Carrie S. Liston brings over 17 years of experience as a program evaluator, helping programs and organizations design and implement efforts that maximize impact. She has significant expertise conducting evaluations of informal K–20 STEM education, teacher development, faculty support, youth development, and communities of practice. Specializing in logic model development, evaluation design, qualitative and mixed-method approaches, and data visualization, Liston offers tailored evaluation services to meet clients’ unique needs.

Liston is leading an evaluation of the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment and an initiative at Nevada State University to support faculty. She also contributes to evaluations of National Park Foundation programs. Other projects have included evaluations for NASA@ My Library and Women in Parks.

Liston co-authored “Lessons Learned from NASA STEM Workshops for High-Impact Professional Development” and “Evaluating Promising Practices in Informal STEM Education for Girls.” She has also written articles published in the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement.

Liston holds an MS in Educational Psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a BA in Psychology from Occidental College.