College of Education and Human Development

Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development

Evaluation

research expertise in OLPD

Exploring models, methods, and practices that assess the success of educational programs and activities, our faculty are dedicated to improving educational outcomes through effective evaluation. Many of our faculty possess significant expertise in these areas. See below for profiles of faculty and their research related to evaluation. 

Faculty with expertise in this area

Jodi Benenson Jodi Benenson

Jodi Benenson is an associate professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota.

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Gresham Donald Collom Gresham Donald Collom

Dr. Gresham D. Collom is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education in the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development.

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Amy Dorman Amy Dorman

  • Graduate Faculty, Evaluation Studies
    Research Director, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Justice Programs
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Amy Dorman is the Research Director for the Office of Justice Programs at the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.

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Heather Dorsey Heather Dorsey

I have been a faculty member of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota for 17 years. I teach in the First Year Inquiry program which involves multidisciplinary team teaching and learning communities.

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Andrew Furco Andrew Furco

My primary research and teaching interests focus on the measurement and assessment of experiential education, community-engaged learning, and community-engaged scholarship in fulfillment of the public purposes of education.

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Shauna Harps Shauna Harps

  • Graduate Faculty, Evaluation Studies

Dr. Shauna Harps is the founder and principal of Harps Solutions. She brings 20 years of experience conducting and managing research, evaluation, and technical assistance projects for foundations and federal, state, and local government agencies.

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John Hitchcock John Hitchcock

John Hitchcock is a Professor of Evaluation Studies at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development.

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R. Burke Johnson R. Burke Johnson

  • Graduate Faculty, Evaluation Studies
    Professor Emeritus, University of South Alabama

R. Burke Johnson (PhD, Research, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics Program, College of Education, University of Georgia) is Professor Emeritus, Department of Counseling and Instructional Sciences at the University of South Alabama.

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Eileen A Klemm Eileen A Klemm

  • Affiliate Faculty, Evaluation Studies; Check & Connect National Training Director, Institute on Community Integration

Dr. Klemm is the National Training Director and a Researcher for Check & Connect (C&C) at the Institute on Community Integration (ICI).

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Walter Novillo Walter Novillo

My education background is in human resource development, business, public administration, and law.

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Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie

  • Graduate Faculty, Evaluation Studies
    Professor Extraordinarius, University of South Africa and Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Johannesburg
  • tonyonwuegbuzie@aol.com

Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie is a multiple award-winning author, researcher, methodologist, scholar, educator, thought leader, and mentor.

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Debra J. Rog Debra J. Rog

  • Graduate Faculty, Evaluation Studies
    Founder and CEO, Evaluation Thought Partners LLC
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  • debrarog@comcast.net

Dr. Debra Rog, an internationally respected evaluator and research methodologist, is the Founder and CEO of Evaluation Thought Partners LLC, a recent Vice President at Westat, and President of its nonprofit affiliate, the Rockville Institute.

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Karen Storm Karen Storm

Karen Storm is a faculty lecturer in the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development.

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Betsy Wolf Betsy Wolf

  • Graduate Faculty, Evaluation Studies

Betsy Wolf is an experienced education researcher and program evaluator with more than a decade of expertise in applied research across K–16 education.

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Stuart Yeh Stuart Yeh

  • Professor; Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Evaluation Studies
  • +1 (612) 624-0590
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Stuart S. Yeh is a Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Evaluation Studies at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development.

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