Michelle Searle, Queen's University

Research

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Community-Engaged Scholarship Program evaluation Evaluation use and influence Arts-informed inquiry Knowledge mobilization

Latest papers

Mapping Evaluation Use: A Scoping Review of Extant Literature (2005-2022).
The American journal of evaluation · 2024 · first author
Assessing competency-based evaluation course impacts: A mixed methods case study.
Evaluation and program planning · 2020

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Learning in partnership: A multi-site, cross-institutional examination of community-engaged pedagogy in a Canadian context
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$91,757
Campus Belonging: Exploring Accessible Education in Canadian Postsecondary Environments
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$85,502
Médiation interculturelle et conflits ontologiques dans le milieu de la justice au Nunavik (Arctique québécois)
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$116,830

All 7 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Mapping Evaluation Use: A Scoping Review of Extant Literature (2005-2022).

Searle M, Cooper A, Worthington P, Hughes J, Gokiert R, Poth C

The American journal of evaluation2024First author

DOI: 10.1177/10982140241234841 PMID: 39398232

02

Assessing competency-based evaluation course impacts: A mixed methods case study.

Poth CN, Searle M, Aquilina AM, Ge J, Elder A

Evaluation and program planning2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2020.101789 PMID: 32032893

Learning in partnership: A multi-site, cross-institutional examination of community-engaged pedagogy in a Canadian context

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Searle, Michelle

$91,757

Campus Belonging: Exploring Accessible Education in Canadian Postsecondary Environments

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brown, Heather M.

Keywords: post-secondary institutions; post-secondary students; neurodiversity; disability studies; autism; ADHD; neurodivergent; university personnel

$85,502

Médiation interculturelle et conflits ontologiques dans le milieu de la justice au Nunavik (Arctique québécois)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Herve, Caroline

Keywords: Inuit; Nunavik; justice; anthropologie de l'État; institutions politiques; conflits ontologiques; sécurisation culturelle; Inuktitut; médiation interculturelle

$116,830

Conduct problems exacerbate the link between gender-based discrimination and depression and substance use among youth

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Morgan, Rachael

Keywords: discrimination; peer victimization; adolescents; depression; substance use; conduct problems; longitudinal; quantitative

$59,650

Social Science Research Funding Agencies' Support and Promotion of Knowledge Mobilization and Research Impact: Learning from High Impact Case Studies of Collaborative Research Networks

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cooper, Amanda-Mae

Keywords: research impact; knowledge mobilization

$135,454

Evaluation Capacity Network: Collaborating for Community-Driven and Culturally Relevant Early Childhood Practices, Programs, and Policies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: early childhood; measurement; evaluation; evaluation capacity building; policy; community engagement; community-based research

$1,398,569

Evaluation Capacity Network: Collaborating for Community-Driven and Culturally Relevant Early Childhood Practices, Programs, and Policies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: early childhood; measurement; evaluation; evaluation capacity building; policy; community engagement; community-based research

$825,424

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Rebecca Gokiert

Educational Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Paper to mentionMention their SSHRC grant from 2026

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Community-Engaged Scholarship Dear Professor Searle, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Mapping Evaluation Use: A Scoping Review of Extant Literature (2005-2022)." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Learning in partnership: A multi-site, cross-institutional examination of community-engaged pedagogy in a Canadian context" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]