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
Arts, Culture, & Museums
Marcel Foster (they/them) University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine
Co- Chair
Justin Laing (he/him) Hillombo, LLC
Rachael Jenison (she/her) NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, City Service Corps Member
Assessment in Higher Education
Chad Kee WhitworthKee Consulting
Co-Chair
Amy Bowser University of Pittsburgh
Behavioral Health
Elizabeth Oyer EvalSolutions, Inc.
Svetlana Yampolskaya University of South Florida
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
David Fetterman Fetterman & Associates
Liliana Rodriguez-Campos University of South Florida
Connie Walker-Egea University of South Florida
College Access Programs
Eva Chavez Promesa Boyle Heights
Rebecca Garvoille American Indian College Fund
Community Development
Ivonne Chand O'Neal MUSE Research
Samantha Shaak Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health
Colin Braman MUSE Research
Community Psychology
Jonathan Scaccia Dawn Chorus Group
Co-Chair & Program Chair
Brittany Cook Wandersman Center
Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, & Economics
Brian Yates American University
Nadini Persaud University of the West Indies
Program Co-chair
Ruqayyah Abu-Obaid Western Michigan University
Crime and Justice
Billie-Jo Grant Macmillan Learning / Cal Poly State University
Data Visualization & Reporting
Deven Wisner Viable Insights
Najat Elgeberi University of Nevada, Reno
Jessie Rouder ICF
Shelly Engelman
Democracy & Governance
Laura Adams Pact World
Jerim Obure International Justice Mission (IJM)
Zack Medow Eurasia Foundation
Jeanette Tocol ABAROLI
Design & Analysis of Experiments
Carl Westine University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Keith Zvoch University of Oregon
Stephen Bell NORC at the University of Chicago
Anthony Gambino University of Connecticut
Disabilities & Underrepresented Populations
Caitlyn Bukaty UMass Boston, Institute for Community Inclusion
Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation
Phung Pham Claremont Graduate University
Distance Education & Other Educational Technologies
William Carpenter University of South Florida
Environmental Program Evaluation
Allison Van McMaster University
Rupanwita Gupta Rupu Gupta Consulting
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
LaJoy R. Spears New Mexico State University
Virginia Brown University of Georgia
Feminist Issues in Evaluation
Melissa Chapman
Kathryn A. Sielbeck-Mathes
Kirsten Azeiter
Government Evaluation
Steven Lize Civil Rights Law Firm
Kelly Zimmerman Guidehouse
Graduate Education Diversity Internship
Nnenia Campbell The Bill Anderson Fund
Graduate Students & New Evaluators
Crystal Luce University of Colorado - Denver
Michelle Crosby Independent Consultant
Health Evaluation
Amy Kerr Professional Data Analysts
Jenica Reed Deloitte
Health Professions Education, Evaluation & Research
Patrick Barlow, PhD The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Human Services Evaluation
Mansoor Kazi Fredonia State University of New York
Anna C. Gersh, Ph.D Eastern Michighan University
Independent Consulting
Mindelyn Anderson Mirror Group, LLC
Jessica Pugil Working Partner, LLC
Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation
January O'Connor Raven's Group
Alexandria Jauregui-Dusseau Center for Community Engaged Evaluation in the UAMS Office of Community Health and Research
Melanie Nadeau, PhD, MPH Department of Indigenous Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences University of North Dakota
Integrating Technology into Evaluation
John Baek NOAA
Diamond St. Thomas Facets Consulting
John Michael Bamberger International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
Internal Evaluation
Boris B Volkov University of Minnesota
Danelle Marable Beth Israel Lahey Health
Eva Maria Chavez Promesa Boyle Heights
International & Cross Cultural Evaluation
Christine Bowles Last Mile Health
Sharon Dorcoo Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
LatinX Responsive Evaluation Discourse
Alisha Garcia Flores Enlace Chicago
Leadership & Organizational Performance
Alissa Jones Wilder Research
Abdulsamad Humaidan University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues
Dylan Felt Northwestern University
Alexandra Bauer Sherwood 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
Darla Scott
Christopher Hall University of North Georgia
Needs Assessment
Lisle Hites University of Alabama
Hsin-Ling "Sonya" Hung Virginia Commonwealth University
NonProfit & Foundations
Emily Kalnicky, Ph.D. Partnership for Public Services
Israel Chora The People Concern
Rhonda Williams, Ph.D. Girl Scouts of Northeast 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 USAID Zemitek contractor
PreK-12 Educational Evaluation
George Chitiyo Tennessee Tech University
David Osman Gibson Consulting Group
Jenna LaChenaye The University of Alabama at Birmingham
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 Public Policy Research Institute, 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
Heather Esper The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan
Sara Stalland McGarraugh The Improve Group
Social Network Analysis
Gregory Phillips II Northwestern University
Social Work
Mansoor A. F. Kazi Fredonia State University of New York
Tamarah Moss Bryn Mawr College
Aaron Kates Independent Evaluation Consultant
STEM Education & Training
Tom Withee Goshen Education Consulting
Angelicque Tucker Blackmon Innovative Learning Center
Systems in Evaluation
Kim Norris American Institute for Research
Brittany Demberger CARE USA
Teaching of Evaluation
Kelly McGinn Temple University
Krisanna Machtmes Ohio University
Cindy Shumabn Kansas State University
Seema Mahato Washington University in Saint Louis
Theories of Evaluation
John LaValle University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Jennifer Billman HACC, Central Pennslyvania Community College
Translational Research Evaluation
Elias Samuels University of Michigan
Anna Perry Wake Forest University
University-Based Centers
Jessica Osborne University of Mississippi
Use & Influence of Evaluation
Susan Tucker
Youth Focused Evaluation
Julie Poncelet At the Corner of Learning & Action
Jimmy Frickey Trent University
Lexis Manzara Peer Health Exchange, Inc.