Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation: Visions and Voices of Emerging Scholars
The book is organized into two major parts with the first presenting the theoretical and conceptual frameworks that provide the foundation of CREE and the second spotlighting practical applications of CREE in various evaluation contexts. Dedicated chapters examine the importance of positionality, reflexivity, and strengthening CREE to foster racial equity; and the ways in which evaluation approaches can empower people and communities. Readers learn about a Matriarchal Kwe Indigenous framework for practicing theoretical, cultural, and practical evaluation; how to embed CREE in the design and evaluation of a Cliff calculator; Communities of Practice best practices; and more. Closing chapters focus on CREE application within diverse communities and feature an overview of modern initiatives that demonstrate the possibilities available through CREE.
An innovative evaluation paradigm that integrates diversity, equity, and inclusion in all phases of evaluation. The book spotlights the scholarly, philosophical, and best practices of emerging Black, Latino/x, Indigenous, and other scholars and practitioners from historically marginalized populations in support of culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE).
Chapter 6. Considerations and Strategies for Embedding CREE in the Design and Evaluation of a Benefits Cliff Calculator – Kimberly Harris and Anne Chamberlain was written by Harris and Chamberlain to share their insights on and experiences with considerations and strategies for embedding CREE in the design and evaluation of a benefits cliff calculator. Many families who rely on government assistance know that there is a “benefits cliff,” an income level at which they will lose benefits. Accordingly, bridging this cliff requires a collaborative, inclusive assemblage of experts who engage benefits recipients as valued team members and informants.
Chapter 8. CREE in Community: Using the Community Evaluator Model to Implement the Tenants of CREE – Kimberly Harris, Violette Haldane, Alice Turner, Nichole Hawkins, Cureene Blake, Isis Izary, LaShawne Houston Sowell, Iran Nazario, Antwaine Debnam, Eric Guzman leads Part II (Application of CREE) of this book and was authored by Harris and colleagues. The emphasis of Chapter 8 is a report on the practical deployment of the community evaluator model to implement the tenets of CREE in training Greater Hartford small-business owners by employing CREE into business development to become more inclusive, demographic, and liberatory.
Chapter 9. Considerations and Strategies for the Application of Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation: Focus on Educators and Practitioners of Evaluation – Tamarah Moss, Tamara Cadet, Jaymie Lorthridge, and Kimberly Harris written by Moss et al., is a passionate discussion of the importance of the integration, application, and characteristics of CREE that support best practices in pedagogy for educators of evaluation and community practitioners of evaluation to advance the well-being of persons, families, and communities and address historical trauma, systemic racism, and discrimination, which are captured in CREE design and implementation.
Chapter 13. The Spectrum of Cree: How Application of Cree Varies Across Contexts – Nitya Venkateswaran, Kimberly Harris, Tiberio Garza, Jennifer García, Jochebed Gayles, Rosemary Nabaweesi, Sandy-Asari Hogan, Jaymie Lorthridge, Rachel Powell, and Tanisha Woodson is an emphasis on three case study vignettes of CREE in action. Each of these vignettes provide different contextual exploration and practical application of the nuances of CREE.