Building a New Generation of Culturally Responsive Evaluators Through Aea's Graduate Education Diversity Internship Program: New Directions for Evalua. Questo articolo non è disponibile.Building a New Generation of Culturally Responsive Evaluators Through Aea's Graduate Education Diversity Internship Program: New Directions for Evalua

This issue coincides with the 10th anniversary of the AmericanEvaluation Association’s (AEA’s) Graduate EducationDiversity Internship (GEDI) program. It emphasize core decisionsand developments of the GEDI program and feature key participantswho have participated in and contributed to the development andimplementation of the program. Together, the chapters focuson:

• Factors that contributed to the design and organization of theprogram
• Critical components and aspects of the program that guide itsimplementation, characterized by the leadership training,mentorship and professional socialization, and the practicalproject placements
• Lessons learned, which reveal the opportunities and challengesof expanding pipelines and pathways of diversity and social justicethrough professional associations.

This is the 143rd issue in the New Directions for Evaluationseries from Jossey-Bass. It is an official publication of theAmerican Evaluation Association.

Prisca M. Collins is an assistant professor in the Physical Therapy Program at Northern Illinois University. She served as the inaugural coordinator of the GEDI program from 2004 to 2006.

Rodney Hopson is a professor in the College of Education and Human Development and a senior research fellow of the Center of Education Policy and Evaluation at George Mason University. He served as founding director of the GEDI program from 2004 to 2009.