The Oral History of Evaluation: The Professional Development of William D. Crano

Autor/inn/en	Miller, Robin Lin; McNall, Miles A.; Mark, Melvin M.
Titel	The Oral History of Evaluation: The Professional Development of William D. Crano
Quelle	In: American Journal of Evaluation, 39 (2018) 4, S.596-611 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1098-2140
DOI	10.1177/1098214016673903
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Social Psychology; Evaluation; College Faculty; Educational Experience; Professional Development; Psychological Studies; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialpsychologie; Evaluierung; Fakultät; Bildungserfahrung; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	William Dean Crano is the Stuart Oskamp Distinguished Professor of Psychology in the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University. A social psychologist, Crano received his MS and PhD degrees from Northwestern University, where Donald T. Campbell was his advisor and mentor. Dr. Crano has served on the faculties of Michigan State, Texas A&M, and the University of Arizona. At Michigan State, he founded and directed the Center for Evaluation and Assessment. At Texas A&M, he directed the Public Policy Resources Laboratory. At Arizona, he was Head of the Department of Communication. Dr. Crano has held several posts outside the academy. He served as the program director in social psychology for the National Science Foundation. He has been Liaison Scientist in the behavioral sciences for the Office of Naval Research, London. Dr. Crano also was a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Senior Scientist. He had served on numerous commissions, review panels, committees, and advisory positions. In the edited transcript that follows, Dr. Crano describes his training, especially his experience with and observations about Don Campbell. He also discusses his own work in evaluation, his ideas about formative research and program theory, and his assessment of the current status and future potential of evaluation. [Co-written with The Oral History Project Team.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01