Karin Tice
Karin E. Tice, Ph.D. leads and owns Formative Evaluation Research Associates (FERA). FERA is 100% woman-owned and is celebrating 50 years partnering with nonprofits, foundations, and their community partners to evaluate innovative systems change initiatives designed to address inequities. FERA’s approach to evaluation is participatory, focused on learning, and development of actionable recommendations to strengthen outcomes. FERA provides evaluation services across a range of issue areas including STEM, education pre-K to 16, health, and income.
Karin has a Ph.D. in Applied Social Anthropology and Education from Columbia University/Teachers College, and Certificates in: 1) Latin American and Iberian Studies from Columbia’s School of International Affairs, and 2) Global Women’s Leadership from Evolving Wisdom (pending). Her book, Kuna Crafts, Gender and the Global Economy, received the American Library Association Award for best academic book of the year in 1995. Her evaluation research has been published, disseminated and used to inform change locally, nationally, and internationally. She has published peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and an encyclopedia entry.
Karin is most passionate about writing inspiring and hopeful stories with communities who are engaged in transformative work that furthers equity. These stories are written with communities. She loves to write for a wide range of audiences. She is also highlighted as a leader in the field on Michigan’s State of Generosity website: https://ourstateofgenerosity.org.
Dr. Tice has served as a board member for the Michigan Association for Evaluation, as secretary and board member for the National Association of Practicing Anthropologists, co-founded the Great Lakes Association of Practicing Anthropologists, is a member of the American Evaluation Association, and co-chaired the first joint conference with Michigan Association for Evaluation, Michigan Nonprofit Association and Council of Michigan Foundations.
Karin has lived in and/or studied social change and community development in multiple places including Mexico, the highlands of Guatemala, Guna Yala, Panama, Spain, and Switzerland for a total of 11 years over her lifetime. She is bilingual in Spanish and English, and has a working knowledge of Catalan, Italian, and two indigenous languages spoken in Guatemala and Panama.