Michael Harnar
Evaluation methodologist | Change facilitator | Professor | Communicator | Project manager | Program administrator | Tennis enthusiast
- Role
- Assistant Professor of Evaluation Director of the Interdisciplinary Phd in Evaluation at Western Michigan University
- Location
- Kalamazoo, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Harnar
Expert evaluation methodologist – I am a seasoned and recognized evaluation generalist with 20+ years of experience designing and implementing evaluations, across a range of domains, as a sole practitioner, a team member, and as a team leader.Change facilitator – I developed and launched an innovative online Master’s degree in social impact, facilitated the creation of a unique cross-modal new and emerging technology evaluation framework for US Department of Transportation, launched a national organization and continue to serve as inaugural board member, collaboratively developed and implemented policies and procedures for an online open access journal, and in the wake of my supervisor’s death and in a resource-constrained atmosphere, I facilitated the administrative transfer of a PhD program from one university college to another. I have also designed and implemented information management system to help a variety of projects track and understand change.Communicator – As the leader of a PhD program in evaluation, I regularly discuss evaluation and the discipline at the intellectual crossroads of multiple disciplines. I have presented research at more than 20 international conferences and taught evaluation at the graduate level for almost 6 years. As a television producer, I produced a weekly Navy news show for 5 years, for which I interviewed admirals, generals, soldiers, marines, airmen, sailors, and a sitting US president; outside the Navy I worked for 10 years with a variety of television industry leaders, including 4 years as a freelance cameraman in New York City.Project manager – I manage the publication of an internationally-recognized open access peer-reviewed journal and published an issue just over a year after being thrust into the role of executive editor. This includes managing a board of 7–10 volunteers, engaging a copyeditor, developing a journal style guide, escorting more than 50 manuscripts through peer review at any given time, and writing policies and procedures that were previously unwritten. Concurrently, I am developing three special issues with first-time issue editors dispersed around the globe.Program administrator – I currently administer an interdisciplinary PhD program in evaluation that awards doctorates in evaluation and is sponsored by the deans of four colleges at the university. This involves regular, intensely intellectual discussions at the intersection of knowledge development, discipline boundaries, and budgetary constraints at the highest levels of the university.
Experience
Assistant Professor of Evaluation Director of the Interdisciplinary Phd in Evaluation
Aug 2017 — Present · Kalamazoo, MI, US
The Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation program at Western Michigan University develops evaluation scholars and practitioners with deep knowledge of evaluation theory, methodology and practice as well as superior critical thinking and problem-solving skills. This is the only program of its type in the world, and it draw scholars from around the world.
Education
Claremont Graduate University
Ph.D., Psychology, Evaluation and Applied Research Methods
2004 — 2012
Claremont Graduate University
M.A., Psychology - Program Evaluation
2004 — 2007
University of Connecticut
B.G.S., Communications
1994 — 1998
Skills
- Staff Development
- Analysis
- Workshop Facilitation
- Program Evaluation
- Grant Writing
- Leadership
- Clinical Psychology
- Public Health
- Higher Education
- Focus Groups
- Spss
- Literature Reviews
- Program Management
- Public Speaking
- Qualitative Research
- Quantitative Research
- Survey Research
- Teaching
- Grants
- Nonprofits
- Video Production
- Proposal Writing
- Policy Analysis
- Statistics
- Research Design
- Psychology
- Research
- University Teaching
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Sailing
- Quantitative Analytics
- Survey Design
- Report Writing
- International Development
- Data Analysis
- Program Development
- Data Collection
- Photography
- Evaluation
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