This week I am joined by Kathleen Doll, who recently completed her PhD at Claremont Graduate University. We discuss her dissertation on strategic planning in evaluation design. Topics Covered: Why did Kathleen choose to get a PhD in evaluation at Claremont Graduate University? (02:12) How did Kathleen get to her dissertation topic of strategic evaluation? (05:09) Dissertation design (07:56) What is strategic evaluation planning? (09:25) Results! What are the benefits of strategic evaluation planning? (10:44) Who should be doing strategic evaluation planning? (16:22) How does strategic evaluation planning align with developmental evaluation? (19:20) How does this work with funders? (21:47) How Kathleen’s work has been impacted by Covid-19 (23:34) Topics in evaluation giving Kathleen life: trauma-informed evaluation, research on evaluation working group, and working on an NDE volume (27:30) What’s next for Kathleen after the PhD (35:52) Resources mentioned: Kathleen's dissertation handout on Strategic Evaluation Martha Brown’s eStudy on Trauma Informed Evaluation J. Bradley Cousins’ webinar on Getting RoE Published Contact: Kathleen Doll: LinkedIn & [email protected] EvaluLand: Website & Twitter (@EvaluLand) Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/ Special Guest: Kathleen Doll. Sponsored By: MS in Applied Psychology program at UW-Stout: Apply now to join the Fall 2020 cohort and get your Master's of Science degree in Applied Psychology. The degree offers three concentrations: evaluation, organizational psychology, and health promotion. This program will give you the applied research and data analysis skills to prepare you for a wide-range of careers in evaluation, business, education, non-profits, and other areas.Support EvaluLand