Topical Interest Groups

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.

  • To join a TIG, log on to your AEA account and update your profile with your TIG preferences here.
  • To seek answers to the most frequently asked questions about TIGs click here

Advocacy and Policy Change

Chair

Sarah Stachowiak
ORS Impact

Co-chair

Kat Athanasiades
Center for Evaluation Innovation

Program Chair

Dawn Valentine
Variable Scoop

Arts, Culture, & Museums

Chair

Marcel Foster (they/them)
University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine

Co- Chair

Justin Laing (he/him)
Hillombo, LLC

Program Chair

Rachael Jenison (she/her)
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, City Service Corps Member

Program Co-chair Patti Saraniero  (she/her)
Moxie Research

Assessment in Higher Education

Chair 

Chad Kee
WhitworthKee Consulting

Co-Chair

Amy Bowser
University of Pittsburgh 

Program Chair Fanni Fargo
George Mason University
Webmaster Matt Feldmann
Goshen Education Consulting Inc.

Behavioral Health

Chair 

Elizabeth Oyer
EvalSolutions, Inc. 

Co-Chair 

Svetlana Yampolskaya
University of South Florida

Program Chair

Elizabeth Evans
Central Michigan University

Program Co-Chair

Shannon Campbell
Comagine Health

Cluster, Multi-site & Multi-level Evaluation

Chair & Program Chair

Jenica Reed
Deloitte Consulting

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Chair 

David Fetterman
Fetterman & Associates

Co-chair 

Liliana Rodriguez-Campos
University of South Florida

Program Chair

Connie Walker-Egea
University of South Florida

Program Co-chair Michael Mitchell
Florida Southwestern State College

College Access Programs

Chair 

Eva Chavez
Promesa Boyle Heights

Co-chair

Rebecca Garvoille
American Indian College Fund

Program Chair Nadav Atik
Matriculate

Community Development

Chair

Ivonne Chand O'Neal
MUSE Research

Co-Chair 

Samantha Shaak
Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health

Program Chair

Colin Braman
MUSE Research

Community Psychology

Chair

Jonathan Scaccia
Dawn Chorus Group

Co-Chair & Program Chair

Brittany Cook
Wandersman Center

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, & Economics

Chair

Brian Yates
American University

Program Chair

Nadini Persaud
University of the West Indies

Program Co-chair

Ruqayyah Abu-Obaid
Western Michigan University

Crime and Justice

Chair & Program Chair

Billie-Jo Grant
Macmillan Learning / Cal Poly State University

Data Visualization & Reporting

Chair

Deven Wisner
Viable Insights

Co-chair

Najat Elgeberi
University of Nevada, Reno

Program Chair

Jessie Rouder
ICF

Program Co-Chair

Shelly Engelman
 

Democracy & Governance

Chair

Laura Adams
Pact World

Co-chair

Jerim Obure
International Justice Mission (IJM)

Program Chair

Zack Medow
Eurasia Foundation

Program Co-Chair

Jeanette Tocol
ABAROLI

Design & Analysis of Experiments

Chair

Carl Westine
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Co-Chair 

Keith Zvoch
University of Oregon

Program Chair

Stephen Bell
NORC at the University of Chicago

Program Co-chair

Anthony Gambino
University of Connecticut

Disabilities & Underrepresented Populations

Chair

Caitlyn Bukaty
UMass Boston, Institute for Community Inclusion

Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation


Chair & Program Chair

Phung Pham
Claremont Graduate University

Co-chair & Program Co-chair Catherine Denial
Dartmouth College

Distance Education & Other Educational Technologies

Chair & Program Chair

William Carpenter 
University of South Florida

Environmental Program Evaluation

Chair

Allison Van
McMaster University

Program Chair

Rupanwita Gupta
Rupu Gupta Consulting

Program Co-Chair

Greta Landis
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Evaluation Managers & Supervisors

Chair

Nicolle Dally
Deloitte

Co-Chair

Beryl Otumfuor
Atlanta Speech School

Program Chair

Cindy Shuman, Ph.D.
Research and External Funding

Evaluation Policy

Chair

Leslie Fierro
McGill University - Max Bell School of Public Policy

Co-chair

Alana Kinarsky
UCLA School of Education

Program Chair

Esther Nolton
Patient-Centered Outcomes Institute

Extension Education Evaluation

Chair

LaJoy R. Spears
New Mexico State University

Program Chair

Virginia Brown
University of Georgia

Feminist Issues in Evaluation

Chair

Melissa Chapman

Co-chair

Kathryn A. Sielbeck-Mathes

Program Chair

Kirsten Azeiter

Government Evaluation

Chair

Steven Lize
Civil Rights Law Firm

Program Chair Paul Lagunes
Guidehouse

Program Co-chair

Kelly Zimmerman
Guidehouse

Graduate Education Diversity Internship

Chair & Program Chair

Nnenia Campbell
The Bill Anderson Fund

Graduate Students & New Evaluators

Chair & Program Chair

Crystal Luce
University of Colorado - Denver

Co-Chair 

Michelle Crosby
Independent Consultant

Program Co-Chair Christine Liboon
UCLA

Health Evaluation

Chair

Amy Kerr
Professional Data Analysts

Program Chair

Jenica Reed
Deloitte

Program Co-Chair Karen Kun
CDC

Health Professions Education, Evaluation & Research

Chair

Patrick Barlow, PhD
The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Human Services Evaluation

Chair & Program Chair

Mansoor Kazi
Fredonia State University of New York

Co-chair

Anna C. Gersh, Ph.D
Eastern Michighan University

Independent Consulting

Chair

Mindelyn Anderson
Mirror Group, LLC

Program Chair

Jessica Pugil
Working Partner, LLC

Program Co-Chair Nathan Browning
Kiaer Research

Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation

Chair

January O'Connor
Raven's Group

Program Chair

Alexandria Jauregui-Dusseau
Center for Community Engaged Evaluation in the UAMS Office of Community Health and Research

Program Co-Chair

Melanie Nadeau, PhD, MPH
Department of Indigenous Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences University of North Dakota

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

Chair

John Baek
NOAA

Co-chair

Diamond St. Thomas
Facets Consulting

Program Chair

John Michael Bamberger
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation

Internal Evaluation

Chair

Boris B Volkov
University of Minnesota

Program Chair

Danelle Marable
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Program Co-Chair

Eva Maria Chavez
Promesa Boyle Heights

International & Cross Cultural Evaluation

Chair

Christine Bowles
Last Mile Health

Program Chair Alysson Oakley
Pact

Program Co-Chair

Sharon Dorcoo
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

LatinX Responsive Evaluation Discourse

Chair 

Alisha Garcia Flores
Enlace Chicago

Leadership & Organizational Performance

Chair

Alissa Jones
Wilder Research

Co- Chair Theodore Theoharis
BronxWorks

Program Chair

Abdulsamad Humaidan
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Program Co-Chair

Eva Maria Chavez
Promesa Boyle Heights

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues

Chair

Dylan Felt
Northwestern University

Co-chair

Alexandra Bauer
Sherwood Foundation

Program Chair Esrea Perez-Bill
Northwestern University
Program Co-chair Amy Lippincott
TCC Group

Military & Veterans

Chair

Rhodri Dierst-Davies 
Deloitte Consulting

Program Chair

Matthew Beymer 
General Dynamics Information Technology

Mixed Methods Evaluation

Chair

Jenna LaChenaye, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Program Chair

Jennifer Ridgeway, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic

Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation

Chair

Darla Scott

Co-chair

Christopher Hall
University of North Georgia

Needs Assessment

Chair 

Lisle Hites
University of Alabama 

Program Chair Maurya West Meiers
World Bank

Program Co-chair

Hsin-Ling "Sonya" Hung
Virginia Commonwealth University

NonProfit & Foundations

Chair

Emily Kalnicky, Ph.D.
Partnership for Public Services

Co-chair

Israel Chora
The People Concern

Program Chair

Eva Chavez
Promesa Boyle Heights

Program Co-chair

Rhonda Williams, Ph.D.
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas

Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building

Chair

Cheryl Endres
Kaleidoscope Evaluation, LLC

Co-chair

Marcela Gutierrez
Gutierrez Consulting Partnerships, LLC

Program Chair

Ann Marie Castleman
Claremont Graduate University 

Program Co-Chair

Maria Selde
USAID Zemitek contractor

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Chair

George Chitiyo
Tennessee Tech University

Co-Chair

David Osman
Gibson Consulting Group

Program Chair

Jenna LaChenaye
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Program Co-Chair Kinsey Simone
Tennessee Tech University

Program Design

Co-chair

Asma Ali
AA & Associates, LLC

Program Chair

Catherine Nameth 
DGSOM at UCLA

Program Theory & Theory-Driven Evaluation

Chair Stewart Donaldson
Claremont Graduate University

Program Chair

Charles Gasper
TCC Group

Qualitative Methods

Chair

Nandita Chaudhuri
Public Policy Research Institute, Texas A&M University

Quantitative Methods: Theory & Design

Chair

Antonio Olmos
Aurora Research Institute

Co-chair

Vajeera Dorabawila
NYS Depart of Health

Program Chair

Karen H. Larwin
Youngstown State University 

Program Co-Chair

Haiyan Bai
University of Central Florida

Research on Evaluation

Chair

Esther Nolton
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Program Chair

Rebecca M. Teasdale
University of Illinois at Chicago

Program Co-chair

Rachael Kenney
Veterans Health Administration

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Chair

Robin M. Wagner
National Institutes of Health

Co-chair

Joshua Schnell
Clarivate

Program Chair

Gavin Reddick
ResearchFish

Program Co-chair

Di Cross
National Institutes of Health

Social Impact Measurement

Chair

Heather Esper
The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Program Chair

Sara Stalland McGarraugh
The Improve Group

Social Network Analysis

Chair & Program Chair

Gregory Phillips II 
Northwestern University 

Social Work

Chair

Mansoor A. F. Kazi
Fredonia State University of New York

Program Chair

Tamarah Moss
Bryn Mawr College

Program Co-Chair

Aaron Kates
Independent Evaluation Consultant

STEM Education & Training 

Chair

Tom Withee
Goshen Education Consulting

Co-chair Melissa Demetrikopoulos
Institute of Biomedical Philosophy

Program Chair

Angelicque Tucker Blackmon
Innovative Learning Center

Program Co-Chair Asia Williams
National Science Foundation

Systems in Evaluation

Chair

Kim Norris
American Institute for Research

 Co-Chair

Brittany Demberger
CARE USA

Program Chair Tze-Chang Liu
National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Program Co-chair Pragati Godbole
EnCompass LLC

Teaching of Evaluation

Chair

Kelly McGinn
Temple University

Co-Chair

Krisanna Machtmes
Ohio University

Program Chair 

Cindy Shumabn
Kansas State University

Program Co-Chair

Seema Mahato
Washington University in Saint Louis

Theories of Evaluation

Chair

John LaValle
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Program Chair

Jennifer Billman
HACC, Central Pennslyvania Community College

Translational Research Evaluation

Chair

Elias Samuels
University of Michigan

Program Chair

Anna Perry
Wake Forest University

University-Based Centers

Chair 

Jessica Osborne
University of Mississippi

Program Chair Bradley Watts
University of Western Michigan
Program Co-Chair Laran Despain
University of Wyoming

Use & Influence of Evaluation

Chair

Susan Tucker

Youth Focused Evaluation

Chair

Julie Poncelet
At the Corner of Learning & Action

Program Chair

Jimmy Frickey
Trent University

Program Co-chair

Lexis Manzara
Peer Health Exchange, Inc.

 

 

 

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