One of four children, Arlen Gullickson was born and raised in a farming family in Iowa. His education includes B.A., M.A, masters, and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics, physics and educational psychology, respectively. He has 30 years of teaching experience at the high school and college levels and altogether more than 40 years of experience working in education. In the past, Arlen has served in various professorial and leadership roles including professor, director of The Evaluation Center, and Chair of the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation. He is a recipient of the WMU distinguished service award, the AEA Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Practice Award, and the CREATE Millman award. Currently, he is semi-retired—he directs Evaluate and spends time fishing, cabinetmaking, and enjoying his family. E-mail Arlen
Lori Wingate Lori moved to Kalamazoo in 1997, and she’s been working at The Evaluation Center ever since. Her bachelor's and master's degrees are in sociology. She took her first course in evaluation in 2002—after 7 years and 2 children, she graduated in December 2009 with a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary evaluation. For Evaluate, Lori is leading resource development efforts and managing the annual survey, along with general project management responsibilities. She is the book review section editor for the American Journal of Evaluation. Outside of work, she wrangles her young sons, August and Stuart, and takes every opportunity to enjoy the natural beauty of Michigan. E-mail Lori
Stephanie Evergreen loves evaluation. She reads evaluation textbooks for fun. And she purposely gets involved in as varied evaluation tasks as possible. Recent work includes evaluations of medical translation services for Latino/as, afterschool programs for urban youth, a jail diversion initiative, and a comprehensive care model for patients with chronic disease. Stephanie‘s undergraduate and master’s degrees are in education (with minors in math and science), and she is working toward a Ph.D. in evaluation. Her free time is spent replacing her lawn with herbs and vegetables and playing with her family. Stephanie coordinates Evaluate’s webinars and workshops, develops resources, and edits Conduit. E-mail Stephanie
Peggie Weeks has twice been a program officer at NSF, helping to manage ATE and other Division of Undergraduate Education programs, and she continues to be a regular proposal reviewer. She chairs the committees of two ATE Centers—CREATE, out of College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, and the NSF Materials Science Resource Center, based at Edmonds Community College. Peggie is also the external evaluator for BioBench at St. Louis Community College, and previously evaluated RoboRocks and TechXPloration, both at Middlesex County College. In addition to her direct experience with ATE grantees, Peggie worked for sixteen years teaching engineering and technology at Corning Community College. Prior to teaching, she was employed as a process engineer at Corning, Inc. E-mail Peggie
Carl Westine is getting converted to Michigan weather, after a move with his wife from Pittsburgh for him to become a doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Evaluation at Western Michigan University. Aside from Evaluate, Carl stays busy by playing with his dog, taking too many statistics classes, and digging deeper into his present research projects on care management for diabetics and migrant educational programming in Michigan. He holds a master’s degree in economics. Previously, Carl worked as a planning analyst in the corporate special projects division for a large health care organization. E-mail Carl
Patricia Negrevski has been working at The Evaluation Center in an administrative capacity since 1990. She’s been the Center’s budget analyst since 2002. Patti applies her business background in her work with Evaluate by monitoring our budget, managing contracts with external consultants, handling logistics for meetings, and ensuring our compliance with University and National Science Foundation rules and guidelines. Patti is a lifelong resident of Kalamazoo and enjoys trips up north. E-mail Patti
