S04E06: Stories, Trust, and Showing Up: Evaluation as Relationship with Corrie Whitmore

About this episode

Dr. Corrie Whitmore discusses her journey as an evaluator and the importance of trust in community health programs in Alaska.

Corrie Whitmore, Associate Professor of Health Sciences at University of Alaska Anchorage, served as 2023 President of the American Evaluation Association and founding president (2012) of the Alaska Evaluation Network (AKEN). She is a lifelong Alaskan who returned to the state after completing an M.S. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at Virginia Tech to help Alaska "grow our own" workforce and support the health of our community in the Division of Population Health Sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Her current work centers around exploring the role of trust in a patient-provider relationship and evaluating programs designed to build and support community wellness, particularly in tribal contexts. Dr. Whitmore's teaching invites story into the health policy classroom, partners evaluation students with community programs where they can apply their learning to support operations, and introduces students to what public health looks like in Alaska. Overview In this episode Dr. Gladys Rowe and Dr. Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara are joined by Dr. Corrie Whitmore, Associate Professor of Health Sciences at the University of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Gladys Rowe, Dr. Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara

Guest: Corrie Whitmore

Topics covered

• evaluation
• trust
• community wellness
• Alaska Native
• health policy
• patient-provider relationship

Keywords

• evaluation
• trust
• community health
• Alaska
• psychology
• patient-provider relationship
• Alaska Native

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Alaska Anchorage, American Evaluation Association, Alaska Evaluation Network

Places: Alaska, Virginia Tech

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