Resume

• 2011

  Ed. S.

  Educational Theory

  Policy

  and Practice - Curriculum Theory

  Louisiana State University

  Ph. D.

  Human Capital Development / Program Evaluation / Adult Education

  Louisiana State University

• 2008

  M. S.

  Sociocultural and International Development in Education Studies

  Transcultural Reseach in Education Consortium

  Southeast Evaluation Association

  American Evaluation Association

  American Educational Research Association

  Florida State University

  Certificate

  Program Evaluation

  Southeast Evaluation Association

  American Evaluation Association

  Florida State University

  Content Analysis

  Readings in Qualitative Research

  Research with Children and Youth

  Advanced Evaluation Design

  Anthropology of Education

  Methods of Educational Research

  Lincoln Center Institute International Art Educators Workshop

  Advanced Research Design

  Evaluating New Educational Programs

  Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

  Proposal Writing

  Lincoln Center Institute Aesthetic Education

  Introduction to Program Evaluation

  International Development in Education

  Applied Qualitative Methods

  Ethics in Evaluation

  Program Evaluation

  Multicultural Education

  Educational Statistics

  Louisiana Department of Education

  Certified Teacher

  Visual Arts and Social Studies

• 2003

  Spanish (Latin America)

  English

  B. A.

  Sociology

  University Honors Program

  Sigma Alpha Lambda

  Alpha Omicron Pi

  Kappa Delta Pi

  Phi Kappa Phi

  Phi Beta Delta

  Sociology Society

  Best Buddies Mentoring

  AmeriCorps Service

  National Association of Art Educators

  A+PEL

  Association of Future Alumni

  University Programs Council

  University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  Summa Cum Laude

  B. S.

  Art Education

  University Honors Program

  Sigma Alpha Lambda

  Alpha Omicron Pi

  Kappa Delta Pi

  Phi Kappa Phi

  Phi Beta Delta

  Sociology Society

  Best Buddies Mentoring

  AmeriCorps Service

  National Association of Art Educators

  A+PEL

  Association of Future Alumni

  University Programs Council

  University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  Summa Cum Laude

• Staff Development

  Community Outreach

  Statistics

  Qualitative Research

  Grant Writing

  Microsoft Office

  SPSS

  International Relations

  Program Evaluation

  Data Analysis

  Research

  PowerPoint

  Customer Service

  Workshop Facilitation

  Teaching

  SAS

  Higher Education

  Student Affairs

  Public Speaking

  Event Planning

  Writing words on other bodies: Feminist poststructural theory and methodology in evaluation

  Paper presented at the American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting

  Washington

  D.C.

  Writing words on other bodies: Feminist poststructural theory and methodology in evaluation

  One project

  multiple voices: The benefits and difficulties of a collaborative interdisciplinary qualitative analysis

  Paper presented at the Annual Advances in Qualitative Methods Conference

  Edmonton

  Alberta

  Canada.

  One project

  multiple voices: The benefits and difficulties of a collaborative interdisciplinary qualitative analysis

  Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Meeting

  New Orleans

  LA

  Atchafalaya epistemology: Ideas of learning and knowing in the Louisiana wetlands.

  Negotiating the identity of place: Language policy and internal colonization in Cajun French Louisiana.

  Paper presented at the annual American Educational Research Association Conference

  Philadelphia

  Pennsylvania.

  Negotiating the identity of place: Language policy and internal colonization in Cajun French Louisiana.

  Paper presented at the Louisiana Association of Museums Conference

  Baton Rouge

  LA.\n

  Museum-school partnerships: How Lafayette Parish is nurturing young museum visitors

  Paper presented at the Eastern Evaluation Research Society Annual Meeting

  Galloway

  New Jersey.

  “Tu ne connais pas rien!”: A bystander’s reflections on Louisiana’s post-Katrina evaluations

  Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference

  Charleston

  South Carolina.

  Quality and quantity: The case of indigenous education reform in Peru

  Paper presented at the annual Southeast Evaluation Association meeting

  Tallahassee

  Florida.

  Strength in numbers: Interdisciplinary teams in mixed methods evaluation

  Paper presented at the Louisiana Museum Assoction Annual Meeting

  West Baton Rouge Museum

  Port Allen

  LA

  Using works of art to build critical thinking and literacy

  Stretching the dollar for art’s sake: High demands and low funding in arts grants evaluation

  Paper presented at Southeast Evaluation Association Conference

  Tallahassee

  FL

  Stretching the dollar for art’s sake: High demands and low funding in arts grants evaluation

  Paper presented at the Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Annual Conference

  Cedarville University

  OH.

  Three generations: The disappearance of French in Louisiana

  Paper presented at the annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference

  Las Vegas

  Nevada.

  Utilization of a pre-college habitat restoration program through the eyes of rural and urban schools teachers in south Louisiana to promote environmental stewardship and hands-on learning

  Policy and practice: A critique of the teacher education program

  Paper presented at the Louisiana State Collegiate Honors Conference

  Nicholls State University

  Thibodaux

  LA

  Policy and practice: A critique of the teacher education program

  Paper presented at the Canadian Evaluation Society Annual Meeting

  Toronto

  Ontario

  Canada.

  Speaking out about being acted upon: Voice and capacity building in an urban school

  Voluntourism

  the combination of volunteering efforts with tourism

  has emerged as a popular option for individuals to combine volunteering with an international experience. With growth stemming largely from endorsements in the tourism industry

  the phenomenon of voluntourism presents a number of complications in the areas of cultural competency and developmental aid in international communities. These issues are further complicated by the intersection of volunteerism’s focus on aid and tourism’s focus on entertainment. The goal of this discussion is to engage in a critical examination of the implications of voluntourism on the communities in which it operates

  issues in management and development of voluntourists

  and ways in which the volunteer development community can contribute to this growing area. \nKey Words: cross-cultural

  cultural competency

  volunteer tourism

  international

  voluntourism.\nVolunteering is a social process

  requiring various levels of intercultural communication and cross-cultural interaction. In the field of sociocultural and international educational development

  this combination of the volunteer/volunteering program and the context of the international environment is a common issue in generating programs and projects abroad. These programs have often relied on the use of international experts as well as influence from volunteers through programs such as the Peace Corps and international bodies such as UNESCO and affiliated non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The allure and practice of venturing beyond one’s societal and national border has increased in recent years as growing numbers of potential volunteers travel abroad through a host of new and emerging programs. With this transnational phenomenon

  however

  comes a host of issues from the fields of international development and volunteering – issues that seem to be exacerbated in programs that lend themselves to the specific genre of voluntourism. \n

  Voluntourism in Cross-Cultural Contexts: Critical Issues and the Case for International Volunteer Development and Management

  Art Smart: Findings within a three-year arts integration grant

  Report presented to the Lafayette Parish School System

  Lafayette

  LA.

  Art Smart: Findings within a three-year arts integration grant

  Paper presented at American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting

  Minneapolis

  MN.

  Folk idea as cultural broker: The role of folklore in increasing cultural competency in evaluation.

  Paper presented at the annual American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences conference

  Las Vegas

  Nevada.

  Moving from cultural competency to a model of cultural humility: A critical discussion of the hierarchies of knowledge in evaluation

  Collaborating with an interdisciplinary team of fellow researchers in conducting a mixed methods study of the LSU Coastal Roots wetland restoration program in K-12 schools

  including qualitative analysis

  survey development

  evaluation

  and dissemination.

  TRAC & RIDES Educational Program Evaluation

  Evaluating the Louisiana TRAC & RIDES K-12 program

  including program development

  evaluation design

  and result dissemination.

  LaChenaye

  Ph.D.

  Jenna M.

  LaChenaye

  Ph.D.

  Louisiana State University

  Florida State University

  Lafayette Parish School System

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  AmeriCorps

  The University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Assisted department faculty on a number of educational research projects

  including but not limited to NCATE accreditation

  STEM program evaluation

  general data collection.

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Baton Rouge

  Louisiana Area

  Louisiana State University

  Responsible for facilitation

  management

  and evaluation of the Art Smart professional development initiative through pilot programming with national partners in an effort to promote arts integration. Organized and facilitated various mentoring and training opportunities for Lafayette teachers through partnerships with national partners (Lincoln Center Institute and Smithsonian Associates).

  Lafayette Parish School System

  Assistant Professor

  Educational Psychology and Research Graduate Faculty

  Duties include teaching qualitative

  mixed methods

  and general research courses to graduate students in the UAB School of Education and scholarship in participant voice in various manifestations of qualitative research and evaluation.

  The University of Alabama at Birmingham

  AmeriCorps

  Community service in various organizations across Lafayette and surrounding communities

  including but not limited to:\n- Children's Shelter of Acadiana\n- Acadiana Outreach\n- Cajundome Hurricane Katrina Shelter\n- After school tutoring\n- Habitat for Humanity

  Team Member

  Lafayette

  Louisiana Area

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  Louisiana State University

  Led courses on developing study skills and worked with 50+ undergraduate students to assess specific learning needs and develop individualized plans for improvement.

  Instructor

  Baton Rouge

  Louisiana Area

  Responsible for the collection and compilation of mixed methods data in an effort to evaluate LSU's VIGRE program in mathematics.

  Louisiana State University

  College Teaching Fellow

  Conducted independent research on various topics:\n- Socialization of individuals with hyphenated cultural identities\n- French language ban in Louisiana education and effects on identity\n- Cultural competency in educational research and evaluation

  Florida State University

  Southeastern Evaluation Association

  Comparative and International Education Society

  American Educational Research Association

  Canadian Evaluation Association

  University of Louisiana Alumni Association

  American Evaluation Association

  Sigma Lambda Delta

  Alpha Omicron Pi

  Phi Kappa Phi