TY - JOUR
T1 - If Not Us, Then Who? Evaluators of Color and Social Change
AU - Reid, Aileen M.
AU - Boyce, Ayesha S.
AU - Adetogun, Adeyemo
AU - Moller, J. R.
AU - Avent, Cherie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - The fiercest advocates for change are often program managers, policymakers, community members, and evaluators who themselves come from the minoritized communities they serve. As evaluators of African descent, we ask, “If not us, then who?” and are compelled to understand how our identities impact our perceived role and evaluation praxis. A survey conducted among evaluators of color who are diverse in age, gender, sector of employment, nation of origin, and years of experience revealed that an evaluator's identity influences their role and evaluation praxis. We argue all evaluators, commissioners of evaluation, and evaluation stakeholders must critically understand how their backgrounds influence the work they do, given that this impacts their engagement and responsiveness to the varying contexts and cultures encountered. We encourage readers to be reflective about how our identity impacts our role, and more importantly, ways we can work to intentionally incite change when working with historically marginalized populations.
AB - The fiercest advocates for change are often program managers, policymakers, community members, and evaluators who themselves come from the minoritized communities they serve. As evaluators of African descent, we ask, “If not us, then who?” and are compelled to understand how our identities impact our perceived role and evaluation praxis. A survey conducted among evaluators of color who are diverse in age, gender, sector of employment, nation of origin, and years of experience revealed that an evaluator's identity influences their role and evaluation praxis. We argue all evaluators, commissioners of evaluation, and evaluation stakeholders must critically understand how their backgrounds influence the work they do, given that this impacts their engagement and responsiveness to the varying contexts and cultures encountered. We encourage readers to be reflective about how our identity impacts our role, and more importantly, ways we can work to intentionally incite change when working with historically marginalized populations.
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U2 - 10.1002/ev.20407
DO - 10.1002/ev.20407
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087686092
SN - 1097-6736
VL - 2020
SP - 23
EP - 36
JO - New Directions for Evaluation
JF - New Directions for Evaluation
IS - 166
ER -