Staff Profile
Jerome Evans, Ph.D. – Quantitative & Qualitative Analysis Evaluator
Dr. Evans is a research psychologist with over thirty five years of experience in program evaluation and research. Jerry received his doctorate in clinical psychology, did his post-doctoral at UCLA, and since has maintained a continuing interest in applied research with health care services in clinics and hospitals and with health promotion in organizations, communities, and across regions and states. His areas of specialty include quantitative and qualitative research methods, statistical analysis, and theories and models of health promotion. Currently through his background in applied health research, Jerry contributes to program development in alcohol and drug abuse prevention and inpatient and outpatient treatment of substance abuse. Other areas of program development concern youth diversion, county-level systems of behavioral health care, home visitation for new mothers, and workplace health and safety. Jerry has continued a years’-long interest in the psychosocial recovery of children and adults with advanced cancer and guides research in a multi-year follow-up study of people in cancer survivorship. He is a member of the board of directors of the Mountain Family Health Centers, a non-profit, multi-center medical services organization. All of these various professional activities combine in a focus on how institutions and communities can encourage the wellness of individuals.
Jerry is a member of the American Evaluation Association and the Association for Psychological Science. He lives near Aspen, Colorado, is married to Shelley, and has a grown daughter and son who live in the Seattle area, where the Evans’s maintain a second home to enjoy family and big-city life.
Experience
1967-1969 Research Psychologist, Research Department, Camarillo State Hospital, Camarillo, CA
1969-1975 Assistant Research Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
1971-1973 Research Scientist, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Ventura & Los Angeles County, CA
1974-1980 Program Administration and Evaluation, Child-Adolescent Psychological Services, Ventura County Department of Mental Health, Ventura, California
1971-1995 Family Practice Residency Instructor, Behavioral Health Department, Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura, California
1974-1995 Member, Institutional Review Committee, Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura, California
1992-2001 Executive Administrator, Center for Health Education and Training, Landon Pediatric Foundation, Ventura, CA
1994-2001 Program Evaluator, Healthy Families Ventura Cooperative, Ventura, CA
1994-Present Program Evaluator, Healthy Start Programs, Oxnard, Ventura California School Districts
1995-1999 Research Consultant, National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Arlington, VA
1995-Present Member, Technical Assistance Committee, National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, Chicago, IL
1996-2001 Program Evaluator, California Department of Mental Health, Foundation Consortium for School Linked Services.
1999-2001 Program Evaluator, Hueneme School District
1998-1999 Research Consultant, National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Arlington, VA
1999-2003 Consultant Evaluator, Pitkin County Health and Human Services, Aspen, CO
1999-2003 Associate Professor, Distance Education, Graduate School of Social Work, California State University, Long Beach
1998-Present Evaluator, Aspen School District, Aspen, CO
2000-Present Program Evaluator, Colorado Trust-Western Slope Learning Group Grantees
2000-2002 Program Evaluator, Roaring Fork, RE-1 School District, CO
2001-Present Program Evaluator, Valley Partnership, Aspen, CO
2002-Present Program evaluation consultant, Schuss Family Foundation