The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University offers lectures, seminars, group work, and presentations through the Evaluation Cafe to enhance knowledge and skills in the field of evaluation.
"The bond framework: A practical application of visual communication design and marketing to advance evaluation reporting"
Date: Sept. 12
Presenter: Katie McAlindon, ABD - Department of Psychology Communications Coordinator, MSU
"Open science methods in evaluation practice"
Date: Sept. 19
Presenter: Steve Dibble - Director of Data Science at Edwards Garment; Ph.D. Candidate, IDPE, Western Michigan University
"Evaluation Research: Partnership approaches to community change"
Date: Sept. 26
Presenter: Jennifer W. Neal, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Ecological-Community Psychology, Michigan State University
"Transportation as a key to health equity"
Date: Oct. 03
Presenter: Kathleen Baker, Ph.D. - Director of the W.E. Upjohn Center for the Study of Geographical Change; Associate Professor of Geography, WMU
"Monitoring and evaluation practice in peacebuilding"
Date: Oct. 10
Presenter: Zach Tilton - Fellow at Digital Impact Alliance, United Nations Foundation; IDPE Student, Western Michigan University
"Early care and education arrangements and your children's risk of foster placement: Findings from a national child welfare sample"
Date: Nov. 07
Presenter: Sacha Klein, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Michigan State University
"The illusion of measuring impact"
Date: Nov. 14
Presenter: Luis F. Velez, MD, MPH, Ph.D. - Program and Evaluation Officer at W.K. Kellogg Foundation
"Arts and culture"
Date: Nov. 28
Presenter: Yolonda Lavender - Executive Director, Black Arts, and Cultural Center, Kalamazoo, MI
"AEA Presidential visit"
Date: Dec. 05
Presenter: Tessie Catsambas - CEO/CFO and Co-Founder of EnCompass; In-coming President of the American Evaluation Association:
"Effective communication skills while facilitating interviews and focus groups"
Date: January 16, 2019
Presenter: Ouen Hunter, M.S., M.S.W. & Jeffrey Hillman, M.P.A. - Students of the IDPE Program
"Improving Learning and Accountability in Foreign Aid"
Date: February 6, 2019
Presenter: Paul Clements, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science at WMU
"Using big data: Electoral and voter data for targeted promotions"
Date: February 20, 2019
Presenter: Christina Soliz, Program Coordinator at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan
"Increasing transparency in education evaluations: an introduction to the registry of efficacy and effectiveness studies (REES)"
Date: February 27, 2019
Presenter: Jessaca Spybrook, Ph.D., Professor of Evaluation, Measurement, and Research at Western Michigan University
"Comparing success and failure cases to support effective program implementation"
Date: March 13, 2019
Presenter: Melinda Davey, Senior Analyst at Jacobs Engineering Group; Jonathan Morell, Ph.D., Editor of Evaluation and Program Planning; Director of Evaluation at Syntek
"Urban socioecological systems: Food security and sustainability"
Date: March 20, 2019
Presenter: Stephanie White, Ph.D., International Research & Development Specialist - Department of Community Sustainability at MSU
"Preformative and developmental evaluation: Working without established dimensions of merit"
Date: March 27, 2019
Presenter: Michael Kiella, Ph.D., IDPE Alum and Private Consultant
"Scaling what works: Evaluation for reinvention and adaptation"
Date: April 12, 2019
Presenter: R. Sam Larson, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of Finance and Operations - College of Education at MSU