Silver StateEvaluations

Selected experience

Experience that meets
complexity.

A foundation in grant-funded research, public programs, and stakeholder engagement, spanning evaluation design through final reporting.

Our evaluation leadership brings experience across national research networks, statewide initiatives, and community programs. The selected projects below reflect that foundation in university-based evaluation and independent consulting.

Agriculture & research partnerships

Organic Wheat research project

Independent consulting · Utah State University-led project

External evaluation for a USDA-funded organic wheat research partnership, with attention to collaboration, stakeholder perspectives, and lessons learned.

  • Support evaluation planning and stakeholder feedback
  • Use interviews and survey development to understand project experience
  • Synthesize evidence to inform reflection and improvement
University researchStakeholder feedbackLessons learned

Child care & public investment

Nevada CRRSA / ARPA initiatives

University of Nevada, Reno Extension

Evaluation across a portfolio of more than 35 child-care-related initiatives supported by federal pandemic relief funding. The work combined summative evaluation, extensive stakeholder data collection, and project-level reporting.

  • Developed evaluation plans, matrices, survey instruments, and interview protocols
  • Led field staff and conducted stakeholder interviews
  • Analyzed survey and interview data and prepared reports across the portfolio
  • Reviewed data and analyses to strengthen the consistency and quality of deliverables
Multi-project evaluationFieldwork leadershipSummative reporting

Natural resources & science communication

Joint Fire Science Program

University of Nevada, Reno · 2016–2018 reports

Contributed to the national cluster evaluation of the Fire Science Exchange Network’s processes and impacts. Survey research gathered perspectives from fire science consumers, producers, and members of the public, alongside analysis of exchange websites.

  • Conducted survey research using snowball recruitment across stakeholder audiences
  • Analyzed webmetrics to understand engagement with science exchange resources
  • Automated Google Analytics reporting through Google Sheets to reduce repetitive work
  • Coauthored the 2016 report and was first-listed author on the 2017 and 2018 reports
National networkSurvey researchAnalytics automation

Multidisciplinary research

SnowPACS

University of Nevada, Reno

Evaluation of a multidisciplinary research project using annual project-team surveys and interviews. Following earlier involvement, Dr. Copp led the evaluation during its final phase in 2023.

  • Worked with annual survey and interview evidence on project-team experience
  • Led final-phase evaluation activities, including analysis and distribution of the final survey
  • Developed reporting and presentation materials for the project
Repeated surveysTeam interviewsFinal-phase leadership

Community programs

District D evaluation

University of Nevada, Reno Extension · Clark County

Evaluation work involving community programs and stakeholder perspectives at Walnut and Pearson facilities in Clark County. Responsibilities span evaluation planning, instrument development, data collection, and analysis.

  • Developed the evaluation plan, surveys, and interview protocols
  • Conducted stakeholder interviews
  • Performed qualitative and quantitative analysis
Community evaluationInstrument designMixed methods

Further experience

A broad applied
research foundation.

Intelligent Mobility Initiative

Survey design and focus group administration to understand stakeholder perspectives on autonomous vehicles.

Pandemic Education Support Survey

Analysis of survey data from hundreds of education professionals during the pandemic, with dashboard development to make findings accessible and useful.

HANRE

Focus-group facilitation to gather participant perspectives and support qualitative inquiry.

Training & knowledge sharing

Experience delivering dozens of trainings, translating research methods and technical concepts into practical guidance for participants.

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Technical expertise

Complex data.
Clear possibilities.

Computational research

Our technical background includes research with large-scale data, computer vision, and neural networks. That experience supports a practical understanding of how to structure complex information, examine patterns, and assess analytical results.

We pair statistical and computational methods with experience in R, Python, SPSS, SQL, Tableau, Excel, and Qualtrics, selecting tools to suit the question and the people who need to use the findings.

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