Evaluation Café 2020-21

The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University offers lectures, seminars, group work, and presentations through the Evaluation Café to enhance knowledge and skills in the field of evaluation.

"EVALUATION PAST AND PRESENT: MEETING THE MOMENT"

Date: January 25, 2021

Presenter: Thomas Grayson - President of the American Evaluation Association

 

"EVIDENCE-BASED POLICYMAKING IS DOOMED TO FAIL - AND WHY THAT IS OKAY!"

Date: February 16, 2021

Presenter: Gregory Greenman II - Graduate of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation program

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"SHOWCASING YOUR EVALUATION COMPETENCE IN YOUR VITA OR RESUME"

Date: March 16, 2021

Presenter: Lori Wingate and Lyssa Becho - The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University

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"THE DECADE OF EVALUATION FOR ACTION: DISCUSSING EVALUATION ADVOCACY THROUGH THE EVAL4ACTION CAMPAIGN"

Date: April 13, 2021

Presenter: Zach Tilton - Doctoral Student in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation program

 

"EVALUATING ADVOCACY TACTICS TO CHALLENGE BARRIERS TO HIV SERVICES AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AND TRANSGENDER WOMEN IN AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN"

Date: May 11, 2021

Presenter: Robin Miller - Professor and Program Chair, Psychology Department - Evaluation at Michigan State University; Former President of the American Evaluation Association