Navigating the Field While Black: A Critical Race Analysis of Peer and Elder Advice to and From Black Evaluators

IF 1.1 3区社会学 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

American Journal of Evaluation Pub Date : 2023-09-06 DOI:10.1177/10982140231184902

Cherie M. Avent, Aileen Reid, J. R. Moller, Adeyemo Adetogun, Brianna Hooks Singletary, A. Boyce

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Abstract

The field of evaluation has experienced greater professionalization in the areas of evaluator education and training. Growth in these areas included sensitivity to issues of diversity, with efforts to attract and retain evaluators of color. Currently, there is limited scholarship on navigating a world with more opportunity but still dealing with being Black. Motivated by our identities as Black evaluators, we explored the education, training and socialization concerns experienced by Black evaluators and the advice they would offer. Through content analysis of semi-structured interviews and the utilization of Critical Race Theory as a framework, we garnered advice to and from Black evaluators on how to (a) navigate the politics in evaluation; (b) engage in reflection and reflexivity; (c) network and collaborate; (d) mentor and bring others along the way; and (e) develop as a professional evaluator. We offer a synthesis of these findings in the discussion and articulate further implications.

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当黑人在这个领域中航行:对同行和长辈对黑人评估者的建议的批判性种族分析

评价领域在评价人员教育和培训方面经历了更大的专业化。这些领域的增长包括对多样性问题的敏感性，努力吸引和留住有色人种的评估者。目前，关于如何在一个拥有更多机会的世界中生存，但仍要应对黑人身份的学术研究有限。由于我们作为黑人评估员的身份，我们探索了黑人评估员所经历的教育、培训和社会化问题，以及他们将提供的建议。通过对半结构化访谈的内容分析，并利用批判种族理论作为框架，我们收集了黑人评估者关于如何(a)在评估中驾驭政治的建议;(b)进行反思和反身性;(c)建立网络和协作;(d)指导并带领他人一路前行;(e)成为一名专业的评估者。我们在讨论中提供了这些发现的综合，并阐明了进一步的含义。

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American Journal of Evaluation SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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4.40

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11.80%

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期刊介绍： The American Journal of Evaluation (AJE) publishes original papers about the methods, theory, practice, and findings of evaluation. The general goal of AJE is to present the best work in and about evaluation, in order to improve the knowledge base and practice of its readers. Because the field of evaluation is diverse, with different intellectual traditions, approaches to practice, and domains of application, the papers published in AJE will reflect this diversity. Nevertheless, preference is given to papers that are likely to be of interest to a wide range of evaluators and that are written to be accessible to most readers.