| Session Title: Third Annual Asa G. Hilliard III Think Tank on Culture and Evaluation |
| Think Tank Session 211 to be held in BOWIE B on Thursday, Nov 11, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM |
| Sponsored by the Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Cindy A Crusto, Yale University, cindy.crusto@yale.edu |
| Discussant(s): |
| Julie Nielsen, NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center Inc, niels048@umn.edu |
| Katherine A Tibbetts, Kamehameha Schools, katibbet@ksbe.edu |
| Joanne Farley, Human Development Institute, joanne.farley@uky.edu |
| Abstract: This annual session recognizes the important and relevant contributions of Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III, an African American professor of educational psychology and African history, to the field of evaluation generally, and to culturally competent and responsive evaluation specifically. We will first provide a brief overview of Dr. Hilliard's lifeworks and second will describe an evaluation that elevated and exemplified his understanding of the importance of “carrying oneself with a deep historical consciousness” and understanding of cultural values and socialization. We will then work in small groups to analyze evaluation scenarios to explore how Afrocentric approaches to research and evaluation (truth, commitment, justice, community, and harmony) might guide evaluation from the beginning to end of the process. Finally, we will reconvene as a large group for a facilitated discussion to translate the learning derived across all of the small groups to explore how these constructs impact evaluation quality in theory and practice. |