Strategic Evaluation with Kathleen Doll

This week I am joined by Kathleen Doll, who recently completed her PhD at Claremont Graduate University. We discuss her dissertation on strategic planning in evaluation design.

Topics Covered:

• Why did Kathleen choose to get a PhD in evaluation at Claremont Graduate University? (02:12)
• How did Kathleen get to her dissertation topic of strategic evaluation? (05:09)
• Dissertation design (07:56)
• What is strategic evaluation planning? (09:25)
• Results! What are the benefits of strategic evaluation planning? (10:44)
• Who should be doing strategic evaluation planning? (16:22)
• How does strategic evaluation planning align with developmental evaluation? (19:20)
• How does this work with funders? (21:47)
• How Kathleen’s work has been impacted by Covid-19 (23:34)
• Topics in evaluation giving Kathleen life: trauma-informed evaluation, research on evaluation working group, and working on an NDE volume (27:30)
• What’s next for Kathleen after the PhD (35:52)

Resources mentioned:

• Kathleen's dissertation handout on Strategic Evaluation
• Martha Brown’s eStudy on Trauma Informed Evaluation
• J. Bradley Cousins’ webinar on Getting RoE Published

Contact:

• Kathleen Doll: LinkedIn & [email protected]
• EvaluLand: Website & Twitter (@EvaluLand)

About Kathleen:

Kathleen recently completed her PhD in Evaluation and Applied Research Methods at Claremont Graduate University in Southern California. She is passionate about democratic approaches to evaluation, mixed methodologies, infusing strategic planning into evaluation design, and building evaluation capacity. Kathleen is an enthusiastic member of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) and serves as the Research on Evaluation (RoE) Program Co-Chair. When Kathleen is not dabbling in the wonderful world of evaluation, she enjoys outdoorsy adventures in her majestic homeland of Colorado, experimenting in the kitchen, and long-distance running.

Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/