Loran Carleton Parker
Associate Director, Principal Evaluation and Research Scholar
Evaluation and Learning Research Center (ELRC)
Education Administration
Profile
Loran has over 15 years of experience in education research and evaluation and has worked with projects funded by a wide array of public and private organizations, including NSF, NIH, CDC, U.S. DOE, USDA, USAID, DHHS, Lily Endowment, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Kresge Foundation, and Lumina Foundation. Loran’s interests are using participatory evaluation approaches to learn about how to build, develop and sustain learning communities working toward social justice. At ELRC, she does this by identifying partners who align with the ELRC’s mission and vision, facilitating the framing of the work in learning theory, identifying ways in which progress might be monitored, evaluated, and interpreted, and developing processes through which stakeholders at all levels and circumstances can be included in the work. Loran enjoys the outdoors and exploring nature. She bleeds old gold and black—she has three degrees from Purdue. She lives just west of campus with her husband, two children and small zoo of pets.
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Research & Publications
Dr. Parker’s research, evaluation and consulting work advances knowledge and practice in the following areas:
- Transforming Higher Education for Inclusion and Equitable Student Outcomes
- Developing and Evaluating Cross-Disciplinary Learning Experiences for Students and Professionals
- Building National and International Capacity for Evidence Use to Seek Justice in Policy and Governance
- Developing Inclusive STEM Learning Experiences for Youth