We end with a shoutout to another great podcast that has come out since we last spoke, The Evaluation Couch by Maria Montenegro, which has had many episodes focused on evaluation careers.

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Job search & application recommendations:

• Don’t give up. Know your worth. The job process is difficult, but don’t settle and remember it doesn’t reflect necessarily on you. Keep applying!
• Don’t limit yourself in what positions you look for. Expand your horizons.
• Network like your life depends on it! This includes having an online presence and building and leveraging connections with people in your field such as through LinkedIn, EvalYouth (LinkedIn & Twitter @evalyouth_na), and your professors!
• Be a versatile applicant. Build your resume. Seek out learning opportunities to grow as a professional. Be willing to experiment and try new things.

Contact information:

• Email: [bradlietnabours@gmail.com ](bradlietnabours@gmail.com)
• Twitter: bradn98
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bnabours

About Bradlie Nabours:

Bradlie is a perinatal health program evaluator at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St.Petersburg, Fl. He works for a federal Healthy Start program focused on reducing adverse perinatal outcomes for black women and their families. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Public Health from Georgia Southern University and completed his Master’s in Public Health with a graduate certificate in Maternal and Child Health from the University of South Florida. He started his evaluation journey while in grad school where he worked as a graduate assistance on the evaluation of a non-profit family violence prevention program. While in grad school his research focused racial disparities in birth outcomes which led him to start his career at the intersection of his research interest and evaluation.

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

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Ayesha was previously on the podcast discussing "teaching evaluation and supporting students and colleagues of color."

Contact information:

Ayesha Boyce
Email: ayesha.boyce@asu.edu
Twitter: @AyeshaBoyce
Website: https://education.asu.edu/about/people/ayesha-boyce

About GUEST:

Ayesha Boyce is currently an associate professor in the Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation at Arizona State University. She also co-directs the STEM Program Evaluation Lab. Boyce’s scholarship focuses on attending to value stances and issues related to diversity, equity, inclusion, access, cultural responsiveness, and social justice within evaluation—especially multi-site, STEM, and contexts with historically marginalized populations. She also examines teaching, mentoring, and learning in evaluation. She has evaluated more than 55 programs funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), US Department of Education, National Institutes of Health, and Spencer and Teagle foundations. Boyce is a 2019 American Evaluation Association Marcia Guttentag Promising New Evaluator Award recipient. In her teaching and mentorship, Boyce encourages students to develop a strong methodological foundation, conduct studies based on democratic principles, and promote equity, fairness, inclusivity, and diversity.

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

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