The contributing authors for this version of “The Guide to the Systems Evaluation Protocol” are: Monica Hargraves, Jane Buckley, Thomas Archibald, Claire Hebbard, Jennifer Brown Urban, and William Trochim.
Many people worked on this project in its various stages. Although it is next to impossible to mention everyone who has influenced this work, we would like to be sure to mention the key collaborators who were supported by the sponsoring agencies.
Cornell Office for Research on Evaluation (CORE) and the Developmental Systems Science and Evaluation Research Lab (DSSERL) at Montclair State University:
The Principal Investigator leading the research and Protocol development is Dr. William M. Trochim. He is a professor in the Department of Policy and Analysis and Management at Cornell University.
The co-Principal Investigator on the current project is Dr. Jennifer Brown Urban. She is an assistant professor of Family and Child Studies at Montclair State University. Dr. Urban initially worked on this project as a graduate research assistant while studying at Cornell University.
The Evaluation Facilitators were filled at different times by Monica Hargraves (Extension Associate, Manager of Evaluation for Extension and Outreach), who had also served as Evaluation Project Manager for CCE Tompkins County in the first project; Cathleen Kane, who had also served as Evaluation Project Manager in CUCE NYC; and Jane Earle Buckley, who had also served and Evaluation Project Manager for the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR).
Project management and administration included: Laura Colosi (Extension Associate, Policy Analysis and Management), Claire Hebbard (CORE Manager), Claire Lobdell, and Debra Perlmutter.
Graduate Research Assistants working on these projects include: Thomas Archibald (Cornell University, Education), Marissa Burgermaster (Montclair State University, Public Health and Nutrition Science), Derek Cabrera (Cornell University, Policy Analysis and Management, who also worked as a post-doc), David Carucci (Montclair State University, Education), Wand Casillas (Cornell University, Human Development), Larry Daffin (Montclair State University/ New York University, Administration, Leadership, and Technology), Sarah Hertzog (Cornell University, Human Development), Margaret Johnson (Cornell University, Policy Analysis and Management), Linda McMahan (Montclair State University, Education), and Jamila Walida Simon (Cornell University).
Undergraduate Research Assistants on this NSF project at Cornell University and Montclair State University were vital for literature searches, finding measures and other organizational tasks, and included: Timothy Au, Amanda Bates, Lindsey Bober, Kelsey Brykman, Natalie Cook, Haixin Dang, Stacey Eilbaum, Joshua Hatcher Mullins, Anna Hays, En Chi (Angela) Hsu, Darlene Kim, E. Blythe McCoy, Nicole Monahan, Matthew Negrin, Oluwarantimi Damilola Oluwasegun, Stephanie Phelan, Sabrina Rahman, Drew Stadlen, Marissa J. Steinmetz, Helen Zaitsev and Anthony Zhu.
Special recognition goes to participants in the Evaluation Partnerships: Cornell Cooperative Extension (under the leadership of Dr. Helene Dillard, CCE Director); NSF Materials Research Science Engineering Centers (with organizational collaborations led through Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR, the Cornell MRSEC under the leadership of Melissa Hines); and the Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution.
Special thanks go to Gorges Websites (Ithaca, NY) for their development on the Netway – our Cyberinfrastructure: Matthew Clark, Jim Tse, John Sammis, Sean Kennedy and Chris Grant.
Additionally, recognition for collaborators on the first phase of this project go to: Stephen Hamilton (Professor of Human Development, Cornell University), Nancy Trautmann (Senior Extension Associate, Cornell University), and Anna Waldron (Waldron Educational Consulting).