Stewart Donaldson

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Stewart I. Donaldson
Nationality Naturalized American Citizen
Occupation Distinguished university professor
Known for Author and psychologist

Stewart I. Donaldson is a British-born American positive psychologist specializing in health, well-being, and evaluation science. He is a distinguished university professor at Claremont Graduate University and is the director of the Claremont Evaluation Center and The Evaluators' Institute. He also served as dean at Claremont for 16 years (2001-2017) and as president of the American Evaluation Association in 2015.

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Career

Donaldson is now a distinguished university professor in the Schools of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation and Community and Global Health at Claremont Graduate University, [1] and he also serves as the executive director of the Claremont Evaluation Center and The Evaluators Institute. [2] In 2015, he served as president of the American Evaluation Association. [3]

Books

Donaldson has published more than 130 peer-reviewed articles and chapters on the science and practice of positive psychology, well-being, positive organizational psychology, program design and evaluation, and has published or has forthcoming more than 20 scholarly books, including Stewart I. Donaldson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Jeanne Nakamura (2020). Positive Psychological Science: Improving Everyday Life, Well-Being, Work, Education, and Societies Across the Globe | Donaldson, Stewart I.; Picciotto, Robert (2016). Evaluation for an equitable society (ebook ed.). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Incorporated. p. 239. ISBN   9781681234458 . Retrieved 15 December 2022.

Personal life

Donaldson is a naturalized US citizen who has lived in California. [4]

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References

  1. "Faculty". Claremont Graduate University School of Community and Global Health. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  2. Christie, Christina A.; Vo, Anne T. (2015). Evaluation use and decision-making in society : a tribute to Marvin C. Alkin. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. p. 162. ISBN   9781681230061 . Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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