Document(s) 18 of 18

Edward T. Jackson is Director of the Centre for the Study of Training, Investment and Economic Restructuring and Associate Professor of Public Administration at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He is also President of E.T. Jackson and Associates Ltd., a management consulting firm that has advised on development projects in fifty countries around the world. Dr. Jackson is co-editor of Voices of Change: Participatory Research in the United States and Canada (Bergin and Garvey/OISE Press, 1993) and First Person Plural: A Community Development Approach to Social Change (Black Rose, 1995).

Yusuf Kassam is a Toronto-based international development consultant specializing in education, training, rural development, and development management. Senior HRD Specialist with E.T. Jackson and Associates Ltd., Mr. Kassam is a former Professor of Adult Education at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Director of Programs at the International Council for Adult Education. He is the co-editor of Society for Participatory Research: An Emerging Alternative Methodology in Social Science Research (Participatory Research in Asia, 1982), the author of Illiterate No More: The Voices of New Literates from Tanzania (Tanzania Publishing House, 1979), and The Adult Education Revolution in Tanzania (Shungwaya Publishers, 1978).

—————

Marren Akatsa-Bukachi was a National Program Secretary of the Kenya YWCA in Nairobi. Educated at the University of Delhi, she previously worked in a senior capacity for the Kenyan Ministry of Culture and Social Services. Mrs. Akatsa-Bukachi was instrumental in developing an evaluation plan for the YWCA and working with grassroots women on projects that enhance their status.

Gary Anderson teaches methodology and program evaluation in the Department of Administration and Policy Studies in Education, McGill University, which he chaired until 1995. He is also President of Universalia, one of Canada's leading management consulting firms. His recent books include Fundamentals of Educational Research (Falmer, 1990) and (with his partner, Charles Lusthaus) Institutional Assessment (IDRC, 1995).

Kamla Bhasin, a social scientist by training, has been involved with issues related to development, education, gender, and media since 1972, when she joined a voluntary organization in Rajasthan, India. Since 1976, she has been working with the FAO's Freedom from Hunger Campaign/Action for Development in New Delhi, supporting innovative NGO initiatives, organizing training workshops and facilitating networking among NGOs, women's organizations, and people's organizations in South Asia.

Scott Clark is presently Principal Researcher, Criminal Law and Young Offenders Research Unit, Department of Justice of Canada, Ottawa. He also teaches anthropology and sociology at Carleton University, where he is an Adjunct Research Professor. Prior to his current position, he worked as an employee and consultant for First Nation communities and organizations in Canada. He received his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh.

John Cove is a Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. His primary field of interest is in Aboriginal rights movements. His research in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand has involved land claims, criminal justice issues, and the politics of research.

Philip Cox coordinated the process evaluation of the Nepal Health Development Project. He has been an evaluation and community development consultant with the Calgary firm PLAN:NET 2000 since 1990. In this role he has carried out participatory evaluation assignments for local and international clients, including the Mennonite Central Committee, Alberta Multiculturalism Commission, Canadian International Development Agency, and UNCHS (Habitat). He holds a B.A. in Political Science and is completing a Master's Degree in Environmental Design (Planning) at the University of Calgary. He is a member of the Canadian Evaluation Society.

Patricia Ellis is a Caribbean consultant with extensive experience in the areas of education and development. Among her interests are research and training, and she is well known for her expertise in using participatory methodology in conducting these activities. She has worked with women's organizations and with women at all levels of Caribbean society, and has also worked with women's groups in Nigeria. Dr. Ellis has carried out many studies examining women's condition and has conducted a wide range of training programs to empower, equip, and enable women to deal with their problems.

Marie-Thérèse Feuerstein, originally trained as a nurse/midwife, has worked for twenty years as a freelance consultant in health, community development, and adult education for UNDP, World Bank, and other UN and NGO development agencies. Author of Partners in Evaluation, reprinted eight times since 1987, Dr. Feuerstein has worked in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Jim Freedman is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Western Ontario and operates a private firm that consults on international development for the United Nations, CIDA, and international NGOs. He has authored a number of books, monographs, and articles on topics ranging from the future of foreign aid to evaluation methodology to African religions and professional wrestling. His monograph, Participatory Evaluation: Making Projects Work, is published by the International Centre at the University of Calgary.

Sulley Gariba is a Ghanaian consultant specializing in rural development, water supply, institution building, evaluation, and cross-cultural training. His clients have included the World Bank, the German Technical Agency (GTZ), Partnership Africa-Canada, and the Canadian International Development Agency. He is President of G.A.S. Development Associates Limited, based in Accra, Ghana. Dr. Gariba has taught at the University of Development Studies in Tamale, Ghana, as well as at Carleton and Trent Universities.

Deborah Gilsig, a Universalia evaluation consultant, is particularly concerned with evaluation training and with research and data collection technology. She has been involved in the development of a variety of data collection approaches and is currently developing techniques for the third and fourth levels of training evaluation.

Budd L. Hall is a leader in the theory and practice of participatory research worldwide. A former Secretary-General of the International Council for Adult Education, Dr. Hall is Chair and Professor in the Department of Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology at the University of Toronto and a founder of the Institute's Transformative Learning Centre. He has published widely on participatory research, transformative learning, and environmental education and has worked in more than seventy nations around the world.

Andrew J. Livingstone is an Ottawa-based consultant with Cowater International specializing in the participatory and social dimensions of rural and urban water and sanitation. Formerly the manager of a major water project funded by CIDA and implemented by Wardrop Engineering and the Ghana Water and Sewerage Corporation in northern Ghana, Dr. Livingstone has also managed and advised projects in southern and eastern Africa and northern Canada. He is a member of the UN/WHO Collaborative Council Working Group on Operation and Maintenance and is active in the International Water Resources Association.

Bonnie B. Mullinix is Training and Program Officer with World Education Inc. in Boston. A specialist in training, small-enterprise development, and participatory evaluation, she currently supports projects in Kenya, Namibia, Mali, and Benin. Dr. Mullinix previously worked on adult education and literacy programs in Malawi and The Gambia, as well as with the Peace Corps. She holds a doctorate in international and nonformal education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Sheila A. Robinson coordinated the Nepal Health Development Project through the University of Calgary's International Centre (1989–1995). She holds a B.Sc. in Nursing, an M.A. in Development Studies, and a Ph.D. in Community Health Science. Her fifteen years' experience in international health and development spans fieldwork, research, teaching, supervision, project planning, management, and evaluation. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Community Health Science and the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary. Dr. Robinson served as President of the Canadian Society for International Health (1991–1994).

Elizabeth (Bessa) Whitmore is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Whitmore has taught and written widely on empowerment and evaluation and is presently preparing a book on the theory and practice of participatory evaluation. Her international work has involved projects in Mexico and Guyana and elsewhere in Central America and the Caribbean.

Document(s) 18 of 18