Along with defining terms and discussing the roles that the concepts of rigor and objectivity have played in research and evaluation, they will introduce the concept of a cultural conflict of interest.  Within this context, the conversation will focus on practical implications for those who do research and/or evaluation tied to engineering education.  The goal for the seminar is for participants to reflect on the implications of CRE/SJP in research and evaluations in general and their own work.

Speaker Bios

Patricia B. Campbell, PhD, is the president of Campbell- Kibler Associates, Inc. She has been involved in research and evaluation with a focus on issues of race/ethnicity, gender and disability for many years. Formerly an associate professor of research, measurement and statistics at Georgia State University, Dr. Campbell is an Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Fellow and was awarded the Willystine Goodsell Award by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Betty Vetter Award by the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Dr. Campbell has authored more than 100 publications including coauthoring, with Veronica Thomas, Evaluation in Today’s World: Respecting Diversity, Improving Quality, and Promoting Usability. Her other publications include “The Role of Resilience in Black Men’s Success in STEM Graduate Programs”, Good Schools in Poor Neighborhoods: Defying Demographics; Achieving Success and The AAUW Report: How Schools Shortchange Girls. Dr. Campbell’s varied professional activities include conducting educational evaluation and research training in South Africa and Uganda and serving as an expert witness in the Citadel sex discrimination case.  

Veronica G. Thomas, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies at Howard University. She has been teaching evaluation for over twenty years and has considerable experience conducting evaluations of education and health-related projects anchored in culturally responsive and social justice perspectives.  Dr. Thomas has authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles published in journals such as the American Journal of Evaluation, New Directions for Evaluation, Clinical and Translational Sciences , Journal of Negro Education, and the Journal of the National Medical Association. Her most recent textbook, Evaluation in Today’s World: Respecting Diversity, Improving Quality, and Promoting Usability, co-authored with Patricia B. Campbell, examines evaluation history, theory, and methods from a racialized and social justice perspective.