Building a New Generation of Culturally Responsive Evaluators Through AEA's Graduate Education Diversity Internship Program -- NEW DIRECTIONS FOR EVALUATION -- Editorial Policy and Procedures -- CONTENTS -- EDITORS' NOTES -- Overview of the Issue -- References -- 1 The Development of a Diversity Initiative: Framework for the Graduate Education Diversity Internship (GEDI) Program -- Laying the Groundwork to AEA as a Culturally Responsive Organization -- Methodology -- Historical Framing of the GEDI Program -- Birthing BDI -- BDI as a Trojan Horse and the Role of the MIE TIG -- Birthing GEDI and the Role of GEDI as Leaders -- Implications of BDI and the GEDI: Role of BDI and GEDI in Seeding Other Initiatives in AEA and Beyond -- Postscript -- Appendix -- Note -- References -- 2 Envisioning an Evaluation Curriculum to Develop Culturally Responsive Evaluators and Support Social Justice -- Program Conception -- Curriculum Framework -- Program Participants -- GEDI Curriculum Components -- Instructional Modalities -- Leadership Development Activities -- Intended Outcomes of the GEDI Program -- Outcomes Related to the Instructional Modalities -- Outcomes Related to Leadership Development Activities -- Attainment of the Intended Goals of the GEDI Program -- Unintended Emerging Outcomes of the GEDI Program -- Challenging Assumptions -- Testing and Refining Theory -- Translating Theory Into Practice -- Learning Alongside Interns -- Networking Among Colleagues -- Building Intergenerational Relationships -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Championing Culturally Responsive Leadership for Evaluation Practice -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Methodology -- Results -- Service Leadership Experiences -- Core CRE Leadership Competencies -- Implications for Championing CRE Practices -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References.

4 Mentorship and the Professional Development of Culturally Responsive Evaluators in the American Evaluation Association's Graduate Education Diversity Internship (GEDI) Program -- Program -- Background -- Definitions of Mentorship -- Mentorship Models -- Method -- Procedure -- Definition of Topic and Selection of Statements -- Selection of Participants -- Data Collection: Q Sorting -- Statistical Analysis -- Results -- Interpretation and Discussion -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 5 Shaping a New Generation of Culturally Responsive Evaluators: Program Director Perspectives on the Role of the Internship Experience -- The Internship Experience -- Situating the Internship: A Core Component of the Curricular Framework -- Situating the Internship: Logistics and Limitations -- Theorizing the Internship Experience -- Intern Reflections -- Implications and Recommendations -- Positioning Sponsor Organizations as Program Partners -- Contextualizing the Internship Experience -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 6 Socializing Emerging Evaluators: The Use of Mentoring to Develop Evaluation Competence -- Developing Evaluation Competence in Graduate School: The Graduate Education Diversity Internship -- Learning About Evaluation: Mentoring Relationships With Practicing Evaluators -- Capturing the Influence of Evaluation Mentoring Relationships -- GEDI Intern Demographics -- Formal Evaluation Mentoring: GEDI-Facilitated Relationships -- Informal Evaluation Mentoring: Non-GEDI-Facilitated Relationships -- Formal and Informal Mentoring: Socializing New Evaluators -- Limitations of the Data -- Implications for the Field -- Note -- References -- 7 Embedding the Graduate Education Diversity Internship (GEDI) Program Within a Larger System -- Introduction -- Why the GEDI Program Was-and Still Is-Necessary -- Role of Culture in Evaluation.

The Ecosystem of Organizations That Can Change the Status Quo -- The Ecosystem That Supports (or Does Not Support) the GEDI Program -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 8 How Will We Know It When We See It? A Critical Friend Perspective of the Graduate Education Diversity Internship (GEDI) Program and Its Legacy in Evaluation -- Reflective Reference Point 1: Heightening the Importance of Culturally Responsive Evaluation and the Need for More Evaluators of Color -- Reference Point 2: Early Childhood, Adolescence, and Young Adulthood of the Internship Program -- Reference Point 3: The Post Internship Talents on Display in the Evaluation of the North Carolina Alliance to Create Opportunity Through Education -- Summarizing the Reflections of This Critical Friend and Ponderings About the Future -- References -- INDEX -- Order Form -- EULA.