Judy built on complexity theory models and methods and systems thinking approaches to choose wise actions in ambiguous settings. Quality of the supporting documentation (cover letter and letters of support). Waikato Regional Council invested in a Developmental Evaluation as part of a collaborative stakeholder process to successfully agree on ways of managing water quality and use for diverse populations. The future must be built, as others have built our past. She is currently a Co-Principal Investigator on four NSF funded projects.

Meanwhile, the international evaluation community has advanced towards a global evaluation agenda focused on building strong national evaluation systems, and incorporating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in its methods and practice. We are extremely proud to be associated with the Kinnect Group and Tuakana Teina Evaluation Collective. ### About AEA. Schedule at-a-Glance Summer Evaluation Institute 2019 will be held June 9-12 in Atlanta, GA. After an 11-year stint back home in New Zealand working across multiple sectors, she is excited to have moved back to the States and is now based in Seattle. Visit the AEA website to learn more about the awards. She is currently at work on a book tentatively entitled, The Missing Evidence. His recent research projects have taken an in-depth view of evaluation education programs worldwide, methods of integrating job description analysis in curricular planning and implementation, and evaluator recruitment and socialization. Selection: A small committee of reviewers from the International and Cross-Cultural Evaluation TIG of AEA will select the travel award recipients based on the following criteria: Assistance with Your Proposal and Application: If you are considering applying for an International Travel Award and would like assistance in developing and compiling your conference proposal and/or your International Travel Award application, or determine your eligibility to apply, please contact Lisa Frantzen at lfrantzen@tccgrp.com on or before Monday, March 23, 2020.

She is currently working on several new books, including one on Rubrics-Enhanced Evaluation. She encourages students to develop a strong methodological foundation, conduct studies based on democratic principles, and promote equity, fairness, inclusivity, and diversity. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy, International and Cross-Cultural Evaluation TIG, International Travel Awards Application Form. These activities are further supported by the CFE and its own activities of pioneering the Post Graduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation to produce professionals in evaluation, training programmes for academics and public officials, and linking with Universities to make research and evaluation findings more accessible and comprehensible. “I am so humbled and honored to receive this high award, and also excited that AEA has recognized the importance of making evaluation actually evaluative.

Dr. Davidson is former Associate Director of The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University, where (alongside Dr. Daniel Stufflebeam) she designed, launched, and directed the world's first fully interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation. Building the future of the evaluation practice begins with an assessment and appreciation of the past and present contribution of evaluation to society and a consideration of the current societal issues and where we need to bring leadership. Before pursuing her PhD, she was an evaluator for the Arizona Department of Education. We are thrilled to represent the academic and research expertise that is available in Aotearoa/New Zealand and stand proudly on the world stage and be acknowledged in this way.”, Lisbeth B. Schorr, Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Social Policy2019 AEA Advocacy and Use Evaluation Award.

Her theoretical scholarship advances frameworks for understanding evaluation models in order to refine practice.

John M. LaVelle is an Assistant Professor in the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy & Development, with a focus on Evaluation Studies. This high-stakes evaluation was a trailblazing, three-year journey working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders in a highly contested setting. Visit the AEA website to learn more about the awards. Being recognized with this distinguished award is one of the greatest of honors I could imagine receiving. She has also developed a number of practical methodologies and approaches for the systematic synthesis of findings to form higher-level evaluative conclusions, as well as causal inference for qualitative and mixed methods. She is the recipient of the 2004 American Evaluation Association, Marcia Guttentag Early Career Achievement Award and of the 2018 American Educational Research Association's Research on Evaluation (RoE) Special Interest Group (SIG) Distinguished Scholar Award. American Evaluation Association 2001 K Street NW, 3rd Floor North Washington, D.C. 20006 info@eval.org 202.367.1166 I look forward to seeing my colleagues and friends in Minnesota!”, Jane Davidson, PhD, Principal, Real Evaluation LLC2019 AEA Paul F. Lazarsfeld Evaluation Theory Award. Christie is co-editor of the Evaluation in Practice book series (Sage Publications), and serves on the editorial board of New Directions in Evaluation.

Her research has three interrelated foci: applied evaluation work, research on evaluation practice, and analysis of evaluation theories.

Jane Davidson is best known for pioneering the increasingly popular Evaluation Rubrics Methodology, which guides evaluation teams and stakeholders to make their evaluative reasoning systematic, transparent, culturally responsive, credible, and valid. Eligibility Criteria: In order to qualify for an AEA International Travel Award, all applicants must meet all criteria below: Funds for the International Travel Awards are raised through generous donations to the annual AEA silent auction and the contributions of workshop speakers who donate their honorariums.

While proposals are submitted online via the AEA website, travel awards are processed manually by the ICCE TIG Co-Chairs. Applicants from countries that do not have a professional evaluation association will not be ranked lower than applicants that do have an association). Learn More. The American Evaluation Association and the International and Cross-Cultural Evaluation TIG are pleased to invite professional evaluators living and practicing in emerging countries to submit applications for International Travel Awards to attend and present at the 2020 AEA Annual Conference to be held October 26-31, 2020 in Portland, OR, USA. We all know Michael Scriven's definition of evaluation as the determination of merit, worth, or significance, but there was never much guidance on exactly how that evaluative reasoning should be done, and as a result, it seldom was. In an era of discord and mistrust, where facts are heavily debated through ideological lenses and where people have difficulty finding common ground, the role of evaluation is to provide trusted, credible, evidence-based, and balanced conclusions about the quality, importance and value of what is relevant in our society. The prior recipients of this award have influenced my thinking and work in the most significant ways - I have the highest respect for their scholarship and work.