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Full Schedule

  • 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.