Tiffany Tovey, Ph.D.

Education

• Ph. D. In Educational Psychology and Research, with concentration in Evaluation, Statistics, and Measurement – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2014
• B. A. in Psychology and Philosophy – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2010

Leadership & Professional Engagement

National Service and Leadership (Selected)

• Lead Evaluator, Office of Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Services (OAERS), University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2018-present)
• Organizer and Facilitator, Reflective Dialogue Gathering (2025)
• Director, Office of Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Services (OAERS), University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2022-2025)
• Book Review Editor, Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation (2022-present)
• Co-Chair, Nominations and Elections Working Group (2024-present)
• Secretary, Eastern Evaluation Research Society (2022-present)
• Faculty Advisor, Emergent Voices in Evaluation Conference (2018–present)
• Conference proposal reviewer for multiple professional organizations including the American Evaluation Association and Eastern Evaluation Research Society (2011–present)

Awards, & Recognition (Selected)

• Invited Closing Plenary Facilitator, American Evaluation Association Annual Conference (2025)
• Nominated for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Education Teaching Excellence Award (2021)

Partnerships with premier associations/industries

Professional Associations

• American Evaluation Association (AEA)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Eastern Evaluation Research Society (EERS)
• International Society for Evaluation Educators (ISEE)
• Canadian Evaluation Society (CES)
• Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA)

Federal and State Agencies

• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• U.S. Department of Education
• U.S. Department of Defense
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA)
• UNC System Office

University and Industry Collaborations

• Western Michigan University (EvaluATE NSF National Evaluation Hub)
• Purdue University (SCALE)
• Arizona State University
• University of Wyoming
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• North Carolina State University
• National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Research & Publications

• Reflective Practice
• Interpersonal Effectiveness
• Program Evaluation
• Stakeholder Communication
• Practical Wisdom

Tovey, T. L. S., & Archibald, T. (in press). The Relationship Between Reflective Practice, Evaluative Thinking, and Practical Wisdom. In M. Hurteau & Archibald, T. (Eds.) Practical Wisdom for an Ethical Evaluation Practice. Information Age Publishing, Evaluation & Society.

Tovey, T. L. S., Kelly, S., & Brown, W. (under review). The influence of locus of control and the impostor phenomenon on math anxiety in business majors. International Journal for Business Education.

Acree, J., Tovey, T. L. S., & Petrulis, B. (under review). Reflections on the intersections between collaboration and use in practice. American Journal of Evaluation.

Chouinard, J. A., Tovey, T. L. S., & Kidd, K. (under review). The evaluation of equity-focused community coalitions: A review of the empirical literature. Health Education and Behavior.

Boyce, A. S., Tovey, T. L. S., Onwuka, O., Moller, J. R., Clark, T., & Smith, A. (in press). What gets measured gets done: Exploring NSF-funded evaluators’ and principal investigators’ attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion. American Journal of Evaluation.

Tovey, T. L. S., Smith, L., Wanzer, D. L., Wisner, D., & Coles, C. (under review). Intentional space for development of interpersonally aware evaluators: A reflective examination of an interpersonal skills graduate course. New Directions for Evaluation.

Kelly, S. E., & Smith, T. L. (in press). Data visualization as communication: The role of business communication in data analytics. Business Communication Research and Practice.

Kallemeyn, L. M., Roseveare, C., Steinberg, M., & Tovey, T. L. S. (2021). What does implementing case‐centered teaching of evaluation look like in practice?. New Directions for Evaluation, 2021(172), 69-84.
Tovey, T. L. S., & Greene, J. C. (2021). What is next for cases in teaching and learning evaluation? A call to action. New Directions for Evaluation, 2021(172), 103-108.

Linfield, K. J., & Tovey, T. L. S. (2021). What is the case for teaching with cases in evaluation?. New Directions for Evaluation, 2021(172), 11-18.

Smith, T. L. & Skolits, G. (2021). Conceptualizing and engaging in reflective practice: Experienced evaluators’ perspectives. American Journal of Evaluation.

Smith, T. L. (2021). Embracing ignorance in online instructional communication. In S. E. Kelly (Ed.) Online Instructional Communication. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

He, Y., Smith, T. L., & Moteane, M. (2021). Dialogic and generative reflection: An application of the Critical Appreciative Process in evaluation. Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation, 17(38), 16-32.

Smith, T. L. (2021). Using People Styles for interpersonal competence: Encouraging purposeful reflection on communication behaviors. Canadian Journal of Evaluation’s Special Volume on Teaching Evaluation, 35(3), 403-412.

Kelly, S., Smith, T. L., & Brown, W. (2020). Emotional intelligence as a predictor of writing and public speaking anxieties. Business Communication Research and Practice, 3(2), 76-85.
Chouinard, J. A. & Smith, T. L. (2019). Book review: Evaluation for a caring society. American Journal of Evaluation.