Michael Harnar

Dr. Michael Harnar is an assistant professor in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation Program at Western Michigan University.

He is an award-winning evaluator with more than 13 years in the evaluation discipline.

He has worked on evaluation projects as diverse as:

• Educational programs for underserved minorities
• Community college program review and planning for accreditation
• Health-related website evaluations
• Railroad safety programs
• Community-focused non-profit capacity building grants
• Program and curriculum development for an online Master of Arts degree
• Youth participatory evaluations

Before entering the evaluation field, Harnar spent more than 20 years in the television field, including as an enlisted (award-winning) Navy combat photographer and videographer, a Navy public affairs officer, a video producer on the staff of the University of Connecticut, and a freelance video cameraman in New York City. He served 25 years in the active and reserve Navy and retired as a Lieutenant.