Evaluation in the Face of Uncertainty: Anticipating Surprise and Responding to the Inevitable

About Brian T. YatesDeborah L. LowtherJonathan A. MorellLaura Hassler LangSteven M. Ross

Jonathan A. Morell is Director of Evaluation at The Fulcrum Corporation and Editor of Evaluation and Program Planning. Formerly he was Senior Policy Analyst at the Vector Research Center a division of Jacobs Engineering. He is active in the American Evaluation Association (AEA) where he has been instrumental in founding two topical interest groups: Systems and Business and Industry. He is a recipient of the Marcus Ingle Distinguished Service Award and the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Evaluation Theory Award from the AEA. His professional life has integrated his role as an evaluation practitioner with his theoretical interests. As a practitioner he evaluates organizational change R&D and safety programs. He is also deeply involved in organizational design. His theoretical interests include the nature and use of logic models the role of Lean Six Sigma methodologies in evaluation complex system behavior and the nature of practical action. He maintains a blog on issues related to evaluation and evaluation surprises.