SBOS-Stauffer Colloquia and Symposia

8/19/2006
Stauffer Symposium on Applied Psychology
What Constitutes Credible Evidence in Evaluation and Applied Research?

Robert Klitgaard (President, Claremont Graduate University) "Invisible Evidence"

Stewart I. Donaldson (Professor and Chair of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University) "Thriving in the Global Zeitgeist of Accountability and Evidence-based Practice"

Russell M. Gersten (Executive Director of Instructional Research Group; Professor Emeritus, College for Education, University of Oregon) “The What Works Clearinghouse Criteria: Underlying Logic”

Leonard Bickman (Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Public Policy, Vanderbilt University) “Science, Values and Feasibility: Standards for Credible Evidence"

Gary T. Henry (Professor of Public Policy, Georgia State University) “When Credibility is Not Enough: What to do When Getting it Right Matters”

Reaction Panel – "Limitations of Experimental Approaches"
Michael Scriven (Professor of Philosophy and Evaluation, University of Western Michigan)
Jennifer Greene (Professor of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Sharon F. Rallis (Dwight W. Allen Distinguished Professor in Education Policy and Reform, University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Sandra Mathison (Professor of Education, University of British Columbia at Vancouver)
Thomas Schwandt (Professor of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Michael Scriven (Professor of Philosophy and Evaluation, University of Western Michigan) “Gunfight at the Causation Corral: Let's Run those Clantons out of Tombstone!"

Jennifer Greene (Professor of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) “Evidence as 'Proof' and Evidence as ‘Inkling’”

Sharon F. Rallis (Dwight W. Allen Distinguished Professor in Education Policy and Reform, University of Massachusetts Amherst) "Considering Rigor and Probity: Qualitative Pathways to Credible Evidence"

Thomas Schwandt (Professor of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) "Bases of Substantiation: Hierarchies of Evidence or Methodological Appropriateness?"

Sandra Mathison (Professor of Education, University of British Columbia at Vancouver) "Seeing is Believing: The Credibility of Visual Imagery"

Reaction Panel – “The Limitations of Non-Experimental Approaches” 
Leonard Bickman (Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Public Policy, Vanderbilt University)
Gary T. Henry (Professor of Public Policy, Georgia State University) 

Melvin M. Mark (Professor of Psychology and Senior Scientist at the Institute for Policy Research and Evaluation, Penn State) "Credibility and Other Criteria for 'Good Evidence': Integrating Diverse Perspectives, Toward Better Judgements About Evaluation and Applied Research"

1/23/2004
Stauffer Symposium on Applied Psychology:
The Rise of Applied Psychology

Stewart I. Donaldson (Professor and Chair of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University) “The Emergence & Future of Applied Psychology”

Diane Halpern (President, American Psychological Association; Director of the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children; Professor of Psychology, Claremont McKenna College) "Applying the Science of Psychology to a Public that Distrusts Science and (Often) Prefers Parapsychology"

Robert Rosenthal (Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside) “Interpersonal Expectations and Covert Communication in Classrooms, Clinics, Corporations, and Courtrooms”

Elizabeth Loftus (President, Western Psychological Association; Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Irvine) "Contributions from the Study of Law & Psychology: Memory Research Applied to Real World Problems"

Patricia M. Greenfield (Professor of Psychology, UCLA; Director, Children's Digital Media Center) “Bridging Cultures in the Classroom: From Research to Practice"

Albert Bandura (David Starr Jordan Professor of Social Science in Psychology, Stanford University) “Going Global with Social Cognitive Theory”

Stanley Sue (Director of the National Research Center on Asian American Mental Health and Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis) “Research to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health: Some Lessons Learned”

Dale E. Berger (Professor of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University) “Preparing for a Surprising and Rewarding Career Applying the Science of Psychology”

Panel of Presenters to Respond to Audience Questions
Facilitated by Kathy Pezdek (Professor of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University)
 

2/24/2001
Stauffer Symposium on Applied Psychology:
Evaluating Social Programs and Problems 

Michael Scriven (Professor of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University) “Evaluation in the New Millennium: the Transdisciplinary Vision”

Joseph S. Wholey (Professor of Public Administration, University of Southern California) “Improving Performance and Accountability: Responding to Emerging Management Challenges”

David Fetterman (Professor and Director of MA Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation, School of Education, Stanford University) “Empowerment Evaluation Strikes a Responsive Chord”

Yvonna S. Lincoln (Ruth Harrington Chair of Educational Leadership and University Distinguished Professor of Higher Education, Texas A&M University) “Fourth Generation Evaluation in the New Millennium”

Donna M. Mertens (Professor of Education, Gallaudet University) “The Inclusive View of Evaluation: Visions for the New Millennium”

Stewart I. Donaldson (Professor and Chair of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University) “Theory-Driven Program Evaluation in the New Millennium”

William D. Crano (Professor of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University) “Theory-Driven Evaluation and Construct Validity”

Edith P. Thomas (National Program Leader for Nutrition and Food Security in the Families, 4-H and Nutrition Unit of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture) “Evaluating Social Programs and Problems: A Discussant’s View”

Bianca L. Guzman (Assistant Professor of Chicano Studies, California State University, Los Angeles, and Director of Research, CHOICES) “Examining the Role of Cultural Competency in Program Evaluation: Visions for New Millennium Evaluators”

Melvin M. Mark (Professor of Psychology and Senior Scientist at the Institute for Policy Research and Evaluation, Penn State) “Toward a Integrative View of the Theory and Practice of Program and Policy Evaluation”