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To obtain a list of foundational references for each of the seven philosophies and approaches, please click on a link below or scroll through the page.
References for each philosophy and approach are provided in chronological, not alphabetical, order to help readers more easily see how the approaches developed. All publicly-available references are linked and shown in blue font.
An annotated bibliography that provides a brief summary of each reference listed is also available for download.
| Frierson, H., Hood, S., & Hughes, G. (2002). Strategies that address culturally responsive evaluation. In J. Frechtling (Ed.), The 2002 User Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation (pp. 63-76). National Science Foundation. https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02057/nsf02057.pdf |
| Hopson, R.K. (2009). Reclaiming knowledge at the margins: Culturally responsive evaluation in the current evaluation moment. In K. Ryan & J. B. Cousins (Eds.), The Sage International Handbook of EducationalEvaluation (pp. 431-448). SAGE Publications, Inc. |
| Kirkhart, K. (2013, April). Repositioning Validity [Inaugural address]. Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment Inaugural Conference, Chicago, IL, United States. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.723.8358&rep=rep1&type=pdf |
| Hood, S., Hopson, R.K., & Kirkhart, K.E. (2015). Culturally responsive evaluation: Theory, practice, and future implications. In K.E. Newcomer, H.P. Hatry, & J.S. Wholey (Eds.), Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (4th ed., pp. 281-317). Jossey-Bass. |
| Public Policy Associates, Inc. (2015, June). Considerations for Conducting Evaluation Using a Culturally Responsive and Racial Equity Lens. https://publicpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/PPA-Culturally-Responsive-Lens.pdf |
| McBride, D. (2018). Culturally responsive evaluation. In B.B. Frey (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation (pp. 441-444). SAGE Publications, Inc. |
| Caldwell, L.D., & Bledsoe, K.L. (2019). Can social justice live in a house of structural racism? A question for the field of evaluation. American Journal of Evaluation, 40(1), 6-18. |
| Chouinard, J., & Cram, F. (2019). Culturally Responsive Approaches to Evaluation: Empirical Implications for Theory and Practice. SAGE Publications, Inc. |
| Neubauer, L.C., McBride, D., Guajardo, A.D., Casillas, W.D., & Hall, M.E. (2020). Examining issues facing communities of color today: The role of evaluation to incite change. New Directions for Evaluation, 166, 7-11. |
| Chouinard, J., & Cousins, J.B. (2007). Culturally competent evaluation for Aboriginal communities: A review of the empirical literature. Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation, 4, 40-57. |
| LaFrance, J., & Nichols, R. (2008). Reframing evaluation: Defining an Indigenous evaluation framework. The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 23, 13-31. |
| Bowman, N.R., Dodge Francis, C., & Tyndall, M. (2015). Culturally Responsive Indigenous Evaluation: A Practical Approach for Evaluating Indigenous Projects in Tribal Reservation Contexts. Continuing the Journey to Reposition Culture and Cultural Content in Evaluation Theory (pp. 335-360). Information Age. |
| Cram, F., Kennedy, V., Paipa, K., Pipi, K., & Wehipeihaha, N. (2015). Being Culturally Responsive Through Kaupapa Maori Evaluation. Continuing the Journey to Reposition Culture and Cultural Content in Evaluation Theory (pp. 289-313). Charlotte, NC: Information Age. |
| Waapalaneexkweew (Nicole R. Bowman-Farrell, Mohican/Lunaape) (2018). Looking backward but moving forward: Honoring the sacred and asserting the sovereign in Indigenous evaluation. American Journal of Evaluation, 39, 543-568. |
| Waapalaneexkweew (Bowman, N. Mohican/Lunaape), & Dodge-Francis, C (2018). Culturally responsive Indigenous evaluation and tribal governments:
Understanding the relationship. New Directions for Evaluation, 159, 17-31. https://cncfr.jbsinternational.com/sites/default/files/downloads/Culturally%20Responsive%20Indigenous%20Evaluation%20and%20Tribal%20Governments%20Understanding%20the%20Relationship%20BowmanDodge-Francis-2018.pdf |
| University of Toronto Press. (2020). Evaluation in Indigenous contexts. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, (34)3. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjpe/issue/view/5191 |
| Zimmerman, M.A., Israel, B.A., Schulz, A., & Checkoway, B. (1992). Further explorations in empowerment theory: An empirical analysis of psychological empowerment. American Journal of Community Psychology, 20(6), 707-727. |
| Fetterman, D. M. (1994). Empowerment evaluation. Evaluation Practice, 15(1), 1-15. doi:10.1016/0886-1633(94)90055-8 |
| Andrews, A.B. (1996). Realizing empowerment in the evaluation of nonprofit women’s services organizations: Notes from the front line. Empowerment Evaluation: Knowledge and Tools for Self-Assessment and Accountability. SAGE Publications, Inc. |
| Fetterman, D.M., & Wandersman, A. (Eds.). (2004). Empowerment Evaluation Principles in Practice. Guilford. |
| Fetterman, D.M. (2012). Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages: Hewlett-Packard’s $15 Million Race Toward Social Justice. Stanford University Press. |
| Fetterman, D.M., Kaftarian, S. & Wandersman, A. (Eds.). (2015). Empowerment Evaluation: Knowledge and Tools for Self-assessment, Evaluation Capacity Building, and Accountability (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. |
| Fetterman, D.M., Rodriguez-Campos, L., & Zukoski, A. (Eds.). (2018). Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation: Stakeholder Involvement Approaches. New York: Guilford Publications. |
| Thomas, V.G. & Campbell, P.B. (2020). Evaluation in Today’s World: Respecting Diversity, Improving Quality, and Promoting Usability. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. |
| Mertens, D.M. (1999). Inclusive evaluation: Implications of transformative theory for evaluation. American Journal of Evaluation, 20(1), 1-14. |
| Mertens, D.M. (2007). Transformative paradigm: Mixed methods and social justice. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1, 212-225. |
| Mertens, D.M. (2009). Transformative research and evaluation. Guilford Press. |
| Mertens, D.M. (2010). Transformative mixed methods research. Qualitative Inquiry, 16(6), 469-474. |
| Mertens, D.M., & Wilson, A. (2012). The transformative paradigm and the social justice branch. In Program evaluation theory and practice (pp. 161-217). Guilford Press. |
| Mertens, D.M. (2016). Assumptions at the philosophical and programmatic levels in evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning, 59, 102-108. |
| Mertens, D.M. (2018). Mixed methods design in evaluation. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. |
| Mertens, D.M., & Wilson, A. (2019). Program evaluation theory and practice: A comprehensive guide (2nd ed). Guilford Press. |
| Mertens, D.M. (2020). Research and evaluation in education & psychology: Integrating diversity with quantitative, qualitative, & mixed methods. (5th ed.) Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publication, Inc. |
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