The Evaluation Center at Â鶹´«Ã½ offers lectures, seminars, group work, and presentations through the Evaluation Cafe to enhance knowledge and skills in the field of evaluation.
"The museum in the 21st century - The children's point of view: an exploratory study on the experiences of children in educational museums"
Date: Sept. 21, 2016
Presenter: Jessica Knauer, Research Associate, and Ph.D. Student, Chair of General Pedagogy, University of Passau, Germany
"Getting to go: Launching evaluation in a new medical school"
Date: Sept. 28, 2016
Presenter: Jeffrey Greene, Assistant Professor of Medical Education, Â鶹´«Ã½ Homer Stryker, M.D. School of Medicine
"Setting a baseline: data to support evidence-based juvenile diversion programs in Kalamazoo"
Date: Oct. 5, 2016 Presenter: Anthony Frontiera, Master's Student, Sociology Department, Â鶹´«Ã½, and Youth Development Coordinator, Portage Community Center
"Anatomy of a user-friendly evaluation report: Feedback session"
Date: Oct. 12, 2016
Presenter: Kelly Robertson, Senior Research Associate, The Evaluation Center, Â鶹´«Ã½.
"Reducing workload in large meta-analyses: Online tools and techniques"
Date: Oct. 19, 2016
Presenter: William Maddix, Dustin Anderson, Qian Wang, and Qi Zhang, Students in Evaluation, Measurement, and Research, Â鶹´«Ã½
"Interning at the International Labor Organization (ILO): Evaluation in the un system"
Date: Nov. 2, 2016
Presenter: Erica Fiekowsky, IDPE Doctoral Research Associate, The Evaluation Center, Â鶹´«Ã½
"Being an evaluation professional in the context of the United Nations"
Date: Nov. 9, 2016
Presenter: Corey Smith, IDPE Doctoral Student, Â鶹´«Ã½, and Evaluator
"Bridging the divide: The utilization of key interpersonal skills and client engagement"
Date: Nov. 16, 2016
Presenter: Chad Jobin and Molly Hungerford, Evaluation Associates, Curtis Center for Program Evaluation, University of Michigan School of Social Work
"The organizational and political landscape for evidence-informed decision making in government"
Date: Nov. 30, 2016
Presenter: Kathryn Newcomer, Director, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, and President-Elect, American Evaluation Association
"Dissertations and theses in the digital age"
Date: Dec. 7, 2016
Presenter: Maira Bundza, Associate Professor of University Libraries, Â鶹´«Ã½
"Evaluation, measurement, research and being the 'expert'"
Date: Jan. 25, 2017
Presenter: Brooks Applegate, Program Coordinator for the graduate programs in Evaluation, Measurement, and Research, Â鶹´«Ã½
"Goal-free evaluation: In theory & practice"
Date: Feb. 1, 2017
Presenter: Brandon Youker, Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University
"Sensemaking in evaluation"
Date: Feb. 8, 2017
Presenter: Bethany Laursen, Interdisciplinarity Theorist and Consultant, Laursen Evaluation and Design, LLC
"Complexity in evaluation and program design: Shifting the dialogue with funders for more useful knowledge and understanding"
Date: Feb. 15, 2017
Presenter: Jonny Morell, Principal, 4.669 Evaluation and Planning; Editor, Evaluation and Program Planning; Director of Evaluation, Syntek Technologies
"Evaluation prospects: The un experience"
Date: Feb. 22, 2017
Presenter: Ruqayyah Abu-Obaid, IDPE Student, Â鶹´«Ã½
"The role of evaluation in the advancement of racial equity"
Date: March 1, 2017
Presenter: Nadia Brigham, Program Officer of Racial Equity and Community Engagement, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
"Using group concept mapping to further define, develop, and apply impact evaluation in the ILO"
Date: March 15, 2017
Presenter: Corey Smith, IDPE Student, Â鶹´«Ã½, and Evaluator, iEval
"Interpreting social life through qualitative discourse analysis"
Date: March 22, 2017
Presenter: Jesse Smith, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Â鶹´«Ã½
"Creating an interactive logic model"
Date: March 29, 2017
Presenter: Erica Fiekowsky, IDPE Student, Â鶹´«Ã½
"Beer: malt, hops, yeast, water, and data!"
Date: April 5, 2017
Presenter: Matt Moberly, Director of Business Insights at Bell's Brewery, Inc.; Jaime Lego, Business Insights Project Specialist, Bell's Brewery, Inc.; Blake Violette, Lead Forecast Analyst, Bell's Brewery, Inc.
"Measuring influence: A quagmire of metrics"
Date: April 12, 2017
Presenter: Gregory D. Greenman, Doctoral Candidate, IDPE, Â鶹´«Ã½
"The evolution of evaluation at the CDC"
Date: April 19, 2017
Presenter: Jan Fields, Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Â鶹´«Ã½