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Topical Interest Groups (TIGs) are a major component of the life of AEA members. Each TIG is defined around a special topic or interest to subgroups of AEA. Most TIGs have their own officers, means of communicating with members, and special events. TIGs coordinate their efforts through AEA and participate actively in AEA's annual conference through reviewing proposals in their area of interest and developing a strand of conference sessions. Members of AEA may join up to five TIGs as part of membership. To learn more about a TIG, connect to its website (if available) or contact the TIG leadership. To join a TIG, contact the AEA office or logon to the members-only portion of the website to update your profile. To learn more about how to start and operate a TIG, click here to download the TIG policies and procedures guide as a pdf file.

 

TIG

TITLE

NAME AND ADDRESS

TEL/EMAIL

Advocacy and Policy Change

 

Co-chair 

Julia Coffman
Harvard Family Research Project
1123 Michigan Crt
Alexandria VA 22314

Tel: 703-837-8358
Email: jcoffman@evaluationexchange.org

Co-chair 

Astrid Hendricks
The California Endowment
1000 North Alameda St
Los Angeles CA 90012

Tel: 213-928-8671
Email: ahendricks@calendow.org

Program Co-chair

Ehren Reed
Innovation Network Inc
1625 K St NW 11th fl
Washington DC 20006

Tel: 202-728-0727 x109
Email: ereed@innonet.org

Program Co-chair

Justin Louie
Blueprint Research and Design Inc
720 Market St Ste 900
San Francisco CA 94102

Tel: 415-677-9700 x15
Email: justin@blueprintrd.com

Alcohol, Drug 
Abuse and 
Mental Health

Co-chair & Program Co-chair

Garrett E Moran
Westat
1650 Research Blvd
Rockville MD 20850

Tel: 301-294-3821
Email: GarrettMoran@Westat.com

Co-chair & Program Co-chair

Robert Hanson
Health Canada

Office of Research and Surveillance
123 Slater St PL 3509C rm D978
Ottawa ON  K1A 0K9 CANADA

Tel: 613-948-8954
Email: robert_hanson@hc-sc.gc.ca

Assessment in Higher Education

Chair & Program Chair

William Rickards 
Alverno College
Office of Educational Research
PO Box 343922
Milwaukee WI 53234-3922

Tel: 414-382-6256
Email: William.Rickards@alverno.edu 

Business and Industry

 

TIG Website

 

 

Co-chair 

Amy Gullickson
The Evaluation Center
4405 Ellsworth Hall
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5237

Tel: 269-387-5895
Email: amy.m.gullickson@wmich.edu

Co-chair 

Ray K Haynes
College of Education and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville KY 40292 

Tel: 502-852-0618
Email: haynes@louisville.edu 

Co-chair

Eric Abdullateef
Directed Study Services
1128 G St
Washington DC 20002

Tel: 202-399-0578
Email: eric.abdullateef@mac.com

Program Co-chair

Otto Gustafson

Western Michigan University
The Evaluation Center
4405 Ellsworth Hall
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5237

Tel: 269-330-3240
Email: ottonuke@yahoo.com

Program Co-chair

Daniela C Schroeter
Western Michigan University
The Evaluation Center
4405 Ellsworth Hall
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5237

Tel: 269-387-5895
Email: daniela.schroeter@wmich.edu

Program Co-chair

Michelle Woodhouse-Jackson
Western Michigan University
The Evaluation Center
4405 Ellsworth Hall
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5237

Tel: 269-749-7178
Email: woodyflts@yahoo.com

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Co-chair

Rene Lavinghouze
Center for Disease Control
Division of Oral Health
4770 Buford Hwy F-10
Atlanta GA 30341

Tel: 770-488-5905 
Email: shl3@cdc.gov

Co-chair

Cynthia Phillips
Phillips Wyatt Knowlton Inc
2 West Michigan Ave Ste 301
Battle Creek MI 49017

Tel: 269-441-1940
Email: cynthiap@pwkinc.com

Program chair

Martha Ann Carey
Azusa Pacific University School of Nursing
701 E Foothill Blvd
Azusa CA 91702

Tel: 626-815-5386 x5215

Email: mcarey@apu.edu

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

 

TIG Website

 

Co-chair 

David Fetterman    
Stanford University
Medical School
Division of Evaluation
Office of Medical Education
Stanford CA 94305

Tel: 650-269-5689
Email: davidf@stanford.edu

Co-chair & Program Chair

Liliana Rodriguez-Campos
University of South Florida
Dept of Measurement and Research
4202 E Fowler Ave EDU 361
Tampa FL 33620

Tel: 813-974-1163
Email: lrodriguez@coedu.usf.edu

College Access Programs

Chair  

Rita O'Sullivan
EvAP School of Education
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
CB 3500
Chapel Hill NC 2759

Tel: 919-843-7878
Email: ritao@unc.edu

Program 
Chair

Kurt Burkum

ACT

500 ACT Dr
Iowa City IA 52333

Tel: 319-341-2301
Email: kurt.burkum@act.org

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

 

TIG Website

Chair  

Ronald Scott Visscher
Western Michigan University
The Evaluation Center
4405 Ellsworth Hall
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5237

Tel: 616-510-8206
Email: ronald.s.visscher@wmich.edu

Program 
Chair

Sam Bickel
UNICEF
Evaluation Office NYHQ
3 UN Plaza Rm 1042
New York NY 10017

Tel: 212-326-7504
Email: sbickel@unicef.org

Crime and Justice

Chair & Program Chair

Roger K Przybylski
RKC Group 
7227 W 8th Ave
Lakewood CO 80214

Tel: 303-949-8551
Email: rogerkp@comcast.net    

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation

Chair

Scott Chaplowe
American Red Cross
International Services
62 Green Path
Colombo-3 SRI LANKA

Tel: 94 11 2375413
Email: schaplowe@amcrossasia.org

 

 

Program Co-chair

Patricia (Trish) Bolton
Battelle
Seattle Research Center
1100 Dexter Ave N Ste 400
Seattle WA 98115

Tel: 206-528-3310
Email: bolton@battelle.org

Program Co-chair

Karen Pendleton

Center for Public Health Preparedness
Arnold School of Public Health
1233 Washington St Ste 700
University of South Carolina
Columbia SC 29201

Tel: 803-978-7574
Email: ktpendl@gwm.sc.edu

Program Co-chair

Liesel Ritchie
Natural Hazards Center
University of Colorado at Boulder
482 UCB
Boulder CO 80304

Tel: 303-735-5436
Email: liesel.ritchie@colorado.edu

Distance Education & Other Educational Technologies

 

TIG Website

Chair & Program Chair

Mark Hawkes
Dakota State University
College of Education

820 N Washington
Madison SD 57042

Tel: 605-256-5274
Email: mark.hawkes@dsu.edu

Environmental Program Evaluation

Chair

Katherine Dawes
US Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Environmental Policy Innovation
1200 Penn Ave NW 1807
Washington DC 20460

Tel: 202-566-2189
Email: dawes.katherine@epa.gov

Program Co-chair

Annelise Carleton-Hug
Trillium Associates
PO Box 120
Ohiopyle PA 15470

Tel: 724-963-5406
Email: annelise@trilliumassociates.com

Program Co-chair

Lisa Flowers
The Boone and Crockett Club

PO Box 230

Dupuyer, MT 59432

Tel: 406-472-3311
Email: flowers@boon-crockett.org

Evaluating the Arts and Culture

 

Chair
 

Kathlyn Steedly
The Academy for Educational Development

1825 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington DC 20009

Tel: 202-884-8000
Email: ksteedly@gmail.com

Program Chair

Ching Ching Yap
University of South Carolina
College of Education
Office of Program Evaluation
025 Warldlaw Bldg
Columbia SC 29208

Tel: 912-450-0218
Email: ccyap@gwm.sc.edu

Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

 

Chair

Ann Maxwell

Office of Inspector General

233 N Michigan Ave Ste 1390
Chicago IL 60601                                               

Tel: 312-353-9871
Email: Ann.Maxwell@oig.hhs.gov

Program Co-chair

Sue Hewitt 

Health District of Northern Larimer County

120 Bristlecone Dr

Fort Collins CO 80524

Tel: 970-224-5209
Email: shewitt@healthdistrict.org

Program Co-chair

Laura L Feldman
University of Wyoming
Center for Health and Education Studies
Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center Dept 3925
1000 E University Ave
Laramie WY 82071

Tel: 307-399-1914        
Email: LFeldman@uwyo.edu

Evaluation Use

Chair 

Karen E Kirkhart
Syracuse University
School of Social Work Sims Hall
Syracuse NY 13244

Tel: 315-443-5574
Email: kirkhart@syr.edu

Program Co-chair

Susan A Tucker
73 Beaumont Ave

San Francisco CA 94118

Tel: 415-385-8396

Email: sutucker@sutucker.cnc.net

Program Co-chair

Emma Norland
Institute for Learning Innovation
3168 Braverton St Ste 280
Edgewater MD 21037

Tel: 410-956-5144 x103

Email: norland@ilinet.org

Extension Education Evaluation

 

 

TIG Website

Chair

Heather Boyd

Virginia Cooperative Extension
Program Development & Evaluation
111 Hutcheson Hall
Blacksburg VA 24060

Tel: 540-231-9423
Email: hboyd@vt.edu

Program Chair

Nancy Kay Franz
Virginia Tech CALS Extension
112 Hutcheson
Blacksburg VA 24061

Tel: 540-231-1634
Email: nfranz@vt.edu

Feminist Issues in Evaluation

Co-chair

Sharon Brisolara
Evaluation Solutions
PO Box 754  
Shasta CA 96087

Tel: 530-244-4407
Email: evaluationsolutions@hughes.net

Co-chair

Tristi C Nichols
Manitou Inc
1008 Main St Ste 2A
Peekskill NY 10566

Tel: 914-437-8749
Email: tnichols@manitouinc.com

Program Co-chair

Kathryn Bowen
Centerstone
PO Box 40406
Nashville Tennessee 37204

Tel: 615-460-6166
Email: kathryn.bowen@centerstone.org

Program Co-chair

Ginger Hintz
Bill & Melinda Gates foundation
PO Box 23350
Seattle WA 98102

Tel: 206-709-3311
Email: ejbamberger@aol.com

Government

Evaluation

Chair & Program Chair

David J Bernstein
Westat

1650 Research Blvd
Rockville MD 20850

Tel: 301-738-3520
Email: DavidBernstein@westat.com

Graduate
Student
and New

Evaluators

 

TIG Website

 

Chair

Stephen Hulme

Brigham Young University

IP&T Grad Student
Provo UT 84602

Tel: 801-787-9684
Email: Stephen_Hulme@byu.edu

Program Chair

Annette Griffith
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
202 Barkley Center
Lincoln NE 68583-0732

Email: annettekgriffith@hotmail.com

Health Evaluation

 

 

 

TIG Website

 

 

Co-chair

Ann Zukoski
Oregon State University
210 NW 29th St
Corvallis OR 97330

Tel: 541-737-5313
Email: ann.zukoski@oregonstate.edu

Co-chair

Jeannette Oshitoye
Nemours Health and Prevention Services
252 Chapman Rd Ste 200
Newark DE 19702

Tel: 302-444-9230
Email: joshitoy@nemours.org

Program Co-chair

Robert G LaChausse
California State University San Bernardino
5500 University Pkwy
San Bernardino CA 92407

Tel: 909-537-7229
Email: rlachaus@csusb.edu

Program Co-chair

Shyanika Wijesinha Rose
Battelle
Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation
100 Capitola Dr Ste 200
Durham NC 27713

Tel: 919-544-3717 x118

Email: rosesw@battelle.org

Human

Services Evaluation

Co-chair

Michel Lahti
University of Southern Maine
IPSI / Muskie School
295 Water St
Augusta ME 04330

Tel: 207-626-5274

Email: mlahti@usm.maine.edu

Co-chair 

Tracy Greever-Rice
University of Missouri--Columbia
Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis
611 Clark Hall
Columbia MO 65211-4260

Tel: 573-884-5116
Email: greeverricet@umsystem.edu

Program Co-chair

Vajeera Dorabawila
Bureau of Evaluation and Research
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
52 Washington St rm 313 South
Rensselaer NY 12144

Tel: 518-473-8736
Email: Vajeera.Dorabawila@ocfs.state.ny.us

Program Co-chair

Jim Sass

Tel: 562-696-1886
Email: jimsass@earthlink.net

Independent Consulting

 

Chair

Amy Germuth
Compass Consulting Group LLC
5726 Fayetteville Rd Ste 203
Durham NC 27713

Tel: 919-544-9004
Email: agermuth@mindspring.com

Program Co-chair

Frederic B Glantz
Kokopelli Associates LLC
1365 Camino Sin Salida
Santa Fe NM 87501

Tel: 505-983-0785
Email: fred@kokopelliassociates.com

Program Co-chair

Dawn Hanson Smart
Clegg & Associates
1904 Third Ave #925
Seattle WA 98101

Tel: 206-448-0749
Email: DSmart@CleggAssociates.com

Indigenous
Peoples in Evaluation

Co-chair

Katherine Tibbetts
Research Analyst, Strategic Planning and Implementation
Kamehameha Schools
567 S King St Ste 400
Honolulu HI 96813

Tel: 808-541-5321
Email: katibbet@ksbe.edu

Co-chair

Kalyani Rai
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

School of Continuing Education
161 West Wisconsin Ave rm 6256
Milwaukee WI 53203

Tel: 414-227-3271
Email: kalyanir@uwm.edu

Program Chair

Joan LaFrance
Mekinak Consulting
612 NW 80th St
Seattle WA 98117

Tel: 206-706-6829
Email: joanlafrance1@msn.com

Integrating Technology
into Evaluation

Co-chair & Program Chair

 

Marcie Bober
San Diego State University
Dept of Educational Technology
5500 Campanile Dr
San Diego CA 92182

Tel: 619-594-0587
Email: bober@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Co-chair  

 

Margaret Lubke
Utah State University
Summit Research Lab
2811 Old Main Hill
Logan UT 84322-2811

Tel: 435-797-4536
Email: mlubke@ksar.usu.edu

International
and Cross Cultural Evaluation

 

TIG Website

Co-chair

Nino Saakashvili
Horizonti Foundation
2 Dolidze Street VI fl 6
Tbilisi 380015
REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

Tel: 995 32 332816
Email: nino.adm@horizonti.org

Co-chair 

Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas
EnCompass LLC
10500 Alloway Dr
Potomac MD 20854

Tel: 301-299-3266
Email: tcatsambas@encompassworld.com

Co-chair & Program Chai 

Gwen Willems
University of Minnesota
1880 Tatum St
St Paul MN 55113

Tel: 651-646-8854
Email: wille002@umn.edu

Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Issues

 

TIG Website

 

 

Co-chair

Kari Greene
Program Design & Evaluation Services Public Health Division
Oregon Department of Human Services
800 NE Oregon St Ste 550
Portland OR  97232

Tel: 971-673-0599
Email: kari.greene@state.or.us

Co-chair

Lyn Paleo
Evaluation Research and Training
PO Box 3400
Berkeley CA 94702

Tel: 510-967-6792
Email: paleo@igc.org

Program Co-chair

Steve Fifield

Education Research and Development Center

University of Delaware
108B Pearson Hall
Newark DE 19716

Tel: 302-831-4437
Email: fifield@udel.edu

Program Co-chair

Virginia Dicken
Applied Research Consultants
Southern Illinois University
Department of Psychology MC 6502
Carbondale IL 62901

Email: VDicken@siu.edu

Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation 

 

TIG Website

 

Co-chair

Tamara Bertrand Jones
Florida State University
313 Westcott Bldg
Tallahassee FL 32306-1360

Tel: 850-644-1331
Email: tbertrand@admin.fsu.edu
 

Co-chair

Leona Johnson
Hampton University
Tyler St
Hampton VA 23668

Tel: 757-727-5370
Email: Leona.Johnson@hamptonu.edu

Program Chair

Emiel Owens
Texas Southern University
3100 Cleburne St
Houston TX 77004

Tel: 713-313-4274
Email: owensew@tsu.edu

Needs Assessment

 

TIG Website

Co-chair

Jeffry White
Ashland University
401 College Avenue
147 Schar College of Education
Ashland OH 44805

Tel: 419-289-5643
Email: jwhite7@ashland.edu
Web: http://personal.ashland.edu/~jwhite7/NA TIG.html

Co-chair

Ann Del Vecchio

Alpha Assessment Associates Inc

1532 Phoenix Ave NW

Albuquerque NM 87101

Tel: 505-341-2263
Email: delvecchio.nm@comcast.net

Program Co-chair

Deborah H Kwon
Ohio State University
247 University Hall
230 North Oval Mall
Columbus OH 43210

Tel: 614-247-7291
Email: kwon.59@osu.edu

Program Co-chair

Hsin-Ling Hung
Evaluation Services Center
University of Cincinnati
PO Box 210105
One Edwards Center
Cincinnati OH 45221

Email: hsonya@gmail.com

Nonprofit and Foundations

 

TIG Website

Co-chair

Les Baxter
The Pew Charitable Trusts
2005 Market St
Philadelphia PA 19103

Tel: 215-575-4750

Email: lbaxter@pewtrusts.org
Web:  http://www.nonprofitandfoundationtig.org

Co-chair

Lorna Escoffery
Escoffery Consulting Collaborative Inc
7310 SW 96 St
Miami FL 33156

Tel: 305-987-8975
Email: lescoffery@stanfordalumni.org
 

Program Co-chair

John B Nash
Open Eye Group
1770 Stanford Ave
Menlo Park CA 94025

Tel: 650-799-6703
Email: john@openeyegroup.com

Program Co-chair

Teri Behrens
WK Kellogg Foundation
One Michigan Ave E

Battle Creek MI 49017-4058

Tel: 269-969-2038

Email: tbehrens@wkkf.org

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Co-chair

Susan Boser
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
112E McElhaney Hall
441 North Walk
Indiana PA 15705

Tel: 724-357-1291
Email: sboser@iup.edu

Co-chair

Jean King
University of Minnesota
330 Wulling Hall
86 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis MN 55455

Tel: 612-626-1614
Email: kingx004@umn.edu

Program Co-chair

Rebecca Gajda
University of Massachusetts
259 Hills South, Infirmary Way
Amherst MA 01003

Tel: 413-545-1751
Email: Rebecca.Gajda@educ.umass.edu

Program Co-chair

Emily Hoole
Center for Creative Leadership
PO Box 26300
Greensboro NC 27438

Tel: 336-286-4442
Email: hoolee@leaders.ccl.org

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

 

Co-chair

James Van Haneghan
College of Education
University of South Alabama
UCOM 3625
Mobile AL 36688

Tel: 251-380-2760

Email: jvanhane@usouthal.edu

 

Co-chair

Jan Noga
Pathfinder Evaluation and Consulting
3417 Observatory Ave
Cincinnati OH 45208

Tel: 513-533-1643
Email: Jan.Noga@stanfordalumni.org

Program Co-chair

Anane Olatunji
Fairfax County Public Schools
7423 Camp Alger Ave
Falls Church VA 22042

Tel: 703-208-7874
Email: AOlatunji@fcps.edu

Program Co-chair

Tom McKlin
Center for Education Integrating Science,
Mathematics & Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta GA 30332

Tel: 404-894-0297
Email: tom.mcklin@ceismc.gatech.edu

Program Co-chair

Linda Channell
Jackson State University
Evaluative Research Capacity Building (ERCB)
College of Education & Human Development
4187 Thomas Rd
Crystal Springs MS 39059

Tel: 601-979-1023

Email drlinda@bellsouth.net

 

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

 

TIG website

 

Chair

 

John A Gargani
Gargani + Company Inc
Number 508
2625 Alcatraz Avenue
Berkeley CA 94705

Tel: 510-291-4226
Email: john@gcoinc.com
 

Program Chair

Katrina Bledsoe
Walter R McDonald and Associates Inc
12300 Twinbrook Parkway Ste 310
Rockville MD 20852-1698

Tel: 301-881-2590 ext 255
Email: kbledsoe@wrma.com

 

Qualitative Methods

Co-chair

Jennifer Jewiss
University of Vermont
Department of Education
499 Waterman Bldg
Burlington VT 05405

 Tel: 802-656-2711
Email: Jennifer.Jewiss@uvm.edu

Co-chair

Leslie Goodyear
Education Development Center
55 Chapel St
Newton MA 02458-1060

Tel: 617-618-2354
Email: lgoodyear@edc.org

Program Co-chair

Eric Barela
Los Angeles Unified School District
333 S Beaudry Ave 21st fl
Los Angeles CA 90017

Tel: 213-241-8287
Email: eric.barela@lausd.net

Program Co-chair

Janet Usinger

University of Nevada Reno

Dept of Educational Leadership MS 283
Reno NV 89557

Tel: 775-682-9083
Email: usingerj@unr.edu

Quantitative Methods:
Theory and Design

Co-chair

Patrick McKnight
George Mason University
Dept of Psychology
MSN 3F5 4400 University Dr
Fairfax VA 22030-4444

Tel: 703-993-8292
Email: pem725@gmail.com

 

Co-chair

George Julnes
Utah State University
Dept of Psychology
2810 Old Main Hill
Logan UT 84322-2810

Tel: 435-797-1633
Email: gjulnes@cc.usu.edu

Program Co-chair

Fred Newman
185 NE 100th St
Miami Shores FL 33138

Tel: 305-348-0426
Email: newmanf@fiu.edu