Experts in multi-level and multi-site interventions, Drs. Peter Messeri and Mary Clare Lennon have extensive experience
evaluating the impact of social intervention programs. As part of the evaluation component
of the Earth Institute ADVANCE program, they will study a subgroup of faculty and research scientists over the course of the five-year grant. Data will be collected through 1)
repeated in-depth interviews with a small sample of Earth Institute men and women 2) program statistics generated during the implementation
of each ADVANCE program, 3) individual and / or group interviews with faculty
responsible for hiring and promoting junior faculty, and 4) the institutional work environment
survey.
Assisting Drs. Messeri and Lennon with the development and coordination of the evaluation
is Alicia Peters, Doctoral Candidate at the
Mailman School of Public Health.