PhD Student
University of Minnesota, United States
Katie Boone is a PhD student in the Organizational Leadership Policy Development, Evaluation Studies Program at the University of Minnesota. She works as a Qualitative Researcher and Community Engagement Coordinator on the Strategic Projects Team in the Economic Assistance and Employment Supports Division in Children and Family Services Administration at the Department of Children, Youth and Families in Minnesota. Her research and dissertation work are exploring the ways that evaluators use place in their practice and how "place as a participant" can be applied in the evaluations that evaluators conduct in and with community. She integrates participatory, regenerative practices and takes a decolonizing approach to her work, research, and scholarship. Her lived experience as a teen mom and raising her family on public benefit programs is what drives her passion and informs her work. She seeks to create opportunities to work with and leverage lived experiences and stories from individuals, families, communities, and places who are most impacted by historical and generational harm, to transform systems and create more equitable and just program, policies, and practices for all.
Katie earned her master’s degree in Experiential Education through Minnesota State University, Mankato. In addition to her formal education, she is co-faculty with Regenesis Institute for Regenerative Practice and an active part of the global stewarding community within the Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations that Matter.
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85 - Co-learners on whiteness, evaluation and our relationship to land
Friday, October 25, 2024
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM PST