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Consulting Start-up and Management:
A Guide for Evaluators and Applied Researchers
by Gail V. Barrington (Sage, 2012)

A must-read for all consultants who are considering going out on their own or for those who want to fine-tune their current business practice.

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Teaching You, Teaching Me: The Power of Photovoice During the Pandemic

Barrington, G. V. (2021). Teaching You, Teaching Me: The Power of Photovoice During the Pandemic. AEA365: TOE TIG Week. July 21, 2021. https://aea365.org/blog/toe-tig-week-teaching-you-teaching-me-the-power-of-photovoice-during-the-pandemic-by-gail-vallance-barrington/

Reflective Practice: Moving Intention into Action

Miciak, M., Barrington, G. V., & Lavoie, M. (2020). Reflective Practice: Moving Intention into Action. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. https://evaluationcanada.ca/sites/default/files/cjpe.69771.pdf

Grounding the 2018 AEA Evaluator Competencies in the Broader Context of Professionalization

Ayoo, S., Wilcox, Y., LaVelle, J. M., Podems, D., & Barrington, G. V. (2020). Grounding the2018 AEA Evaluator Competencies in the broader context of professionalization. In J. A.King (Ed.), The American Evaluation Association’s Program Evaluator Competencies.New Directions for Evaluation,2020, 13-30.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ev.20440

The Buffalo Jump: Lessons After the Fall

Barrington, G.V. (2018). “The Buffalo Jump: Lessons After the Fall.” Evaluation Failures. Hutchinson, K. (ed.) SAGE. pp. 15-21.

Entries on External Consultants & External Evaluation—The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation

Barrington, G.V. (2018.) Entries on “External Consultants,” and “External Evaluation.” The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation. Frey, B. (ed.) London, SAGE.

Professionalizing Evaluation in the Government of Canada: How PHAC and HC Did It

Cummings, H., Borys, S., Barrington, G.V. (2016). Professionalizing Evaluation in the Government of Canada: How PHAC and HC Did It. Canadian Government Executive Magazine. Vol 22. Issue 8. pp12-13. http://canadiangovernmentexecutive.ca/dig/22_08/files/assets/basic-html/page-12.html

Case study site selection: Using an evidence-based approach in health care settings

Barrington, G., Shimoni, R., Legaspi, A. (2014.) “Case study site selection: Using an evidence-based approach in health care settings.” SAGE Research Methods Cases. SAGE Publications Ltd. Online ISBN: 9781446273050.

View from the Credentialing Board: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

Barrington, G.V., Frank, C., Gauthier, B., Hicks, K. (2014.) View from the Credentialing Board: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going. The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. Vol 29, No. 3, Special Issue 2014. https://evaluationcanada.ca/system/files/cjpe-entries/29-3-086.pdf

Addressing the needs of diverse distributed students

Shimoni, R., Barrington, G., Wilde, R., Henwood, S. (2013.) “Addressing the needs of diverse distributed students.” The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL). Vol. 14, No.3. http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1413

Consulting Start-up and Management: A Guide for Evaluators and Applied Researchers

Barrington G.V. (2012.) Consulting Start-up and Management: A Guide for Evaluators and Applied Researchers. Thousand Oaks: SAGE.

The Lay of the Land: Evaluation Practice in Canada in 2009

Gauthier, B. Barrington, G.V., Bozzo, S. L., Chaytor, K., Dignard, A., Lahey, R., Malatest, R. McDavid, J. C., Mason, G., Mayne, J., Porteous, N.L., Roy, S. (2010.) The Lay of the Land: Evaluation Practice in Canada in 2009. The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 1-49.