Full Schedule

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CST

Plenary Session: The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery

Location: 2501 ABC

Speaker:

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

"We're Going to the Courthouse and We're Getting an Injunction": How to Evaluate Litigation Within Broader Advocacy Campaigns

Location: 3501 H

Presenter: – Fine Gauge Strategy, LLC

Presenter: – Civil Rights Law Organization

Presenter: – TCC Group

Advocacy and Policy Change

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

AI and (Empowerment) Evaluation: A Thought Partner, Bridge Builder, and Tool for Community Engagement

Location: 3501 G

PD Workshop Presenter: – Fetterman & Associates

Presenter: – Fetterman & Associates

Facilitator: – Fetterman & Associates

Chair: – Fetterman & Associates

Presenter: – Nova Southeastern University

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

Building a shared approach to climate finance impact measurement

Location: 2504 A

Chair: – BHP Foundation

Presenter:

Social Finance

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

Causal Chain Monitoring: Assessing the Opportunities and Challenges of a New Methodology for Evaluating Impact

Location: 2505 A

Presenter: – Northeastern University

Presenter:

Author:

Democracy and Governance

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

Clients as Program and Evaluation Leaders: Lessons Learned from a Nonprofit in Shifting Power to Communities

Location: 2204

Presenter: – LIFT Inc

Human Services Evaluation

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

Collaborative Research Across Disciplines: Exploring Collaboration Between Evaluation and Market Research on a Large-Scale Initiative

Location: 2215 A

PD Workshop Presenter:

Internal Evaluation

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

Empowering Arts Programs for Military-Connected Communities Through Evaluation, Technical Assistance, and Community Building

Location: 2203

PD Workshop Presenter:

Chair:

Presenter:

Discussant:

Arts, Culture, and Museums

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

Engaging Communities of Students with Autism: Analyzing the Impact of Robotics in Autism Spectrum Disorder Interventions Using Intensive Longitudinal Analysis and HLM

Location: 3501 AB

Presenter:

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

Four Types of Cost-Inclusive Evaluation and Nine Types of Findings: Which is Best?

Location: 2505 B

Presenter: – American University

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

Ignite Session 1

Location: 2214

10:15 AM - 10:20 AM CST

9 Things Your Graphic Designer Wants You to Know About Communicating Effectively

Location: 2214

Presenter: – Ohio University's Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service

Presenter:

Data Visualization and Reporting

10:20 AM - 10:25 AM CST

Improving Evaluation Rigor: A Framework for Data Quality and Use in Observational Studies

Location: 2214

Presenter:

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

10:25 AM - 10:30 AM CST

The Relationship Between Logic Models and Program Implementation Fidelity

Location: 2214

Presenter: – Western Michigan University

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

10:30 AM - 10:35 AM CST

"People Under the Heels of Oppression Should Be the Ones Leading": Using Ella Baker's Community Building Praxis for Innovative Strategic Planning and Youth Justice Coalition Building

Location: 2214

Presenter: – UBUNTU Research and Evaluation

Advocacy and Policy Change

10:45 AM - 10:50 AM CST

Advancing Shared Evaluation Tools for Clinical and Translational Science Awards Programs

Location: 2214

Author: – Center for Health Equity Research, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Author: – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Presenter:

Author: – UNC Chapel Hill, Abacus

Author:

Author: – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Translational Research Evaluation

10:55 AM - 11:00 AM CST

Applying Ecological Constructs in Evaluation

Location: 2214

Presenter: – 4.669,,, Evaluation and Planning

Presenter: – University of Arizona

Systems in Evaluation

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

New frontiers for evaluation policy: Collaborating on approaches to preserve and expand evaluation practice

Location: 3501 EF

Presenter: – Everstead Strategies

Presenter:

AEA Sponsored session

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

Reimagining Youth Justice Evaluation: A Community-Powered MEAL Approach

Location: 2201

Co-Chair:

Youth Focused Evaluation

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

Shaping the Future of New Directions for Evaluation: Inviting the New Voices

Location: 3501 C

Presenter:

AEA Sponsored session

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

Sharing Leadership Through Publishing: Unpacking the Hidden Curriculum of Evaluation Publishing

Location: 2215 B

Chair: – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Facilitator:

Facilitator: – Virginia Commonwealth University

Facilitator: – University of California, Los Angeles

Teaching of Evaluation

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

Theory of Resilient Transformation to Overcome Failures and Political Opposition

Location: 2502 B

Presenter:

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST

What’s new about AI? Emerging frameworks for designing, assessing, and evaluating AI tools and vendors and AI-enabled programs and evaluations

Location: 2202

Presenter: – The MERL Tech Initiative

Presenter:

Chair:

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Adventures with AI for Data Viz

Location: 3501 AB

Presenter:

Data Visualization and Reporting

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Amplify, Empower, Transform: The LEEAD Approach to Evaluation Leadership

Location: 3501 EF

Chair: – Woodson Insights| Research + Evaluation, LLC

Facilitator: – Change Matrix/Expanding the Bench

Panelist: – NORC at the University of Chicago

Panelist: – Milwaukee Evaluation

Panelist:

AEA Sponsored session

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Building evaluation capacity in University Extension to better serve communities

Location: 3501 G

Presenter: – Affiliation in Progress

Chair: – Affiliation in Progress

Presenter:

Discussant:

Presenter:

Presenter: – University of California-Davis

Presenter: – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Extension Education Evaluation

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Collaborative Evaluation in Action: Sharing Leadership to Expand Access to Healthy Food for Families and Children in Denver, CO

Location: 2505 B

Presenter: – CAI (Cicatelli Associates, Inc)

Presenter:

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluations

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations Multipaper

Location: 3501 H

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM CST

Bridging the Digital Health Information Divide in Rural Mississippi: Evaluating Access and Inclusion for Older Adults

Location: 3501 H

Presenter: – Mississippi State University

Presenter:

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM CST

Engaging Communities to Empower Feedback from People with Disabilities

Location: 3501 H

Presenter: – University of Iowa

Presenter:

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM CST

It Just Takes More Time: Designing Accessible Evaluations

Location: 3501 H

Presenter:

PD Workshop Presenter:

Presenter:

Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Embracing Community Responsiveness and Equity on Evaluation Teams: A Collective Journey Toward Inclusive Practices

Location: 2203

Facilitator: – ETR

Facilitator:

Facilitator: – ETR

Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Engaging Rural STEM Programs With After Action Reviews (AARs)

Location: 2202

Presenter:

Co-Presenter:

Leadership and Organizational Performance

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Evaluation or UX Research? Opportunities for Innovation, Collaboration, and Community Engagement

Location: 2502 B

Presenter:

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM CST

A Validation Study of the Opening Minds Provider Attitudes towards Opioid-Use Scale: Implications for Stigma Reduction Education Program Evaluation

Location: 2201

Presenter: – University of Georgia

Extension Education Evaluation

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM CST

Building Evaluation Capacity Through Collective Impact Initiatives

Location: 2201

Presenter: – University of Kentucky

Extension Education Evaluation

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM CST

Did we really make a difference? Revisiting findings of personal, interpersonal, and institutional change.

Location: 2201

Presenter: – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Presenter: – University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Presenter:

Extension Education Evaluation

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM CST

Revisiting Bennett’s Hierarchy and Targeting Outcomes of Programs Model: Implications for Strengthening Program Development and Evaluation

Location: 2201

Presenter: – Purdue University

Extension Education Evaluation

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Extension Evaluation Multipaper Session

Location: 2201

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

For Evaluators Who Dare Save The World

Location: 2215 B

Facilitator: – Centerstone

Author:

Facilitator:

Use and Influence of Evaluation

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Harvesting Innovation: AI, Participation, and Visualizations in Outcome Harvesting

Location: 3501 C

Chair:

Presenter:

Presenter: – Ajabu Advisors LLC

Presenter:

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Ignite Session 2

Location: 2214

11:30 AM - 11:35 AM CST

Beyond Oversight: The Strategic Role of Internal Evaluators in Externally Led Evaluations

Location: 2214

Presenter:

Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

11:40 AM - 11:45 AM CST

Beyond the Grantee Journey: Evaluating Systemic Change in Housing Innovation

Location: 2214

Presenter:

Author:

Facilitator:

Systems in Evaluation

12:00 PM - 12:05 PM CST

Bridging Policy and Practice: The Role of Evaluation Capacity Building in Shaping Evaluation Policy

Location: 2214

Presenter: – University of Ottawa

Research on Evaluation

12:10 PM - 12:15 PM CST

Building Recovery Capital Collectively: A Comprehensive Program Evaluation Driven by Key Partners with Lived Experience

Location: 2214

Presenter:

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

12:15 PM - 12:20 PM CST

Building Relationships for Better Disaster Preparedness: A Network Analysis of a Novel Disaster Medicine and Public Health Ecosystem

Location: 2214

Presenter:

Disaster and Emergency Management Evaluation

12:20 PM - 12:25 PM CST

Communicating Evaluation in an Age of Scrutiny: How Narrative Can Build Trust

Location: 2214

Presenter: – Deloitte

Facilitator: – Deloitte

Chair: – Deloitte Consulting

Presenter:

Facilitator:

Presenter: – Trewon Technologies, Inc

Facilitator: – Trewon Technologies, Inc

Use and Influence of Evaluation

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Implementing and Adapting Evaluations In Complex, Shifting Environments

Location: 2215 C

Presenter:

Facilitator:

Co-Presenter:

University-Based Centers

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Navigating Contested Waters: Teaching Evaluation for Social Change in Turbulent Times

Location: 2504 A

Presenter: – University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Presenter:

Teaching of Evaluation

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building Multipaper

Location: 2505 A

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM CST

Developing Cybersecurity Evaluation-by-Design Framework

Location: 2505 A

Presenter: – Virginia Tech

Author: – Virginia Tech

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM CST

Strengthening Voices, Strengthening Impact: AfrEA's Vision and Role for Integrated Stakeholder Engagement in Evaluation.

Location: 2505 A

Presenter: – African Policy Centre (APC)

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM CST

The Gaps We Left: Understanding the Hidden Impact of Incomplete Evaluations

Location: 2505 A

Presenter: – University of North Carolina - Wilmington

Presenter:

Presenter: – Affiliation in Progress

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Real-Life Applications of Logic Models: Engaging Community, Sharing Leadership

Location: 2502 A

Presenter:

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

The Community Action Hub at ICH: Engaging with PWLE through a Participatory Action Research model

Location: 2215 A

Presenter:

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Validity and Fairness of Assessment-based Information in Educational Evaluations: How Can “User-Centeredness” and “Stakeholder-Orientation” Help?

Location: 2204

Presenter:

Education Evaluation

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST

What Now? A Roadmap for Emerging Evaluators in a Changing World

Location: 2205

Presenter:

Presenter: – Fetterman & Associates

Presenter:

Graduate Students and New Evaluators

12:40 PM - 1:25 PM CST

Advocacy and Policy Change Annual Meeting

Location: 2202

Chair: – Fine Gauge Strategy, LLC

Chair:

12:40 PM - 1:25 PM CST

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation Annual Meeting

Location: 2215 B

Chair: – Deloitte Consulting

Chair: – Deloitte Consulting, LLP

12:40 PM - 1:25 PM CST

Evaluation Managers and Supervisors Annual Meeting

Location: 2201

Chair: – Hillman Associates, LLC

Chair: – Syracuse City School District

12:40 PM - 1:25 PM CST

Independent Consulting Annual meeting

Location: 2204

Chair:

12:40 PM - 1:25 PM CST

Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation Annual Meeting

Location: 2215 A

Chair:

12:40 PM - 1:25 PM CST

Needs Assessment Annual meeting

Location: 2205

Chair: – Texas Health Institute

12:40 PM - 1:25 PM CST

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation Annual Meeting

Location: 2203

Chair: – Claremont Graduate University

Chair: – TCC Group

12:40 PM - 1:25 PM CST

Research on Evaluation Annual Meeting

Location: 2214

Chair: – University of Illinois Chicago

Chair: – WSTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

1:35 PM - 2:20 PM CST

Assessment in Higher Education Annual Meeting

Location: 2215 A

Chair:

Chair: – University of Alabama at Birmingham

1:35 PM - 2:20 PM CST

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation Annual Meeting

Location: 2505 B

Chair: – Fetterman & Associates

Chair:

1:35 PM - 2:20 PM CST

Democracy and Governance Annual Meeting

Location: 2502 B

Chair: – Northeastern University

Chair:

1:35 PM - 2:20 PM CST

Feminist Issues in Evaluation Annual Meeting

Location: 2505 A

Chair: – Professional Data Analysts

Chair: – Institute of International Education

1:35 PM - 2:20 PM CST

Graduate Students and New Evaluators Annual Meeting

Location: 2202

Chair:

Chair: – University of California Los Angeles

1:35 PM - 2:20 PM CST

Integrating Technology into Evaluation Annual Meeting

Location: 2204

Chair:

Chair: – University of California, San Diego

1:35 PM - 2:20 PM CST

Leadership and Organizational Performance Annual Meeting

Location: 2215 C

Chair: – Educa Consulting

1:35 PM - 2:20 PM CST

Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Issues Annual Meeting

Location: 2201

Chair: – Centerstone

Chair: – TCC Group

1:35 PM - 2:20 PM CST

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design Annual Meeting

Location: 2205

Chair: – EVALCORP Research & Consulting

Chair:

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

1:35 PM - 2:20 PM CST

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation Annual Meeting

Location: 2504 A

Chair: – RTI, International

Chair: – Researchfish - Elsevier

1:35 PM - 2:20 PM CST

Social Work Annual Meeting

Location: 2203

Chair: – Realist Evaluation Inc

Chair:

1:35 PM - 2:20 PM CST

Systems in Evaluation Annual Meeting

Location: 2214

Chair: – The Systems Practice Lab

Chair: – Center of Teacher Education, National Chung Hsing University

1:35 PM - 2:20 PM CST

Use and Influence of Evaluation Annual Meeting

Location: 2502 A

Chair:

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

A Walk Through the Garden of Evaluation Approaches: Uses for Teaching, Capacity Building, and Practice

Location: 2505 A

Presenter: – Western Michigan University

Presenter:

Theories of Evaluation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Before Boom: Lessons Learned from Evaluating a Targeted Violence / Terrorism Prevention Program

Location: 3501 C

Presenter:

Moderator:

Presenter:

Disaster and Emergency Management Evaluation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Centering Voices of the Community in Evaluation Design, Reporting, and Advocacy: Lessons from a Statewide Early Childhood Care and Education Needs Assessment

Location: 2505 B

Presenter:

Presenter: – Kansas State University - Office of Educational Innovation and Evaluation

Presenter:

Presenter: – Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities, Kansas State University

Needs Assessment

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Controversies in Implementing Evidence-Based Policies in Behavioral Health.

Location: 2205

Presenter:

Behavioral Health

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Decolonizing Evaluation: Using an Equitable Evaluation Toolkit to Conduct Wide-Ranging Evaluations that Center BIPOC Needs and Voices

Location: 2504 A

PD Workshop Presenter: – Ecotrust

Presenter:

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Elevando Voces: Participants as Knowledge Holders Of Equitable Data Collection Efforts in the Southwest

Location: 3501 AB

Presenter:

Chair:

Presenter:

LatinX Responsive Evaluation Discourse

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Engaging with Communities and Primary Care Practices: Evaluating CTR Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) models

Location: 2204

Chair: – University of Delaware

Discussant: – University of Delaware

Presenter: – University of Puerto Rico

Presenter: – ChristianaCare

Presenter: – Chaminade University of Honolulu

Presenter: – University of Hawaii at Manoa

Presenter: – University of Montana

Translational Research Evaluation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

How reporting can serve as a gateway for introducing MEL - a case from research infrastructure funding

Location: 2502 B

Presenter: – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Chair: – Novo Nordisk Foundation

Presenter:

Research, Technology, and Development Evaluation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Ignite Session 3

Location: 2214

2:40 PM - 2:45 PM CST

Demons of an Evaluator: Confronting Bias in Gender-Based Evaluations

Location: 2214

Presenter: – Women for Women International

Nonprofit and Foundations

2:50 PM - 2:55 PM CST

Due Process in Immigration Courts: Insights from Removal Proceedings

Location: 2214

Presenter:

Government Evaluation

2:55 PM - 3:00 PM CST

Elevating Tsaatan voices: Sowing the seeds of Indigenous Evaluation in Mongolia

Location: 2214

Presenter: – Mongolian Evaluation Association

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

3:00 PM - 3:05 PM CST

Emerging Evaluators in the Digital Arena

Location: 2214

Presenter:

Graduate Students and New Evaluators

3:05 PM - 3:10 PM CST

Engaging Communities through the Arts: Lessons from a Three-Year Evaluation of the Community Piano Program

Location: 2214

Presenter: – Western Michigan University

Arts, Culture, and Museums

3:10 PM - 3:15 PM CST

Engaging Community Members in the Evaluation Life Cycle: Strategies Evaluators can use to Bolster Participation and Impact

Location: 2214

Presenter: – University of Michigan

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

3:15 PM - 3:20 PM CST

Engaging Youth in City Planning: High School Perspectives on Redding’s Future Vision

Location: 2214

PD Workshop Presenter:

Youth Focused Evaluation

3:20 PM - 3:25 PM CST

Enhancing Precision in Extension Program Outcome Measurement: Applications of Rasch Analysis to the Validation of the Healthy Choices for Your Recovering Body (HCYRB) Questionnaire

Location: 2214

Presenter:

Discussant:

Presenter: – University of Kentucky

Discussant: – University of Kentucky

Extension Education Evaluation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

The Program Evaluation Standards Revision Process: Major Milestones and Future Collaborative Efforts

Location: 3501 EF

Co-Presenter: – University of the Incarnate Word

Co-Presenter: – University of Cincinatti

Co-Presenter: – The Evaluation Center

AEA Sponsored session

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Landscape Collage: Crafting a Picture of the Evaluation Microsystem in the U.S.South

Location: 3501 G

Chair: – Hatch Creative Strategy

Panelist:

Panelist: – Change Matrix/Expanding the Bench

Panelist:

Panelist: – Houston Endowment

Panelist: – Change Matrix

Community Development

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Making Learning Stick: 3 Proven Training Strategies for Engagement and Retention

Location: 2502 A

Presenter: – Custom Professional Learning LLC

Teaching of Evaluation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Mixed Methods Evaluation Multipaper Session

Location: 2201

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM CST

Critical Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA): A QuantCrit Approach for Evaluating School Performance

Location: 2201

Presenter: – University of Cincinnati

Mixed Methods Evaluation

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM CST

Adaptive Scenario Simulation (AdSS) Model for Counterfactual Estimation

Location: 2201

Presenter: – The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

Mixed Methods Evaluation

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Assessing Supply Chain Data Quality and Use for Decision-Making: A Realist Evaluation of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Commodities in Nigeria

Location: 2201

Presenter:

Mixed Methods Evaluation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Research on Evaluation Multipaper

Location: 2215 A

Research on Evaluation

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM CST

"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care": New research on how evaluation audience members respond to negative findings

Location: 2215 A

Presenter: – Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation

Research on Evaluation

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM CST

Following the Money: A Decade of Foundation Evaluation Funding (2013-2022)

Location: 2215 A

Presenter:

Presenter: – University of California, Los Angeles

Research on Evaluation

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM CST

From Plan to Product: A Case Study of Evaluation Implementation Fidelity in a large-scale NIH Evaluation

Location: 2215 A

PD Workshop Presenter: – University of California, Los Angeles

Research on Evaluation

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Mind Your Space: A Research on Evaluation Study on Facilitating with Power Dynamics in Mind within Virtual and In-Person Spaces

Location: 2215 A

Presenter: – UCLA

Research on Evaluation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Sales vs. Science: Impact Evaluation at a crossroads

Location: 2202

Presenter:

Facilitator:

Presenter:

Nonprofit and Foundations

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Testing the Waters: Getting Comfortable with AI Use in Evaluation

Location: 2215 C

Presenter: – Ripple Effect

Presenter:

Presenter: – Deloitte Consulting

Presenter: – Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Use and Influence of Evaluation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Using Rich Context Mapping to Decode the Silicon Savannah by Making Healthcare Investments Equitable, Impactful and Accessible Across the Continent

Location: 3501 H

Presenter: – William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Discussant:

Systems in Evaluation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST

Youth Focused Evaluation

Location: 2215 B

Youth Focused Evaluation

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM CST

Importance of engaging the voices of youth stakeholders: Lessons learnt from developing and validating a culturally responsive Caribbean measure of the Five Cs of positive youth development (PYD)

Location: 2215 B

Presenter: – Oklahoma State University Postdoctoral

Youth Focused Evaluation

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM CST

Introducing a Youth Evaluator Role to Tims Camps: Discussing Benefits, Challenges, and Sharing the Youth's Experience

Location: 2215 B

Presenter: – Tim Hortons Foundation Camps

Youth Focused Evaluation

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM CST

Empowering Youth to Lead Listening Sessions on Principles of Meaningful Youth Engagement in Health Programming

Location: 2215 B

Presenter: – ETR

Youth Focused Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Assessing Impact in Collaborative Efforts for Social Change

Location: 2505 B

Presenter: – Vanderbilt University

Health Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Beyond Objectivity: Exploring Autoethnography as a Tool for Evaluation

Location: 3501 C

Presenter: – Qualitative Advantage, LLC

Qualitative Methods

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Collaborative Evaluation: Experiences and Lessons Learned

Location: 2204

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM CST

Centering Attention Where It Counts: A Collaborative Evaluation Model for Meaningful Use of Evidence

Location: 2204

Presenter: – WSTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Presenter: – University of South Florida

Presenter: – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM CST

Collaborative Evaluation: Engaging Communities Through Data Walks and Narrative Methods; Paper (to be presented as a 15 minute PowerPoint presentation in a Multi-paper session

Location: 2204

Presenter:

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM CST

Enhancing Crisis Preparedness and Resilience Through Collaborative Evaluation: An Organizational Involvement Approach

Location: 2204

PD Workshop Presenter: – The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

Presenter: – The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

Presenter: – AEA

Presenter: – University of South Florida

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Keeping Ethics in the Forefront: Using the Model for Collaborative Evaluations to Ensure Rigorous Evaluations

Location: 2204

PD Workshop Presenter: – Florida SouthWestern Collegiate

Presenter: – University of South Florida

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Confronting hard truths about poverty: Evaluating narrative change impact for racial economic justice in the South

Location: 2203

Presenter: – Center for Research Evaluation (CERE), University of Mississippi

Presenter: – Civil Rights Law Organization

Presenter: – Center for Research Evaluation (CERE), University of Mississippi

Feminist Issues in Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Empowerment Evaluation and Stakeholder Involvement: Insights, Reflections, and Implications

Location: 2201

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM CST

Enhancing Marginalized Perspectives: Fortifying Community Involvement and Leadership within a Drug Court Initiative

Location: 2201

Presenter:

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM CST

Operationalizing Equity: Centering in Communities

Location: 2201

Presenter:

Presenter: – University of California, Irvine

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Sharpening the Vision: Advancing Equity in Implementation through a Bifocal Lens

Location: 2201

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Engaging communities through participatory systems mapping to identify changes in the public health data ecosystem

Location: 2502 B

Presenter:

Facilitator:

Systems in Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Ignite Session 4

Location: 2214

3:45 PM - 3:50 PM CST

Evaluating Systems Change: Testing Assumptions, Reflecting, and Building Capacity

Location: 2214

Presenter: – Third Plateau

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

3:55 PM - 4:00 PM CST

Evaluation of Vermont’s Domestic Violence Accountability Programming

Location: 2214

Presenter:

Government Evaluation

4:00 PM - 4:05 PM CST

Evaluation’s Echoes: Tips for communicating evaluation findings so key take-aways resonate beyond the core audience

Location: 2214

PD Workshop Presenter: – ICF

Presenter: – ICF

Use and Influence of Evaluation

4:05 PM - 4:10 PM CST

Evolving Excellence: Leveraging Standard Operating Procedures

Location: 2214

Presenter: – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Presenter: – University of Illinois Urbana-Chamapaign

Leadership and Organizational Performance

4:10 PM - 4:15 PM CST

How a Shared Learning Agenda Can Build Collective Understanding of an Innovation Support Process

Location: 2214

PD Workshop Presenter: – ETR

Mixed Methods Evaluation

4:15 PM - 4:20 PM CST

I don't “agree” and I'm not neutral: the case against neutral and naked "agree” or “disagree" options in Likert survey items

Location: 2214

Presenter: – Kiaer Research

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

4:25 PM - 4:30 PM CST

Incorporating AI Tools for Evaluations that Share Leadership and Support Communities

Location: 2214

Presenter:

Presenter: – The Rucks Group, LLC

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Integrating Technology into Evaluation

4:30 PM - 4:35 PM CST

Justice-focused strategies for re-envisioning STEM workforce development pathways for youth through inclusive interactions with an adult professional network of support

Location: 2214

PD Workshop Presenter: – Science Museum of Minnesota

Presenter: – Science Museum of Minnesota

STEM Education and Training

4:35 PM - 4:40 PM CST

Kindergarten Readiness for All: A Community Dialogue Through Data Gallery Walk.

Location: 2214

PD Workshop Presenter:

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Education Evaluation

4:40 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Listening to Parents, Transforming Communities: A Needs Assessment for One Knox

Location: 2214

Presenter: – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Graduate Students and New Evaluators

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Intergenerational Perspectives on how Evaluation must ADAPT to meet the current moment

Location: 2504 A

Presenter: – Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Presenter:

Use and Influence of Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Leadership and Organizational Performance Multipaper

Location: 2215 A

Leadership and Organizational Performance

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM CST

Developing Shared Leadership and Evaluation Capacity through the Equitable Evaluation Framework

Location: 2215 A

Presenter:

Leadership and Organizational Performance

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM CST

Leadership in the five AEA domains: A community discussion to share, develop, and enact servant leadership for better evaluation practices

Location: 2215 A

Presenter:

Leadership and Organizational Performance

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Localization and Capacity-Building: Empowering Local Partners Through Adaptive MERL Systems

Location: 2215 C

Facilitator: – Women for Women International

Nonprofit and Foundations

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Member checking for participant ownership—and for fun!

Location: 2202

Presenter: – Michigan Fitness Foundation

Presenter:

Mixed Methods Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Open Databases and Misinterpretation: Balancing Access and Accuracy in the Age of Information/Digital World

Location: 2215 B

Author: – Auburn University

Presenter:

Presenter: – Auburn University

Author:

Use and Influence of Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Out in the Open: A multi-state perspective on LGBTQIA+ and Two-spirit data and how evaluators and researchers can support its collection

Location: 3501 H

Presenter: – data2insight

Presenter: – Lost & Found

Discussant: – Apex Evaluation

Presenter: – TCC Group

LGBTQ+ Voices in Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Participatory Evaluation: Participants Engagement in the Evaluation Process

Location: 2205

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM CST

Applying a Transformative Participatory Evaluation Design with Youth Leaders: Recommendations and Lessons Learned for Sharing Power and Informing Social Change through Program Evaluation

Location: 2205

Presenter: – Everett Evaluation

Presenter:

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM CST

From Voices to Visuals: Using Ripple Effect Mapping with Youth and Adult Programs

Location: 2205

PD Workshop Presenter: – LSU AgCenter

Presenter:

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Who all gone be there? Engaging Providers as a Critical First Step in Participatory Evaluation

Location: 2205

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Pathways to AEA Leadership: Getting Involved With AEA

Location: 3501 EF

Presenter:

Presenter: – Milwaukee Evaluation

Presenter:

AEA Sponsored session

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Relationship Building Among Collaborating Firms: Harnessing Shared Leadership to Empower Community Change

Location: 3501 G

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Discussant:

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Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Seeing Like an Organization: How to Avoid the Failures of Corrupting Measures

Location: 2502 A

Presenter:

Presenter: – Effect X LLC

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST

Using AI to Create Testing Personas for Survey Design in Dynamic Populations

Location: 3501 AB

Presenter:

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Arts, Culture, and Museums Multipaper

Location: 2505 A

Arts, Culture, and Museums

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM CST

Emerging Practice in the Evaluation of Cultural Heritage Projects: Community Engagement in Conservation

Location: 2505 A

Presenter: – World Monuments Fund

Arts, Culture, and Museums

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM CST

Evaluating Collectively, Understanding Individually: Indigenous Perspectives on Culture and Collective Impact

Location: 2505 A

Presenter: – Ng-Osorio Consulting LLC

Independent Consulting

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Breaking the Mold: Solar Sister's Decentralized Approach to Environmental Sustainability

Location: 2502 A

Presenter: – Solar Sister

Presenter:

Environmental Program Evaluation

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Bridging the Evidence to Practice Gap: Engaging Practitioners in Participatory Evidence Reviews and Practice Guides

Location: 2203

Presenter:

Chair:

Discussant:

Government Evaluation

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Broadening the Lens of Evaluation: Approaches Supporting Inclusive STEM Education Environments

Location: 2502 B

STEM Education and Training

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM CST

Effectiveness of Bystander Intervention Training Tailored to STEM Disciplines: Immediate and Lasting Results from ADVANCEGeo Partnership

Location: 2502 B

Presenter: – University of Wisconsin-Madison

STEM Education and Training

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM CST

Evaluating Role Demands and Identifying the Needs of Instructional Assistants: Designing instruments to collect meaningful data about an overlooked population of educators.

Location: 2502 B

Presenter:

STEM Education and Training

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM CST

Fostering STEM Engagement through Evaluation: Unveiling Key Predictors of Self-Efficacy and Career Interest

Location: 2502 B

Presenter: – Innovative Learning Center Division of Research and Evaluation

STEM Education and Training

5:45 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Uncovering Unexpected Outcomes - How to Capitalize on Distributed Leadership

Location: 2502 B

Presenter:

Presenter: – Goshen Consulting

Presenter:

STEM Education and Training

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Building Innovative Learning Systems in a Rapidly Scaling Family Foundation

Location: 2505 B

Presenter:

Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Catalytic Impact: How to Measure Indirect Contributions to System-Level Change | Lessons from a Global Development Community of Practice

Location: 2504 A

Facilitator:

Presenter: – Results for Development

Presenter:

Systems in Evaluation

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Cybersecurity Evaluation in Perspective: A Scoping Review of People, Process, and Technology

Location: 2201

Presenter: – Virginia Tech

Author: – Virginia Tech

Disaster and Emergency Management Evaluation

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Final Presentations from a Year of GEDI Learning and Light I

Location: 3501 EF

Presenter: – Tanoma Consulting, LLC

Presenter:

Presenter: – Washington State University

Presenter:

AEA Sponsored session

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Harvesting Change: A Demonstration of Outcome Harvesting in Equity-Focused Leadership Development Evaluation

Location: 3501 H

Presenter:

Leadership and Organizational Performance

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Ignite Session 5

Location: 2214

5:05 PM - 5:10 PM CST

Quantifying Quality: Assessing the Condition of Public Spaces (or Playgrounds) in a Systematic Way

Location: 2214

Presenter:

Community Development

5:10 PM - 5:15 PM CST

Strengthening Causal Inference in Extension Evaluations: Practical Application of Propensity Score Matching with Secondary Data

Location: 2214

Presenter: – Virginia Tech

Extension Education Evaluation

5:15 PM - 5:20 PM CST

The Power of Why: Using Vulnerability and Collaboration to Identify Purpose, Build Relationships, and Set, Measure, and Attain S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Location: 2214

PD Workshop Presenter:

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

5:20 PM - 5:25 PM CST

Understanding and Measuring Shifts in Translational Science Abilities

Location: 2214

Presenter: – University of California, Davis

Translational Research Evaluation

5:25 PM - 5:30 PM CST

Using Playlist Creation as a Creative Evaluation Practice

Location: 2214

PD Workshop Presenter: – Milwaukee Evaluation

Presenter:

Mixed Methods Evaluation

5:30 PM - 5:35 PM CST

Using PRISM (the Practical Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model) as a Framework for Identifying Community and Contextual Factors that Enhance RCT Interpretation

Location: 2214

Presenter: – ETR

Health Evaluation

5:40 PM - 5:45 PM CST

Washington LGBTQ+ Survey: A historic queer- and trans-led research study amplifying LGBTQIA+ and Two-spirit voices to legislators and policy makers

Location: 2214

Presenter: – data2insight

LGBTQ+ Voices in Evaluation

5:50 PM - 5:55 PM CST

You, Me, and ChatGPT: Best Practices for Teaching Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy in the Evaluation Classroom.

Location: 2214

Presenter: – University of Alaska Anchorage

Teaching of Evaluation

5:55 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Your AI Needs a Logic Model: Prompt Engineering for Smarter Outputs

Location: 2214

Presenter:

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation Multipaper

Location: 2204

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM CST

Decolonizing Philanthropy: Co-Creating A Transformational Indigenous Learning Strategy at the American Indian College Fund

Location: 2204

Presenter:

Author:

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM CST

Engaging Native Language and Culture in Early Childhood Education through Culturally Responsive Evaluation

Location: 2204

Presenter: – UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM CST

The nexus between modern climate information services and indigenous knowledge system

Location: 2204

Presenter: – Center for Learning on Evaluation And Results - Anglophone Africa

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

5:45 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Healing Tides: Weaving Culture, Place, Self, and Community for Collective Healing and Impact Among NHPI Organizations

Location: 2204

Presenter: – Ng-Osorio Consulting LLC

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Interactive Methods for Evaluating Power and Decision-making in Intergenerational Organizations

Location: 3501 C

Presenter: – AEQUA Strategies LLC

Facilitator: – AEQUA Strategies LLC

Youth Focused Evaluation

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Logic models: Prioritizing process over product

Location: 3501 AB

Presenter:

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Mapping the field’s knowledge base: A bibliometric analysis of evaluation thought leaders, authorship patterns and profiles, and connections across scholar communities

Location: 2215 C

Presenter: – Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa

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Chair:

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Research on Evaluation

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Preparing Students for Careers in Social Impact Design & Evaluation

Location: 2215 B

Presenter: – Vanderbilt University

Facilitator: – Vanderbilt University

Social Finance

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Reflective Analysis of an Evaluation of an Initiative Focused on Increasing Capital Access for Healthy Food Entrepreneurs of Color

Location: 2215 A

Presenter:

Presenter: – Elizabeth City State University Police Department

Presenter: – North Carolina A&T State University

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Reimagining Evidence: Ethical Innovation with Synthetic Data in Collaborative Evaluation

Location: 2205

PD Workshop Presenter: – WSTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Sharing Responsibility for Culturally Responsive Evaluation: Graduate Education Diversity Internship (GEDI) in a Community-Serving Nonprofit Organization

Location: 3501 G

Facilitator:

Presenter: – Raya Cooper Impact Consulting

Presenter: – Claremont Graduate University

Graduate Students and New Evaluators

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Shifting Power in Evaluation: A Case Study Model for Nonprofit Learning

Location: 2202

Chair: – United Way of Greater Houston

Discussant: – Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University

Discussant: – Wesley Community Center

Discussant: – Houston Endowment

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CST

Poster Exhibit, TIG Fair, & Reception

Social Event