| Session Title: Exploring the Multiple Roles of Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluators |
| Think Tank Session 324 to be held in Lone Star C on Thursday, Nov 11, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM |
| Sponsored by the Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| David Fetterman, Fetterman & Associates, fettermanassociates@gmail.com |
| Discussant(s): |
| Abraham Wandersman, University of South Carolina, wandersman@sc.edu |
| Liliana Rodriguez-Campos, University of South Florida, liliana@usf.edu |
| Lyn Shulha, Queen's University at Kingston, lyn.shulha@queensu.ca |
| Rita O'Sullivan, University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill, ritao@email.unc.edu |
| Abstract: This will be a participant focused, interactive session. Members of the audience will be asked to work together and list the multiple roles of collaborative, participatory and empowerment evaluators on poster paper. They will also note strengths and weaknesses associated with these roles. Leaders in the group will be asked to report back a summary of their insights and reflections. A panel of experts in the field will respond to the lists and add their reflections concerning the lists. Panel experts will include: Collaborative Evaluators Rita O'Sullivan and Liliana Rodriguez-Campos; Participatory Evaluator Lyn Shulha, and Empowerment Evaluators David Fetterman and Abraham Wandersman. |