The 1998 AEA meeting theme is: Transforming Society through Evaluation. This theme builds on past AEA meeting themes, such as utilization, politics, social justice, and theory and practice. One challenge in the evaluation community relates to evaluation's possible role in bringing about fundamental changes in program practice that lead to improvement in society.

	-	evaluation '98 website
	-	1998 AEA Annual Meeting Program

sessions of interest to tig

Within the program listed above, you find the usual mix of papers and panel discussions. To help you navigate through the program, and specifically regarding events that most relate to the Minority Issues in Evaluation TIG, consider the following:

***************Wednesday, November 4***************

Half Day Professional Development Opportunities, 1:00-4:00pm

ProDev O: Multicultural Issues in Program Evaluation

(Presenter, Robert Covert)

Session 15, 4:45-6:00pm - Presidential Plenary Address

Social Action Research as Vehicles of Empowered Social Change in Multiethnic and Ethnically Different Communities

(Speaker, John H. Stanfield; Discussants, Michael Quinn Patton and Ernest House)
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***************Thursday, November 5***************

Session 34, 8:00-9:30am

Are Methods Multicultural?: The Use of Culturally Appropriate Evaluation Methods and Measures

(Chair, Hazel Symonette; Discussant, Ivy Jones)
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Session 104, 2:15-3:45pm

Facing History--Voicing Justice: The Journey of an African American Pioneer in Evaluation - A Conversation with John Cardwell

(Chair, James Davis; Comments, Anna Madison)
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Session 123, 4:00-5:00pm

TIG BUSINESS MEETING

Tentative Agenda Items

1. Introductions
2. Review of the Year
   • Communications Committee
   • Publication Committee
3. Nomination/Selection of TIG Chair
4. New Business

***************Friday, November 6***************

Session 130, 8:00-9:30am - Presidential Strand Panel, Part I

Diversity: Implications for Evaluation Theory and Practice - Theoretical Basis for Integrating Concepts of Diversity into Program Planning and Evaluation

(Chair, Edith Thomas; Panelists, Joanne Farley and Stafford Hood; Discussants, Courtney Brown and Wynetta Lee)
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Session 146, 8:00-9:30am

(Paper within paper session, Evaluation of HIV Outreach and Substance Abuse Treatment for IV Drug Users)

"Giving Voice to the Voiceless" - HIV Intervention Efforts Through Qualitative Evaluation Efforts (see Presenter, Kenya Lucas, et.al)
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Session 152, 9:45-11:15am - Presidential Strand Panel, Part II

Diversity: Implications for Evaluation Theory and Practice - Diversity Sensitive Evaluation Strategies: Current Practices and Future Implications

(Chair, Edith Thomas; Moderator, Michael Daeschlein; Panelists, Sharonlyn Harrison, Teresa Torres; Discussant, Carol Gill)
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Session 174, 12:00 - 1:30pm - Luncheon and Presidential Address

Inclusive Evaluation: Implications for Transformative Theory for Evaluation

President, Donna Mertens

***************Saturday, November 7***************

Session 218, 9:15-10:45am - Presidential Strand Plenary Session

"The Substance of Things Hoped For": Social Justice and Cultural Competence in Evaluation Theory and Practice

(Chair, Charles Thomas; Discussant, Rodney Hopson)
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Session 274, 12:45-2:15pm

Schools, Crime and Juvenile Justice {co-sponsored with Crime and Justice TIG}

(Chair, Carol Camp Yeakey)
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