The Evaluation Center 51¸£ÀûÉç Michigan University maintains a directory of past Evaluation Cafe presentations for instructional purposes.
"Cross-lagged panel analysis of alcoholics’ anonymous effects on drinking"
Date: Sept. 13, 2011
Presenter: Stephen Magura, director, The Evaluation Center, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"Evaluation and the public good"
Date: Sept. 28, 2011
Presenter: Rodney Hopson, Hillman Distinguished Professor, Duquesne University
"Beer evaluation"
Date: Oct. 18, 2011
Presenter: Tim Surprise, founder, and president, Arcadia Brewing Company
"Intellectual property and evaluation"
Date: Oct. 25, 2011
Presenter: Michael Sharer, director of IP Management and Commercialization, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"Evaluation as a non-profit capacity-building strategy"
Date: Nov. 8, 2011
Presenter: Meg Blinkiewicz, principal, Innovatus Consulting
"A lesson in carefully managing resources: A case study from an evaluation of a local program"
Date: Nov. 29, 2011
Presenters: Kristen Hobson and Jason Burkhardt, project staff in The Evaluation Center, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"Evaluation of mobile clinic and emergency department case management"
Date: Dec. 6, 2011
Presenter: Raymond Higbea, assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"Meta-Analysis as a method of multi-site evaluation of international development programs and projects"
Date: Dec. 10, 2011
Presenters: Dr. Chris Coryn, associate professor and director of the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, 51¸£ÀûÉç, and Kristin A. Hobson, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"A preview of evaluation theory, models and applications" (second edition)
Date: Dec. 13, 2011
Presenter: Chris Coryn, director of the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"Meta-analysis de-mystified: A step-by-step guide"
Date: Jan. 17, 2012
Presenter: Robert McCowen, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"What does it take for an outsider to evaluate in cross-cultural contexts: What about the cultural nuances and subtleties in language dialects?"
Date: Jan. 25, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Tererai Trent, founder and principal evaluator, Tinogona Evaluation and Research Consulting
"Veterans: Understanding and serving this unique and growing population on campus"
Date: Feb. 1, 2012
Presenter: Tracey Moon, director of the Office of Military and Veterans Affairs, 51¸£ÀûÉç
Handouts
- OEF/OIF veterans affairs in Battle Creek, Michigan
- OEF/OIF veterans affairs newsletter
- Serving student veterans article
- Student veteran facts
- Veterans affairs county offices in Michigan
- Volunteers of America—Veterans Services brochure
- Women veterans
"Writing your HSIRB protocol and the HSIRB review process"
Date: Feb. 7, 2012
Presenter: Julia Mays, research compliance coordinator, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"Rawlsian political analysis and its links with evaluation"
Date: Feb. 14, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Paul Clements, professor of political science and director of the Master of International Development Administration, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"The value of voice: Gaining access to marginalized populations"
Date: Feb. 22, 2012
Presenters: Dr. Karen Vocke, associate professor, Department of English, 51¸£ÀûÉç, and Dr. Brooks Applegate, professor of educational leadership, research, and technology and director of evaluation, measurement, and research, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"Utilizing the PMBOK and PRINCE2 for project evaluation management"
Date: March 13, 2012
Presenter: Willis H. Thomas, Ph.D., CPT, PMP, alumnus, interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"What is in question?"
Date: March 20, 2012
Presenter: Lee Balcom, interdisciplinary evaluation doctoral student, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"Pass the aspirin: When projects become headaches"
Date: March 27, 2012
Presenters: Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik, director of SAMPI, 51¸£ÀûÉç; Dr. Bob Ruhf, senior research associate, SAMPI, 51¸£ÀûÉç; and Kristin Everet, senior research assistant, SAMPI, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"A collaborative partnership to define and measure empowering practice within a domestic violence shelter program"
Date: April 3, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Cris Sullivan, professor of ecological and community psychology; and coordinator, Violence Against Women Research and Outreach Initiative, Michigan State University
"Concept of validity in the context of evaluation"
Date: April 10, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Brooks Applegate, professor of educational leadership, research, and technology; and director of evaluation, measurement, and research, 51¸£ÀûÉç
"Evaluation myths, misconceptions and mistakes"
Date: April 17, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Lori Wingate, assistant director of The Evaluation Center, 51¸£ÀûÉç