| Session Title: Fourth Annual Asa G. Hilliard III Think Tank on Language and Evaluation |
| Think Tank Session 838 to be held in Palos Verdes B on Saturday, Nov 5, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM |
| Sponsored by the Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Jenny Jones, Virginia Commonwealth University, jljones2@vcu.edu |
| Discussant(s): |
| Itihari Toure, The Jegna Collective, itiharit@gmail.com |
| Cindy A Crusto, Yale University, cindy.crusto@yale.edu |
| Derrick Gervin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dgervin@cdc.gov |
| 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 explore language as the context for understanding how values show up in evaluation methodologies, theories and analyses. We will then work in small groups to discuss how evaluators incorporate values in their work and consider strategies to aid in maximizing the use of words and language in evaluation practice. 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 values and valuing in evaluation, as well as, how they relate to the AEA cultural competency statement. |