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Evaluation Cafe 2019-20

The Evaluation Center at 蜜桃社区 Michigan University offers lectures, seminars, group work, and presentations through the Evaluation Caf茅 to enhance knowledge and skills in the field of evaluation.

 

"Visiting scholar symposium: measurement and disclosure of learning outcomes in Japanese university education"

Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Presenters: Toru Hayashi 1; Masayuki Fukano 2; Satoshi Ozeki 3

1 Associate Professor, Center for Promotion of Higher Education, Yamaguchi University; 2 Associate Professor, Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education, Osaka Prefecture University; 3 Assistant Professor, Institutional Research Office, Asahikawa Medical University

 

 "Evaluation marketplace: Small-market evaluations"

Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Presenter: Melanie Hwalek, Ph.D., CEO of SPEC Associates, Assistant Professor of Program Evaluation at Michigan State University

 

 "Human subject institutional review board: processes and pitfalls"

Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Presenter: Julia Mays, Associate Director of Research Compliance at 蜜桃社区 Michigan University

 

"Using Tableau visualization for your 'R' data"

Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 

Presenter: Nolan Akerman, Principal Data Scientist - Global Analytics at Kellogg Company

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 "Data cleaning in excel"

Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Presenter: Miranda Lee, The Evaluation Center at 蜜桃社区 Michigan University

 

"Ten steps to effective advocacy"

Date: FRIDAY, October 11, 2019 

Presenter: State Representative Jon Hoadley, State Representative  of Michigan's 60th District

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"Equitable evaluation: Whose voice counts"

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 

Presenter: Teri Behrens, Executive Director of the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University

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"Getting started with 'R'"

Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 

Presenter: Rachel Borashko, Data Analyst at the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University

 

"A systemic approach to identifying learning needs and performance system requirements: A multinational case study"

Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 

Presenter: Ingrid J. Guerra-Lopez, Professor, Learning Design and Technology and Director, Institute for Learning and Performance Improvement in the College of Education at Wayne State University

 

"Ask about aspirations: Turning outward in southwest Michigan"

Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 

Presenter: Rachel Wade, Vice President of Strategy at United Way of Southwest Michigan

 

"Making the most out of your association membership"

Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2019

(Held at the Bernhard Center Room 157 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.)

Presenter: Aimee White, President of the American Evaluation Association, President and Principal Evaluator at Custom Evaluation Service, Inc. 

 

"Trauma-informed evaluation: Protecting participants and practitioners"

Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Presenters: Bo Klauth - Doctoral Student in Evaluation, Measurement, and Research; Jennifer Klauth - Manager of Recruitment and Outreach, School of Social Work at 蜜桃社区 Michigan University

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"Preparing new evaluators: A model for assessing and training graduate students"

Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Presenters: Chad Jobin - Evaluation Associate and Field Coordinator, University of Michigan School of Social Work; Ebony Reddock - Principal Consultant, Bumblebee Design and Evaluation

 

"No more textbooks: The structuration of resistance to an imposed organizational change"

Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Presenter:David Szabla - Associate Professor, Organizational Change Leadership at 蜜桃社区 Michigan University

 

"Can evaluation gain anything from thinking in alien terms"

Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Presenter: Jonny Morell - Director of Evaluation, Syntek Technologies

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"Applying evaluation thinking to community health practice: an example in the area of data infrastructure development and multi-sectoral systems change"

Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Presenter: Clare Tanner - Director, Center for Data Management and Translational Research at the Michigan Public Health Institute; Co-Director, Data Across Sectors for Health

 

"How FDR segregated Kalamazoo"

Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Presenter: Matt Smith - Librarian at the Kalamazoo Public Library and Member of the Anti-racism Transformation Team

 

"Refugee narratives and humanitarian governmentality"

Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Presenter: Houman Oliaei - Doctoral Student in Cultural Anthropology, Brandeis University

 

"Lessons learned from a study of three developmental evaluations"

Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Presenter: Heather Esper - Senior Program Manager, William Davidson Institute at University of Michigan

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