Interview with David Fetterman, September 6, 2005

Interview Summary

Fetterman made important contributions to the use of ethnographic research practices and community action practices in evaluation studies. He is on the faculty of Stanford University's College of Education. In this interview, Fetterman describes his current and former work positions, including Director of Evaluation in the School of Medicine at Stanford University, a professor of education at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Anthropology at San Jose State University, and a Collaborating Professor at Colegio de Postgraduadoes in Mexico. He describes in great detail his thoughts and work on empowerment evaluation, how it has changed over time, and its introduction to the public. Fetterman describes how empowerment evaluation and applied anthropology relate, and his hopes for the future of empowerment evaluation.

Interview Keyword

Anthropologists Anthropology Professional organizations Society for Applied Anthropology Empowerment evaluation Medical anthropology

Interview LC Subject

Anthropology Ethnography and education Stanford University Applied anthropology

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