Vanderbilt Evaluator’s Workshop

2026-2027 VEW Organizers

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  Sarah V Suiter, PhD MEd

  Professor of the Practice, Department of Human and Organizational Development

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  Shana Price, MPP, BBA

  , Currently Enrolled in Doctor of Public Health Director of Evaluation for VUMC's Office of Community Health and Engagement
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  Alicia Haymer

  Senior Program Coordinator of Evaluation at VUSM
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  Xingchen Wei, MEd

  Evaluation Coordinator

  Xingchen is the Evaluation Coordinator at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She plays a vital role in the school’s educational evaluation program, handling tasks such as data collection, summarization, process innovation, and meeting preparations. Additionally, she contributes to the ongoing work of VUSN’s Evaluation Committee and the Vanderbilt Evaluators' Workshop. Xingchen holds a master’s degree in International Education Policy and Management from Peabody College. 

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  Regina Russell, PhD, MA, MEd

  Associate Professor; Executive Director, Evaluation and Effectiveness; Senior Consultant, AI for Nursing Education

  Regina G. Russell is executive director for AI, assessment and evaluation at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and associate professor in the Health Promotion, Populations and Health Systems faculty community. Dr. Russell is a social scientist broadly and deeply trained in methods and theory, with an applied orientation to knowledge-building practice. She has taught, researched, and written across multiple disciplines in her academic career including sociology, social work, public policy and administration, health professions education, and artificial intelligence. She is currently focusing on the intersection of generative AI tools and evaluation practice in nursing education. In her role leading schoolwide evaluation activities at VUSN, she is fortunate to collaborate with many extraordinary nurse educators and professional evaluators. Dr. Russell launched and co-facilitates the Vanderbilt Evaluator’s Workshop and is an active ex officio member of the VUSN Evaluation Committee. She is part of the VUSN Center for Research Development and Scholarship, where she provides internal consultations regarding evaluation research, and the VU Data Science Institute.

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