Dr. Deborah E.
King
Evaluation Experience
Dr. King has an extensive background in
the evaluation of community and public health programs,
environmental issues, and science and engineering education.
Technical expertise includes feasibility studies, research
design and methodology, process and impact evaluation, survey
research, instrument development, program planning, and
facilitation of focus groups.
--Morehouse College
- Audit of Computer Science Department and Project SPACE.
--Department of Energy –
Expert reviewer for mathematics and science curricula.
--Sandia National Laboratory –
Evaluator for elementary, middle, and high school environmental
curricula.
--NASA Glenn Research Center’s Initiatives – Evaluated impact of initiatives promoting access
and academic achievement of under-represented ethnic groups in
mathematics and science education.
--NASA Headquarters –
Served as a grant reviewer for mathematics and science
initiatives.
--National Science Foundation -
Served on expert review panel to promote graduate education in
mathematics and science.
--The Summit County, Ohio Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health
Services Board -
Impact evaluator of the Center for
Substance Abuse
Prevention (CSAP) funded
Community Partnership Project. The evaluation focused on
processes and outcomes directly associated with objectives
specified by the Community Partnership Project to address and
effect change in the use of alcohol and drug by youth and teens
in Summit County.
--Ohio Environmental Protection Agency -
Commissioned to conduct a statewide study of environmental
issues and the concerns of African Americans throughout the
State of Ohio. Conducted a community-based evaluation study
entitled, “An Outreach Strategy for Equity in Environmental
Issues” (OSEEI). The results of the study were published in
the State of the Environment 1995 Report. The OSEEI
study served to assess African Americans’ perceptions, attitudes
and awareness of environmental issues. The study design
incorporated surveys, focus groups, questionnaires, historical
research, and an expert review panel of medical professionals.
--Center for Disease Control (CDC)
– National Children Health Study. Collaborated with the
Community Outreach & Communications Working Group to create
community involvement and outreach strategies and communications
tool to help bring the nation’s communities into the design
process as well as engage and sustain their participation for
the life of the study.
--Ohio Board
of Regents’ Student Achievement in Research and Scholarship
(STARS) Committee –
Wrote planning manual for implementing the program.
--Cuyahoga
Community College –
Evaluator
of Middle College Program linked to Cleveland Public Schools.
--Bowling
Green University –
Designed evaluation plan for National Science Foundation
proposal focused on enhancing students performance in
mathematics and science education attending socio-economically
challenged elementary, middle and secondary schools.
--East Point
Community Action Team
– Audit of operations.
--Aid to
Children of Incarcerated Mothers (AIM)
– Audit of
fund raising activities.
--United Way
of Greater Atlanta DeKalb County –
Early Learning Commission – briefing and white papers on
economic impact of early learning programs in DeKalb County.
Volunteer on youth development, at-risk and health investment
committees. Conduct on-site visits to monitor compliance.
Prepares on-site review reports. Review of grant applications.
Summary
of Qualifications
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Twenty-year veteran in fund raising, program planning and
evaluation
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Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and psychology -
University of Houston
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Master of Public Administration - Texas Southern University
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Ph.D. in education with a focus on fund development and
evaluation - Kansas State University
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Woodrow National Wilson Fellowship Foundation's Improved
Fundraising Capabilities Fellow
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$65 million raised from private and public foundations,
corporations and individuals
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UW DeKalb Advisory Board (DAB) and chair of the Community
Engagement Committee
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Advisory boards of Lincoln College of Technology and Why Not
Sports, Inc.
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Professional memberships: Council for the
Advancement and Support of Education (CASE); Association of Fund
Raising Professionals (AFP); National Association of Youth
Service Consultants (NAYSC); Atlanta Area Evaluation Association
(AaEA)
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