More Than 25 Years of the American Journal of Evaluation: The Recollections of Past Editors in Their Own Words

[Eugene Garfield]

More Than 25 Years of the American Journal of Evaluation: The Recollections of 
Past Editors in Their Own Words

Author(s): Gargani, J (Gargani, John)
Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EVALUATION  Volume: 32  Issue: 3  Pages: 
428-447  DOI: 10.1177/1098214011412175  Published: SEP 2011  

Abstract: This article explores the important role that past editors of the 
American Journal of Evaluation and its predecessors, Evaluation Practice and 
Evaluation News, played in the development of the American Evaluation 
Association (AEA). In interviews presented here, the editors recount the 
history of the association, the journal, and the field as they experienced it. 
Using a variety of sources, the author provides additional context for their 
remarks, describing the pioneering efforts of early evaluation associations, the 
contentious mergers that resulted in a single national association, the 
emergence of dedicated evaluation publications, and the challenges posed by 
an increasingly diverse membership. The author concludes by discussing the 
ways in which the editors, throughout their 35 years of service, strengthened 
not only professional associations but the larger field of evaluation.

Language: English
Document Type: Article
Author Keywords: evaluation history; American Evaluation Association history; 
American Journal of Evaluation; evaluation profession
KeyWords Plus: ORAL-HISTORY; PROFESSIONAL-DEVELOPMENT

Addresses: Gargani Co Inc, Berkeley, CA 94705 USA
Reprint Address: Gargani, J (reprint author), Gargani Co Inc, 2625 Alcatraz 
Ave,508, Berkeley, CA 94705 USA

E-mail Address: john at gcoinc.com
ISSN: 1098-2140
URL: http://aje.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/06/27/1098214011412175