Christina A. Christie
Dean, School of Education and Information Studies, Professor
Christina (Tina) Christie is Dean of the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies, a role she has held since 2021 after serving as Interim Dean and Chair of the Department of Education. A leading voice in policy and program evaluation, her scholarship focuses on how systematic evidence can drive social change. A prolific author, Tina has published more than 100 works and received top honors from major national professional associations, including distinguished career awards from the American Evaluation Association and the American Educational Research Association. She has led more than 30 grants and contracts totaling approximately $35 million to study education, child maltreatment, and health behavior programs, and has served on the boards and advisory councils of organizations including the American Evaluation Association and currently serves on SCI-Arc Board of Trustees.
As Dean, she oversees a school of two academic departments and a robust set of research centers and institutes spanning climate and environmental education to AI Futures, with an annual budget of $85 million. She has guided strategic growth in the faculty, undergraduate and graduate programs, and the school’s research and public scholarship portfolio, with philanthropic and grant support exceeding $170 million. Christie earned her Ph.D. at UCLA and earlier advanced degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Titles and Positions
- Wasserman Dean, School of Education and Information Studies
- Professor of Education, Division of Social Research Methodology
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
- 2019 American Evaluation Association, Research on Evaluation, Distinguished Scholar Award
- 2018 American Educational Research Association, Research on Evaluation SIG, Distinguished Scholar Award
- 2018 UCLA Staff Assembly Faculty/Staff Partnership Award
- 2018 Canadian Journal of Evaluation, Outstanding Publication Award
- 2011-2013, American Evaluation Association, Board Member at Large
- 2004, American Evaluation Association, Marcia Guttentag Early Career Achievement Award
- 1997-2000, Spencer Foundation Research and Training Doctoral Fellowship
Select Publications
- Norris, K., Mccreath, H., Hueffer, K., Aley, S.B., Chavira, G., Christie, C., Crespi, C., Crespo, C., D’Amour, G., Eagan, K., Echegoyen, L.E., Feig, A., Foroozesh, M., Guerrero, L., Johanson, K.E., Kamangar, F., Kingsford, L., Lacourse, W., Maccalla, N.M., Márquez-Magaña, L., Mathur, A., Maton, K., Mehravaran, S., Morales, D., Nakazono, T., Ofili, E., Okuyemi, K., Ott, L., Parangan-Smith, A., Pfund, C., Purnell, D.L., Reynolds, A., Rous, P.J., Saetermoe, C., Snyder, K., Vishwanatha, J., Wagler, A., Wallace, S., & Seeman, T. (2020). Baseline Characteristics of the 2015-2019 First Year Student Cohorts of the NIH Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Program. Ethnicity & Disease, 30 4, 681-692.
- Christie, C.A. & Alkin, M.C. (2019). Theorists’ models in action: A second look. New Directions for Evaluation, 163.
- Christie, C.A., & Lemire, S. (2019). Why evaluation theory should be used to inform evaluation policy. American Journal of Evaluation.
- Lemire, S., & Christie, C.A. (2019). Meta-modeling Housing First—a theory-based synthesis approach. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 33(3) 395-413. – 2018 outstanding publication award
- Lemire, S. & Christie, C. (2018). Building the house of evaluation: Reconsidering the blueprints and bricks for knowledge. Evaluation 24(2) 185-201. .
- Nielson, S., Lemire, S. & Christie, C. (2018). The evaluation market place: Exploring the evaluation industry. New Directions for Evaluation, 160.
- Christie, C.A., Inkelas, M. & Lemire, S. (2017). Improvement science in evaluation: Methods and uses. New Directions for Evaluation, 153.
Select Book Chapters
- Lemire, S., Christie, C.A., & Nielsen, S.B. (2020). Mending the theory gap in evaluation—moving towards theory knitting. In M. Palenberg & A. Paulson (Eds.), Evaluation and the Pursuit of Impact. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.
- Nielsen, S., Lemire, S., & Christie, C.A. (2018). The commercial side of evaluation. In J-E Furubo & N. Stame (Eds.), The Evaluation Enterprise. New York, NY:Taylor & Francis.
- Blagg, R.D., Franke, T.M., Christie, C.A. (2017). When the process is the question: Resource family recruitment in Los Angeles, CA. In Springer, J.F., Haas, P., & Porowski, A. Applied Policy Research: Concepts and Cases (2nd Edition). New York: Taylor & Francis.
- Christie, C.A. (2015). Setting the stage for understanding evaluation use and decision-making. In C. Christie & A. Vo. (Eds.). Issues in Evaluation Use & Decision-Making in Society. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
- Christie, C.A. & Fleischer, D. (2014). Social inquiry paradigms as a frame for the debate on credible evidence. In S. Donaldson, C. Christie & M. Mark (Eds.) Credible and Actionable Evidence in Evaluation: The Foundation for Rigorous and Influential Evaluations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Christie, C.A. (2013). An evaluation lexicon. In S. Donaldson (Ed.). The Future of Evaluation in Society. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Edited Books
- Alkin, M.C. & Christie, C.A. (Eds.) (2023). Evaluation Roots (3rd edition). New York, NY: Guilford.
- Christie, C.A. & Vo, A. (Eds.). (2015). Evaluation Use & Decision Making in Society. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
- Donaldson, S.I., Christie, C.A. & Mark, M. (Eds.) (2014). Credible and Actionable Evidence in Evaluation: The Foundation for Rigorous and Influential Evaluations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Fitzpatrick, J., Christie, C.A. & Mark, M. (Eds.) (2008). Evaluation in Action: Interviews with Expert Evaluators. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Donaldson, S.I., Christie, C.A. & Mark, M. (Eds.) (2008). What Counts as Credible Evidence in Evaluation and Evidence-based Practice? Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.