hers) – BLE Solutions

Facilitator: Hippolyt Akow Saamwan Pul, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute for Peace and Development

Presenter: Toyin Akpan, PhD – Auricle Services

Presenter: Jeff Krentel, MA – Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Presenter: Julie Tumbo – Tulia Mama

Presenter: Melissa March – Arbor West Consulting

Presenter: Hippolyt Akow Saamwan Pul, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute for Peace and Development

Nonprofit and Foundations

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

128 - Putting Down Our Pens: Locally Led Development

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Tanya Hurst – DevTech Systems

Chair: Tanya Hurst – DevTech Systems

Presenter: Adrienne Uselman, MSc – DevTech Systems

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

129 - An Evaluation of the Lawmaking Process with effect of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Mohammed Ajiwadeen, M.Phil. PGD in M&E (he/him/his) – Parliament of Sri Lanka

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

130 - Shifting metaphors, shifting perspectives: the tension of expansion and constraint in using metaphors

Location: Griffin Hall

Facilitator: Cassandra Solomon-Filer, MA (she/her/hers) – BECOME

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

131 - Zoom Out Before Zooming in: Building Evaluation Capacity in a School District by Telling the Story of Implementation

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Nora Phelan, MPA (she/her/hers) – Measurement Incorporated

Presenter: Lily Corrigan, MS – Measurement Incorporated

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

132 - What Kind of Story Can Be Told By Your Organization’s Demographics?: Overcoming Challenges to Effectively Collect and Use Organizational Demographic Data

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Amy Lippincott (she/her/hers) – TCC Group

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

134 - Effective Use of Surveys in Evaluation: Designing and Planning Surveys to Collect Valid Data and Address Data and Time Constraints

Location: Griffin Hall

PD Workshop Presenter: Gary Miron, Ph.D. – Western Michigan University

Author: Gary Miron, Ph.D. – Western Michigan University

PD Workshop Presenter: Najat Elgeberi, PhD – University of Nevada Reno

Author: Najat Elgeberi, PhD – University of Nevada Reno

PD Workshop Presenter: Fanny Hernandez De Alvarez, Ph.D. Candidate – Western Michigan University

Author: Fanny Hernandez De Alvarez, Ph.D. Candidate – Western Michigan University

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

135 - Building Accessible, Equitable, and Actionable Evaluation Systems

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Lexi Jones, MS – South Carolina First Steps

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

136 - Tapping into the Power of Communicating Data Effectively for Meaningful Action: Lessons Learned from the CDC’s Overdose Data to Action Program

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Adreana Tipton, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Facilitator: Adreana Tipton, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Facilitator: Nida Ali, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Facilitator: Marissa Roberts, DrPH, MPH, CHES – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Facilitator: Lawrence Scholl, PhD, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presenter: Nida Ali, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

137 - Documenting Learning Stories: How we’ve tackled harmonizing local and global needs through a learning agenda on a multi-country USAID program

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Meagan Meekins, MPH (she/her/hers) – RTI International

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

138 - Sharing Stories of Growing Evaluation Capacity

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Judi Magaldi – Indiana Department of Health

Presenter: Maureen Wilce, n/a – National Asthma Control Program/CDC

Presenter: Abbigayle Brooks (she/her/hers) – Indiana Department of Health

Presenter: Sarah Gill, MA – CDC

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

139 - Let's Share Our Stories: Growing a Community of Evaluators to Enhance Evaluation Practice

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Faiza Haq, MHA (she/her/hers) – Deloitte Consulting

Presenter: Molly Linabarger, MPH – Deloitte Consultant

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

140 - Building Capacity for Focus Group Facilitation in Community Organizations

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Taylor swenski, M.A. – DePaul University

Author: Kenneth Varner, B.A. – Healthy Schools Campaign, Chicago Grows Food

Author: Howard Rosing, PhD – DePaul University

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

141 - Supporting Our Local Expanded Learning Ecosystem: Examples from a University-School District-Community Partnership

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Annie Wright, Ph.D – Center on Research and Evaluation, Simmons School of Education and Human Development Southern Methodist University

Presenter: Larry Featherston, PhD – Dallas Independent School District

Presenter: Greg MacPherson, n/a – Big Thought

Disscussant: Duncan Meyers, Ph.D. – CASEL

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

142 - A Collaborative Approach to Evaluating a Community School Initiative

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Laura Hones, MA (she/her/hers) – LPC Consulting Associates

Author: Tracey Weld, MS – LPC Consulting Associates

Presenter: Kayla Lail, MSW (she/her/hers) – LPC Consulting Associates

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

144 - Evaluating State Education Policies: Current Challenges and Lessons Learned Using Examples from Early Literacy Evaluations and Education and Career Planning Research

Location: Griffin Hall

Chair: Kathryn Grogan, PhD – WestEd

Presenter: Rachel Tripathy, MA International Comparative Education (she/her/hers) – WestEd

Presenter: Aaron Soo Ping Chow, MS Applied Statistics – WestEd

Presenter: Thomas Torre Gibney, MPP – WestEd

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

145 - The ABCs of Systems Change: Integrating the Six Conditions of Systems Change and the Actor-Based Change (ABC) Framework to develop evaluable theories of change for systems change initiatives

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Andrew Koleros, MPH – Mathematica

Program Design

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

146 - Feedback as a Formative Evaluation Approach to Enhance Fidelity to Evaluation and Maximize Evaluation Use in a Multi-institutional Project

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Rama Radhakrishna, Dr. – Purdue University

Presenter: Neil Knobloch, Dr. – Purdue University

Presenter: Levon T. Esters, Dr. – Penn State University

Author: Levon T. Esters, Dr. – Penn State University

Program Design

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

147 - Complementary Supports for Early Career Teachers: How one Program's Story of Distinct Mentor and Coach Roles Converged with Participants' Stories of Blurred Mentor and Coach Roles

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Hillary Greene Nolan, PhD – Digital Promise Global

Program Design

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

148 - Distilling stories from a complex intervention led complex evaluations

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Kezia Yonzon, n/a (she/her/hers) – Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd

Author: Neel Karnik, n/a (he/him/his) – Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd

Presenter: Dharmendra Chandurkar, MPA (he/him/his) – Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd.

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

149 - Lessons learned from the realistic evaluation of a project introducing a technological innovation in West African primary health care centres

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Sarah Louart, n/a – University of Lille, Centre Lillois d'Etudes et de Recherches sociologiques et Economiques, Lille, France

Author: Habibata Balde, n/a – University of Conakry; African Center of Excellence for Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases, Conakry, Guinea

Author: Abdourahmane Coulibaly, n/a – Faculté de medécine et d'odontostomatologie (Mali), IRL3981"Environnement, santé, société" Ucad Dakar, Usttb Bamako, Cnst Ouagadougou, CNRS France

Author: Abdoua Elhadji Dagobi, n/a – Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niger

Author: Kadidiatou Kadio, n/a – Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (IRSS/CNRST) de Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Author: Gildas boris Hedible, n/a – CERPOP UMR1295 Inserm - University of Toulouse 3 - Toulouse France

Author: Valériane Leroy, n/a – CERPOP UMR1295 Inserm - University of Toulouse 3 - Toulouse France

Author: Emilie Robert, n/a – Université de Montréal, Québec

Author: Valéry Ridde, n/a – Université Paris Cité, IRD, INSERM, Ceped, F-75006 Paris, France

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

150 - Linking Logic Models, Evaluation Questions, and Survey Design to Elicit Participants’ Perspectives in Theory-Driven Evaluation

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Amy Cardace, PHD & MPP – Fairleigh Dickinson University

Presenter: Melina Ivanchikova, MA – Cornell University

Author: Carolyn Aslan, PHD – Cornell University

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

151 - Stories that bind; using storytelling to evaluate the activities of the Tungteiya Women's Sheabutter Cooperative Association.

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Isaac Owoahene Acheampong, MSc, MA – University of Georgia

Author: Isaac Owoahene Acheampong, MSc, MA – University of Georgia

Qualitative Methods

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

152 - Paradigm shifts created by a pandemic: Changes in focus and voice in evaluation

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Julia Holton, Ph.D – University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center

Presenter: Edith Morris, PhD, PNP-BC, CCHP, RN – University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center

Qualitative Methods

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

153 - A Good Problem: How the Power of Story Can Help Manage Having Too Much Impact

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Eric McKinley, PhD (he/him/his) – Impact Architects

Qualitative Methods

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

154 - Nebraska State Opioid Response: Transforming Qualitative Methods to Obtain More Robust Information

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Megan Allen, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska Public Policy Center

Presenter: Sarah Erdmann, BA – University of Nebraska Public Policy Center

Author: Jennifer Farley, PhD – University of Nebraska Public Policy Center

Qualitative Methods

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

155 - The Cost of Empathy: A Preliminary Grounded Theory Evaluation of Vicarious Trauma in Student Affairs Professionals

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Hannah Douglas, M.Ed – University of Arizona

Author: Hannah Douglas, M.Ed – University of Arizona

Qualitative Methods

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

156 - Applying the 'Secret Shopper' method to explore user experiences: a comparative story of lessons learned between Mexico and Delaware

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: David Hanson, PhD (he/him/his) – Social Contract, LLC

Presenter: Christina Alexander, n/a – Social Contract, LLC

Qualitative Methods

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

157 - Barriers and Facilitators for Achieving Health Equity in Washington State: Centering Community Coalition Voices through Qualitative Methods

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Konul Karimova, MA – Washington State University

Author: Jordan Newburg, MA – Washington State University

Author: Gitanjali Shrestha, Ph.D. – Washington State University

Author: Brittany Cooper, Ph.D. – Washington State University

Qualitative Methods

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

158 - Choosing the Most Suitable Software for Analyzing Complex Educational Survey Datasets

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Kinsey Simone, PhD – Tennessee Tech University

Author: Kinsey Simone, PhD – Tennessee Tech University

Author: George Chitiyo, PhD – Tennessee Tech University

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

159 - What is equivalence testing and how do I apply it to my evaluations?

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Marshall A. Young, MBA (he/him/his) – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Author: Marshall A. Young, MBA (he/him/his) – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Chair: Marshall A. Young, MBA (he/him/his) – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Presenter: Jake Working – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Author: Jake Working – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Presenter: Richard D. Amoako, MPH, MSc – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Author: Richard D. Amoako, MPH, MSc – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Presenter: Louis Rocconi, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

160 - Increasing Longitudinal Response Rates Using the Tailored Panel Management Approach

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Ashley Bonilla, MA (she/her/hers) – Claremont Graduate University

Author: Ashley Bonilla, MA (she/her/hers) – Claremont Graduate University

Author: Anna Woodcock, PhD – California State University San Marcos

Author: Wesley Schultz, PhD – California State University San Marcos

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

161 - Validation of the VI-SPDAT (version 3) instrument: a confirmatory factor analysis

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Xueying Gao, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice

Author: Xueying Gao, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice

Author: Brad Richardson, n/a – National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

162 - Values in Evaluation Practice: A Mixed-Methods Study

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Valerie Marshall, MA (she/her/hers) – The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University

Research on Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

163 - Evaluating Early Childhood Education Programs: A Systematic Literature Review

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Oluyemisi A. Oloniyo, MA (she/her/hers) – Educational Psychology Program, College of Education, Washington State University

Author: Michael S Trevisan, n/a – Washington State University

Author: Olusola O. Adesope, n/a – College of Education, Washington State University

Presenter: Kira Carbonneau, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Kinesiology and Educational Psychology, Washington State University

Research on Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

164 - Program Evaluation in Religious Domain: a systematic review of academic discussions around program evaluation in the field of religion

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Injae Son, MDiv., MS. – Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation (IPDE), Western Michigan University

Research on Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

165 - The Story of Research on Evaluation (RoE): Continuing A Thorough Investigation on Recent Trends

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Manna Prescher, B.S. – University of Wisconsin-Stout

Author: Manna Prescher, B.S. – University of Wisconsin-Stout

Author: Dana J. Linnell, PhD (she/they) – University of Wisconsin-Stout

Presenter: Kate Sulzle, B.A. – University of Wisconsin-Stout

Author: Kate Sulzle, B.A. – University of Wisconsin-Stout

Presenter: Alicia Stachowski

Research on Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

166 - Quality in evaluation practice: Towards a deliberative formative meta-evaluation approach

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Amy Jersild, n/a – Western Michigan University

Presenter: Michael A. Harnar, PhD (he/him/his) – Western Michigan University

Research on Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

167 - Challenges associated with conducting virtual programme evaluations: Narratives from South Africa's M&E practitioners.

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Lesedi Matlala S. Matlala, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Johannesburg

Author: Lesedi Matlala S. Matlala, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Johannesburg

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

168 - Whose story is it anyway?: An evaluation of hospital-based technology with multiple stakeholders

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Stefany Ramos, PhD, MS (she/her/hers) – RTI International

Author: Jaclyn Kolnik, PhD – RTI International

Author: Paige Presler-Jur, MS (she/her/hers) – RTI International

Author: Joshua Richardson, PhD, MS, MLIS (he/him/his) – RTI International

Author: Julia Brinton, MA – RTI International

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

169 - Proposal of a Process and Tool to Utilize Bottom-up Recommendations in the Formulation of Management Objectives for Independent Administrative Institutions

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Kosuke Yamamoto, n/a – New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Author: Kosuke Yamamoto, n/a – New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Author: Mikiko Nakada, n/a – Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University

Author: Makoto Ioki, n/a – Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

170 - Social Return on Investment (SROI) - An Evaluation Framework for Localization?

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Shubha Kumar, PhD, MPH – University of Southern California

Author: Sara Olsen, MBA. MSW – SVT Group

Author: Aaron Mallett, MPH (he/him/his) – SVT Group

Author: Saji Prelis, MA – Search for Common Ground

Social Impact Measurement

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

171 - What is outcome valuation and how it can it help tell a story: lessons from the field

Location: Griffin Hall

PD Workshop Presenter: Seth Tucker, n/a – TCC Group

Social Impact Measurement

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

172 - Using Social Network Analysis and the Kumu Platform to Visualize Network Relationships and Inform International Development Project Learning

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Jini Kades, MS (she/her/hers) – ACDI/VOCA

Social Network Analysis

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

173 - Application of social network analysis to evaluate community power building

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Amanda Robinson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Institute for Community Health

Author: Benjamin Goldberg, BS – Institute for Community Health

Author: Carolyn Fisher, PhD – Institute for Community Health

Author: Nubia Goodwin, MPH – Institute for Community Health

Author: Ranjani Paradise, PhD – Institute for Community Health

Author: Sofía Ladner, MPH – Institute for Community Health

Social Network Analysis

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

174 - Stories from the Field: Measurement Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned in K-8 Computer Science Evaluations

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Melissa Page, PhD, MPH – The Evaluation Group

Presenter: Callie Dean, MA (she/her/hers) – The Evaluation Group

Author: Kathy Dowell, PhD – The Evaluation Group

STEM Education and Training

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

175 - Tell Me More About That : Visual Ideation Exercises for Facilitating Online Student Focus Groups in STEM Education

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Genevieve Manset, PhD – University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa SSRI

Author: Genevieve Manset, PhD – University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa SSRI

STEM Education and Training

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

176 - Connecting disparate data sources to understand access, engagement and collaboration in a Community of Practice in STEM

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Spencer Scanlan, n/a – Guardians of Honor

Presenter: Aime Black, EdD (she/her/hers) – Guardians of Honor

Presenter: Tania Jarosewich, n/a – Guardians of Honor

Presenter: Angela Skeeles-Worley, n/a – Guardians of Honor

Presenter: Tialei Scanlan, n/a – Guardians of Honor

STEM Education and Training

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

177 - Evalblues: Reflections of an Evaluator

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Oludotun A. Babayemi, MA – Cloneshouse

Presenter: Kayode Ogunwole – Cloneshouse

Systems in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

178 - Helping Emerging Evaluators Tell Their Story: The Importance of Self-Reflection

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Jennifer Ann Morrow, PhD (she/her/hers) – The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Teaching of Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

180 - Cultivating the Next Generation of Evaluators through an Experiential Learning Program Model

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Alyssa Hokky, P.S.M. – The Rucks Group, LLC

Presenter: Alyce Hopes, M.S. – The Rucks Group, LLC

Presenter: Alyissa Horn, M.P.A. – The Rucks Group, LLC

Presenter: Spencer Queen, B.S. – The Rucks Group, LLC

Teaching of Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

181 - Developing and Guiding Meta-Learning About Evaluation: The Process of Collaborative Ungrading in Academic Settings

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Christopher M. Hall, MSW, PhD – University of North Georgia Gainesville

Presenter: Adeyemo Adetogun, PhD – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Teaching of Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

182 - Getting Savvy with Values: Teaching Evaluators How to Specify Criteria

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Robyn Thomas Pitts, PhD, M.Ed.T. (she/her/hers) – University of Denver

Presenter: Rebecca M. Teasdale, PhD – University of Illinois Chicago

Teaching 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

Presenter: Rosa María Flores Rodríguez, Master's degree in public policy – University of Guadalajara

Theories of Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

185 - Understanding Policy Impact from the Translational Science Context

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Kayla J. Kuhfeldt, MPH (she/her/hers) – Boston University, Clinical & Translational Science Institute

Author: David Flynn, MS(LIS) – Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Translational Research Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

186 - Evaluating research dissemination to uncover compelling translation stories: What more do we need to tell the story behind our data?

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Monica Mendez Morello, MPH, MA – CDC

Author: Nicole Kuiper, MPH (she/her/hers) – CDC

Author: Alyssa Jeffers, MPH (she/her/hers) – CDC

Translational Research Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

187 - Applying Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation (CREE) Principles to Systematic Evidence Reviews: From Theory to Practice

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Allan W. Porowski, MPA – Abt Associates

Presenter: Rucha Londhe, PhD – Abt Associates

Presenter: Melanie Ward, PhD – Abt Associates

Translational Research Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

188 - Growing an Evaluation Team in a University Environment

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Lesli Johnson, Ph.D. MSW – Ohio University's Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service

University-Based Center

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

189 - Integrating Evaluation into a University-Based Research Center: Graduate Students’ Experiences

Location: Griffin Hall

Author: Devon E. Charlier, CHES, MPH – Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health (UMASH) Center, University of Minnesota

Presenter: John Lavelle, PhD – University of Minnesota

Author: John Lavelle, PhD – University of Minnesota

University-Based Center

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

191 - Painting a New Picture: Story-infused Participatory Methods to Build Community-led Narratives

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Erin Holbrook, MPPA – CAI

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

192 - Moving beyond the evaluation plan: Telling the story of a complex program

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Amy Kerr, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

Author: Katelin Rupp, M.A. – Indiana Dept of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

Author: Heather Zook, MA (she/her/hers) – Professional Data Analysts

Author: Brandy Paul, MPH – Indiana Dept of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

Author: Belle Federman, ScD – Professional Data Analysts

Author: Miranda Spitznagle, MPH – Indiana Dept of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

193 - Longitudinal Evaluation of Parents for STEM Success: Insights from Parental Experiences

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Alyssa Ream, M.A. – Claremont Graduate University

Author: Alyssa Ream, M.A. – Claremont Graduate University

Author: Anna Woodcock, PhD – California State University San Marcos

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

194 - How funders and evaluators working together can craft effective evaluation stories furthering evaluation uptake and relevance.

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Andrea Lozano, Evaluation and Learning Officer – The Packard Foundation

Facilitator: Karuna Chibber, Evaluation and Learning Officer – The Packard Foundation

Presenter: Clare M. Nolan, MPP (she/they) – Engage R+D

Presenter: AnnJanette Rosga, PhD – Informing Change

Presenter: So O'Neil, Director – Mathematica

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

195 - Creating an Implementation and Evaluation Model of Meaningful Youth Engagement in Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming: A Youth-Focused Group Concept Mapping and Storytelling Journey

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Pamela Drake, MEd, PhD (she/her/hers) – ETR

Author: Pamela Drake, MEd, PhD (she/her/hers) – ETR

Author: Pamela Anderson, PhD – ETR

Youth Focused Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

196 - The Importance and Explicit Use of Positive Youth Development Theory in Sexual Education Programs: A Literature Review.

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Sandra Anti Eyiah, BSc. – Auburn University

Author: Adrienne Duke-Marks, PhD – Auburn University

Youth Focused Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

197 - The Role of Evaluation in Building a New Narrative for Achieving Equitable Outcomes for Youth

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Bonny Gildin, PhD (she/her/hers) – All Stars Project Inc.

Author: Bonny Gildin, PhD (she/her/hers) – All Stars Project Inc.

Presenter: Annie Wright, Ph.D – Center on Research and Evaluation, Simmons School of Education and Human Development Southern Methodist University

Author: Annie Wright, Ph.D – Center on Research and Evaluation, Simmons School of Education and Human Development Southern Methodist University

Youth Focused Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

198 - The Power of Youth Story in Evaluation

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Diane Mungai, Associate – Genesis Analytics

Author: Diane Mungai, Associate – Genesis Analytics

Youth Focused Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

199 - Empowering Youth Voice to Define the Story of Evaluation and Planning of Youth Programs

Location: Griffin Hall

Presenter: Stephanie Mui (she/her/hers) – Good Shepherd Services

Facilitator: Stephanie Mui (she/her/hers) – Good Shepherd Services

Youth Focused Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

201 - How Local Voices are Driving USAID/Liberia’s Strategy

Chair: Carla Trippe, MA – Social Impact

Presenter: Jeff Juaquellie, MA – USAID/Liberia

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Professional Development Workshop

Monday, Oct 9th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

1 - Principles-Focused Developmental Evaluation

Professional Development Workshop: Additional Fee Required

Location: White River Ballroom C

PD Workshop Presenter: Michael Q. Patton, PhD (he/him/his) – Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Monday, Oct 9th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

2 - Building Evaluation Capacity in Organizations

Location: White River Ballroom D

PD Workshop Presenter: Leslie A. Fierro, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – McGill University

PD Workshop Presenter: Heather D. Codd, PhD – Pyxis Management, Inc.

PD Workshop Presenter: Ann Marie Castleman, MPH, MA – University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

1 - Principles-Focused Developmental Evaluation

Location: White River Ballroom C

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

2 - Building Evaluation Capacity in Organizations

Location: White River Ballroom D

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

3 - Trauma-Sensitive Research and Evaluation (TSRE): Why and How Trauma Stories Matter

Location: 304

PD Workshop Presenter: Martha Brown, PhD (she/her/hers) – RJAE Consulting

Independent Consulting

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

4 - Storytelling as game changer - From dry data to impactful advocacy using Agile project management approach

Location: 305

PD Workshop Presenter: Marcel Chiranov, PMP – IJM

PD Workshop Presenter: Roxana Chiranov, MSc – Performance Management

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

5 - Using Propensity Score Methods to Empower the Story of Program Evaluation

Location: 306

PD Workshop Presenter: M.H. Clark, Ph.D. – University of Central Florida

PD Workshop Presenter: Haiyan Bai, Ph.D. – University of Central Florida

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

7 - Narrative inquiry and sensemaking : Working with micro-narratives for monitoring, evaluation and learning in complex programs - An introduction to the practice of Sensemaker

Location: 302

PD Workshop Presenter: Steff Deprez, n/a – Voices That Count

Systems in Evaluation

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

8 - Consulting 101: An introductory workshop for evaluators who want to start consulting practices

Location: 303

PD Workshop Presenter: Matthew L. Feldmann, PhD – Goshen Consulting

PD Workshop Presenter: Laura Keene, n/a – Keene Insights

Independent Consulting

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

9 - Scaling Impact: New Ways to Plan, Manage, and Evaluate Scaling

Location: 203

PD Workshop Presenter: John Gargani, n/a – Gargani + Company

PD Workshop Presenter: Robert McLean, n/a – International Development Research Centre

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

10 - No More Crappy Surveys: Best Practices in Survey Planning, Design, Analysis, and Reporting

Location: White River Ballroom B

PD Workshop Presenter: Janelle Gowgiel, MPH – Emory Centers for Public Health Training and Technical Assistance

PD Workshop Presenter: Mary Davis, DrPH, MSPH – Project Y Evaluation Services, LLC

PD Workshop Presenter: Rebecca Fils-Aime, MPH (she/her/hers) – Center for Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement, Emory Centers for Public Health Training and Technical Assistance

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

12 - Qualitative Inquiry in Evaluation: An Introduction to Core Concepts and Data Collection Methods

Location: 202

PD Workshop Presenter: Jennifer Jewiss, EdD – Jennifer Jewiss Consulting LLC

Qualitative Methods

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

13 - Making causality visible amid complexity: Approaches and tools for causal understanding that can be applied in complex, dynamic contexts

Location: White River Ballroom A

PD Workshop Presenter: Jewlya Lynn, PhD (she/her/hers) – PolicySolve

PD Workshop Presenter: Abdoul Karim Coulibaly, n/a – Freelance

PD Workshop Presenter: Fiona Remnant, MSc – Bath SDR Ltd

PD Workshop Presenter: James G. Copestake, PhD – University of Bath

PD Workshop Presenter: Marina Apgar (she/her/hers) – Institute of Development Studies - Centre for Development Impact

PD Workshop Presenter: Giel Ton, Dr (he/him/his) – Institute of Development Studies - Centre for Development Impact

PD Workshop Presenter: Hippolyt Akow Saamwan Pul, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute for Peace and Development

Nonprofit and Foundations

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

14 - Drawing on Complexity Science to Design and Execute Evaluation

Location: 204

PD Workshop Presenter: Jonathan A. Morell, PhD – 2279...Evaluation and Planning

Systems in Evaluation

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

15 - Strategies for Cleaning Your Evaluation Data Using Excel, R, and SPSS

Location: 205

PD Workshop Presenter: Jennifer Ann Morrow, PhD (she/her/hers) – The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

PD Workshop Presenter: Louis Rocconi, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

16 - An introduction to Arts-Based Methods for Evaluation: Exploring Embodied Wisdom with Collage and Body Mapping

Location: 206

PD Workshop Presenter: Maya Lefkowich, PhD (she/her/hers) – AND implementation

PD Workshop Presenter: Jennica Nichols, MPH, CE (she/her/hers) – AND implementation

Feminist Issues in Evaluation

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

18 - Developing a Boundary Story for Your Evaluation

Location: 313

PD Workshop Presenter: Shravanti Reddy – Theory Action Group

Systems in Evaluation

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

19 - Once upon a program: Using the the SCM to tell a program's story

Location: 314

PD Workshop Presenter: Daniela Schroeter, PhD (she/her/hers) – Western Michigan University

PD Workshop Presenter: Daniela Zahn, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brinkerhoff Evaluation Institute

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

20 - Facilitation Matters: Techniques for Evaluators

Location: 310

PD Workshop Presenter: Rachel H. Scott, n/a – Center for Research Evaluation

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

23 - The Power of Stories in Conflict-Management and Negotiation

Location: 309

PD Workshop Presenter: Jeanne Zimmer, n/a – .

PD Workshop Presenter: Ayoo Sandra, PhD, n/a – UNC Greensboro

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Tuesday, Oct 10th

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

24 - Making it Real: Systems Thinking for Evaluation Practice

Location: 201

PD Workshop Presenter: Janice Noga, MEd – Pathfinder Evaluation and Consulting

Systems in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET

25 - Systems Informed Empowerment Evaluation (SIEE): An Integrative, Theory-Based Approach to Adapting Evaluation Practice to Context

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

PD Workshop Presenter: Gregory Phillips, II, PhD, MS (he/him/his) – Northwestern University

PD Workshop Presenter: Josh Boegner, MPH – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medical Social Sciences

PD Workshop Presenter: Leah Neubauer, EdD, MA – Northwestern University

PD Workshop Presenter: Erik Elías Glenn, MSW – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medical Social Sciences

PD Workshop Presenter: Esrea Perez-Bill, n/a – Northwestern University

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET

26 - Empowerment Evaluation and Social Justice

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

PD Workshop Presenter: David M. Fetterman, PhD (he/him/his) – Fetterman & Associates

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET

27 - Introduction to Equitable Systems Change Evaluation Framework Theory and Practice

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

PD Workshop Presenter: Margaret B. Hargreaves, M.P.P. – NORC at the University of Chicago

PD Workshop Presenter: Chandria D. Jones, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – NORC at the University of Chicago

PD Workshop Presenter: Heather Britt, n/a – Independent Evaluator

PD Workshop Presenter: Brandon Coffee-Borden, MPP (he/him/his) – NORC at the University of Chicago

PD Workshop Presenter: Margaret B. Hargreaves, M.P.P. – NORC at the University of Chicago

Systems in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET

28 - Transformative Mixed Methods Design: Addressing Equity and Justice

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

PD Workshop Presenter: DONNA M. MERTENS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Gallaudet University

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET

29 - Creating and Using Cases in Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

PD Workshop Presenter: Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead, PhD – University of Connecticut

PD Workshop Presenter: Tiffany Tovey, PhD – UNC Greensboro

PD Workshop Presenter: David Ensminger, PhD – Loyola University Chicago

Teaching of Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET

30 - Learning towards Transformation: Using Theories of Change to Tell the Story of Efforts to Measure, Navigate, and Shape Complex Systems

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

PD Workshop Presenter: Amanda Stek, MA – EnCompass LLC

PD Workshop Presenter: Michael Moses, MA – EnCompass LLC

Systems in Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET

33 - Paradise By The Dashboard Light: A Crash Course in Power BI

Location: White River Ballroom A

PD Workshop Presenter: Joseph Travers, n/a – Travers Data

Data Visualization and Reporting

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

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET

35 - That’s not my job: the role of evaluation for organizational change in service of racial equity.

Location: White River Ballroom C

PD Workshop Presenter: Jasmine N. Williams-Washington, Ph.D, MPA – Community Science

PD Workshop Presenter: Amber Trout, PhD, MPH – Community Science

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET

36 - Data-Powered Storytelling for Coalitions

Location: White River Ballroom D

PD Workshop Presenter: Susan M. Wolfe, PhD (she/her/hers) – Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC

PD Workshop Presenter: Ann Webb Price, PhD – Community Evaluation Solutions

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET

37 - Developing All Types of Evaluation Budgets Using Checklists

Location: 101

PD Workshop Presenter: Guili Zhang, PhD – East Carolina University

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

Wednesday, Oct 11th

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET

38 - How to pause and reflect effectively in order to tell the story of your program

Location: 204

PD Workshop Presenter: Meri Ghorkhmazyan, Ma – Mercy Corps Global

Presenter: Barbara Willet

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET

40 - Introduction to Appreciative Evaluation 2.0

Location: 309/310

PD Workshop Presenter: Tessie Catsambas, MPP – EnCompass LLC

PD Workshop Presenter: Stewart I. Donaldson, Ph.D. – Claremont Graduate University

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

21 - An intro to Qualitative Comparative Analysis: An approach for investigating nuance and complexity

Location: White River Ballroom I

PD Workshop Presenter: Jason R. Torres Altman, M.A. – TerraLuna Collaborative

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

31 - Introduction to Communities of Practice: Engaging Individual and Collective Knowledge and Stories to Advance and Evaluate Learning

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

PD Workshop Presenter: Leah Neubauer, EdD, MA – Northwestern University

PD Workshop Presenter: Thomas Archibald, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

39 - Theory, Practice, and Praxis for Liberatory LGBTQ+ Evaluation

Location: 304

PD Workshop Presenter: Esrea Perez-Bill, n/a – Northwestern University

PD Workshop Presenter: Josh Boegner, MPH – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medical Social Sciences

PD Workshop Presenter: Gregory Phillips, II, PhD, MS (he/him/his) – Northwestern University

PD Workshop Presenter: Erik Elías Glenn, MSW – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medical Social Sciences

Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Issues

Wednesday, Oct 11th

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

41 - Letting the Data Speak: Effectively integrating and synthesizing your data to tell the story

Location: White River Ballroom G

PD Workshop Presenter: Jonathan Jones, PhD – EnCompass LLC

PD Workshop Presenter: Ghazia Aslam, PhD – EnCompass LLC

Data Visualization and Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

42 - Program Planning- From Theory of Change to Impact Reporting

Location: 102

PD Workshop Presenter: Joaquina Kankam, PhD (she/her/hers) – Joaquina Scott Kankam, Ph.D

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Wednesday, Oct 11th

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

43 - Designing Adequately Powered Cluster and Multisite Randomized Trials to Detect Main Effects, Moderation, and Mediation

Location: 103

PD Workshop Presenter: Ben Kelcey, Quantitative Methods – University of Cinicnnati

PD Workshop Presenter: Jessaca Spybrook, PhD – National Science Foundation and Western Michigan University

PD Workshop Presenter: Nianbo Dong, PhD – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

PD Workshop Presenter: Amota Ataneka, M.A. – University of Cincinnati

PD Workshop Presenter: Fangxing Bai, n/a – University of Cinicinnati

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level 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

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

45 - Using network science to tell the story of coalitions and collaboratives

Location: 201

PD Workshop Presenter: Jennifer Lawlor, M.A. and Ph.D. in Ecological-Community Psychology – Visible Network Labs

PD Workshop Presenter: Danielle Varda, Ph.D. in Public Affairs – Visible Network Labs, University of Colorado Denver

Social Network Analysis

Wednesday, Oct 11th

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

47 - Moving from Theory to Practice – Striving for Equity in Evaluation

Location: 203

PD Workshop Presenter: Kim Magoon, MS – Public Consulting Group LLC

PD Workshop Presenter: Megan Hawkes, MPH – Public Consulting Group LLC

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

48 - Telling Your Data Story: Creative Methods for Visualizing and Disseminating Evaluation Results

Location: White River Ballroom H

PD Workshop Presenter: Nikki Christen, MSIS – National Institute for STEM Evaluation & Research

PD Workshop Presenter: Jennifer Ann Morrow, PhD (she/her/hers) – The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Data Visualization and Reporting

Wednesday, Oct 11th

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

49 - Captivate your Crowd: Audience Engagement Strategies for On-site or Online

Location: 205

PD Workshop Presenter: Sheila B. Robinson, n/a – Custom Professional Learning LLC

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Wednesday, Oct 11th

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

50 - How to use co-creation and human centered design for global health evaluation and program design

Location: 314

PD Workshop Presenter: Jessica Shearer, PhD – PATH

PD Workshop Presenter: Olivia Nava, MPA – Independent consultant

PD Workshop Presenter: Godefroid Mpanya, MD (he/him/his) – PATH DRC

PD Workshop Presenter: Grace Awantang, MHS, MA – John Snow Inc R&T

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

51 - Longitudinal Evaluation: Building and Maintaining Participant Commitment to Longitudinal Projects

Location: 208

PD Workshop Presenter: Anna Woodcock, PhD – California State University San Marcos

PD Workshop Presenter: Sarah Zlatkovic, M.S., M.A., GStat (she/her/hers) – Claremont Graduate University

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Wednesday, Oct 11th

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

52 - Design and Conduct Sound Evaluations Using the CIPP Evaluation Model

Location: 301

PD Workshop Presenter: Guili Zhang, PhD – East Carolina University

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET

53 - Writing a New Story: Centering Equity and Humanity in Staff Compensation

Location: 206

PD Workshop Presenter: Corey Newhouse, MPP (she/her/hers) – Public Profit

PD Workshop Presenter: Komani Lundquist, n/a – Via Evaluation

Independent Consulting

Roundtable

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Community Storytelling from the Inside Out

Location: White River Ballroom I

Chair: JUDE KALLICK, MA (she/her/hers) – KALLICK CONSULTING

Presenter: ALIDA TCHICAMBOUD, n/a – Tchic Consulting

Presenter: ELIZABETH DILUZIO, MPH, LMSW – Behavioral Health Improvement Institute

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

The long and dangerous journey to happiness. Stories of migrants on their way through Central America

Location: Room 105

Presenter: Fidel G. Arevalo, PhD candidate – Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Author: Fidel G. Arevalo, PhD candidate – Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Human Services Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

What's So Special About Being an Evaluator? A Framework to Consider for Capacity Building

Location: Room 103

Presenter: Chiharu Kato, PhD – Michigan Public Health Institute

Author: Chiharu Kato, PhD – Michigan Public Health Institute

Teaching of Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Invisible until it's exercised: Defining and measuring the results of evaluation capacity strengthening with local stakeholders in low- and middle-income countries

Location: Room 204

Presenter: Tory M. Taylor, MPH (she/her/hers) – Data for Impact

Author: Emmanuel Adegbe, n/a – Data for Impact

Author: Adekunle David Fasiku, n/a – Data Research and Mapping Consult, Ltd. (DRMC)

Author: David Hotchkiss, n/a – Data for Impact

Author: Siân Curtis, PhD – Data for Impact

Author: Titus Ojewumi, n/a – USAID/Nigeria

Author: Liz Millar, n/a – Data for Impact

Author: Justus Uzim, n/a – USAID/Nigeria

Presenter: Janna Wisniewski, PhD (she/her/hers) – Data for Impact / Tulane University

Presenter: Samson Babatunde Adebayo, PhD – Data Research and Mapping Consult, Ltd. (DRMC)

Author: Paul-Samson Lusamba-Dikassa, PhD – Kinshasa School of Public Health

Author: Jessica Fehringer, PhD (she/her/hers) – Data for Impact

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Qualitative Approaches to Capturing Outcomes Resulting from Community Health Workers’ Barrier-Reducing Work in the Mississippi Delta

Location: Room 206

Presenter: Kelsi O. Jackson, MPH (she/her/hers) – Cherokee Federal

Author: Kelsi O. Jackson, MPH (she/her/hers) – Cherokee Federal

Author: Shaquira Robinson, MPH – ASRT

Author: Cagney Stigger-Morns, MPH – CDC

Author: Amena Abbas, MPH – ASRT, Inc.

Author: Amma Boakye, MPH – CDC

Community Development

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

The Essential, Contextual, and Nice-to-Have—Navigating Complexities in Translating and Evaluating Interventions from One Setting to Another

Location: White River Ballroom F

Presenter: Michael Greenberg, JD/MPH – Deloitte Consulting

Author: Michael Greenberg, JD/MPH – Deloitte Consulting

Author: Jenica Reed, DrPH, MS – Deloitte Consulting

Chair: Jenica Reed, DrPH, MS – Deloitte Consulting

Presenter: Heidi Kahle, MPAff (she/her/hers) – Deloitte Consulting

Author: Heidi Kahle, MPAff (she/her/hers) – Deloitte Consulting

Author: Tori Pilman, BS – Deloitte Consulting

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

“Our Words Are Vulnerable”: Storytelling Through Anti-Racist Methodology that Centers Care and Authenticity

Location: White River Ballroom C

Presenter: Stacy Huff, M.S. – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Author: Stacy Huff, M.S. – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Presenter: Reginald Jackson, M.Ed. – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Author: Reginald Jackson, M.Ed. – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Presenter: Tiffany Tovey, PhD – UNC Greensboro

Author: Tiffany Tovey, PhD – UNC Greensboro

Author: Chris Kelly, Ph.D. – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Author: Kimberly Kappler hewitt, Ph.D. – Eastern Michigan University

Author: Onna Jordan, M.S. – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Author: Mark Rumley, Ph.D. – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Author: Annie Wimbish, Ph.D. – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Experiences using online focus groups with participant voting

Location: Room 103

Presenter: Kristin Duppong Hurley, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boys Town National Research Hospital

Author: Patrick Tyler, Ph.D. – Boys Town National Research Hospital

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Making Sense of our Development as Novice Evaluators through Narrative Story-Telling on Social-Justice Themed Practicums

Location: White River Ballroom D

Presenter: Paapa Nkrumah-Ababio, n/a – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Presenter: Cecilia Vaughn-Guy, n/a – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Presenter: Shiyu Sun, n/a – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

The SAMHSA NOMS: Three stories about a major change in an outcome measure

Location: Room 301

Presenter: Crystal Luce (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado - Denver

Author: Crystal Luce (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado - Denver

Presenter: Brian Dates, M.A. (he/him/his) – University of Michigan-Dearborn

Author: Brian Dates, M.A. (he/him/his) – University of Michigan-Dearborn

Presenter: Rachel Carlson, n/a – Aurora Research Institute

Author: Rachel Carlson, n/a – Aurora Research Institute

Presenter: Antonio Olmos, Ph.D. – Aurora Research Institute

Facilitator: Antonio Olmos, Ph.D. – Aurora Research Institute

Behavioral Health

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Disentangling the story of systemic change: how can we leverage hypotheses as an alternative to logframes?

Location: White River Ballroom I

Presenter: Kecia Bertermann, n/a (she/her/hers) – Luminate

Presenter: Julia Coffman, n/a – Center for Evaluation Innovation

Presenter: Dorcas Mutheu (she/her/hers) – Luminate

Presenter: Alex Ash, MPP (he/him/his) – M&C Saatchi World Services

Nonprofit and Foundations

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

How to connect your TIG or Affiliate by telling your story: A round table session about the IC Topic Chats

Location: White River Ballroom B

Presenter: Matthew L. Feldmann, PhD – Goshen Consulting

Presenter: Ann Webb Price, PhD – Community Evaluation Solutions

Presenter: Kurt Steuck, PhD – Steuck & Associates LLC

Presenter: Leigh Rauk, PhD (she/her/hers) – Collaborators Consulting Group

Presenter: Jessica Metcalfe, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Green Mountain Evaluation

Independent Consulting

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Visual Storytelling: Experiences and Lessons Learned from a Photovoice Project with Transition-Aged Youth

Location: Room 205

Presenter: Stacy Huff, M.S. – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Author: Stacy Huff, M.S. – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Author: Shruthi Venkatesh, M.S. – University of North Carolina Greensboro

Presenter: Tiffany Tovey, PhD – UNC Greensboro

Author: Tiffany Tovey, PhD – UNC Greensboro

Presenter: Onyinyechukwu Onwuka du Bruyn, M.S. (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Youth Focused Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Autoethnography: Potential applications in evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Presenter: Jacqueline Singh, PhD, MPP, Certified ROI Professional (she/her/hers) – Qualitative Advantage, LLC

Qualitative Methods

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Developmental Evaluation in K-12 Education- The case of World Savvy and Global Competence Education

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Paida Chikate, MA, MPP – World Savvy

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Evaluating Evaluation Readiness Needs: Results from a Workshop on Evaluation Capacity

Location: Room 208

Presenter: Theresa N. Melton, PhD – Clemson University

Author: Theresa N. Melton, PhD – Clemson University

Presenter: Edmond P. Bowers, Ph.D. – Clemson University

Author: Edmond P. Bowers, Ph.D. – Clemson University

Presenter: Amanda Teye, PhD – James Madison University

Author: Amanda Teye, PhD – James Madison University

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

From KPIs to systems change: Reimagining organizational learning

Location: White River Ballroom B

Presenter: Irene Guijt, PhD – Oxfam Great Britain

Presenter: Katrina Barnes, n/a – Oxfam Great Britain

Presenter: Chipo Peggah, n/a – Oxfam Great Britain

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Funder practices to center relationships in the evaluative story

Location: Room 103

Presenter: Irit Houvras – AJWS

Presenter: Rhonda Schlangen, MA (she/her/hers) – Rhonda Schlangen Consulting, LLC

Nonprofit and Foundations

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Narrating Change: Moving Toward Environmental Justice

Location: Room 102

Facilitator: Sarah Gill, MA – CDC

Facilitator: Heather Joseph, MPH – CDC

Facilitator: Samuel Dunklin, MPH (he/him/his) – National Asthma Control Program, CDC

Facilitator: Evan Mallen, MUP, PhD (he/him/his) – Climate and Health Program, CDC

Presenter: Sarah Gill, n/a – National Asthma Control Program/CDC

Environmental Program Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Sharing Power and Stories in a Community of Practice Addressing Food Insecurity

Location: White River Ballroom C

Presenter: Luis Paganelli Marin, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Presenter: Marissa Spear, CPA-NM (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Presenter: Chelsea Barker, MS, CHES (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Presenter: Jenni Vaughan, RDN, LD (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

The need for high morals and sound ethics in collaborative teacher evaluations

Location: White River Ballroom I

Author: Michael E. Mitchell, PhD(c) – Florida SouthWestern Collegiate

Author: Liliana Rodríguez -Campos, Ph.D. – University of South Florida

Presenter: Michael E. Mitchell, PhD(c) – Florida SouthWestern Collegiate

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Weaving the past into the present: Mapping staff stories to strategic planning efforts in Oregon

Location: White River Ballroom A

Presenter: Nandini Deo, MPH – Oregon Health Authority

Government Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Approaches to Evaluating Systems Change: A Discussion with Two Postsecondary Funders

Location: White River Ballroom G

Presenter: Loraine Park, MSW – ECMC Foundation

Presenter: Bethany Miller, MA – Ascendium Education Philanthropy

Systems in Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Evaluating power-building with survivors of violence

Location: Room 202

Presenter: Tierney Ducharme (she/her/hers) – International Justice Mission

Chair: Eileen Campbell, MDiv (she/her/hers) – International Justice Mission

Presenter: Vanessa Bautista (she/her/hers) – Global Survivor Network

Advocacy and Policy Change

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Retelling the Stories of Regional and Community Foundations: Journeys in Centering Racial Equity

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Facilitator: Leon Andrews, n/a – Equal Measure

Author: Seth Klukoff (he/him/his) – Equal Measure

Presenter: Wendy Jackson – Detroit Program, The Kresge Foundation

Presenter: Shannon Polk

Nonprofit and Foundations

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The Evaluator’s Role in Transforming SEL in Service of Equity

Location: White River Ballroom B

Presenter: Katlin Brown, M.Ed. (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Chicago

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The Future(s) of LGBTQ+ Evaluation: A Call to All Evaluators

Location: Room 206

Presenter: Esrea Perez-Bill, n/a – Northwestern University

Presenter: Erik Elías Glenn, MSW – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medical Social Sciences

Presenter: Gregory Phillips, II, PhD, MS (he/him/his) – Northwestern University

Author: Dylan Felt, MPH – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medical Social Sciences

Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Issues

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The Power of Evaluator Collaboration in Assessing Readiness for Change in Educational Capacity Building Efforts

Location: Room 301

Presenter: Cori Groth, PhD (she/her/hers) – Utah Education Policy Center, University of Utah

Author: Cori Groth, PhD (she/her/hers) – Utah Education Policy Center, University of Utah

Presenter: Sharon Herpin, PhD – WestEd

Author: Sharon Herpin, PhD – WestEd

Presenter: Steven Malick, M.P.A.P. (he/him/his) – Mathematica

Author: Steven Malick, M.P.A.P. (he/him/his) – Mathematica

Presenter: Grady Deacon, M.P.P. (he/him/his) – Mathematica

Presenter: Annie Barton, PhD (she/her/hers) – Utah Education Policy Center, University of Utah

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

What is impact? A discussion about how impact is defined and measured based on a federal agency’s mission.

Location: White River Ballroom I

Presenter: Amia Downes, DrPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Government Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM ET

Culturally Responsive Evaluation: Translating Theory into Practice

Location: White River Ballroom D

Presenter: Rachel Cruz, MPH – Professional Data Analysts

Presenter: Faiza Hassan, MPH – Professional Data Analysts

Presenter: Maggie Sullivan, MA – Professional Data Analysts (PDA)

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Beyond Traditional Exams: Alternative Evaluation Methods of Student Learning in Statistics Courses

Location: Room 301

Presenter: Li-Ting Chen, PhD – University of Nevada Reno

Author: Li-Ting Chen, PhD – University of Nevada Reno

Assessment in Higher Education

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Exploring the Promise & Pitfalls of PowerBI to Generate Data Dashboards for Evaluation Storytelling

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Presenter: Sara T. Stacy, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center

Presenter: Keren Mabisi, MGS – University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center

Data Visualization and Reporting

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

How Policy Supports Storytelling: Developing Data Governance Policies to Support and Strengthen Data Collection Activities

Location: Room 105

Facilitator: Mary Ann Aabye (she/her/hers) – U.S. Department of State

Facilitator: Marie-Ellen Ehounou, n/a (she/her/hers) – U.S. Department of State

Facilitator: Nicole Germano (she/her/hers) – U.S. Department of State

Evaluation Policy

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Navigating Research and Evaluation in STEM Projects by Shifting Focus in the Framing, Forming, and Telling of Stories

Location: Room 208

Presenter: Christopher Cox, PhD – The Rucks Group, LLC

STEM Education and Training

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Stories are more than 'just anecdotes': decolonizing learning in feminist funds

Location: Room 309/310

Author: Clara Desalvo, Master in Public Policy (she/her/hers) – FRIDA The Young Feminist Fund

Author: Shama Dossa, Doctor of Philosophy – Fenomenal Funds

Author: Boikanyo Modungwa, Master of Philosophy – Purposeful

Nonprofit and Foundations

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Stories of Decolonizing Evaluation Practice

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Minji Cho, MSc – Claremont Graduate University

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Stories of Possibilities

Location: White River Ballroom B

Presenter: Norma Kok, Masters Degree in Public Health – Citizen Leader Lab

Author: Diemo Masuko, n/a – Citizen Leader Lab

Author: Thandokazi Dlongwana, n/a – Citizen Leader Lab

Internal Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Utility of Photovoice and HIV Behavioral Surveillance Data to Inform a Health Education Intervention for Black Churches in the U.S. South

Location: White River Ballroom C

Presenter: Latrice C. Pichon, PhD, MPH, CHES – The University of Memphis School of Public Health

Author: Reighan E. Diehl, MPH – The University of Memphis School of Public Health

Author: Andrea Stubbs, MPA – The University of Memphis School of Public Health

Author: Headliners Memphis, BA – Grassroots Organization

Author: Meredith Brantley, PhD – formerly TDH

Author: Michelle Teti, DrPH, MPH – Department of Public Health, University of Missouri

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

“Barrier Removal + Trust = Impact – The Winning Formula for Baltimore’s Youth”

Location: Room 202

Presenter: Kayla Jones, MHS (she/her/hers) – Family League of Baltimore

Presenter: Tracey Estep, MPA (she/her/hers) – Mayor's Office of African American Male Engagement

Youth Focused Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Building Client Capacity and Confidence to Tell Their Story

Location: White River Ballroom I

Presenter: Sara Greller, MS (she/her/hers) – Education Development Center (EDC)

Presenter: Erin Stafford, MA (she/her/hers) – Education Development Center (EDC)

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Identifying Effective Storytelling Methods and Appropriate Audiences

Location: Room 206

Presenter: Kathleen O'Connor, PhD (she/her/hers) – TCC Group

Presenter: Lisa Frantzen, MBA – TCC Group

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Storytelling from within: Parallel initiatives to build evaluation capacity

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Linda J. Lee, PhD (she/her/hers) – Reach Out

Presenter: Desiree Greenhouse, n/a – Reach Out

Presenter: Marc Salazar, n/a – Reach Out

Internal Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Successful Collaboration Across National Nonprofit Organizations

Location: White River Ballroom A

Presenter: Rhonda Williams, Ph.D – Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas

Presenter: Rocki Basel, Ph.D – Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

Nonprofit and Foundations

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Telling New Stories: Methodologies for Communicating Visionary Change

Location: Room 105

Presenter: Patrick Greene, ORCAS co-LEAD with experience communicating impact to donors and partners through storytelling – Oxfam America

Disscussant: Molly Kellogg, Senior MEAL Advisor – Oxfam America

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

The 25-Year Journey: Changes, Cycles, and Culture in Government Evaluation

Location: White River Ballroom G

Presenter: Ted Kniker, MA (he/him/his) – IMPACT Paradigm Associates

Presenter: Natalie R. Donahue, n/a (she/her/hers) – U.S. Department of State

Government Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Developing indicators for redistributing power and influence in coalitions

Location: Room 202

Presenter: Alissa Marchant, MSW (she/her/hers) – Innovation Network

Presenter: Shelli Golson-Mickens, MPH – Innovation Network

Presenter: Cory Georgopoulos, MPP – Innovation Network

Advocacy and Policy Change

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Evaluating a Dual Client Model: Interweaving Perspectives in Evidence Generation and Storytelling

Location: Room 208

Presenter: Lexie Maister, MPH – Blueprint

Presenter: Lauren Kupcho, MSSP – Blueprint

Design and Analysis of Experiments

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Incorporating Feedback in Theories of Change Through Simulation

Location: Room 103

Presenter: Cynthia Phillips, PhD – Decision Catalyst, LLC

Author: Lisa C. Gajary, PhD – Caspian Strategy & Analytics LLC

Presenter: Anand Desai, PhD (he/him/his) – Clarivate

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Leveraging the art of storytelling through dynamic and responsive evaluation peer-to-peer learning opportunities

Location: White River Ballroom D

Presenter: Jan K. Fields, EdD PhD (he/him/his) – Michigan DHHS

Presenter: Chris Lysy, MA – Fresh Spectrum

Presenter: Minda Reed, MD, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presenter: Kendra Wilson, DrPH, MS (she/her/hers) – CDC

Presenter: Nida Ali, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Strengthening Evaluation Practices Using a Regional Evaluation Capacity Building Model: Evaluation Through the Lens of the Western Regional Evaluation Network

Location: Room 203

Presenter: Najat Elgeberi, PhD – University of Nevada Reno

Author: Najat Elgeberi, PhD – University of Nevada Reno

Presenter: Vikram Koundinya, PhD – University of California-Davis

Author: Vikram Koundinya, PhD – University of California-Davis

Presenter: Nav Ghimire, Ph.D. – University of Idaho Boise

Author: Nav Ghimire, Ph.D. – University of Idaho Boise

Author: Mary Halbleib, Masters (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University

Presenter: LaJoy R. Spears, Ph.D. – New Mexico State University

Author: LaJoy R. Spears, Ph.D. – New Mexico State University

Author: Alda Norris, PhD (she/her/hers) – Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Author: Kristina Sayama, MPA, CM – University of Guam

Author: Christina Sanders, Ph.D. – Washington State University Extension

Presenter: Alda Norris, PhD (she/her/hers) – Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Extension Education Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Who are you? How our organization learned to ask about identity and center people in our data

Location: White River Ballroom A

Presenter: Jackie Siegel, MPH (he/him/his) – Rosov Consulting

Presenter: Allison Magagnosc, MA (she/her/hers) – Rosov Consulting

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

The Role of Bangladesh Government in Implementation of Right to Education for Underprivileged Children: Emerging Challenges and Prospects

Location: Room 101

Presenter: Md. Amir Hossain (he/him/his) – IBAIS University

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Using stories to amplify youth voices in made in Africa evaluations

Location: Room 312

PD Workshop Presenter: Julian K. Bagyendera, Dr. (PhD) (she/her/hers) – Provide and Equip (P&E)

Presenter: Julian K. Bagyendera, Dr. (PhD) (she/her/hers) – Provide and Equip (P&E)

Author: Julian K. Bagyendera, Dr. (PhD) (she/her/hers) – Provide and Equip (P&E)

Youth Focused Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Evaluating the Design and Implementation of DEIA Strategies in a Federal Health Agency

Location: Room 209

Presenter: Althea Grant, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presenter: Daniel Kidder, PhD (he/him/his) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presenter: Chelsie White, MS – Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Presenter: Roman Mitchell, PhD, MA, MS (he/him/his) – Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Presenter: Malachi Rice, BSBA – Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Author: Gizelle Gopez, MPH, MA – Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Leadership and Organizational Performance

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Making evaluation useful: How evaluators at the Cleveland Museum of Art are partnering with their colleagues to strengthen the museum’s culture of evaluation use

Location: Room 205

Presenter: Sarah Lee (she/her/hers) – Sarah Lee Consulting

Presenter: Hannah Ridenour LaFrance, MA Museology – The Cleveland Museum of Art

Arts, Culture, and Museums

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Telling the Story of Parent Power: Evaluating Transformative Advocacy to Center Parent Voice

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Chair: Mariah Brothe Gantz – Center for Evaluation Innovation

Facilitator: Julia Coffman, n/a – Center for Evaluation Innovation

Presenter: Melly Ntalu – Center for Evaluation Innovation

Presenter: Amber Sansbury – Center on the Ecology of Early Development

Presenter: Angela Masden – PlayCousins Collective

Advocacy and Policy Change

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The Power and Limitations of Using Success Stories in Evaluation: A Case Study and Collaborative Discussion

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Presenter: My H. Nguyen, MPH, CHES (she/her/hers) – CDC

Author: Garry Lowry, MPH – CDC

Author: Nicole Kuiper, MPH (she/her/hers) – CDC

Facilitator: Nicole Kuiper, MPH (she/her/hers) – CDC

Author: Yulia E. Chuvileva, PhD, MA, MSc – CDC

Facilitator: Yulia E. Chuvileva, PhD, MA, MSc – CDC

Author: Brigette Ulin, DrPH(c), MPH – CDC

Government Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Advancing Racial Equity and Justice: Narratives on the Influence of Evaluators’ Identities

Location: Room 103

Presenter: Cherie M. Avent, PhD – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Presenter: Rebecca M. Teasdale, PhD – University of Illinois Chicago

Presenter: Xinru Yan, M.S. – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Presenter: Ceily Moore, M.Ed. – University of Illinois Chicago

Presenter: María B. Serrano-Abreu, M.Ed. – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Challenges and Opportunities for Evaluating Business Accelerator Programs across Africa: The case of Tony Elumelu Foundation

Location: White River Ballroom A

Presenter: Lauren M. Elreda, PhD – ORB International

Author: Lauren M. Elreda, PhD – ORB International

Author: Ghazi Ghazi, M.A. – ORB International

Author: Yuliya Dudaronak, Ph.D. – ORB International

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Evaluating in Emergencies: Shedding light on challenges and (hopefully!) solutions for collecting evaluation data for humanitarian assistance programs

Location: Room 205

Presenter: Nancy Peek, MPP – USAID, Social Solutions International

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

It’s a different story: assessment and evaluation with social movements

Location: Room 102

Chair: Laura Adams, PhD – Pact

Presenter: Irit Houvras – AJWS

Presenter: Sarya Sok, n/a – State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Office of Global Programs

Democracy and Governance

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Let’s Talk About How Labeling and Categorization Ruin Stories

Location: Room 208

Presenter: Arthur E. Hernandez, PhD (he/him/his) – University of the Incarnate Word

Facilitator: Arthur E. Hernandez, PhD (he/him/his) – University of the Incarnate Word

Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse

Skill Building Workshop

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Asset Framing and Ethical Storytelling: A Practical Workshop to Advance Equity through Inclusive Narrative

Location: White River Ballroom B

Presenter: Pamela Bruno, MPH – Center for Excellence in Public Health, University of New England

Presenter: Colleen Fuller, MPH (she/her/hers) – Center for Excellence in Public Health, University of New England

Presenter: Carrie Draper, MSW (she/her/hers) – Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina

Presenter: Kimberly Keller, PhD – Department of Health Sciences, University of Missouri

Presenter: Chanta'l Rose, MAS (she/they) – UNC Chapel Hill, Food, Fitness, and Opportunity Research Collaborative

Author: Kate Balestracci, PhD, RD – University of Rhode Island

Author: Sarah Misyak, PhD, MPH – irginia Cooperative Extension Family Nutrition Program, Virginia Tech

Author: Nick Younginer, PhD – Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Redefining who and what is valued most: Telling stories from evaluations in ways that challenge us to think differently about knowledge and power

Location: Room 202

Presenter: Carla Caxaj, BA (she/her/hers) – Oxfam Canada

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Creative Practices to (Re)Examine the Stories We Tell Ourselves

Location: White River Ballroom I

Presenter: Chantal Hoff, MPH (she/her/hers) – MXM Research Group

Presenter: Kayla Benitez Alvarez, MA – MXM Research Group

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Scaling Considerations in Planning a Needs Assessment Survey

Location: Room 105

Presenter: Hsinling Sonya Hung, PhD (she/her/hers) – VCU Center on Health Disparities

Author: Hsinling Sonya Hung, PhD (she/her/hers) – VCU Center on Health Disparities

Presenter: Yi-Fang Lee, Professor – National Taiwan Normal University

Author: Yi-Fang Lee, Professor – National Taiwan Normal University

Author: James Altschuld, Ph. D. – The Ohio State University

Needs Assessment

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Toward Equitable and Ethical Data Use in Evaluation: An Ethical Thinking Workshop

Location: Room 205

Presenter: AnnJanette Rosga, PhD – Informing Change

Presenter: Caitlin Stanton, MPA (she/her/hers) – Informing Change

Presenter: Andrea Lozano, Evaluation and Learning Officer – The Packard Foundation

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Using Stories to Create Practical Tools that Support M&E Resource Allocation

Location: White River Ballroom A

Presenter: Jennifer Heettner, MPP – Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Presenter: Arun Karpur, MD, MPH – Peterson Center on Healthcare

Presenter: Sarah Berk, MPH – Peterson Center on Healthcare

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Participa-Stories: Virtual tools for journey mapping and photovoice to engage youth and globally dispersed participants

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presenter: Sojourner White, MSW (she/her/hers) – UBUNTU Research & Evaluation, LLC

Presenter: Shelby Andersen-Holt, MSW – Q-Q Research Consultants

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Creativity for evaluation: enhancing listening to visual stories

Location: Room 309/310

PD Workshop Presenter: Madri S. Jansen van Rensburg, PhD Consulting Psychology (she/her/hers) – Resilience Analysis Consulting

Presenter: Madri S. Jansen van Rensburg, PhD Consulting Psychology (she/her/hers) – Resilience Analysis Consulting

Qualitative Methods

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Quant/Qual Café: Advice on Research Designs and Analyses: Session 2

Location: Room 206

PD Workshop Presenter: Antonio Olmos, Ph.D. – Aurora Research Institute

Disscussant: Karen H. Larwin, PHD – Youngstown State University

Presenter: Nandita Chaudhuri, PhD (she/her/hers) – Public Policy Research Institute, Texas A&M

Presenter: David A. Larwin

Presenter: Mend Davis, Ph.D. – University of Arizona

Presenter: Svetlana Yampolskaya, PhD – University of South Florida

Presenter: Crystal Luce (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado - Denver

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Stories within stories: Using participatory narrative inquiry to create community-engaged and relational evaluations

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Satlaj Dighe, Ph.D. – University of North Carolina Wilmington

Presenter: Trupti Sarode, MDP – University of Pittsburgh

Presenter: Katie Boone, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

When Two are Better than One: Stories and Strategies to Build Your Business and Evaluation Capacity Through Partnership

Location: White River Ballroom D

Presenter: Amy E. Myrbo, Ph.D. – Amiable Consulting

Presenter: Jenna K. Sethi, PhD (she/her/hers) – Informed Change

Presenter: Clare L. Eisenberg, M.Ed. (she/her/hers) – Informed Change/Clare Eisenberg Consulting

Independent Consulting

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Why & How to Be a Journal Reviewer: Plus Announcement of the AJE Excellence in Reviewing Awards!

Location: Room 101

Presenter: Laura Peck, PhD (she/her/hers) – Abt Associates

Facilitator: Laura Peck, PhD (she/her/hers) – Abt Associates

Presenter: Shannon Hitchcock

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Conceptualizing Agents, Actions, and Environments in Complex Systems Change: A Storied Approach

Location: Room 103

Presenter: Kirsten Kainz, PHD (she/her/hers) – self-employed

Author: Kirsten Kainz, PHD (she/her/hers) – self-employed

Facilitator: Kirsten Kainz, PHD (she/her/hers) – self-employed

Presenter: Kathleen (Kate) C. Gallagher, PHD (she/her/hers) – Buffett Early Childhood Institute, University of Nebraska

Author: Kathleen (Kate) C. Gallagher, PHD (she/her/hers) – Buffett Early Childhood Institute, University of Nebraska

Facilitator: Kathleen (Kate) C. Gallagher, PHD (she/her/hers) – Buffett Early Childhood Institute, University of Nebraska

Systems in Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Creative Ways to Solicit Feedback - Equitably and Inclusively

Location: Room 203

Facilitator: Taylor B. Anderson, MS (she/her/hers) – Public Profit

Presenter: Sylvia Kwon, PhD (she/her/hers) – Public Profit

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Down the Rabbit Hole, But Gently: How to Make Better Decisions about Responding to a Request for Proposals

Location: Room 201

Presenter: Kathleen Sullivan, JD (she/her/hers) – Fine Gauge Strategy LLC

Independent Consulting

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Making Meaning with and about Youth’s Stories: Participatory Activities to Integrate Youth Voice & Choice to Design, Evaluate, and Plan more Equitable College and Career Readiness Programs

Location: Room 206

Presenter: Julie Poncelet, n/a – @ the Corner of Learning & Action

Presenter: Dee Chambliss, n/a – NAF

College Access Programs

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Colorful Insights: Using Color in Data Storytelling for Accessibility

Location: White River Ballroom H

PD Workshop Presenter: Janice Dsouza, MPH – Institute of International Education

PD Workshop Presenter: Evgenia Valuy – Institute of International Education

Data Visualization and Reporting

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Seeing the Story Through the Data: Considerations for Navigating Imperfect Data Sets

Location: Room 309/310

Presenter: Shannon Stagman, M.A. – Arabella Advisors

Presenter: Julie Slay, Ph.D. – Prism Partners Group

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Weaving Personal Histories into a Tapestry of Change: Using Oral History to Document Long-Term Impact

Location: White River Ballroom B

Presenter: Caitlin Rose Dailey, MA (she/her/hers) – FHI 360

Presenter: Amy L Detgen, MPA (she/her/hers) – FHI 360

Qualitative Methods

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Storytelling With Survey Data: How to Develop Quality Surveys to Turn Data into Actionable Insights

Location: Room 209

PD Workshop Presenter: Sudaba Parnian Ahmadi, MBA, MA (she/her/hers) – Association of Public Health Laboratories

Facilitator: Sudaba Parnian Ahmadi, MBA, MA (she/her/hers) – Association of Public Health Laboratories

PD Workshop Presenter: Laila Natiq, MSPH – Association of Public Health Laboratories

Facilitator: Laila Natiq, MSPH – Association of Public Health Laboratories

PD Workshop Presenter: Micheal Mugerwa, MScAE – Association of Public Health Laboratories

Facilitator: Micheal Mugerwa, MScAE – Association of Public Health Laboratories

Presenter: Sudaba Parnian Ahmadi, MBA, MA (she/her/hers) – Association of Public Health Laboratories

Presenter: Sara A. Leigh, MS Statistics – Association of Public Health Laboratories

Design and Analysis of Experiments

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Telling Your Evaluation Story in an Executive Summary

Location: Room 312

Presenter: Fanny Hernandez De Alvarez, Ph.D. Candidate – Western Michigan University

Author: Fanny Hernandez De Alvarez, Ph.D. Candidate – Western Michigan University

Presenter: Najat Elgeberi, PhD – University of Nevada Reno

Author: Najat Elgeberi, PhD – University of Nevada Reno

Data Visualization and Reporting

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Building Better Surveys

Location: Room 309/310

Presenter: Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead, PhD – University of Connecticut

Presenter: Amanda Sutter, MA, MSW, MA (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Can we talk? (Can you listen?) Culturally responsive storytelling (and listening) approaches for evaluators who care

Location: White River Ballroom I

Presenter: Giovanni P. Dazzo, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

Facilitator: Giovanni P. Dazzo, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

Presenter: Jori Hall, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago

Facilitator: Jori Hall, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago

Chair: Jori Hall, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago

Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Experts of Their Own Experience: Tools and Strategies to Partner with Youth in Evaluation and Center Their Stories

Location: Room 201

Presenter: Jenna K. Sethi, PhD (she/her/hers) – Informed Change

Presenter: Clare L. Eisenberg, M.Ed. (she/her/hers) – Informed Change/Clare Eisenberg Consulting

Youth Focused Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Future Proofing our Theories of Change: Using alternative scenarios--stories of the future--to test assumptions and strengthen our theories of change

Location: White River Ballroom H

Presenter: Kathleen Sullivan, JD (she/her/hers) – Fine Gauge Strategy LLC

Presenter: Thomas Kelly, MPH – KEL Advising

Presenter: Rhonda Schlangen, MA (she/her/hers) – Rhonda Schlangen Consulting, LLC

Systems in Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Launching an Evaluation Practice 101: Six Steps to Get Started as a Solo Entrepreneur in Applied Research

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Presenter: Patricia E. Steele, PhD – Higher Ed Insight

Independent Consulting

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Let's Tell Stories: The Making of a Ted Talk

Location: White River Ballroom F

PD Workshop Presenter: David M. Fetterman, PhD (he/him/his) – Fetterman & Associates

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Making hidden connections visible: The power of stories in social network data

Location: Room 301

Presenter: Tatiana E. Bustos, PhD – RTI International, Transformative Research Unit for Equity

Author: Tatiana E. Bustos, PhD – RTI International, Transformative Research Unit for Equity

Social Network Analysis

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Advisory Groups as Protagonists in Research and Evaluation

Location: Room 102

Presenter: Colleen Graber, n/a – Public Policy Associates

Qualitative Methods

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Equity-focused and trauma-informed data collection in evaluation research: Telling a powerful story

Location: Room 201

Presenter: Rucha Londhe, PhD – Abt Associates

Presenter: Katrina L. Bledsoe, PhD – Abt Associates

Presenter: Melanie Ward, PhD – Abt Associates

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

From Blah to Bling! Using Canva to design evaluation reports

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Jennifer Billman, Ph.D. – HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College

Data Visualization and Reporting

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Reducing Stigma in Behavioral Health: ECHO Project case-based learning as storytelling

Location: Room 208

Presenter: Catherine Sanders, PhD (she/her/hers) – MCD Global Health

Author: Sherri Billings, MAT – MCD Global Health

Author: Nicole Criss, DHS – MCD Global Health

Behavioral Health

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Strategic Storytelling for Sustainability and Systems Change: Lessons from the National Science Foundation’s Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Initiative for STEM Equity

Location: Room 301

Presenter: Seth Klukoff (he/him/his) – Equal Measure

Presenter: Alyssa Na'im, MPP (she/her/hers) – Education Development Center (EDC)

Presenter: Carise Mitch, MBA (she/her/hers) – Equal Measure

STEM Education and Training

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Translating patients' lived experiences into programmatic actions to improve cancer early detection

Location: White River Ballroom B

Presenter: Patrick Edwards, MSc – American Cancer Society

Author: Teri Malo, PhD, MPH – American Cancer Society

Author: Kristen Wehling, MPH – American Cancer Society

Author: Michelle Burcin, PhD, MPH – American Cancer Society

Author: Marcie Fisher-Borne, PhD, MSW, MPH – American Cancer Society

Health Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Engaging Your Audience: Mapping the Plot of Your Evaluation Story

Location: Grand Ballroom 7

Presenter: Benjamin K. Williamson, EdM (he/him/his) – CYBER.ORG

Facilitator: Alicia Kiremire, PMP (she/her/hers) – FlowStream Management LLC

Internal Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Equitable Communication – Don’t Let Equity End with Your Evaluation Report

Location: Room 202

Presenter: Shelli Golson-Mickens, MPH – Innovation Network

Presenter: Elizabeth Grim, MSW, MPH (she/her/hers) – Elizabeth Grim Consulting

Presenter: Jonathan Schwabish, PhD – Urban Institute

Presenter: Kayla Boisvert

Data Visualization and Reporting

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Evaluation as a Creative Pursuit: Shifting the Learning Paradigm to Promote Divergent Thinking and Empower Individual Stories

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Presenter: Esrea Perez-Bill, n/a – Northwestern University

Presenter: Ruchi Kumari Mehta, MPH – CAI (Cicatelli Associates, Inc.)

Presenter: Becky Seel, MPH – Oregon Community Foundation

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

From antagonists to sidekicks: switching the role of evaluands in the evaluation process through storytelling techniques to increase their engagement and commitment

Location: Room 309/310

Presenter: Veridiana Mansour Mendes, n/a – WIPO

Presenter: Adan Ruiz Villalba, n/a – WIPO

Presenter: Julia Engelhardt, n/a – WIPO

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

How Can I Help You Grow? Building a Meaningful Partnership Using Evaluation Capacity Building

Location: Room 209

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

The Success Case Method: A hands-on lesson in rigorous storytelling and practical learnings

Location: White River Ballroom B

Presenter: Bridget Lavin, Ph.D. – Unaffiliated

Facilitator: Ryan Kopper, n/a – World Vision US

Presenter: Holta Trandafili, MA (she/her/hers) – World Vision US

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Writing Impact Stories for Compelling Evaluation Reports

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Shannon A. Lasserre-Cortez, PhD – RMC Research Corp

Facilitator: Shannon A. Lasserre-Cortez, PhD – RMC Research Corp

Presenter: Kimilee Norman-Goins (she/her/hers) – RMC Research Corporation

Facilitator: Kimilee Norman-Goins (she/her/hers) – RMC Research Corporation

Facilitator: Melinda Mollette, PhD – RMC Research Corp

Data Visualization and Reporting

Think Tank

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Defining Evaluative Thinking: Past, Present & Future

Location: Room 101

Presenter: Rebecca Polivy, MA (she/her/hers) – Claremont Graduate University; Claremont Evaluation Center

Facilitator: Rebecca Polivy, MA (she/her/hers) – Claremont Graduate University; Claremont Evaluation Center

Chair: Stewart I. Donaldson, Ph.D. – Claremont Graduate University

Disscussant: Stewart I. Donaldson, Ph.D. – Claremont Graduate University

Research on Evaluation

Wednesday, Oct 11th

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Effectively and efficiently evaluating multiple programs under one shared initiative: Lessons, ideas, and challenges from physician-scientist development programs

Location: Room 102

Presenter: Jessica Sperling, PhD – Duke University

Author: Ashley Grantham, PhD – Duke School of Medicine

Author: Rasheed Gbadegesin, MD – Duke School of Medicine

Author: Erin Haseley, MA – Duke University, Social Science Research Institute

Presenter: Noelle Wyman Roth, MEM – Duke University, Social Science Research Institute

Author: Doreet Preiss, PhD – Duke University, Social Science Research Institute

Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

How can AI Language Models help evaluators tell better stories?

Location: Room 104

Disscussant: Linda Raftree, BA in Anthropology – MERL Tech

Disscussant: Kerry Bruce, DrPH (she/her/hers) – North End Consulting

Presenter: Paul Jasper, PhD (he/him/his) – Oxford Policy Management

Chair: Stephanie Coker, MPA; BA in Political Science and Government – CVS Health

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Using participatory narrative methods to conduct rigorous causal analysis

Location: White River Ballroom B

Presenter: Hippolyt Akow Saamwan Pul, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute for Peace and Development

Facilitator: Hippolyt Akow Saamwan Pul, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute for Peace and Development

Facilitator: Kofoworola Olutoyin Akpan, Dr – Auricle Services

Chair: Carlisle Levine, PhD (she/her/hers) – BLE Solutions

Disscussant: Marina Apgar (she/her/hers) – Institute of Development Studies - Centre for Development Impact

Presenter: Yulianto Dewata, Director – PT. Reforma Visi Utama

Presenter: Kofoworola Olutoyin Akpan, Dr – Auricle Services

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

(RE-) Telling Methods Stories: Conducting Research on Evaluation to Shape The Narrative

Location: Room 204

Presenter: Debra J. Rog, PhD – Westat

Facilitator: Debra J. Rog, PhD – Westat

Chair: Debra J. Rog, PhD – Westat

Disscussant: Christina Christie, PhD – UCLA School of Education and Information Studies

Disscussant: Thomas Archibald, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech

Disscussant: Melvin M. Mark, PhD – Penn State University

Disscussant: Tarek Azzam, PhD – University of California, Santa Barbara

Disscussant: Leslie A. Fierro, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – McGill University

Disscussant: John Lavelle, PhD – University of Minnesota

Research on Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Efficiency, ethics, and transparency: the tensions at the heart of modern evaluation ethics

Location: Room 203

Facilitator: Alfred T. Rizzo, M.A. (he/him/his) – Millennium Challenge Corporation

Facilitator: Cecilia Papariello, MSc (she/her/hers) – Encompass, LLC

Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Ethnographic and Participatory Approaches to Storytelling in Evaluation: Who does the Thematic Analysis?

Location: White River Ballroom I

Presenter: Eve C. Pinsker, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

Facilitator: Eve C. Pinsker, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

Chair: Eve C. Pinsker, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

Facilitator: Kim Falk, n/a – Allegheny County Dept of Human Services

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Stories of Professionalization: Using Narratives to Move Evaluation and Evaluators Forward Together

Location: Room 101

Presenter: Susan Tucker, PhD (she/her/hers) – Evaluation & Development Associates LLC

Facilitator: Susan Tucker, PhD (she/her/hers) – Evaluation & Development Associates LLC

Chair: Susan Tucker, PhD (she/her/hers) – Evaluation & Development Associates LLC

Presenter: Tessie Catsambas, MPP – EnCompass LLC

Facilitator: Tessie Catsambas, MPP – EnCompass LLC

Presenter: Veronica Olazabal, MA (she/her/hers) – The BHP Foundation

Facilitator: Keiko Kuji-Shikatani, PhD, Credentialed Evaluator – CES Credentialing Board

Presenter: Katie O'Toole – Data Foundation

Advocacy and Policy Change

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Artificial Intelligence Chat4 GPT, Wordtune, and Empowerment Evaluation: Real World Applications for Evaluation

Location: Room 309/310

Presenter: John Baek, PhD (he/him/his) – NOAA Office of Education

Facilitator: John Baek, PhD (he/him/his) – NOAA Office of Education

Facilitator: David M. Fetterman, PhD (he/him/his) – Fetterman & Associates

Disscussant: Susan M. Wolfe, PhD (she/her/hers) – Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment 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

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Generative Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges for Evaluators

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Presenter: Syed Latifi, PhD, MS, MEd. – Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar

Author: Syed Latifi, PhD, MS, MEd. – Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar

Facilitator: Syed Latifi, PhD, MS, MEd. – Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar

Chair: Syed Latifi, PhD, MS, MEd. – Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar

Author: Mark Healy, MSc. – Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar

Facilitator: Mark Healy, MSc. – Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Grassroots to Grasstops: Strengthening Evaluation Capacity at a Large Scale

Location: Room 105

Facilitator: Jennifer Nulty- Marsack, MSW – Pivot Data Design

Facilitator: Martena Reed, MSW – Reflective Evaluation

Presenter: Brita Blesi

Presenter: Brittany Fitz

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Crafting Your Blue Marble Evaluation Story: How to Apply Blue Marble Principles to Your Everyday Evaluation Practice

Location: White River Ballroom C

Presenter: Hannah McMillan, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control

Author: Charmagne Campbell-Patton, MA – Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Disscussant: Charmagne Campbell-Patton, MA – Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Chair: Michael Q. Patton, PhD (he/him/his) – Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Presenter: Rees Warne, ABD (she/her/hers) – Bezos Earth Fund

Facilitator: Michael (Mike) Moore, MS (he/him/his) – Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS)

Systems in Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Evaluations in crisis and conflict settings: Operational, Ethical, and Methodological Implications

Location: White River Ballroom D

Chair: Ghazia Aslam, PhD – EnCompass LLC

Facilitator: Lauren Else, n/a – EnCompass LLC

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Visualizing the Landscape of Evaluation Education

Location: Room 203

Presenter: Cindy Shuman, PhD (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University

Presenter: Kelly McGinn, Ph.D. – Temple University

Presenter: Krisanna Machtmes, Ph.D. – Ohio University

Presenter: Seema Mahato, Ph.D. – Washington University in St. Louis

Teaching of Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Building Stories of Evaluation Management: Explicating a Professional Practice through Narrative

Location: Room 102

Presenter: Melissa Chapman Haynes, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

Author: Kate LaVelle, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

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

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

When implementation of impact management opens for new insights

Location: White River Ballroom C

Presenter: Gert V. Balling, PhD – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Presenter: Rasmus V. L Jensen, MSc – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Facilitator: Henrik B. Fosse, PhD (he/him/his) – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Nonprofit and Foundations

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Improving our Collective Story through Greater Inclusion in Publishing

Location: Room 309/310

Chair: Leslie A. Fierro, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – McGill University

Chair: Alysson Akiko A. Oakley, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pact

Disscussant: Todd M. Franke, PhD – Department of Social Welfare, UCLA

Disscussant: Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead, PhD – University of Connecticut

Disscussant: Sarah Mason, PhD – The University of Mississippi

Disscussant: Laura Peck, PhD (she/her/hers) – Abt Associates

Disscussant: Jori Hall, PhD – University of Illinois at Chicago

Disscussant: Isabelle Bourgeois, PhD – University of Ottawa

Disscussant: Michael A. Harnar, PhD (he/him/his) – Western Michigan University

Disscussant: Mark Abrahams, PhD – Southern Hemisphere

Disscussant: Mita Marra, PhD – University of Naples “Federico II”

Use and Influence of Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

But I’m not a climate scientist!: Evaluators responding to the emergent and urgent demands of climate change

Location: Room 201

Facilitator: Heather Joseph, MPH – CDC

Facilitator: Evan Mallen, MUP, PhD (he/him/his) – Climate and Health Program, CDC

Facilitator: Kat Sisler, MPH, MPAff (she/her/hers) – Climate and Health Program, CDC

Facilitator: Claire Rowan, MPH – Green Health Analytics

Facilitator: Samuel Dunklin, MPH (he/him/his) – National Asthma Control Program, CDC

Facilitator: Sarah Gill, MA – CDC

Presenter: Ana Paula Pohl Duarte, MPH, PMP – CDC

Presenter: Evan Mallen, MUP, PhD (he/him/his) – Climate and Health Program, CDC

Presenter: Samuel Dunklin, MPH (he/him/his) – National Asthma Control Program, CDC

Presenter: Kat Sisler

Environmental Program Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Protagonists, not perpetual protégés: Evaluators at the intersections writing ourselves into existence

Location: Room 105

Presenter: Albertina Lopez, PhD – Center for Evaluation Innovation

Facilitator: Crystallee Crain, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Everly Collective, Prevention at the Intersections, Nonprofit Network

Presenter: Kathleen Doll, PhD (she/her/hers) – Intention 2 Impact

Facilitator: Keiko Kuji-Shikatani, PhD, Credentialed Evaluator – CES Credentialing Board

Facilitator: Libby Smith, MS – Viable Insights

Presenter: Nicky Bowman, PhD – Bowman Performance Consulting

Presenter: Veronica Smith, n/a – data2insight

Presenter: Crystallee Crain, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Everly Collective, Prevention at the Intersections, Nonprofit Network

Feminist Issues in Evaluation

TIG MultiPapers

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

More than Monitoring: Evaluation Analyses for Finding the Story's Deeper Meaning

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Chair: David A. Larwin

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Multicultural Reflections on Evaluation Capacity

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Chair: Jake Meyers, MDP (he/him/his) – iDE

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

The right tools for the job: Using logic models and big data to improve program evaluation and better understand the impact of career mobility

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Chair: Gavin Reddick

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Transforming Mental Health Care: Innovation, Evaluation, and Community Engagement

Location: White River Ballroom F

Chair: Svetlana Yampolskaya, PhD – University of South Florida

Behavioral Health

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Innovative strategies to better design, analyze, and communicate learnings, to advance violence prevention and education practices

Location: White River Ballroom F

Chair: Jenica Reed, DrPH, MS – Deloitte Consulting

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Storytelling and Equity in Educational Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Chair: George Chitiyo, PhD – Tennessee Tech University

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Building Blocks of Analysis: From Data to Story

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Chair: Haiyan Bai, Ph.D. – University of Central Florida

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Thursday, Oct 12th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Current and Emerging Research on Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Chair: Amanda Sutter, MA, MSW, MA (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut

Research on Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

From journey mapping to econometrics: two mixed method exemplars from Brazil and Poland

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Chair: Jenna LaChenaye

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

How numbers and cost data tell stories

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Chair: Brian T. Yates, PhD – American University

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Data Storytelling Repositories: Evaluators’ Analysis of Curriculum, Courses, Models and Dashboards to Script Compelling Participant Stories

Location: Grand Ballroom 10

Chair: Angelicque Tucker Blackmon, Ph.D

STEM Education and Training

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Research on Evaluation: Literature Reviews and Syntheses

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Chair: Rachael Kenney, MA, PMP (she/her/hers) – Veterans Health Administration

Research on Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Tales from the Field: Evaluation across Systems

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Chair: David Osman, PhD – Gibson Consulting

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Thursday, Oct 12th

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

The Human Dimension to Evaluation: Child Development, Youth Confinement & Community Voices

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Chair: Paul Lagunes, PhD (he/him/his) – Guidehouse

Government Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Collaborative Evaluation: Succeses, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Chair: Connie Walker

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Stories to Challenge the Evaluation Practice

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Chair: Christine Liboon

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Friday, Oct 13th

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Tools and considerations of advocacy and policy evaluation for managing barriers and creating a path forward

Location: White River Ballroom F

Chair: Dawn Valentine

Advocacy and Policy Change

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Evaluation Amid Emergency, Disaster, and Conflict

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Chair: Catherine M. Denial, MS – Dartmouth Center for Program Design and Evaluation

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Integrating Stories in the Evaluation of Global Health Programs

Location: White River Ballroom F

Chair: Karen Kun

Health Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Measuring Factors: Compex Analytical Approaches as Building Bricks of the Story

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Chair: Karen H. Larwin, PHD – Youngstown State University

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Nurturing cultural practices of Black & African Evaluation Consultants

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Chair: Mindelyn Anderson

Independent Consulting

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

The Power of Story to Uncover Power Dynamics and Marginalization: Evaluators Efforts to Diversity STEM Education

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Chair: Angelicque Tucker Blackmon, Ph.D

STEM Education and Training

Friday, Oct 13th

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

The Power of Youth Stories: Shaping Healing and Empowerment Journeys in US and Globally

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Chair: Julie Poncelet, n/a – @ the Corner of Learning & Action

Youth Focused Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Integrating technology into evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Chair: John Baek, PhD (he/him/his) – NOAA Office of Education

Presenter: Zhi Li, n/a – University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Presenter: Carl Westine, n/a – University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Participatory Evaluation: Engaging Participants in the Evaluation Process

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Chair: Sarah Suiter, PhD, MS – Vanderbilt University

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Stories as reflections on health program impact and improvement (1509782, 1507863, 1507051, 1507382)

Location: White River Ballroom F

Chair: Amy Kerr, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

Health Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

The Importance of Supporting The Health of Military Personnel, Veterans and Their Families: Outcomes from a Diverse Set of Evaluation Studies

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Chair: Rhodri Dierst-Davies

Military and Veteran Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Applications of Storytelling in Indigenous Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Chair: Katherine Tibbetts

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Driving Social Impact through Storytelling

Location: Grand Ballroom 2

Presenter: Erin Singer

Chair: Allison Hyra, PhD (she/her/hers) – Westat Insight

Presenter: Carmen Wilson Grau

Qualitative Methods

Friday, Oct 13th

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Evaluation Designed based on Community Assessment Needs

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Chair: Ivonne O'Neal

Community Development

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Creating New Stories and Processes to Help Foster Change

Location: Grand Ballroom 3

Internal Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Empowerment Evaluation and Stakeholder Involvement: Insights, Reflections, and Implications

Location: Grand Ballroom 8

Chair: Michael E. Mitchell, PhD(c) – Florida SouthWestern Collegiate

Presenter: Michael E. Mitchell, PhD(c) – Florida SouthWestern Collegiate

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Research on Evaluation Practice

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Chair: Rebecca M. Teasdale, PhD – University of Illinois Chicago

Research on Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Survey of Current Work in Health Professions Education Evaluation & Research

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Chair: Ezekiel Olusegun Babatunde (he/him/his) – University of Ibadan

Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research

Saturday, Oct 14th

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

The Stories Behind Teaching of Evaluation

Location: Grand Ballroom 9

Chair: Kelly McGinn, Ph.D. – Temple University

Teaching of Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Disseminating stories about the multidimensional impact of health research to diverse patient and community groups

Location: Grand Ballroom 4

Chair: Elias Samuels

Translational Research Evaluation

Saturday, Oct 14th

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET

Power of an Intersectional Story

Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Chair: Rhonda Schlangen, MA (she/her/hers) – Rhonda Schlangen Consulting, LLC

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation