Liliana Rodriguez-Campos

Dr. Liliana Rodriguez-Campos serves as Professor and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Evaluation at the University of South Florida's College of Education, a Preeminent Research University. She previously directed the Center for Research, Evaluation, Assessment and Measurement (CREAM) and coordinated the master’s degree in Measurement and Evaluation.

Her educational credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Evaluation, Measurement, and Research Design (with Special Recognition and Outstanding Dissertation Award)
• Bachelor's in Systems Engineering (Honorific Mention)
• Specialist/Master's in Project Management in Engineering (Summa Cum Laude)
• Second Master's in Educational Leadership (concentration in Evaluation, Measurement, and Research Design; President's Special Recognition)

Her research pioneers collaborative, participatory, and empowerment evaluation frameworks emphasizing stakeholder engagement across multicultural contexts. Work spans metaevaluation, leadership development, and organizational engineering with applications in 40+ countries including Japan, South Africa, and Latin America.

Major honors include:

• American Evaluation Association's Marcia Guttentag Award
• Golden Apple Award for educational excellence
• Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teaching Award
• Hispanic Heritage Faculty Award
• Outstanding Dissertation Award by Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society

She secured a $2.3 million U.S. Department of Education grant as co-PI/director of evaluation and mentored students presenting at American Evaluation Association conferences from 2008-2022. Current leadership roles include Co-Chair of the Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation Topical Interest Group and service on Dr. Michael Scriven's Faster Forward Fund Advisory Committee.