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Full Schedule

  • 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