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Robert L. Fischer

Ph.D.,Vanderbilt University
M.P.P., Vanderbilt University
A.B., Duke University

Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-7164
216/368-2711

Affiliations

• Co-Director, Center on Urban Poverty & Community Development -- http://povertycenter.case.edu
• Program Faculty, Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations -- www.case.edu/mandelcenter/
• Board President, Ohio Program Evaluators' Group -- www.opeg.org
• Faculty Associate, Schubert Center for Child Studies -- www.case.edu/artsci/schubert/

Course List

• MAND 410   Quantitative Analysis for Nonprofit Leaders  
• MAND 422   Organizational Assessment & Program Evaluation in Nonprofit Organizations
• MAND 444   Program Design for Nonprofit Organizations

Methodological interest/expertise: 

• Program evaluation 
• Social/behavioral intervention researcj
• Mixed methods approach with quantitative emphasis (e.g., secondary date, survey studies)
• Research synthesis techniques/meta-analysis
  

Content interest/expertise:

• Child and family interventions
• Nonprofit programming
• Faith-based human services
• Public policy studies 

How I chose this profession:

In my undergraduate and graduate training in public policy, I came to see the importance of understanding the role of evaluation in guiding the policy process and as a way to inform program development. Spending seven years directing evaluation in a large nonprofit solidified my interest in the nonprofit sector.