Dana Linnell
Host of EvaluLand
Dana Linnell, PhD is an assistant professor of psychology in evaluation at University of Wisconsin-Stout. She is also an evaluation consultant, specializing in programs serving children and youth. She holds a Master's degree in Positive Developmental Psychology and a PhD in Evaluation and Applied Research Methods from Claremont Graduate University. Her research interests involve program evaluation, evaluator education, and research on evaluation.
Dana Linnell has hosted 48 Episodes.
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47: Jennifer Villalobos
March 25th, 2025 | 56 mins 18 secs
evaluation, evaluation career, evaluator education, scholar-practitioner
In this week’s episode, I talk with Dr. Jennifer Villalobos about evaluator education, the scholar-practitioner model, evaluation careers, and how the current administration is affecting evaluation.
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46: Reflections on Foundations of Evaluation
February 25th, 2025 | 50 mins 27 secs
evaluation, evaluator education, foundations of evaluation, teaching evaluation
I share my reflections on teaching Foundations of Evaluation after a major course revision, including how it's been going for the first four weeks.
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45: Sheila Robinson and Kim Leonard
May 28th, 2024 | 1 hr 2 mins
blogging, book, evaluation, publishing, survey
This episode featured Kim Leonard and Sheila Robinson discussing their careers in evaluation and survey design. They shared how they met on Twitter in 2012 and began collaborating, writing blog posts that eventually became their book "Designing Quality Survey Questions." Sheila and Kim discussed their process for writing the book, starting with blog content and building it out over several years into a full manuscript. They also covered common issues they see in surveys and tips for developing effective survey questions.
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44: Brittany Dernberger
April 23rd, 2024 | 50 mins 35 secs
evaluation
This month I chat with Brittany Dernberger about her evaluation background and practice.
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43: Allison Prieur
March 26th, 2024 | 50 mins 6 secs
evaluation
This month I talk with Allison Prieur about her experiences as a graduate student in evaluation and running a business.
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42: Making ECB sticky with Corey Newhouse and Jessica Manta Meyer
June 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 12 mins
capacity building, evaluation, evaluation capacity building, nonprofit evaluation
In this episode, I chat with Corey Newhouse and Jessica Manta Meyer, both from Public Profit, about how to make evaluation capacity building sticky for the organizations we work with.
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41: Theory-based approaches for navigating complexity with Michael Moses
May 23rd, 2023 | 55 mins 10 secs
complexity, evaluation, learning strategies, theory-based approaches
In this episode, I chat with Michael Moses about theory-based approaches for navigating complexity, adaptive management, participatory strategy, and actions to shift power.
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40: Community-based participatory research with Dr. Tatiana Bustos
February 7th, 2023 | 34 mins 45 secs
cbpr, community-based participatory research, evaluation
In this episode, I chat with Dr. Tatiana Elisa Bustos on community-based participatory research (CBPR). We talked about what it is, how it compares to research and other similar forms of inquiry, and how to get started doing CBPR.
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39: #Eval22 Conference Preview
November 1st, 2022 | 15 mins 6 secs
american evaluation association, conference, eval22, evaluation
In this episode, I provide a brief overview of the #Eval22 conference, describe the schedule at a glance, and provide tips for getting the most out of the conference. I hope to see you in New Orleans! Say hi to me at the conference to get an EvaluLand nametag ribbon.
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38: Subcontracting with Dr. Tamara Hamai
September 6th, 2022 | 52 mins 16 secs
contracting, evaluation, independent consulting, subcontracting
I talked with Dr. Tamara Hamai of Hamai Consulting about contracting, subcontracting, and independent consulting in evaluation. We discussed the minor differences between contracting and subcontracting, cleared up a common misconception of what subcontracting relationships are like, how to get into subcontracting, and tips for setting up contracts.
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37: Strategic Planning with Carrie Tanasichuk and Harry Daley
August 2nd, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
evaluation, nonprofit, strategic planning, theory of change
This episode I chatted with Carrie Tanasichuk and Harry Daley about how they have been using theories of change as your main process for facilitating strategic planning with non-profits.
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36: Evaluation Job Market with Bradlie Nabours
July 5th, 2022 | 54 mins 19 secs
career, evaluation, interviewing, job market, networking
This episode I chatted with Bradlie Nabours about how he got into the field of evaluation and his experience applying for evaluation jobs. He also talks about his evaluation experience and provides great tips on applying for jobs in the evaluation space.
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35: International Evaluation with Dr. Tristi Nichols
June 7th, 2022 | 57 mins 6 secs
dac, evaluation, international, international evaluation, oecd
On this episode, I’m chatting with Dr. Tristi Nichols about her work conducting international evaluation and her journey into the international and evaluation spaces.
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34: Evaluation Job Market with Dr. Ayesha Boyce
May 3rd, 2022 | 59 mins 51 secs
career, evaluation, interview, job market, networking
On this episode, I’m chatting with Dr. Ayesha Boyce about the evaluation job market. Ayesha provides a ton of great insights and information about how to search for jobs, what to consider when looking for jobs, and tips for being a strong job candidate.
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33: Worker Training Evaluation with Dr. Eric Persaud
April 12th, 2022 | 49 mins 27 secs
disaster and emergency management evaluation, evaluation, niehs, nih
On this episode, I’m chatting with Eric Persaud about evaluation at the National Institutes of Health, including his work in the Worker Training Program at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. We also talked about his dissertation, how he got into the field of evaluation, and his experiences in conducting evaluation in general.
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32: Systemic Design Thinking with Jan Noga
March 8th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
evaluation, systemic design thinking, systems approaches, systems thinking
in this episode, I chat with Jan Noga about systemic design thinking in evaluation.