Professional Activities of
The Evaluation Center Staff


List of Activities
(in chronological order)
Name Event/Location Date Details
Chris Coryn Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues convention 6/26/04 They’re Not Real Americans: Nationalism and Justice for Arab Americans
Chris Coryn 2004 Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences 6/14/04 Response to September 11th: Anxiety, Patriotism, and Prejudice in the Aftermath of Terror
Lori Wingate Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Summer Evaluation Institute 6/11/04 Using Checklists to Guide Good Program Evaluation
Lori Wingate Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 5/21/04 Using Microsoft Project for Evaluation Planning, Organizing, and Monitoring
Carl Hanssen 2004 Canadian Evaluation Association conference 5/17/04 Methodological Issues in Conducting an Evaluation of Professional Development
Daniela Schroeter Department of Intercultural Business
Communications, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
4/29/04 Theories and Strategies of Negotiation and
Presentation Techniques
Gary Miron 2004 American Educational Research Association conference 4/16/04 Exploring the Correlates of Academic Success in Charter Schools
Gary Miron 2004 American Educational Research Association conference 4/15/04 Structuring Access to Privately Operated Public Schools
Gary Miron 2004 American Educational Research Association conference 4/14/04 Evaluating Chartering: Discussion of Current Evaluation Practices and Future Priorities
Chris Coryn Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 4/8/04 Using Checklists to Guide Good Program Evaluation
John Risley Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 2/26/04 Public Policy Evaluation
Carolyn Sullins Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 2/9/04 Interviewing Techniques: An Interactive Workshop
Thomaz Chianca Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 1/28/04 The Global Evaluation Community, the Brazilian Evaluation
Network and the Evaluation Center
Daniela Schroeter Department of Intercultural Business
Communications, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
12/18/03 Theories and Strategies of Negotiation and
Presentation Techniques
Chris Coryn “Perspectives of Social Justice” observation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Western Michigan University 1/15/04 Social Dimensions of National Identity and Perceptions of Justice: Prejudice in a Multicultural Society
Chris Coryn Homeless Coalition of Elkhart County, Elkhart, IN 12/03/03 Needs of the homeless in Elkhart Count
Daniel Stufflebeam Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 12/3/03 Towards an Assessment-Based Registry of Professional Evaluators
Thomas Chianca 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/09/03 Designing Evaluation in International Contexts: Lessons from the External Evaluation of the Educational Program in Amazonian Brazil
Jane Davidson 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/09/03 System Behavior in the Programs We Evaluate: Implications for Theory, Measurement, and Methodology (Discussant)
Gary Miron 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/7/03 The Evaluation Report Checklist: A Tool to Help Practitioners Increase Productivity and Improve the Quality and Effectiveness of Their Reports (Chair & Presenter)
Jane Davidson 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/7/03 Evaluation, Philanthropic Foundations, and the Goal of Social Change (Discussant)
Daniel Stufflebeam 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/7/03 Town conference: Developing an AEA Public Statement on Educational Accountability
Carl Hanssen 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/6/03 TIG Business conference and Presentation: For-profit Evaluation Using Internal Resources: A Case Study of the Andersen Learning and Personal Growth Evaluation and Measurement Function
Carolyn Sullins, John Risley 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/6/03 The Boundaries of Program Evaluation
Jane Davidson 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/6/03 Some Specifics on Evaluation-specific Methodology
Daniel Stufflebeam 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/6/03 Models of Evaluation and Evaluation Forms as Alternative Frameworks for Planning Evaluative Studies: Which Framework Is More Effective?
Jane Davidson 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/6/03 "For the CEO, A Cartoon ...": Practical Strategies for Communicating Findings to Busy Audiences
James Sanders 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/6/03 International Impact Evaluation of the World Bank Institute's Client Training Programs
Gary Miron, Carolyn Sullins, 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/6/03 Multiple Methods of Mixed-methods
Arlen Gullickson, Dale Farland 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/5/03 Dissemination of Evaluation Findings and Recommendations: Use of Videoconferencing and Other Methods
Carl Hanssen (with Frances Lawrenz) 2003 American Evaluation Association conference 11/8/03 A toolkit building workshop on site visits.

 

Arlen Gullickson, Carl Hanssen (with Frances Lawrenz) Annual Meeting of Advanced Technological Education program Principal Investigators 10/22/03 Program evaluation overview and report on findings from survey 2003.
Jerry Horn Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 10/30/03 The Rural Systemic Initiatives Study
Jane Davidson Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 9/8/03 Combining “Needs Assessment Plus” with Theory-Based Evaluation: A Hawai`ian Excursion Beyond the Deficit Model
Carl Hanssen Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 7/22/03 Evaluation in the Private Sector: A Glimpse Inside Andersen Learning and Personal Growth’s Evaluation and Measurement Function
Christopher Nelson Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 7/11/03 Prospective Evaluation: Thoughts on How to Assess the Potential Merit and Worth of Programs
Gary Mirson Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 5/14/03 Dr. Gary Miron--Principal Research Associate, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University
Jane Davidson 2003 Arizona Evaluation Network conference, Phoenix 4/12/03 Applying Evaluation-Specific Methodology in the Assessment of Organizational Learning Capacity
Jane Davidson 2003 Arizona Evaluation Network conference 4/11/03 The Evaluator's Methodological Toolkit (Keynote speaker)
Carolyn Sullins Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 4/7/03 The Boundaries of Evaluation
Gary Miron Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media 4/4/03 How to Evaluate Research on the Performance of Charter Schools
Gary Miron National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education , Teachers College, Columbia University 3/3/03 Charter School Evaluations: New Findings About Recurring Policy Issues
Christopher Nelson Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 2/27/03 Toward a Methodology of Valuation
Arlen Gullickson Educational Policy Leadership Institute Policy Forum 2/4/03 Standards for Improving Student Evaluations
Jane Davidson Evaluation Cafe series, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University 1/30/03 The Evaluator's Methodological Toolkit: A Helicopter Tour with a Few Landings
Gary Miron Institute on Education Law & Policy, Rutgers University, 11/22/02 Status of Research and Evaluation Regarding Charter Schools
Nanette Keiser 2002 American Evaluation Association conference 11/9/02 Dissemination of Evaluation Findings and Recommendations: Emerging Approaches
Christopher Nelson 2002 American Evaluation Association conference 11/9/02 Developing a Cross-state Comparable Method of Measuring Student Achievement in Charter Schools
Arlen Gullickson, Session Chair and Discussant 2002 American Evaluation Association conference 11/9/02 A Systematic Effort to Enhance Evaluation Through Checklist Development, Saturday, November 9
Daniel Stufflebeam, Discussant 2002 American Evaluation Association conference 11/9/02 A Systematic Effort to Enhance Evaluation Through Checklist Development
Dale Farland 2002 American Evaluation Association conference 11/9/02 Systemic Implications of Online Scoring for Evaluation Checklists
Lori Wingate 2002 American Evaluation Association conference 11/9/02 The Evaluation Checklist Project: Content, Procedures, and Plans
Nanette Keiser 2002 American Evaluation Association conference 11/8/02 How to Conduct Site Visits, Friday
Joan Farland 2002 American Evaluation Association conference 11/7/02 An Internship Program Designed to Deliver Systemic Impact on Evaluation at Multiple Levels
Arlen Gullickson 2002 American Evaluation Association conference 11/7/02 The Mentor's Role in Producing a Systemic Effect for the ATE Project
Nanette Keiser 2002 American Evaluation Association conference 11/7/02 Evaluation Project Management: A Key to Effective Evaluation
Jane Davidson 2002 American Evaluation Association conference 11/6/02 Cutting-Edge Evaluation Methods in Organizational Settings
Jane Davidson 2002 Gateway Industrial/IOrganizational Psychologists conference 7/9/02 Assessing Organizational Intelligence: An Introduction to the Organizational IQ Test