Award Recipients

The Interdisciplinary in Ph.D. in Evaluation program at Western Michigan University celebrates with our students and alumni who have been given the following awards.

2014

Ā鶹ÉēGraduate Student Research and Travel Award (Gregory Greenman)

American Educational Research Association Research on Evaluation Special Interest Group Research on Evaluation Distinguished Scholar Award (Chris Coryn)

2013

American Evaluation Association Case Competition, second place (Miranda Lee [nee: Jason Burkhardt], Gregory Greenman, Satoshi Ozeki and Lyssa [nee: Wilson] Becho)

American Evaluation Association Case Competition, fourth place (Kristin Hobson, Robert McCowen, Corey Smith and Carl Westine)

Ā鶹ÉēGraduate Student Research and Travel Award (Kristin Hobson)

Ā鶹ÉēGraduate Student Research and Travel Award (Carl Westine)

Ā鶹ÉēEmerging Scholar Award (Chris Coryn)

American Evaluation Association Marcia Guttentag Award (Daniela Schroeter)

Outstanding Graduate Student Poster/Display Award for poster titled ā€œMeta-Analysis as a Method of Multi-Site Evaluation of International Development Projects and Programsā€ at the seventh annual Ā鶹ÉēResearch and Creative Activities Poster Day (Kristin Hobson)

Outstanding Graduate Student Poster/Display Award for poster titled ā€œAn Evaluation of the Overall Quality and Transparency of Evaluation at the Swiss National Science Foundationā€ at the seventh annual Ā鶹ÉēResearch and Creative Activities Poster Day (Robert McCowen)

2012

Global Project Management Institute Literature Award (Willis Thomas)

Ā鶹ÉēDepartmental Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award (Kristin Hobson)

Ā鶹ÉēGraduate Student Assessment Grant (Maran Subramain)

Ā鶹ÉēGraduate Student Assessment Grant (Lindsay Noakes)

2011

The Michael Scriven Dissertation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Evaluation Theory, Method, or Practice (P. Cristian Gugiu)

Outstanding Graduate Student Poster/Display Award for poster titled ā€œImplementing Formative Assessment into a Geoscience Classroomā€ at the fifth annual Ā鶹ÉēResearch and Creative Activities Poster Day (Robert McCowen)

Outstanding Graduate Student Poster/Display Award for poster titled ā€œPreservice Mathematics Teachers Conceptions of Assessmentā€ at the fifth annual Ā鶹ÉēResearch and Creative Activities Poster Day (Lindsay Noakes)

Outstanding Graduate Student Poster/Display Award for poster titled ā€œA Meta-Analysis of Studies of the Effects of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccines on the Development of Autism Among Childrenā€ at the fifth annual Ā鶹ÉēResearch and Creative Activities Poster Day (Kristin Hobson)

Outstanding Graduate Student Poster/Display Award for poster titled ā€œA Meta-Analysis of Studies of the Effects of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccines on the Development of Autism Among Childrenā€ at the fifth annual Ā鶹ÉēResearch and Creative Activities Poster Day (Pedro Mateu)

Outstanding Graduate Student Poster/Display Award for poster titled ā€œA Meta-Analysis of Studies of the Effects of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccines on the Development of Autism Among Childrenā€ at the fifth annual Ā鶹ÉēResearch and Creative Activities Poster Day (Jan Fields)

Outstanding Graduate Student Poster/Display Award for poster titled ā€œInternational Aid Programs and Maternal Mortality in Colombiaā€ at the fifth annual Ā鶹ÉēResearch and Creative Activities Poster Day (Julio Hernandez-Correa)

Outstanding Graduate Student Poster/Display Award for poster titled ā€œInternational Aid Programs and Maternal Mortality in Colombiaā€ at the fifth annual Ā鶹ÉēResearch and Creative Activities Poster Day (Carl Westine)

Ā鶹ÉēGwen Frostic Doctoral Fellowship (Stephanie Evergreen)

Ā鶹ÉēDepartmental Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award (Carl Westine)

Ā鶹ÉēOutstanding New Professional Award (Daniela Schroeter)

Ā鶹ÉēSupervisor Superstar Nominee Supervisor of the Year (Daniela Schroeter)

2010

Ā鶹ÉēResearch Development Award (Daniela Schroeter)

Outstanding Graduate Student Poster/Display Award for poster titled ā€œConstruct Validity of Race and its Impact on Research and Evaluationā€ at the fourth annual Ā鶹ÉēResearch and Creative Activities Poster Day (Kelly Robertson)

Outstanding Graduate Student Poster/Display Award for poster titled ā€œConstruct Validity of Race and its Impact on Research and Evaluationā€ at the fourth annual Ā鶹ÉēResearch and Creative Activities Poster Day (Diane Rogers)

2009

Ā鶹ÉēAll-University Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award (P. Cristian Gugiu)

2008

American Evaluation Association Marcia Guttentag Award (Chris Coryn)

Michigan Association for Evaluation John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation Award (Chris Coryn)

Ā鶹ÉēGwen Frostic Doctoral Fellowship (P. Cristian Gugiu)

Ā鶹ÉēDepartmental Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award (P. Cristian Gugiu)

Ā鶹ÉēGraduate Student Research and Travel Award (John Risley)

2006

European Evaluation Society/United Kingdom Evaluation Society Bursary (Daniela Schroeter)

European Evaluation Society/United Kingdom Evaluation Society Bursary (Chris Coryn)

European Union Grant supported by the European Communityā€™s Sixth Framework Program under the Marie-Curie Conferences and Training Courses Action, to cover costs of attending and presenting at the Evaluation of Sustainability conference (EASY-ECO) (Daniela Schroeter)

Ā鶹ÉēGraduate Student International Travel Award (Daniela Schroeter)

Ā鶹ÉēGraduate Student Research and Travel Award (Daniela Schroeter)

Ā鶹ÉēGraduate Student International Travel Award (Chris Coryn)

Ā鶹ÉēGraduate Student Research and Travel Award (Chris Coryn)

2005

Ā鶹ÉēGraduate Student Research and Travel Award (Brandon Youker)

2004

Ā鶹ÉēGraduate Student Research and Travel Award (Daniela Schroeter)

Ā鶹ÉēGraduate Student Research and Travel Award (Chris Coryn)

American Evaluation Association Travel Award (Chris Coryn)

Indiana University Award for Graduate Research Excellence (Chris Coryn)

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Travel Award (Chris Coryn)

The Michael Scriven Dissertation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Evaluation Theory, Methodology, or Practice

Individuals are from Ā鶹Éēunless noted.

2014ā€”No award given

2013ā€”Thomas G. Archibald, Virginia Tech; Nora F. Murphy, University of Minnesota; Kurt Wilson

2012ā€”No award given

2011ā€”P. Cristian Gugiu

2010ā€”Lennise J.C. Baptiste, Kent State University

2009ā€”Anne Cullen

2008ā€”Fred Mayhew, North Carolina State University

2007ā€”Kimberly van der Woerd, Simon Fraser University

The Daniel L. Stufflebeam Travel Scholarship

The following individuals from Ā鶹Éēreceived this travel scholarship.

2014ā€”No award given

2013ā€”Satoshi Ozeki

2012ā€”No award given

2011ā€”Jason Burkhardt and Diane Rogers

2010ā€”Mohammed Alyami and Kelly Robertson

2009ā€”Carl Westine and Lindsay Noakes

2008ā€”Stephanie Evergreen

2007ā€”Melisa Borgos-Colon