Publications and Presentations

Selected Presentations and Workshops

• “Scaling Up the Replication Ladder: Considerations in Evaluating Scale-up Efforts,” American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, 2011

• “Evaluating Students’ Career Decisions in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields,” American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, 2011

• “Using Appreciative Inquiry to Build Evaluation Capacity,” Israel United Way (Matan), Tel Aviv Israel, 2011

• Guest Lecturer, University of Washington. College of Education; and Evans School of Public Affairs, 2011

• “Appreciative Inquiry: A Bridge Between Evaluation and Organizational Learning,” Henrietta Szold Institute, the National Institute for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel, 2009

• “Evaluating Advocacy Efforts: Tools You Can Use,” Shatil, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2009

Sample Publications

Advocacy Evaluation Case Study: The Chalkboard Project

Strategic Communications for Influence

Emerging Role of Science Teachers

Community Health Advocate Theory of Change

• “Infusing Appreciative Inquiry into Small-Scale Work,” American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 2008

• “Fresh Ideas: Learning from Successes,” Eliminating Health Inequities Conference, Seattle, Washington, 2007

• “Innovative Strategies and Practical Tips for Evaluation Capacity-Building,” American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 2006

• “Dropout Prevention: Connecting Kids to High School,” Washington Educational Research Association, Seattle, Washington, 2005

• “Evaluation Capacity-Building: Lessons and Strategies,” Canadian Evaluation Society/American Evaluation Association Joint Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, 2005

• “Essentials of Online Survey Development and Use,” Canadian Evaluation Society/American Evaluation Association Joint Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, 2005

• “Evaluating Technology-Supported Education,” United Kingdom Evaluation Society Annual Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland, 2004

• “Online Surveys: Lessons from the Field,” United Kingdom Evaluation Society Annual Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland, 2004

Selected Articles and Reports

• “Advocacy Evaluation Case Study: The Chalkboard Project,” Center for Evaluation Innovation, (with Anne Gienapp, ORS)

• “The Emerging Role of Science Teachers in Fostering STEM Career Motivation,” Northwest Association for Biomedical Research

• “Strategic Communications for Influence: Lessons from the Annie E Casey Foundation and its KIDS COUNT Initiative,” The Foundation Review. Gienapp, A., Reisman, J., Langley, K., Organizational Research Services; and Cipollone, T., Kelly, T., Crary, D., Chong, S.L., the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

• How Kids Count Grantees Connect with the Media - Lessons from Six States, (with Organizational Research Services), Annie E. Casey Foundation.

• Program Review: Community Grants Program, College Spark Washington.

• “Evaluation Learning Circles: A Sole Proprietor’s Evaluation Capacity-Building Strategy,” New Directions in Evaluation.

• Ethics in the Science Classroom: Evaluation Report, Northwest Association for Biomedical Research.

• Teaching + Technology Coaching Initiative: Evaluation Report Series, Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology.

• Student Adventures in Learning (SAIL) Annual Evaluation Reports, Edmonds School District.

• Teacher Coach Models: HiTech Teacher Training Project (HT3P), Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology.

• Insights on Student Outcomes, and Building a Community Learning Center, Evaluation Reports of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers, Washington Alliance for Better Schools.

• Project Lift-Off Opportunity Fund Reports: Taking Stock of the History, Structure, Processes and Expectations of the Project Lift-Off Opportunity Fund; New Learnings About Collaboration; Further Learnings About Public/Private Collaboration, with Reisman, J., Organizational Research Services.

• Evaluation of the Washington Service Corps (with Jastrzab, J., Ciurea, M., Hostica, C., Small, D., St. George, A.).

• A Close Look at Four AmeriCorps Programs in the Pacific Northwest (with Paglin, C., Wang, C., and Parker, B.), Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

• Washington’s Unified State Plan for National and Community Service, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

• Technology in Learning: What’s Now? What’s New? What’s Next?, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

• What Service Teaches about Citizenship and Work: The Case of AmeriCorps.

• Northwest Center for Emerging Technology: Yearly Evaluation Reports, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

• The Use of Idea-Based Policy Instruments in Promoting School-Linked Service Integration, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

• The Seattle Tutoring Center Service-Learning Demonstration Program: Annual Evaluation Reports, University of Washington.

• The AFL-CIO Human Resources and Development Institute’s Upgrading and Career Ladder Program Evaluation Report, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

• Team Tutoring Project: Nurturing a Community Commitment to Individual Student Growth. Annual Evaluation Reports (with Owens, T.), Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

• Issues Surrounding Entry-Level Workers: A Policy Report (with Owens, T. and Lindner, F.), Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

• “Do Companies Care About Families?” (with Owens, T. and Lindner, F.), Vocational Education Journal.

• Best Workplace Practices for Entry-Level Workers (with Owens, T. and Lindner, F.), Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

• “Occupational Training for the 90’s” (with Owens, T.), Evaluation Forum: National JTPA Journal.

• “Planning for New and Changing Occupations,” Ideas for Action, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

• A Guide to Native American Curriculum Materials, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

• “What Decision Makers Believe about Youth Employment Policy in the 80’s,” in Emerging Trends in Secondary Education (Cohen, C. and Picus, L.), Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

• High School Dropouts: How Communities Can Gather Useful Information, Greater Portland Work-Education Council.

• Child Labor Regulation in Oregon: An Historical Study, Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.

•Oregon’s Child Labor Laws and Regulations: Their Impact on Youth Employment, Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.