Q: In your view, what makes a successful evaluation?
A: I believe a successful evaluation helps deepen programmatic learning. It also aids in enhancing the program.
Q: What evaluation approaches inform your practice? Do you gravitate more toward quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods?
A: I always utilize a culturally responsive evaluation approach; however, this may be combined with other approaches that fit the context. I gravitate towards mixed methods for data collection.
Q: How do you build trust with projects you’re evaluating?
A: It’s really important to be your genuine self as well as to be open to learning about the project and elements related to the project.
Q: What’s your favorite pastime or hobby?
A: My favorite thing to do is get lost in the woods somewhere.
Q: What’s something quirky or unique about you that people may not know?
A: I used to have vanity license plates that said Kermit15 in homage to Kermit the Frog.
J.R. Moller, PhD
Research and Evaluation Consultant, EvalGeekDr. J.R. Moller is an evaluator and researcher whose practice is grounded in Culturally Responsive Evaluation. She has over 15 years of applied program evaluation experience, with an emphasis on STEM initiatives. Her work focuses on designing and implementing evaluations that are rigorous, equity-centered, and genuinely useful to the programs and communities they serve. She holds a doctorate in Educational Research Methodology with a concentration in Program Evaluation and currently is Staff Director at High Point University, engaging in survey research and teaching research methods. She works as an independent evaluator and research consultant for EvalGeek.
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