The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University maintains a directory of past Evaluation Cafe presentations for instructional purposes.
"Cross-lagged panel analysis of alcoholics’ anonymous effects on drinking"
Date: Sept. 13, 2011
Presenter: Stephen Magura, director, The Evaluation Center, WMU
"Evaluation and the public good"
Date: Sept. 28, 2011
Presenter: Rodney Hopson, Hillman Distinguished Professor, Duquesne University
"Beer evaluation"
Date: Oct. 18, 2011
Presenter: Tim Surprise, founder, and president, Arcadia Brewing Company
"Intellectual property and evaluation"
Date: Oct. 25, 2011
Presenter: Michael Sharer, director of IP Management and Commercialization, WMU
"Evaluation as a non-profit capacity-building strategy"
Date: Nov. 8, 2011
Presenter: Meg Blinkiewicz, principal, Innovatus Consulting
"A lesson in carefully managing resources: A case study from an evaluation of a local program"
Date: Nov. 29, 2011
Presenters: Kristen Hobson and Jason Burkhardt, project staff in The Evaluation Center, WMU
"Evaluation of mobile clinic and emergency department case management"
Date: Dec. 6, 2011
Presenter: Raymond Higbea, assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration, WMU
"Meta-Analysis as a method of multi-site evaluation of international development programs and projects"
Date: Dec. 10, 2011
Presenters: Dr. Chris Coryn, associate professor and director of the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, WMU, and Kristin A. Hobson, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, WMU
"A preview of evaluation theory, models and applications" (second edition)
Date: Dec. 13, 2011
Presenter: Chris Coryn, director of the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, WMU
"Meta-analysis de-mystified: A step-by-step guide"
Date: Jan. 17, 2012
Presenter: Robert McCowen, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, WMU
"What does it take for an outsider to evaluate in cross-cultural contexts: What about the cultural nuances and subtleties in language dialects?"
Date: Jan. 25, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Tererai Trent, founder and principal evaluator, Tinogona Evaluation and Research Consulting
"Veterans: Understanding and serving this unique and growing population on campus"
Date: Feb. 1, 2012
Presenter: Tracey Moon, director of the Office of Military and Veterans Affairs, WMU
Handouts
- OEF/OIF veterans affairs in Battle Creek, Michigan
- OEF/OIF veterans affairs newsletter
- Serving student veterans article
- Student veteran facts
- Veterans affairs county offices in Michigan
- Volunteers of America—Veterans Services brochure
- Women veterans
"Writing your HSIRB protocol and the HSIRB review process"
Date: Feb. 7, 2012
Presenter: Julia Mays, research compliance coordinator, WMU
"Rawlsian political analysis and its links with evaluation"
Date: Feb. 14, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Paul Clements, professor of political science and director of the Master of International Development Administration, WMU
"The value of voice: Gaining access to marginalized populations"
Date: Feb. 22, 2012
Presenters: Dr. Karen Vocke, associate professor, Department of English, WMU, and Dr. Brooks Applegate, professor of educational leadership, research, and technology and director of evaluation, measurement, and research, WMU
"Utilizing the PMBOK and PRINCE2 for project evaluation management"
Date: March 13, 2012
Presenter: Willis H. Thomas, Ph.D., CPT, PMP, alumnus, interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation, WMU
"What is in question?"
Date: March 20, 2012
Presenter: Lee Balcom, interdisciplinary evaluation doctoral student, WMU
"Pass the aspirin: When projects become headaches"
Date: March 27, 2012
Presenters: Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik, director of SAMPI, WMU; Dr. Bob Ruhf, senior research associate, SAMPI, WMU; and Kristin Everet, senior research assistant, SAMPI, WMU
"A collaborative partnership to define and measure empowering practice within a domestic violence shelter program"
Date: April 3, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Cris Sullivan, professor of ecological and community psychology; and coordinator, Violence Against Women Research and Outreach Initiative, Michigan State University
"Concept of validity in the context of evaluation"
Date: April 10, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Brooks Applegate, professor of educational leadership, research, and technology; and director of evaluation, measurement, and research, WMU
"Evaluation myths, misconceptions and mistakes"
Date: April 17, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Lori Wingate, assistant director of The Evaluation Center, WMU