The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University maintains a directory of past Evaluation Cafe presentations for instructional purposes.
"Evaluation of the Federal Railroad Administration’s confidential close call reporting system"
Date: Sept. 18, 2007
Presenters: Jonny Morell, TechTeam Government Solutions Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Liesel Ritchie, senior research associate of The Evaluation Center, WMU
"The Heifer hoofprint model: An approach to impact evaluations of international development projects"
Date: Sept. 25, 2007
Presenter: Thomaz Chianca, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, WMU
"Getting to good: Evaluating a personnel selection system"
Date: Oct. 2, 2007
Presenter: Wes Martz, vice president, marketing, Kadant Inc., Three Rivers, Michigan, student in the interdisciplinary evaluation Ph.D. program, WMU
"Making the most of your thesis or dissertation: Publication strategies for graduate students and recent graduates in evaluation and the social sciences"
Date: Oct. 9, 2007
Presenter: Chris L. S. Coryn, director of the interdisciplinary evaluation Ph.D. program, WMU
"Evaluating the Kalamazoo Promise"
Date: Oct. 16, 2007
Presenter: Gary Miron, chief of staff, and Stephanie Evergreen, project manager, The Evaluation Center, WMU
"Sustainability evaluation: A checklist approach"
Date: Oct. 23, 2007
Presenter: Daniela Schroeter, student in the interdisciplinary evaluation Ph.D. program, WMU
"Summative confidence: An introductory overview"
Date: Oct. 30, 2007
Presenter: Cristian Gugiu, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, WMU
"The adoption of an arts integration program for whole-school reform: Exploring the line between evaluation and research"
Date: Nov. 13, 2007
Presenters: Allison Downey, assistant professor of elementary education, and Claudia Ceccon, student in the educational leadership, research and technology doctoral program, WMU
"RealWorld evaluation: Working under budget, time, data, and political constraints"
Date: Nov. 21, 2007
Presenter: Jim Rugh, consultant and former coordinator for design, Monitoring, and Evaluation for Care International
"Evaluation Cafe book group: Evaluation ethics for best practice"
Date: Nov. 27, 2007
Facilitator: Lori Wingate, assistant to the director, The Evaluation Center, WMU
Description of Evaluation Ethics for Best Practice
"Controlling for selection and endogeneity biases in estimating alcoholic anonymous’ outcomes in project MATCH"
Date: Dec. 4, 2007
Presenter: Stephen Magura, director of The Evaluation Center, WMU
"Evaluating and synthesizing the research on school choice"
Date: Jan. 22, 2008
Presenters: Gary Miron, chief of staff; Stephanie Evergreen, project manager; and Jessica Urschel, research assistant, The Evaluation Center, WMU
"Building strong collaboration between an academic institution and an international NGO through evaluation use: The case of Heifer International and The Evaluation Center"
Date: Jan. 29, 2008
Presenter: Tererai Trent, deputy director for planning of monitoring and evaluation, Heifer International, Little Rock, Arizona, and student in the interdisciplinary evaluation Ph.D. program, WMU
"How to publish an article in the American Journal of Evaluation (and similar journals): Guidance for graduate students and first-time authors"
Date: Feb. 5, 2008
Presenter: Robin Miller, associate professor of psychology, Michigan State University, and editor, American Journal of Evaluation
"Evaluation of team performance in medical simulation"
Date: Feb. 12, 2008
Presenter: Amy Gullickson, student in the interdisciplinary evaluation Ph.D. program, WMU
"The basic characteristics and experimental designs of group randomized trials funded by the Institute of Education Sciences"
Date: Feb. 19, 2008
Presenter: Jessaca Spybrook, senior research associate, The Evaluation Center, WMU
"Concepts underlying evaluating organizational effectiveness"
Date: Feb. 26, 2008
Presenter: Wes Martz, vice president of marketing, Kadant Inc., Three Rivers, Michigan, and student in the interdisciplinary evaluation Ph.D. program, WMU
"Tools for conceptualizing, planning, writing and evaluating a doctoral dissertation"
Date: March 11, 2008
Presenter: Chris L.S. Coryn, director of the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, WMU
"Validating evaluation checklists"
Date: March 18, 2008
Presenter: Daniela Schroeter, student in the interdisciplinary evaluation Ph.D. program, WMU
"The role of interaction and general adjustment in expatriate attitudes"
Date: April 1, 2008
Presenter: Jennifer Palthe, associate professor of management, WMU
"Kingdom of ends: Developing a community of practice in advocacy evaluation"
Date: April 8, 2008
Presenter: Kristin Kaylor Richardson, student in the interdisciplinary evaluation Ph.D. program, WMU
"Design issues re: An evaluation association to improve evaluation of development assistance programs"
Date: April 15, 2008
Presenter: Paul Clements, associate professor of political science and director of the Master of International Development Administration, WMU