On August 1, 2015, Paul Brandon began serving as Director of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG). He came to the College of Education in 1989 as an assistant professor in CRDG before becoming associate then full professor. Brandon earned his PhD in the college’s Department of Educational Psychology where he continues to serve as a member of the graduate faculty. His focus over the years has been on evaluating CRDG and other programs as well as on the development and refinement of evaluation theory, methods, and prescriptions for practice. He is the co-editor of the book, Fundamental Issues in Evaluation, was a past associate editor of the American Journal of Evaluation, and is currently the editor-in-chief of New Directions for Evaluation.
Paul Brandon, CRDG Director