Topical Interest Groups (TIGs) are subgroups of the association comprised of members with common interests. TIGs may be formed around methodologies such as Needs Assessment, around work contexts such as Government Evaluation, around salient concerns such as Feminist Issues, or around professional status such as Independent Consultants. AEA currently supports 60+ TIGs in their pursuit of evaluation best practices within their topic area.
AEA members who are actively involved in TIGs receive greater value out of their membership. The TIG community is valuable way to remain connected to a topic, specialty, or methodology while working independently to improve programs. In addition, TIGs help the AEA education team build the Evaluation Conference schedule, giving TIGs real influence in the teaching of evaluation.
Although there is no limit of how many TIGs you can join, we recommend you limit your membership to five in order to maintain appropriate involvement.
Advocacy and Policy Change
Chair
Sarah Stachowiak ORS Impact
Co-chair
Kat Athanasiades Center for Evaluation Innovation
Program Chair
Dawn Valentine Variable Scoop
Program Co-chair
Rhonda Schlangen Rhonda Schlangen Consulting, LLC
Arts, Culture, & Museums
Jeremy Foutz STEAM Workgroup
Marcel Foster Self
Assessment in Higher Education
Chad Kee WhitworthKee Consulting
Co-Chair
Amy Bowser University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Behavioral Health
Elizabeth Oyer EvalSolutions, Inc.
Svetlana Yampolskaya University of South Florida
Kathleen Ferreira C4 Innovations
Program Co-Chair
Shannon Campbell Comagine Health
Cluster, Multi-site & Multi-level Evaluation
Jenica Reed Deloitte
Emily Barkin Deloitte
Cagney Stigger Deloitte
Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation
David Fetterman Fetterman Associates
Co-chair & Program Chair
Liliana Rodriguez-Campos University of South Florida
Connie Walker-Egea University of South Florida
College Access Programs
Chair & Program Chair
Joaquina Scott Kankam Prairie View A & M University
Community Development
Ivonne Chand O'Neal MUSE Research
Samantha Shaak Community Innovation & Evaluation Department of Community Health Lehigh Valley Health Network
Colin Braman MUSE Research
Community Psychology
Brittany Cook The Wandersman Center
Jonathan Scaccia Dawn Chorus Group
Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, & Economics
Brian Yates American University
Nadini Persaud University of the West Indies
Ruqayyah Abu-Obaid Western Michigan University
Crime and Justice
Billie-Jo Grant Macmillan Learning / Cal Poly State University
Data Visualization & Reporting
Jennifer Nulty Pivot Data Design
Deven Wisner Viable Insights
Jessica Weitzel Via Evaluation
Jessie Rouder ICF
Democracy & Governance
Lauren Serpe Pact
Marian Ware International Republican Institute
Laura Adams Pact
Jerim Obure International Justice Mission
Design & Analysis of Experiments
M. H. Clark University of Central Florida
Carl Westine University of North Carolina at Charolotte
Anthony Gambino University of Connecticut
Disabilities & Underrepresented Populations
June Gothberg Cornell University
Caitlyn Bukaty University of Central Florida
Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation
Phung Pham Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Claremont Graduate University
Catherine Denial American University
Distance Education & Other Educational Technologies
William Carpenter University of South Florida
Environmental Program Evaluation
Allison Van McMaster University
Rupu Gupta Independent Researcher
Greta Landis University of Wisconsin-Madison
Evaluation Managers & Supervisors
Nicolle Dally Deloitte
Beryl Otumfuor Atlanta Speech School
Cindy Shuman, Ph.D. Research and External Funding
Evaluation Policy
Leslie Fierro McGill University - Max Bell School of Public Policy
Alana Kinarsky UCLA School of Education
Esther Nolton Patient-Centered Outcomes Institute
Extension Education Evaluation
Omolola (Lola) Adedokun
LaJoy Spears
Feminist Issues in Evaluation
Kirsten Zeiter EnCompass, LLC
Elyse McCall-Thomas Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada
Melissa Chapman Haynes Professional Data Analysts, GBC
Government Evaluation
Christopher Voegeli Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mary Roach Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Graduate Education Diversity Internship
Nnenia Campbell University of Colorado Boulder
Graduate Students & New Evaluators
Maddison Staszkiewicz CareFirst
Co-Chair & Program Chair
Michelle Crosby Independent Consultant
Health Evaluation
Jenica Huddleston Reed Deloitte Consulting
Jillian Papa Action for Healthy Kids
Health Professions Education, Evaluation & Research
Anne Vo, PhD Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine
Program chair
Patrick Barlow, PhD The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Human Services Evaluation
Mansoor Kazi Fredonia State University of New York
Yeongbin Kim Fredonia State University of New York
Independent Consulting
Lisa Kaczmarcyk Lisa Kaczmarczyk PhD Consulting, LLC
Mindelyn Anderson Mirror Group
Matteah Spencer Reppart Proponents, LLC
Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation
Elizabeth Taylor-Schiro University of Minnesota; Bowman Performance Consulting
Alexandria Jauregui-Dusseau University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Community Health & Research
Aneta Cram Victoria University of Wellington
Integrating Technology into Evaluation
John Baek NOAA
Kecia Bertermann Luminate
John Michael Bamberger International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
Internal Evaluation
Boris B Volkov University of Minnesota
Dana McCurdy Wikimedia Foundation
Danelle Marable Massachusetts General Hospital
Rachel Sier Capital Partners for Education
International & Cross Cultural Evaluation
Lisa Frantzen TCC Group
Alysson Oakley Pact
LatinX Responsive Evaluation Discourse
Susana Morales Leap Solutions
Alisha Garcia Flores Enlace Chicago
Leadership & Organizational Performance
Alissa Jones University of Minnesota
Sue Ann Sarpy Sarpy & Associates, LLC
Abdulsamad Humaidan Southern Illinois University
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues
Gregory Phillips II Northwestern University
Rory Neuner Barr Foundation
Military & Veterans
Rhodri Dierst-Davies Deloitte Consulting
Matthew Beymer General Dynamics Information Technology
Mixed Methods Evaluation
Jenna LaChenaye, Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jennifer Ridgeway, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic
Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation
Monique Liston Ubuntu Research and Evaluation
Christopher Hall University of North Georgia
Needs Assessment
Lisle Hites University of Alabama
Hsin-Ling (Sonya) Hung VCU Center on Health Disparities
Maurya West Meiers World Bank
NonProfit & Foundations
John Byrnes Community Services Analysis, LLC
Emily Kalnicky, Ph.D. Partnership for Public Services
Loraine Park ECMC Foundation
Rhonda Williams, Ph.D. Community Foundation of Texas
Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
Cheryl Endres Kaleidoscope Evaluation, LLC
Marcela Gutierrez Gutierrez Consulting Partnerships, LLC
Ann Marie Castleman Claremont Graduate University
Maria Selde Guidehouse
PreK-12 Educational Evaluation
Lisa Jones McREL International
George Chitiyo Tennessee Tech University
David Osman Gibson Consulting Group
Program Design
Asma Ali AA & Associates, LLC
Catherine Nameth DGSOM at UCLA
Program Theory & Theory-Driven Evaluation
Charles Gasper TCC Group
Qualitative Methods
Nandita Chaudhuri Texas A & M University
Quantitative Methods: Theory & Design
Antonio Olmos Aurora Research Institute
Vajeera Dorabawila NYS Depart of Health
Karen H. Larwin Youngstown State University
Haiyan Bai University of Central Florida
Research on Evaluation
Esther Nolton Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Rebecca M. Teasdale University of Illinois at Chicago
Rachael Kenney Veterans Health Administration
Research, Technology & Development Evaluation
Robin M. Wagner National Institutes of Health
Joshua Schnell Clarivate
Gavin Reddick ResearchFish
Di Cross National Institutes of Health
Social Impact Measurement
Courtney Bolinson Independent Consultant
Heather Esper William Davidson Institute
Social Network Analysis
Abhik Roy West Virginia University
Anil Kumar Chaudhary Penn State University
Bruce Haupt University of Kentucky
Social Work
Mansoor A. F. Kazi Fredonia State University of New York
Tamarah Moss Bryn Mawr College
Aaron Kates Grand Valley State University
STEM Education & Training
Cherie Avent University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Angelicque Tucker Blackmon Innovative Learning Center
Systems in Evaluation
Kim Norris American Institute for Research
Pragati Godbole EnCompass
Teaching of Evaluation
Aileen Reid, PhD University of North Carolina Greensboro
Tiffany Smith, PhD University of North Carolina Greensboro
Jill Lohmeier UMass Lowell
Kelly McGinn Temple University
Theories of Evaluation
John LaValle University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Jennifer Billman HACC, Central Pennslyvania Community College
Translational Research Evaluation
Kristianna Pettibone NIEHS
Sue Giancola University of Delaware
University-Based Centers
Samuel Robison Louisiana State University
Sarah Mason University of Mississippi
Use & Influence of Evaluation
Ravneet Tiwana San Jose State University
Juna Snow InnovatEd Consulting, LLC.
Youth Focused Evaluation
Julie Poncelet Julie Poncelet Consulting, LLC
Jimmy Frickey Trent University
Nick Petten Petten Consulting