web01.fireside.fm Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:24:35 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) EvaluLand - Episodes Tagged with “Evaluator Education” https://evaluland.fireside.fm/tags/evaluator%20education Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0500 This podcast discusses the landscape of evaluation. Each episode will feature a guest in or around evaluation to discuss something evaluation-related. Email me at podcast@danalinnell.com if you have any feedback or questions about the podcast. en-us episodic The Landscape of Evaluation Dana Linnell This podcast discusses the landscape of evaluation. Each episode will feature a guest in or around evaluation to discuss something evaluation-related. Email me at podcast@danalinnell.com if you have any feedback or questions about the podcast. no evaluation Dana Linnell podcast@danalinnell.com 47: Jennifer Villalobos https://evaluland.fireside.fm/47 ec1c4636-71ca-4b35-a235-4c2087892ac2 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0500 Dana Linnell full Dana Linnell 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. 56:18 no 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. Contact information: Jennifer P. Villalobos - jennifer.villalobos@cgu.edu About Dr. Jennifer Villalobos: Jennifer P. Villalobos, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of the Doctor of Evaluation Practice (D.Eval) program at Claremont Graduate University. As an evaluator, scholar-practitioner, and organizational psychologist, her work focuses on advancing socially responsive evaluation, helping organizations increase their DEI profile, positive psychological interventions, and the intersection of evaluation education and practice. Outside of work, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her husband and three kids, cheering them on in their many sports and theatrical events. She’s also a firm believer in the power of community—whether that means mentoring students, collaborating with peers, or just gathering people around good food and conversation. Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/ evaluation, evaluator education, scholar-practitioner, evaluation career 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.

Contact information: Jennifer P. Villalobos - jennifer.villalobos@cgu.edu

About Dr. Jennifer Villalobos: Jennifer P. Villalobos, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of the Doctor of Evaluation Practice (D.Eval) program at Claremont Graduate University. As an evaluator, scholar-practitioner, and organizational psychologist, her work focuses on advancing socially responsive evaluation, helping organizations increase their DEI profile, positive psychological interventions, and the intersection of evaluation education and practice. Outside of work, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her husband and three kids, cheering them on in their many sports and theatrical events. She’s also a firm believer in the power of community—whether that means mentoring students, collaborating with peers, or just gathering people around good food and conversation.

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

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Contact information: Jennifer P. Villalobos - jennifer.villalobos@cgu.edu

About Dr. Jennifer Villalobos: Jennifer P. Villalobos, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of the Doctor of Evaluation Practice (D.Eval) program at Claremont Graduate University. As an evaluator, scholar-practitioner, and organizational psychologist, her work focuses on advancing socially responsive evaluation, helping organizations increase their DEI profile, positive psychological interventions, and the intersection of evaluation education and practice. Outside of work, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her husband and three kids, cheering them on in their many sports and theatrical events. She’s also a firm believer in the power of community—whether that means mentoring students, collaborating with peers, or just gathering people around good food and conversation.

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

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]]> 46: Reflections on Foundations of Evaluation https://evaluland.fireside.fm/46 c1bc78b7-75a8-4764-ba4b-8ad39206f655 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 07:00:00 -0600 Dana Linnell full Dana Linnell 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. 50:27 no 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. Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/ evaluation, foundations of evaluation, evaluator education, 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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]]> 3: Evaluation Education and Data Cleaning with Jennifer Ann Morrow https://evaluland.fireside.fm/3 b58c7910-8f20-456c-bfca-89b2a7396897 Tue, 07 Jul 2020 07:00:00 -0500 Dana Linnell full Dana Linnell This week I am joined by Dr. Jennifer Ann Morrow, the program coordinator of the Evaluation Statistics and Measurement doctoral program at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. We talked about teaching evaluation and data cleaning in evaluation. 55:25 no This week I am joined by Dr. Jennifer Ann Morrow, the program coordinator of the Evaluation Statistics and Measurement doctoral program (https://epc.utk.edu/evaluation-statistics-measurement/) (soon to be named "Evaluation Statistics and Methodology) at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. We talked about teaching evaluation and data cleaning in evaluation. Topics Covered: Jennifer’s background, philosophy, and experience in teaching evaluation (01:58) Our favorite evaluation activities: evaluating cookies, one-pages on hot topics and people in evaluation, evaluation failures, self-reflection journals, practical experience outside of class (11:33) Personal professional development in data visualization and R (32:00) What’s giving Jennifer life in evaluation right now (38:40) Data cleaning book proposal by Jennifer and Gary Skolits (44:13) What’s next for Jennifer (50:55) Resources mentioned: Preskill & Russ-Eft (2015) Building Evaluation Capacity: Activities for Teaching and Training (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/building-evaluation-capacity/book241833) Wanzer (2020) What is evaluation paper (preprint) (https://osf.io/c9pf7/) Hutchinson (2018) Evaluation Failures: 22 Tales of Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/evaluation-failures/book260109) Jennifer’s student’s blog on user experience for Ann K. Emery (https://depictdatastudio.com/three-takeaways-from-the-user-experience-ux-field-to-up-your-data-viz-game/) Great Graphs with Ann K. Emery](https://depictdatastudio.com/) R for the Rest of Us with David Keyes](https://rfortherestofus.com/) Amy Cesal Play-Doh data visualization activity (https://www.amycesal.com/day-doh-viz-all) Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead’s research on what ought to be included in the curriculum for master’s and doctoral eval programs (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337032339_Evaluator_education_curriculum_What_ought_to_be_taught_in_master's_and_doctoral_programs) Jennifer’s handout on the 12 steps to data cleaning](http://comm.eval.org/qual/viewdocument/cbd146-a-brief-intr-1) Contact: Jennifer Ann Morrow: @evaluationdiva on Twitter (https://twitter.com/evaluationdiva) and jamorrow@utk.edu EvaluLand: Website (https://evaluland.fireside.fm/) & Twitter (@EvaluLand (https://twitter.com/evaluland)) About Jennifer: Dr. Jennifer Ann Morrow is currently the program coordinator of the Evaluation Statistics and Measurement doctoral program at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Her main areas of research are higher education assessment and evaluation and effective strategies for teaching methodology. She has been teaching evaluation and methodology courses for the past 22 years. She is passionate about evaluation and assessment and regularly tweets on these topics (@evaluationdiva). In her spare time she loves to travel and explore the beautiful towns and mountains of Tennessee. Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/ evaluation, teaching evaluation, evaluator education, data cleaning This week I am joined by Dr. Jennifer Ann Morrow, the program coordinator of the Evaluation Statistics and Measurement doctoral program (soon to be named "Evaluation Statistics and Methodology) at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. We talked about teaching evaluation and data cleaning in evaluation.

Topics Covered:

  • Jennifer’s background, philosophy, and experience in teaching evaluation (01:58)
  • Our favorite evaluation activities: evaluating cookies, one-pages on hot topics and people in evaluation, evaluation failures, self-reflection journals, practical experience outside of class (11:33)
  • Personal professional development in data visualization and R (32:00)
  • What’s giving Jennifer life in evaluation right now (38:40)
  • Data cleaning book proposal by Jennifer and Gary Skolits (44:13)
  • What’s next for Jennifer (50:55)

Resources mentioned:

Contact:

About Jennifer:

Dr. Jennifer Ann Morrow is currently the program coordinator of the Evaluation Statistics and Measurement doctoral program at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Her main areas of research are higher education assessment and evaluation and effective strategies for teaching methodology. She has been teaching evaluation and methodology courses for the past 22 years. She is passionate about evaluation and assessment and regularly tweets on these topics (@evaluationdiva). In her spare time she loves to travel and explore the beautiful towns and mountains of Tennessee.

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

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]]> This week I am joined by Dr. Jennifer Ann Morrow, the program coordinator of the Evaluation Statistics and Measurement doctoral program (soon to be named "Evaluation Statistics and Methodology) at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. We talked about teaching evaluation and data cleaning in evaluation.

Topics Covered:

  • Jennifer’s background, philosophy, and experience in teaching evaluation (01:58)
  • Our favorite evaluation activities: evaluating cookies, one-pages on hot topics and people in evaluation, evaluation failures, self-reflection journals, practical experience outside of class (11:33)
  • Personal professional development in data visualization and R (32:00)
  • What’s giving Jennifer life in evaluation right now (38:40)
  • Data cleaning book proposal by Jennifer and Gary Skolits (44:13)
  • What’s next for Jennifer (50:55)

Resources mentioned:

Contact:

About Jennifer:

Dr. Jennifer Ann Morrow is currently the program coordinator of the Evaluation Statistics and Measurement doctoral program at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Her main areas of research are higher education assessment and evaluation and effective strategies for teaching methodology. She has been teaching evaluation and methodology courses for the past 22 years. She is passionate about evaluation and assessment and regularly tweets on these topics (@evaluationdiva). In her spare time she loves to travel and explore the beautiful towns and mountains of Tennessee.

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

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