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 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, Â鶹´«Ã½
"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, Â鶹´«Ã½
"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 Â鶹´«Ã½
"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