Shanna Kattari Published in Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Postdoctoral Fellow & LEO Adjunct Lecturer Shanna Kattari's article, "Applying a social model of disability across the life span" was published in the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.
Brittany Schuler (Postdoctoral Fellow) Published in Childhood Obesity
Brittany Schuler's (postdoctoral fellow) article, "Child Development and the Community Environment: Understanding Overweight across the Income Gradient" was published in Childhood Obesity.
Tina Jiwatram-Negrón (Curtis Center postdoctoral fellow) Published in BMC Women's Health & Drug and Alcohol Review
Tina Jiwatram-Negrón (Curtis Center postdoctoral fellow) had two articles published:
Joe Himle and Ebony Reddock Receive Grant from Skillman Foundation to Evaluate 482Forward
Associate Dean for Research and Professor Joe Himle and Curtis Center Manager Ebony Reddock received a grant from the Skillman Foundation to evaluate the skillset of the 482Forward membership, a citywide education organizing network in Detroit,by conducting a survey with a select group of members.
Laura Sundstrom and Megan Elyse Williams Write for the American Evaluation Association Blog
Laura Sundstrom and Megan Elyse Williams, Evaluation Associates with the Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group, were invited to write a post for the American Evaluation Association blog, AEA365. Their post highlighted the tool they developed for the Program Evaluation Group, the Tiers of Skill Development. The Tiers of Skill Development intentionally guide students through developing their evaluation skills.
Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group Staff and Students Present at American Evaluation Association Conference
Evaluation Associates and students from the Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group presented at the American Evaluation Association national conference in Chicago, IL on November 11-14, 2015, including three poster presentations and three oral presentations.
Oral presentations included:
Brad Zebrack Receives Grant to Evaluate an Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Care Program
Professor Brad Zebrack received a grant from the Curtis Center in May 2015 to conduct an evaluation that supports the efficacy and value-added of exposing adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients to a defined AYA cancer care program.
Laura Sundstrom invited to speak at WMU's Evaluation Cafe series
Laura Sundstrom, MSW, Evaluation Associate with the Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group, was invited to speak at the Western Michigan Univerity Evaluation Center's Evaluation Cafe speaker series on September 30, 2015 for doctoral students, faculty, and staff. The Evaluation Center administers the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program and provides evaluation, research, and capacity-building services to a University, public, community-based, national, and international organizations to assist them in assessing and improving their programs.
Curtis Center supports MiCHWA Common Indicators Project and Evaluation
Edie Kieffer, Katherine Mitchell and SSW alum Nicholas Yankey are among the authors of "The Role of Evaluation in Developing and Sustaining Community Health Worker Coalitions - The Example of the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance", published this month in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management.