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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Monday, October 9, 2023
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Registration Open
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Principles-Focused Developmental Evaluation
    White River Ballroom C
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Building Evaluation Capacity in Organizations
    White River Ballroom D
  • Tuesday, October 10, 2023
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Registration Open
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Principles-Focused Developmental Evaluation
    White River Ballroom C
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Building Evaluation Capacity in Organizations
    White River Ballroom D
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Trauma-Sensitive Research and Evaluation (TSRE): Why and How Trauma Stories Matter
    304
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Storytelling as game changer - From dry data to impactful advocacy using Agile project management approach
    305
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Using Propensity Score Methods to Empower the Story of Program Evaluation
    306
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Narrative inquiry and sensemaking : Working with micro-narratives for monitoring, evaluation and learning in complex programs - An introduction to the practice of Sensemaker
    302
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Consulting 101: An introductory workshop for evaluators who want to start consulting practices
    303
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Scaling Impact: New Ways to Plan, Manage, and Evaluate Scaling
    203
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    No More Crappy Surveys: Best Practices in Survey Planning, Design, Analysis, and Reporting
    White River Ballroom B
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Qualitative Inquiry in Evaluation: An Introduction to Core Concepts and Data Collection Methods
    202
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Making causality visible amid complexity: Approaches and tools for causal understanding that can be applied in complex, dynamic contexts
    White River Ballroom A
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Drawing on Complexity Science to Design and Execute Evaluation
    204
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Strategies for Cleaning Your Evaluation Data Using Excel, R, and SPSS
    205
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    An introduction to Arts-Based Methods for Evaluation: Exploring Embodied Wisdom with Collage and Body Mapping
    206
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Developing a Boundary Story for Your Evaluation
    313
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Once upon a program: Using the the SCM to tell a program's story
    314
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Facilitation Matters: Techniques for Evaluators
    310
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    The Power of Stories in Conflict-Management and Negotiation
    309
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Making it Real: Systems Thinking for Evaluation Practice
    201
  • Wednesday, October 11, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 6:30 PM ET
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Systems Informed Empowerment Evaluation (SIEE): An Integrative, Theory-Based Approach to Adapting Evaluation Practice to Context
    Grand Ballroom 4
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Empowerment Evaluation and Social Justice
    Grand Ballroom 1
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Introduction to Equitable Systems Change Evaluation Framework Theory and Practice
    Grand Ballroom 2
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Transformative Mixed Methods Design: Addressing Equity and Justice
    Grand Ballroom 3
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Creating and Using Cases in Evaluation
    Grand Ballroom 8
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Learning towards Transformation: Using Theories of Change to Tell the Story of Efforts to Measure, Navigate, and Shape Complex Systems
    Grand Ballroom 9
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT: A Crash Course in Power BI
    White River Ballroom A
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Transformative Evaluability Assessment: Engaging Local, Cultural, and Contextual Knowledge to Understand a Program’s Story
    White River Ballroom B
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    That’s not my job: the role of evaluation for organizational change in service of racial equity.
    White River Ballroom C
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Data-Powered Storytelling for Coalitions
    White River Ballroom D
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Developing All Types of Evaluation Budgets Using Checklists
    101
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    How to pause and reflect effectively in order to tell the story of your program
    204
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Introduction to Appreciative Evaluation 2.0
    309/310
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    An intro to Qualitative Comparative Analysis: An approach for investigating nuance and complexity
    White River Ballroom I
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    Introduction to Communities of Practice: Engaging Individual and Collective Knowledge and Stories to Advance and Evaluate Learning
    Grand Ballroom 10
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    Theory, Practice, and Praxis for Liberatory LGBTQ+ Evaluation
    304
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    Letting the Data Speak: Effectively integrating and synthesizing your data to tell the story
    White River Ballroom G
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    Program Planning- From Theory of Change to Impact Reporting
    102
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    Designing Adequately Powered Cluster and Multisite Randomized Trials to Detect Main Effects, Moderation, and Mediation
    103
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    The Basics of Using Theory to Improve Evaluation Practice
    104
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    Using network science to tell the story of coalitions and collaboratives
    201
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    Moving from Theory to Practice – Striving for Equity in Evaluation
    203
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    Telling Your Data Story: Creative Methods for Visualizing and Disseminating Evaluation Results
    White River Ballroom H
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    Captivate your Crowd: Audience Engagement Strategies for On-site or Online
    205
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    How to use co-creation and human centered design for global health evaluation and program design
    314
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    Longitudinal Evaluation: Building and Maintaining Participant Commitment to Longitudinal Projects
    208
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    Design and Conduct Sound Evaluations Using the CIPP Evaluation Model
    301
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM ET
    Writing a New Story: Centering Equity and Humanity in Staff Compensation
    206
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Plenary - Igniting Healing through Storytelling Igniting Healing: The Power of F.E.A.R
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    An Approach to Measuring Health Inequities: Building the Health Equity Indicators for Cardiovascular Disease Toolkit

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 9

    Health Evaluation

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Asset Framing and Ethical Storytelling: A Practical Workshop to Advance Equity through Inclusive Narrative

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom B

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Build impact short stories: Rapid Feedback Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning at USAID

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 8

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Centering partners in assessment: Using storytelling to understand organizational and network capacity strengthening

    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

    Location: Room 204

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Community Storytelling from the Inside Out

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom I

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Conducting research on evaluation as experiential learning: Student reflections on their experiences

    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

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Data Audits: An Overlooked & Powerful Tool in Accurately Telling Your Program's Story

    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.

    Location: Room 103

    Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Defining Evaluative Thinking: Past, Present & Future

    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

    Location: Room 101

    Research on Evaluation

  • 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

    Presenter: Alex Tran – Mercy Corps

    Presenter: Johnstone Lowoton, n/a – Mercy Corps

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

    Location: White River Ballroom D

    Integrating Technology into Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: Room 102

    Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Getting from “what is” to “what if”: tips, strategies & applications of imagination in evaluation

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

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

    Location: White River Ballroom H

    Independent Consulting

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Harnessing the Power of Machine Learning for Story Telling in Evaluation

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 10

    Data Visualization and Reporting

  • 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

    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

    Location: Room 203

    Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Innovations in Complexity-Responsiveness: Methodological and Transformative Approaches

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 4

    Democracy and Governance

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Learning from Designing Cross-Sectoral Impact Evaluations: Case Studies from Zambia and West Africa

    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

    Location: Room 205

    Environmental Program Evaluation

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Learning Logs for Short-Cycle Feedback and Long-Term Learning

    Presenter: Rebecca Perlmutter, MA – Innovation Network

    Presenter: Cory Georgopoulos, MPP – Innovation Network

    Location: Room 201

    Mixed Methods Evaluation

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Making your evaluation count! Leveraging approaches, tools, and techniques to engage users and promote use

    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)

    Location: White River Ballroom F

    Use and Influence of Evaluation

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Qualitative Data Tools for Impact Measurement and Management

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

    Location: Room 309/310

    Social Impact Measurement

  • 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

    Presenter: Carla Caxaj, BA (she/her/hers) – Oxfam Canada

    Location: Room 202

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Re-storying Evaluation? Evaluating as Developing Value

    Presenter: Thomas A. Schwandt, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

    Location: Room 301

    Theories of Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom A

    Systems in Evaluation

  • 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
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    The power of story in adapting outcome harvesting to different contexts

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom C

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    The story of systemic racism and playgrounds: How KABOOM! uses data to overcome playspace inequity.

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

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

    Location: Room 104

    Nonprofit and Foundations

  • 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

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

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

    Presenter: Lucy Littlewolf Arias

    Location: Grand Ballroom 7

    Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Using narratives to build theory, and vice versa, to evaluate and learn in complex settings

    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

    Location: Room 208

    Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 1

    Government Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Meet the Authors and Poster Reception
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Advocacy and Policy Change Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Advocacy and Policy Change

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Arts, Culture, and Museums Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Arts, Culture, and Museums

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Assessment in Higher Education Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Assessment in Higher Education

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Behavioral Health Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Behavioral Health

  • 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

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    College Access Programs Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    College Access Programs

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Community Development Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Community Development

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Community Psychology Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Community Psychology

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Data Visualization and Reporting Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Data Visualization and Reporting

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Democracy and Governance Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Democracy and Governance

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Design and Analysis of Experiments Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Design and Analysis of Experiments

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Environmental Program Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Environmental Program Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Evaluation Policy Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Evaluation Policy

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Extension Education Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Extension Education Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Feminist Issues in Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Feminist Issues in Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Government Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Government Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Graduate Student and New Evaluators Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Graduate Student and New Evaluators

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Health Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Health Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    How Local Voices are Driving USAID/Liberia’s Strategy
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Human Services Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Human Services Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Independent Consulting Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Independent Consulting

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Integrating Technology into Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Integrating Technology into Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Internal Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Internal Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Leadership and Organizational Performance Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Leadership and Organizational Performance

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Mixed Methods Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Mixed Methods Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Needs Assessment Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Needs Assessment

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Nonprofit and Foundations Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Nonprofit and Foundations

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    PreK-12 Educational Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Program Design Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Program Design

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Qualitative Methods Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Qualitative Methods

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Research on Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Research on Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Research, Technology & Development Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Social Impact Measurement Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Social Impact Measurement

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Social Network Analysis Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Social Network Analysis

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    STEM Education and Training Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    STEM Education and Training

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Systems in Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Systems in Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Teaching of Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Teaching of Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Theories of Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Theories of Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Translational Research Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Translational Research Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    University-Based Center Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    University-Based Center

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Use and Influence of Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Use and Influence of Evaluation

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Youth Focused Evaluation Poster Viewing
    Location: Griffin Hall

    Youth Focused Evaluation

  • 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM ET
    StorySlam!
  • Thursday, October 12, 2023
  • 7:30 AM – 6:30 PM ET
    Registration Open
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Plenary - Data Driven DEI
  • 10:00 AM – 7:30 PM ET
    Exhibit Hall Open
    Location: Griffin Hall
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    A Novel Approach to Evaluating Health Equity: Contributory Complex System Equity-based (CCSE) Evaluation

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom D

    Health Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    A story to tell: Case studies from a Global Developmental Evaluation

    Presenter: Susana Morales, MA – Texas Health Institute

    Location: Room 309/310

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    All that glitters isn’t gold: stories, lessons learned, and tips from arts-based evaluation practice

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

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

    Location: Room 205

    Arts, Culture, and Museums

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Amplifying Voices: Techniques for Qualitative Data Analysis

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

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

    Location: White River Ballroom C

    Qualitative Methods

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Context Monitoring and Resilience Analysis Using High Frequency Data

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

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

    Location: Room 208

    Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Creative Practices to (Re)Examine the Stories We Tell Ourselves

    Presenter: Chantal Hoff, MPH (she/her/hers) – MXM Research Group

    Presenter: Kayla Benitez Alvarez, MA – MXM Research Group

    Location: White River Ballroom I

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    DISCAPAZ: Utilizing Inclusive Storytelling to Amplify Disability Experiences in the Borderlands

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 7

    Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    How can AI Language Models help evaluators tell better stories?

    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

    Location: Room 104

    Integrating Technology into Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Ignite Session 1
    Location: Room 209
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    In Search of Evidence-Use Stories: Mining Annual Performance Reports for Examples of Adaptive Management

    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)

    Location: Grand Ballroom 8

    Use and Influence of Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Innovations in Complexity-Responsiveness: Practical and Operational Realities

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom H

    Democracy and Governance

  • 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
  • 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

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom G

    Nonprofit and Foundations

  • 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.

    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

    Location: Room 102

    Youth Focused Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Supported Storytelling: Building a Learning Culture for the Equitable Use of Data

    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

    Location: Room 206

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Teacher RePlay: A new formative self-assessment tool for teachers engaging students in learning through play

    Presenter: Brian Dooley, EdM – FHI 360

    Location: Room 203

    PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    The power of stories for evaluating DEI programming in Extension and beyond

    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

    Location: Room 204

    Extension Education Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: Room 301

    Translational Research Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 3

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Using ChatGPT to Enhance Program Evaluation's Storytelling

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 9

    Integrating Technology into Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Using Most Significant Change Stories in Social Finance System Change Initiatives that Advance Racial Equity

    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

    Location: Room 201

    Social Impact Measurement

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Using Multiple Modalities to Tell Evaluation Stories over Time and Space

    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

    Location: Room 105

    College Access Programs

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Using participatory narrative methods to conduct rigorous causal analysis

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom B

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    What's So Special About Being an Evaluator? A Framework to Consider for Capacity Building

    Presenter: Chiharu Kato, PhD – Michigan Public Health Institute

    Author: Chiharu Kato, PhD – Michigan Public Health Institute

    Location: Room 103

    Teaching of Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Transforming Mental Health Care: Innovation, Evaluation, and Community Engagement

    Chair: Svetlana Yampolskaya, PhD – University of South Florida

    Location: White River Ballroom F

    Behavioral Health

  • 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

    Chair: Gavin Reddick

    Location: Grand Ballroom 2

    Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Multicultural Reflections on Evaluation Capacity

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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 4

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    More than Monitoring: Evaluation Analyses for Finding the Story's Deeper Meaning

    Chair: David A. Larwin

    Location: Grand Ballroom 1

    Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    A panel discussion on the importance of the story of Health Equity in Latinx communities

    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

    Location: Room 203

    Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse

  • 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
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Building Support for Evaluators through Local Affiliates of AEA
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    DATA LITERACY DOESN’T WORK: Why data literacy efforts almost always fail (and what to do instead)

    Presenter: Joseph Travers, n/a – Travers Data

    Location: Room 102

    Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness in Research Funding Programs: Data Issues and Pathways Forward

    Chair: Josh Schnell, PhD – Clarivate

    Presenter: Madeleine F. Wallace, PhD – Windrose Vision

    Presenter: Lena Leonchuk, PhD – RTI International

    Presenter: Jeffrey Alexander, PhD – RTI International

    Location: Grand Ballroom 10

    Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Evaluation tools to promote equitable research partnerships in international development

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom A

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    From the Field: How Local Teams Improved their Storytelling to Increase their Impact

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom H

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Ignite Session 2
    Location: Room 209
  • 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
  • 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

    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

    Location: Room 204

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Journey Mapping for Program Evaluation: Applications in Formative Evaluation and Evaluation Design

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom G

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: Room 208

    Social Network Analysis

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Power, Proximity, and Tradeoffs in the International Evaluation Ecosystem
    Location: Room 101
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Qualitative Approaches to Capturing Outcomes Resulting from Community Health Workers’ Barrier-Reducing Work in the Mississippi Delta

    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

    Location: Room 206

    Community Development

  • 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.)

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

    Chair: Jim Coe, n/a – Independent consultant

    Presenter: Irit Houvras – AJWS

    Location: Grand Ballroom 4

    Nonprofit and Foundations

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Scaling Considerations in Planning a Needs Assessment Survey

    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

    Location: Room 105

    Needs Assessment

  • 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

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 7

    Feminist Issues in Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Stories from Evaluators at a University-Based Center on Navigating Their Work with University Clients

    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

    Location: Room 202

    University-Based Center

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Systems Learning Studio: Giving currency to positionality

    Presenter: Carlos Romero, MBA – Apex Evaluation

    Location: White River Ballroom I

    Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Issues

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Telling the Stories of challenging but well succeeded evaluation projects in the Amazon

    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

    Location: Room 104

    Environmental Program Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Testimonial Evidence and the Evidence Act: Findings from Federal Managers Survey on the Use of Evaluation Evidence

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 9

    Government Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Three Stories from the Land of Cost-Inclusive Evaluation: Failure, Success, and Yes!

    Presenter: Brian T. Yates, PhD – American University

    Author: Brian T. Yates, PhD – American University

    Location: Room 301

    Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Unveiling Two Decades of Progress: A Bibliometric Analysis of Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation
  • 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

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 8

    Qualitative Methods

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Visualizing Evaluation Theory: Trees, Periodic Tables, Metro Maps and Beyond

    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

    Location: Room 201

    Theories of Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Young people’s stories shaping complex data collection and analysis in Uganda

    Chair: James Robinson – Itad

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

    Location: Room 103

    Mixed Methods Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Innovative strategies to better design, analyze, and communicate learnings, to advance violence prevention and education practices

    Chair: Jenica Reed, DrPH, MS – Deloitte Consulting

    Location: White River Ballroom F

    Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Storytelling and Equity in Educational Evaluation

    Chair: George Chitiyo, PhD – Tennessee Tech University

    Location: Grand Ballroom 2

    PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

  • 12:40 PM – 1:25 PM ET
    Assessment in Higher Education TIG Meeting
    Location: Grand Ballroom 4
  • 12:40 PM – 1:25 PM ET
    Democracy and Governance TIG Meeting
    Location: Grand Ballroom 8
  • 12:40 PM – 1:25 PM ET
    Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation TIG Meeting
    Location: Grand Ballroom 9
  • 12:40 PM – 1:25 PM ET
    Feminist Issues in Evaluation TIG Meeting
    Location: Grand Ballroom 10
  • 12:40 PM – 1:25 PM ET
    Graduate Students and New Evaluators TIG Meeting
    Location: White River Ballroom A
  • 12:40 PM – 1:25 PM ET
    Social Impact Measurement TIG Meeting
    Location: White River Ballroom H
  • 12:40 PM – 1:25 PM ET
    Social Work TIG Meeting
    Location: Room 309/310
  • 12:40 PM – 1:25 PM ET
    Teaching of Evaluation TIG Meeting
    Location: Room 102
  • 1:35 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    Advocacy and Policy Change TIG Meeting
    Location: White River Ballroom F
  • 1:35 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    Behavioral Health TIG Meeting
    Location: Grand Ballroom 1
  • 1:35 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation TIG Meeting
    Location: Grand Ballroom 2
  • 1:35 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    Costs, Effectiveness Benefits, and Economics TIG Meeting
    Location: Grand Ballroom 3
  • 1:35 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    Human Services Evaluation TIG Meeting
    Location: White River Ballroom B
  • 1:35 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    Needs Assessment TIG Meeting
    Location: White River Ballroom C
  • 1:35 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation TIG Meeting
    Location: White River Ballroom D
  • 1:35 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    Research, Technology & Development Evaluation TIG Meeting
    Location: White River Ballroom G
  • 1:35 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    Social Network Analysis TIG Meeting
    Location: White River Ballroom I
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    (RE-) Telling Methods Stories: Conducting Research on Evaluation to Shape The Narrative

    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

    Location: Room 204

    Research on Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    A Military Chaplain and Evaluator's Perspective on Storytelling

    Presenter: Spencer Barr, MA – ICF

    Location: Room 206

    Military and Veteran Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    “Our Words Are Vulnerable”: Storytelling Through Anti-Racist Methodology that Centers Care and Authenticity

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom C

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Advancing equity through storytelling and community voice: A Creative Evaluation Story

    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

    Location: Room 202

    Advocacy and Policy Change

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Beyond Short Stories: Exploring Long-Term Impacts of a STEM Education Initiative Through Purposively-Sampled Focus Groups

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

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

    Location: Room 208

    STEM Education and Training

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Can we use deliberation to change evaluation systems?

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

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

    Location: White River Ballroom G

    Democracy and Governance

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Creating a Powerful Programme Story: Combining Motivations into a Theory of Change

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

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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 9

    Program Design

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Efficiency, ethics, and transparency: the tensions at the heart of modern evaluation ethics

    Facilitator: Alfred T. Rizzo, M.A. (he/him/his) – Millennium Challenge Corporation

    Facilitator: Cecilia Papariello, MSc (she/her/hers) – Encompass, LLC

    Location: Room 203

    Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Ethnographic and Participatory Approaches to Storytelling in Evaluation: Who does the Thematic Analysis?

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom I

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Experiences using online focus groups with participant voting

    Presenter: Kristin Duppong Hurley, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boys Town National Research Hospital

    Author: Patrick Tyler, Ph.D. – Boys Town National Research Hospital

    Location: Room 103

    PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 7

    Arts, Culture, and Museums

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Introducing new information technologies to development partners: Stories from the field

    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

    Location: Room 201

    Integrating Technology into Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Making Sense of our Development as Novice Evaluators through Narrative Story-Telling on Social-Justice Themed Practicums

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom D

    Graduate Student and New Evaluators

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    My Evaluation is Over, Now What? Storytelling Tips for Fostering Post-Eval Action

    Presenter: Kelly Zimmerman, n/a – Guidehouse

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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 3

    Use and Influence of Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Needs Assessment: Adding new tools to the toolbox 2023 (Needs Assessment Ignite Session)
  • 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)

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

    Presenter: Travis Mayo, MA – USAID

    Location: Room 102

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Quant/Qual Café: Advice on Research Designs and Analyses: Session 1
    Location: Room 105
  • 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

    Location: Room 209

    Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Stories of Professionalization: Using Narratives to Move Evaluation and Evaluators Forward Together
    Location: Room 101
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Talk Saves Lives: The Power of Voice and Story in Community-Engaged and Culturally Responsive Evaluation

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom F

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Telling stories through strategic state health planning

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom H

    Health Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom B

    Systems in Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    The SAMHSA NOMS: Three stories about a major change in an outcome measure

    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

    Location: Room 301

    Behavioral Health

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Toward Equitable and Ethical Data Use in Evaluation: An Ethical Thinking Workshop

    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

    Location: Room 205

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 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

    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

    Location: Room 309/310

    Qualitative Methods

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Using Stories to Create Practical Tools that Support M&E Resource Allocation

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom A

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Visualizing Survey Data in Tableau

    Presenter: Robert D. Blagg, PhD – UCLA

    Location: Room 104

    Data Visualization and Reporting

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Needs Assessment: Adding new tools to the toolbox 2023 (Needs Assessment Ignite Session)
    Location: Grand Ballroom 2
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    The Arc of Evaluation: Incorporating Story for Social Change

    Chair: Rebecca M. Teasdale, PhD – University of Illinois Chicago

    Location: Grand Ballroom 1

    Arts, Culture, and Museums

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Current and Emerging Research on Evaluation

    Chair: Amanda Sutter, MA, MSW, MA (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut

    Location: Grand Ballroom 8

    Research on Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Building Blocks of Analysis: From Data to Story

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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 4

    Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

  • 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.

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

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

    Location: Room 202

    Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Advancing evaluation theories and approaches through attention to problem-solving philosophies: Reductionism, systems thinking, and pragmatic synthesis

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom C

    Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    All that glitters is not gold - Humanitarian impact evaluation in Northeast Syria

    Author: Gary Glass, Jr. – Blumont Inc.

    Presenter: Christy Lazicky, MPA/ID – Causal Design

    Presenter: Gary Glass, Jr. – Blumont Inc.

    Location: Room 105

    Design and Analysis of Experiments

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Artificial Intelligence Chat4 GPT, Wordtune, and Empowerment Evaluation: Real World Applications for Evaluation

    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

    Location: Room 309/310

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Conversations with Friends of Evaluation: Perspectives on Evaluation to Support Diverse Student Populations

    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

    Location: Room 301

    Assessment in Higher Education

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Creative and engaging strategies to promote evaluation capacity-building in Cooperative Extension

    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

    Location: Room 204

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Disentangling the story of systemic change: how can we leverage hypotheses as an alternative to logframes?

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom I

    Nonprofit and Foundations

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Equivalence Tests in Evaluation: Statistical Methods for Proving That Groups Don’t Differ Meaningfully

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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 9

    Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Evaluating Storytelling: Voices of Veterans and Youth in Ukraine

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 7

    Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Evaluation Frameworks for Addressing Cultural Sensitivity in Shaping and Telling a Story from Conflict Zones
    Location: White River Ballroom G
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Family Voice Journey Maps: A Storytelling Approach to Evaluation that Informs Early Childhood System Building

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 3

    Data Visualization and Reporting

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Flipping the Script on Evaluating Preventing or Countering Violent Extremism Program in Somalia

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom D

    Systems in Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    How to Center Valuing and Values through Evaluation Purpose, Questions, and Criteria

    Presenter: Tamara M Walser, PhD – UNC Wilmington

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

    Location: Room 203

    Teaching of Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom B

    Independent Consulting

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Ignite Session 3
    Location: Room 209
  • 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
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Now What? The SCOTUS Decision on Affirmative Action and What It Means for the Evaluation Talent Pipeline
    Location: White River Ballroom F
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Participa-Stories: Virtual tools for journey mapping and photovoice to engage youth and globally dispersed participants

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

    Presenter: Shelby Andersen-Holt, MSW – Q-Q Research Consultants

    Location: Grand Ballroom 1

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Past, Present, and Future: How Context Affects People's Lives

    Presenter: Dominica McBride, PhD – BECOME

    Presenter: Tatiana Cortes, MA – BECOME

    Presenter: Coretta J Pruitt, BS (she/her/hers) – Love Thy Neighbors Network

    Location: Room 206

    Community Psychology

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Story's Power for Measuring Impact in a Decolonizing World

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

    Location: Room 104

    Social Impact Measurement

  • 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

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 8

    Government Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 10

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Telling the story of potential Impacts in clinical and translational science

    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

    Location: Room 208

    Translational Research Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Telling the Training Story Using the Kirkpatrick Training Evaluation Model

    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

    Location: Room 103

    Democracy and Governance

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    The Seductive Danger of Stories: How narratives can mislead evaluators and evaluation managers

    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

    Location: Room 201

    Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Visual Storytelling: Experiences and Lessons Learned from a Photovoice Project with Transition-Aged Youth

    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

    Location: Room 205

    Youth Focused Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    What Does it Mean to Include Latino/a/e/x Voice in Evaluation?

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom H

    Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Working with Program Staff to Create a Compelling Narrative of the Program's Impact Through Meaning-Making

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom A

    Internal Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Youth Participatory Action Research: Telling the story of well-being across identity groups

    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

    Location: Room 102

    Youth Focused Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    From journey mapping to econometrics: two mixed method exemplars from Brazil and Poland

    Chair: Jenna LaChenaye

    Location: Grand Ballroom 4

    Mixed Methods Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    How numbers and cost data tell stories

    Chair: Brian T. Yates, PhD – American University

    Location: Grand Ballroom 2

    Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Autoethnography: Potential applications in evaluation

    Presenter: Jacqueline Singh, PhD, MPP, Certified ROI Professional (she/her/hers) – Qualitative Advantage, LLC

    Location: Grand Ballroom 4

    Qualitative Methods

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Building inclusive rigor through stories

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 1

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Creativity for evaluation: enhancing listening to visual stories

    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

    Location: Room 309/310

    Qualitative Methods

  • 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

    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.)

    Location: Room 301

    Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Developmental Evaluation in K-12 Education- The case of World Savvy and Global Competence Education

    Presenter: Paida Chikate, MA, MPP – World Savvy

    Location: Grand Ballroom 9

    PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Evaluating Evaluation Readiness Needs: Results from a Workshop on Evaluation Capacity

    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

    Location: Room 208

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Evaluating Extension Programs from a DEI Lens with Examples from the National Youth Retention Study

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

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

    Location: Room 203

    Extension Education Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Evaluating Job Applicant and Staff Member Stories to Better Hire and Develop Successful Employees

    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

    Location: Room 204

    University-Based Center

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Final Presentations from a Year of GEDI Learning and Light I
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    From KPIs to systems change: Reimagining organizational learning

    Presenter: Irene Guijt, PhD – Oxfam Great Britain

    Presenter: Katrina Barnes, n/a – Oxfam Great Britain

    Presenter: Chipo Peggah, n/a – Oxfam Great Britain

    Location: White River Ballroom B

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Funder practices to center relationships in the evaluative story

    Presenter: Irit Houvras – AJWS

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

    Location: Room 103

    Nonprofit and Foundations

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Grounding Evaluative Thinking In Our Ontological and Epistemological Stories

    Presenter: Eric Einspruch, Ph.D. – ELE Consulting, LLC

    Presenter: Jennifer Billman, Ph.D. – HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College

    Location: Room 202

    Theories of Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Ignite Session 4
    Location: Room 305
  • 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
  • 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

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

    Presenter: Seth Tucker, n/a – TCC Group

    Location: Room 209

    Social Network Analysis

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Mapping and Critical Analysis of Localization Efforts, a Shared and Fraught Story Across Continents

    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

    Location: Room 201

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Narrating Change: Moving Toward Environmental Justice

    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

    Location: Room 102

    Environmental Program Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Narratives of sustainability: Lessons and examples from Nigeria

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom G

    Health Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Qualitative Data Visualization

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

    Location: White River Ballroom F

    Data Visualization and Reporting

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Quant/Qual Café: Advice on Research Designs and Analyses: Session 2

    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

    Location: Room 206

    Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Sharing Power and Stories in a Community of Practice Addressing Food Insecurity

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom C

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Sources and consequences of bias in big data-based evaluations: Stories from the field

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 7

    Integrating Technology into Evaluation

  • 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.

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom H

    Mixed Methods Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    The need for high morals and sound ethics in collaborative teacher evaluations

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom I

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    The story behind the qualitative indicators and qualitative inquiry for monitoring

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom D

    Qualitative Methods

  • 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

    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

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    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Using health communication to guide students to better understand the patient’s story

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

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

    Location: Room 105

    Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Weaving the past into the present: Mapping staff stories to strategic planning efforts in Oregon

    Presenter: Nandini Deo, MPH – Oregon Health Authority

    Location: White River Ballroom A

    Government Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    The Human Dimension to Evaluation: Child Development, Youth Confinement & Community Voices

    Chair: Paul Lagunes, PhD (he/him/his) – Guidehouse

    Location: Grand Ballroom 3

    Government Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Research on Evaluation: Literature Reviews and Syntheses

    Chair: Rachael Kenney, MA, PMP (she/her/hers) – Veterans Health Administration

    Location: Grand Ballroom 8

    Research on Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Tales from the Field: Evaluation across Systems

    Chair: David Osman, PhD – Gibson Consulting

    Location: Grand Ballroom 2

    PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Data Storytelling Repositories: Evaluators’ Analysis of Curriculum, Courses, Models and Dashboards to Script Compelling Participant Stories

    Chair: Angelicque Tucker Blackmon, Ph.D

    Location: Grand Ballroom 10

    STEM Education and Training

  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET
    TIG Fair and Reception
    Location: Griffin Hall
  • Friday, October 13, 2023
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Registration Open
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Plenary - AEA Awards Ceremony
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    The Rucks Group Sponsored Recruitment Event
  • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Exhibit Hall Open
    Location: Griffin Hall
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Approaches to Evaluating Systems Change: A Discussion with Two Postsecondary Funders
    Location: White River Ballroom G

    Systems in Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Creating and Telling the Story of System Change: Oxfam’s Experiences

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 9

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 10

    Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Emerging AI in Evaluation: Implications and Opportunities for Practice & Business

    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

    Location: Room 103

    Integrating Technology into Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Evaluating power-building with survivors of violence

    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

    Location: Room 202

    Advocacy and Policy Change

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Generative Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges for Evaluators

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 8

    Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Grassroots to Grasstops: Strengthening Evaluation Capacity at a Large Scale

    Facilitator: Jennifer Nulty- Marsack, MSW – Pivot Data Design

    Facilitator: Martena Reed, MSW – Reflective Evaluation

    Presenter: Brita Blesi

    Presenter: Brittany Fitz

    Location: Room 105

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Hidden stories: How can one-on-one client interactions be measured as organization-wide impacts?

    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

    Location: Room 203

    Extension Education Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    How Evaluation Commissioners shape, tell and receive the “evaluation story?”

    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

    Location: Room 102

    Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Pathways to Leadership: Stories about Relationships and Opportunities
    Location: Room 208
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Proving Promise and Support: Evaluation of Indiana Family Preservation Services
    Location: Room 104
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Retelling the Stories of Regional and Community Foundations: Journeys in Centering Racial Equity

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 7

    Nonprofit and Foundations

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Revealing and Transmitting Prevention-Related Stories through the Georgia Prevention Data Hub

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 3

    Data Visualization and Reporting

  • 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

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom A

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Stories within stories: Using participatory narrative inquiry to create community-engaged and relational evaluations

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 2

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    The evaluation of the Community Leaders in Health Equity program: The power of participants’ voices.

    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

    Location: Room 201

    Mixed Methods Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    The Evaluator’s Role in Transforming SEL in Service of Equity

    Presenter: Katlin Brown, M.Ed. (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Chicago

    Location: White River Ballroom B

    PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    The Future(s) of LGBTQ+ Evaluation: A Call to All Evaluators

    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

    Location: Room 206

    Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Issues

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    The Power of Evaluator Collaboration in Assessing Readiness for Change in Educational Capacity Building Efforts

    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

    Location: Room 301

    Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    The Power of Story in Organizations

    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

    Location: Room 205

    Leadership and Organizational Performance

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    To adapt or not to adapt? Retaining quality when tailoring Outcome Harvesting

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom C

    Qualitative Methods

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Using a cognitive complexity framework as a tool for understanding and integrating AEA Evaluator Competencies

    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

    Location: Room 204

    Teaching of Evaluation

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Using Storytelling to Ground and Make Sense of Organizational Strategies and Frameworks: Experiences from Three Organizations

    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

    Location: Room 309/310

    Democracy and Governance

  • 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.

    Presenter: Amia Downes, DrPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Location: White River Ballroom I

    Government Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom D

    Independent Consulting

  • 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
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Words create Worlds: Using Appreciative Inquiry and the Power of Stories for Strategic Thinking

    Presenter: Kathleen Dean, PhD – The Rucks Group

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

    Location: Room 209

    Program Design

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Tools and considerations of advocacy and policy evaluation for managing barriers and creating a path forward

    Chair: Dawn Valentine

    Location: White River Ballroom F

    Advocacy and Policy Change

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Stories to Challenge the Evaluation Practice

    Chair: Christine Liboon

    Location: Grand Ballroom 1

    Graduate Student and New Evaluators

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Collaborative Evaluation: Succeses, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

    Chair: Connie Walker

    Location: Grand Ballroom 4

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    A story of MSC implementation and capturing marginalized voices–-learnings based on various phases of MSC

    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

    Location: Room 202

    Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Beyond Traditional Exams: Alternative Evaluation Methods of Student Learning in Statistics Courses

    Presenter: Li-Ting Chen, PhD – University of Nevada Reno

    Author: Li-Ting Chen, PhD – University of Nevada Reno

    Location: Room 301

    Assessment in Higher Education

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Building Evaluation Capacity to Tell a Foundation’s Story of Systems Change

    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

    Location: Room 104

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Can evaluation go beyond storytelling? How Developmental Evaluations are working to become part of the story.

    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

    Location: Room 102

    Use and Influence of Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Conceptualizing Agents, Actions, and Environments in Complex Systems Change: A Storied Approach

    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

    Location: Room 103

    Systems in Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Creative Ways to Solicit Feedback - Equitably and Inclusively

    Facilitator: Taylor B. Anderson, MS (she/her/hers) – Public Profit

    Presenter: Sylvia Kwon, PhD (she/her/hers) – Public Profit

    Location: Room 203

    Mixed Methods Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Culturally Responsive Evaluation: Translating Theory into Practice
    Location: White River Ballroom D

    Graduate Student and New Evaluators

  • 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

    Presenter: Kathleen Sullivan, JD (she/her/hers) – Fine Gauge Strategy LLC

    Location: Room 201

    Independent Consulting

  • 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

    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

    Location: Room 205

    Behavioral Health

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Evaluation’s Story in Fable and Song: Greatest Hits Over Five Decades

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

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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 5/6

    Teaching of Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Exploring the Promise & Pitfalls of PowerBI to Generate Data Dashboards for Evaluation Storytelling

    Presenter: Sara T. Stacy, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center

    Presenter: Keren Mabisi, MGS – University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center

    Location: Grand Ballroom 10

    Data Visualization and Reporting

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Final Presentations from a Year of GEDI Learning and Light II
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    How Policy Supports Storytelling: Developing Data Governance Policies to Support and Strengthen Data Collection Activities

    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

    Location: Room 105

    Evaluation Policy

  • 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

    Presenter: Julie Poncelet, n/a – @ the Corner of Learning & Action

    Presenter: Dee Chambliss, n/a – NAF

    Location: Room 206

    College Access Programs

  • 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

    Presenter: Christopher Cox, PhD – The Rucks Group, LLC

    Location: Room 208

    STEM Education and Training

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Reframing rigor: evaluation practitioner perspectives on tradeoffs and transformations

    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

    Location: Room 204

    Research on Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Stories are more than 'just anecdotes': decolonizing learning in feminist funds

    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

    Location: Room 309/310

    Nonprofit and Foundations

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Stories from the People: Facilitating Community Engagement through Innovative Participatory Approaches

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 4

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom G

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 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

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Stories of Decolonizing Evaluation Practice

    Presenter: Minji Cho, MSc – Claremont Graduate University

    Location: Room 209

    Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Stories of Possibilities

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom B

    Internal Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Telling a tale of tech and health system partnerships: lessons learned and opportunities for the future

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom H

    Health Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Turning the Page on Impact Evaluations: The Story of What Went Wrong and an Untapped Potential

    Presenter: Adam Trowbridge, MIDP – U.S. Department of State & USAID

    Presenter: Keith B. Ives, MIDP (he/him/his) – Causal Design

    Location: White River Ballroom A

    Use and Influence of Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom C

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Nurturing cultural practices of Black & African Evaluation Consultants

    Chair: Mindelyn Anderson

    Location: Grand Ballroom 1

    Independent Consulting

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Integrating Stories in the Evaluation of Global Health Programs

    Chair: Karen Kun

    Location: White River Ballroom F

    Health Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    The Power of Youth Stories: Shaping Healing and Empowerment Journeys in US and Globally

    Chair: Julie Poncelet, n/a – @ the Corner of Learning & Action

    Location: Grand Ballroom 8

    Youth Focused Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Evaluation Amid Emergency, Disaster, and Conflict

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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 3

    Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    The Power of Story to Uncover Power Dynamics and Marginalization: Evaluators Efforts to Diversity STEM Education

    Chair: Angelicque Tucker Blackmon, Ph.D

    Location: Grand Ballroom 9

    STEM Education and Training

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Measuring Factors: Compex Analytical Approaches as Building Bricks of the Story

    Chair: Karen H. Larwin, PHD – Youngstown State University

    Location: Grand Ballroom 2

    Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Brainstorm Ways to Present Student Risky Behavior Survey Results to Stakeholders as Well as Discouraging Parental Opt-Outs of Child's Participation

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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    CTSA Evaluators Unique Role in Advancing Translational Science through the Research Unit Network (RUN)

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

    Presenter: Alejandro Comellas, MD – University of Iowa

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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Translational Research Evaluation

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Cultivating Capacity for Evaluation

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Evaluation and personal story: Why incorporating individuals’ experiences is key to improving modern evaluation methodology

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Evaluation Anthropology Networking Session

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Evaluation of Disparate Initiatives with Common Funding Streams

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Feeding Two Birds with One Crumb: Sharing your story with what you got

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    I Fudged Up: Spacemaking for Stories of Failure in Evaluation

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

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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Independent Consulting

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Leading Learning Agendas: Effective Practices to Maximize Impact

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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Mentoring for early career evaluators and graduate students

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Graduate Student and New Evaluators

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL) in international higher education and research capacity strengthening projects: A place to share our stories

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Novel Strategies for Assessing an Organization’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Culture and Progress towards Goals

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Rewriting the Narrative - Sharing Stories Behind the Statistics

    Presenter: Lexi Jones, MS – South Carolina First Steps

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Internal Evaluation

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    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
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Sharing power in the evaluation process

    Facilitator: Charles Guedenet, n/a – IREX

    Facilitator: Tanisha Washington, MA – IREX

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Strengthening MEL capacity at your organization: Sharing examples and best practices

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

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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    The growing challenge to keep evaluation going in the face of disruption

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Using integrated lenses to tell the stories of participants and facilitators of TAMAR, a trauma-informed psychoeducational program

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Who are you and what do you stand for? Telling our own story to establish our values and reciprocate.

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

    Presenter: Sara McGarraugh

    Presenter: Amy Cyr

    Location: White River Ballroom E

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    “Barrier Removal + Trust = Impact – The Winning Formula for Baltimore’s Youth”

    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

    Location: Room 202

    Youth Focused Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    AEA MSI Fellowship Journey: Unveiling Two Decades of Progress: A Bibliometric Analysis of Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation
    Location: Room 204
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Amplifying Program Beneficiaries' Stories of Sustainability Through Select USAID Ex-Post Evaluations

    Presenter: Fiona Watta, n/a – USAID/Uganda

    Presenter: Alphonse Bigirimana, n/a – USAID/Africa Bureau

    Location: Room 102

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Building Client Capacity and Confidence to Tell Their Story

    Presenter: Sara Greller, MS (she/her/hers) – Education Development Center (EDC)

    Presenter: Erin Stafford, MA (she/her/hers) – Education Development Center (EDC)

    Location: White River Ballroom I

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Colorful Insights: Using Color in Data Storytelling for Accessibility

    PD Workshop Presenter: Janice Dsouza, MPH – Institute of International Education

    PD Workshop Presenter: Evgenia Valuy – Institute of International Education

    Location: White River Ballroom H

    Data Visualization and Reporting

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Crafting Your Blue Marble Evaluation Story: How to Apply Blue Marble Principles to Your Everyday Evaluation Practice

    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)

    Location: White River Ballroom C

    Systems in Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: Room 208

    Program Design

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Evaluation Policy in the U.S. – The Story of AEA’s Evaluation Policy Task Force - Past, Present, and Future
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Fulfilling the Multi-Faceted Commitments of University-Based Evaluation Centers

    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

    Location: Room 205

    University-Based Center

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    How We Model Matters: Visualizing Program Theories

    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

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Identifying Effective Storytelling Methods and Appropriate Audiences

    Presenter: Kathleen O'Connor, PhD (she/her/hers) – TCC Group

    Presenter: Lisa Frantzen, MBA – TCC Group

    Location: Room 206

    Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Ignite Session 5
    Location: Room 209
  • 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

    Location: Room 104

    Health Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Increasing the Power of Story through Transformative Culturally Responsive Mixed Methods Evaluation.

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 7

    Mixed Methods Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Seeing the Story Through the Data: Considerations for Navigating Imperfect Data Sets

    Presenter: Shannon Stagman, M.A. – Arabella Advisors

    Presenter: Julie Slay, Ph.D. – Prism Partners Group

    Location: Room 309/310

    Mixed Methods Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Storytelling and systems change: How creative use of data can drive change in education and youth systems

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 3

    Systems in Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Storytelling from within: Parallel initiatives to build evaluation capacity

    Presenter: Linda J. Lee, PhD (she/her/hers) – Reach Out

    Presenter: Desiree Greenhouse, n/a – Reach Out

    Presenter: Marc Salazar, n/a – Reach Out

    Location: Grand Ballroom 9

    Internal Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Successful Collaboration Across National Nonprofit Organizations

    Presenter: Rhonda Williams, Ph.D – Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas

    Presenter: Rocki Basel, Ph.D – Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

    Location: White River Ballroom A

    Nonprofit and Foundations

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Telling New Stories: Methodologies for Communicating Visionary Change

    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

    Location: Room 105

    Use and Influence of Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Telling stories and building unicorns: lessons learned from a tiered Most Significant Change evaluation in Iraq

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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 8

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Telling the Story of Global Democratic Trends Across the Academic-Practitioner Divide

    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

    Location: Room 103

    Democracy and Governance

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Telling the story: Overcoming challenges in translational research evaluation

    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.

    Location: Room 301

    Translational Research Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Telling Your Evaluation Story in an Executive Summary
    Location: Room 312
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    The 25-Year Journey: Changes, Cycles, and Culture in Government Evaluation

    Presenter: Ted Kniker, MA (he/him/his) – IMPACT Paradigm Associates

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

    Location: White River Ballroom G

    Government Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Visualizing the Landscape of Evaluation Education

    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

    Location: Room 203

    Teaching of Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Weaving Personal Histories into a Tapestry of Change: Using Oral History to Document Long-Term Impact

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

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

    Location: White River Ballroom B

    Qualitative Methods

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Stories as reflections on health program impact and improvement (1509782, 1507863, 1507051, 1507382)

    Chair: Amy Kerr, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

    Location: White River Ballroom F

    Health Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Integrating technology into evaluation

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 2

    Integrating Technology into Evaluation

  • 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

    Chair: Rhodri Dierst-Davies

    Location: Grand Ballroom 1

    Military and Veteran Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Evaluations in crisis and conflict settings: Operational, Ethical, and Methodological Implications

    Chair: Ghazia Aslam, PhD – EnCompass LLC

    Facilitator: Lauren Else, n/a – EnCompass LLC

    Location: White River Ballroom D

    Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Participatory Evaluation: Engaging Participants in the Evaluation Process

    Chair: Sarah Suiter, PhD, MS – Vanderbilt University

    Location: Grand Ballroom 4

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    A tale of two perspectives The benefits of collaborating with communications experts in evaluation storytelling
    Grand Ballroom 10
  • 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

    Presenter: Latia White, EdD – Digital Promise

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

    Location: White River Ballroom B

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Becoming Change Makers: The Exquisite Path to Leadership and Liberation for Women of Color

    Author: Dominica McBride, PhD – BECOME

    Location: Grand Ballroom 7
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Building Better Surveys

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

    Presenter: Amanda Sutter, MA, MSW, MA (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut

    Location: Room 309/310

    Mixed Methods Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Building Stories of Evaluation Management: Explicating a Professional Practice through Narrative

    Presenter: Melissa Chapman Haynes, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

    Author: Kate LaVelle, PhD – Professional Data Analysts

    Location: Room 102

    Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Can we talk? (Can you listen?) Culturally responsive storytelling (and listening) approaches for evaluators who care

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom I

    Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Commitments Made: A Journey Through Values-Based Evaluation

    Presenter: Lisa Frantzen, MBA – TCC Group

    Location: Room 205

    Theories of Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Creating Impact Stories for Federally Funded Capacity Building Centers

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 8
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Developing indicators for redistributing power and influence in coalitions

    Presenter: Alissa Marchant, MSW (she/her/hers) – Innovation Network

    Presenter: Shelli Golson-Mickens, MPH – Innovation Network

    Presenter: Cory Georgopoulos, MPP – Innovation Network

    Location: Room 202

    Advocacy and Policy Change

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Evaluating a Dual Client Model: Interweaving Perspectives in Evidence Generation and Storytelling

    Presenter: Lexie Maister, MPH – Blueprint

    Presenter: Lauren Kupcho, MSSP – Blueprint

    Location: Room 208

    Design and Analysis of Experiments

  • 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

    Presenter: Jenna K. Sethi, PhD (she/her/hers) – Informed Change

    Presenter: Clare L. Eisenberg, M.Ed. (she/her/hers) – Informed Change/Clare Eisenberg Consulting

    Location: Room 201

    Youth Focused Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Facilitating the Logic Model Process with Stakeholders in a Complex Environment: A Demonstration Session

    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

    Location: Room 104

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 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

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom H

    Systems in Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Ignite Session 6
    Location: Room 312
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Incorporating Feedback in Theories of Change Through Simulation

    Presenter: Cynthia Phillips, PhD – Decision Catalyst, LLC

    Author: Lisa C. Gajary, PhD – Caspian Strategy & Analytics LLC

    Presenter: Anand Desai, PhD (he/him/his) – Clarivate

    Location: Room 103

    Integrating Technology into Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Launching an Evaluation Practice 101: Six Steps to Get Started as a Solo Entrepreneur in Applied Research

    Presenter: Patricia E. Steele, PhD – Higher Ed Insight

    Location: Grand Ballroom 9

    Independent Consulting

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Let's Tell Stories: The Making of a Ted Talk

    PD Workshop Presenter: David M. Fetterman, PhD (he/him/his) – Fetterman & Associates

    Location: White River Ballroom F

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Leveraging the art of storytelling through dynamic and responsive evaluation peer-to-peer learning opportunities

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom D

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Making hidden connections visible: The power of stories in social network data

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

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

    Location: Room 301

    Social Network Analysis

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Storytelling to enhance quality and better understanding during Outcome Harvesting evaluation

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 2

    Qualitative Methods

  • 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

    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

    Location: Room 203

    Extension Education Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Telling the Story of U.S. DoD Global Health Engagement through Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation

    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.

    Location: Room 105

    Military and Veteran Evaluation

  • 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.

    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

    Location: Room 204

    Social Impact Measurement

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Using Evidence for Learning in USG International Development Agencies

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom G

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    When implementation of impact management opens for new insights

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom C

    Nonprofit and Foundations

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Who are you? How our organization learned to ask about identity and center people in our data

    Presenter: Jackie Siegel, MPH (he/him/his) – Rosov Consulting

    Presenter: Allison Magagnosc, MA (she/her/hers) – Rosov Consulting

    Location: White River Ballroom A

    Use and Influence of Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Evaluation Designed based on Community Assessment Needs

    Chair: Ivonne O'Neal

    Location: Grand Ballroom 4

    Community Development

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Applications of Storytelling in Indigenous Evaluation

    Chair: Katherine Tibbetts

    Location: Grand Ballroom 1

    Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Creating Impact Stories for Federally Funded Capacity Building Centers

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 8

    Qualitative Methods

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Driving Social Impact through Storytelling

    Presenter: Erin Singer

    Chair: Allison Hyra, PhD (she/her/hers) – Westat Insight

    Presenter: Carmen Wilson Grau

    Location: Grand Ballroom 2

    Qualitative Methods

  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    Silent Auction
    Location: White River Ballroom E
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
    Arts, Culture and Museum TIG Reception at Indiana Rep Theatre
  • Saturday, October 14, 2023
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Advisory Groups as Protagonists in Research and Evaluation

    Presenter: Colleen Graber, n/a – Public Policy Associates

    Location: Room 102

    Qualitative Methods

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Better Together: Building Local, Community-Wide Evaluation Capacity

    Presenter: Kurt Steuck, PhD – Steuck & Associates LLC

    Location: Room 206

    Community Development

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation Stories from Evolving Evaluation

    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

    Location: Room 204

    Research on Evaluation

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Developing Utilization Focused Theories of Change

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom A

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Equity-focused and trauma-informed data collection in evaluation research: Telling a powerful story

    Presenter: Rucha Londhe, PhD – Abt Associates

    Presenter: Katrina L. Bledsoe, PhD – Abt Associates

    Presenter: Melanie Ward, PhD – Abt Associates

    Location: Room 201

    Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Evaluating the Design and Implementation of DEIA Strategies in a Federal Health Agency

    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

    Location: Room 209

    Leadership and Organizational Performance

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    From Blah to Bling! Using Canva to design evaluation reports

    Presenter: Jennifer Billman, Ph.D. – HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College

    Location: Grand Ballroom 2

    Data Visualization and Reporting

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Improving our Collective Story through Greater Inclusion in Publishing

    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”

    Location: Room 309/310

    Use and Influence of Evaluation

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Leveraging Trauma-informed Approaches to Conduct More Inclusive Evaluations
    Location: Room 202
  • 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

    Presenter: Sarah Lee (she/her/hers) – Sarah Lee Consulting

    Presenter: Hannah Ridenour LaFrance, MA Museology – The Cleveland Museum of Art

    Location: Room 205

    Arts, Culture, and Museums

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Reducing Stigma in Behavioral Health: ECHO Project case-based learning as storytelling

    Presenter: Catherine Sanders, PhD (she/her/hers) – MCD Global Health

    Author: Sherri Billings, MAT – MCD Global Health

    Author: Nicole Criss, DHS – MCD Global Health

    Location: Room 208

    Behavioral Health

  • 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

    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

    Location: Room 301

    STEM Education and Training

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Telling the Changing Story of Evaluation

    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

    Location: Room 203

    Teaching of Evaluation

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Telling the Story of Parent Power: Evaluating Transformative Advocacy to Center Parent Voice

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 7

    Advocacy and Policy Change

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    The Power and Limitations of Using Success Stories in Evaluation: A Case Study and Collaborative Discussion

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 10

    Government Evaluation

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    The story of an RCT: Challenging assumptions about “control” in social programming

    Presenter: Heather J. MacArthur, PhD (she/her/hers) – Blueprint

    Presenter: Arden Cheadle, MA – Blueprint

    Design and Analysis of Experiments

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Translating patients' lived experiences into programmatic actions to improve cancer early detection

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom B

    Health Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: Room 105

    Community Psychology

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Creating New Stories and Processes to Help Foster Change
    Location: Grand Ballroom 3

    Internal Evaluation

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Survey of Current Work in Health Professions Education Evaluation & Research

    Chair: Ezekiel Olusegun Babatunde (he/him/his) – University of Ibadan

    Location: Grand Ballroom 1

    Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    The Stories Behind Teaching of Evaluation

    Chair: Kelly McGinn, Ph.D. – Temple University

    Location: Grand Ballroom 9

    Teaching of Evaluation

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Research on Evaluation Practice

    Chair: Rebecca M. Teasdale, PhD – University of Illinois Chicago

    Location: Grand Ballroom 4

    Research on Evaluation

  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Empowerment Evaluation and Stakeholder Involvement: Insights, Reflections, and Implications

    Chair: Michael E. Mitchell, PhD(c) – Florida SouthWestern Collegiate

    Presenter: Michael E. Mitchell, PhD(c) – Florida SouthWestern Collegiate

    Location: Grand Ballroom 8

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    “It’s a long story” - Evaluation Capacity Building in Trust-Based Philanthropy

    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

    Location: Room 204

    Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Advancing Racial Equity and Justice: Narratives on the Influence of Evaluators’ Identities

    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

    Location: Room 103

    Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation

  • 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

    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

    Location: Room 201

    Environmental Program Evaluation

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Challenges and Opportunities for Evaluating Business Accelerator Programs across Africa: The case of Tony Elumelu Foundation

    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

    Location: White River Ballroom A

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Engaging Your Audience: Mapping the Plot of Your Evaluation Story

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

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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 7

    Internal Evaluation

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Equitable Communication – Don’t Let Equity End with Your Evaluation Report

    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

    Location: Room 202

    Data Visualization and Reporting

  • 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

    Presenter: Nancy Peek, MPP – USAID, Social Solutions International

    Location: Room 205

    Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Evaluation as a Creative Pursuit: Shifting the Learning Paradigm to Promote Divergent Thinking and Empower Individual Stories

    Presenter: Esrea Perez-Bill, n/a – Northwestern University

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

    Presenter: Becky Seel, MPH – Oregon Community Foundation

    Location: Grand Ballroom 9

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Evaluation in the story of change: Reshaping design to center racial equity and parent leadership

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 9

    Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Evaluation Influence Models as a Guide to Research on Evaluation’s Consequences

    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

  • 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

    Presenter: Veridiana Mansour Mendes, n/a – WIPO

    Presenter: Adan Ruiz Villalba, n/a – WIPO

    Presenter: Julia Engelhardt, n/a – WIPO

    Location: Room 309/310

    Use and Influence of Evaluation

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    From Data to Dialogue: Storytelling's Role in Localized Development Evaluation

    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

    Location: Room 206

    Community Development

  • 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

  • 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

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 8

    Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    It’s a different story: assessment and evaluation with social movements

    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

    Location: Room 102

    Democracy and Governance

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Let’s Talk About How Labeling and Categorization Ruin Stories

    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

    Location: Room 208

    Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Protagonists, not perpetual protégés: Evaluators at the intersections writing ourselves into existence

    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

    Location: Room 105

    Feminist Issues in Evaluation

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Storytelling and High Impact Evaluative Practices (Agency, Voice, Accountability, Empowerment): Emerging Lessons Learned from the AfrEA and AEA Democracy, Rights & Governance (DRG) TIG Sister Collaboration on High Impact Evaluative Practices.
    Location: White River Ballroom F
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    The Success Case Method: A hands-on lesson in rigorous storytelling and practical learnings

    Presenter: Bridget Lavin, Ph.D. – Unaffiliated

    Facilitator: Ryan Kopper, n/a – World Vision US

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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 10

    Mixed Methods Evaluation

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Writing Impact Stories for Compelling Evaluation Reports

    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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 2

    Data Visualization and Reporting

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Disseminating stories about the multidimensional impact of health research to diverse patient and community groups

    Chair: Elias Samuels

    Location: Grand Ballroom 4

    Translational Research Evaluation

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Power of an Intersectional Story

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

    Location: Grand Ballroom 1

    International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Plenary - The stories that we tell matter: The courage to show up.