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Oladayo Omosa

Graduate Assistant
  • Ph.D. Candidate
175 West Campus Dr.
Mail Code 0343
Room 228 Litton-Reaves
Blacksburg, VA 24061

B.Agric, Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria. 2011

MS Agribusiness (Food &Supply Chain Mgt.). Teneessee State University, Nashville, TN. 2015

Ph.D. Agricultural Leadership and Community Education. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. 2018 (in view).

Program evaluation (community-based); more specifically Evaluation Capacity Building (ECB) and Culturally Responsive Evaluation (CRE)

Partnership and collaboration with Virginia Tech Catawba Sustainability Center, Catawba, Virginia.  Evaluation of projects. Partnership initiated and in progress.

  • Omosa, O. (2017). Culturally Responsive Evaluation: Improving the Evaluation Outcomes of Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria. 8th AfrEA International Conference. Kampala, Uganda. March 27-31, 2017.
  • Omosa, O. (2017). Mixed Methods Research Literature on Underrepresented Population: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review. 40th Eastern Educational Research Association. Richmond, VA. February 22-25, 2017.
  • Drape, T., & Omosa, O. (2017). Needs Assessment: A Systemic Approach.  Webinar at the Virginia Cooperative Extension 2017 Professional Development Conference. Blacksburg, VA.
  • Drape, T., & Omosa, O. (2017). Backward Design for Evaluative Thinking: Starting at the End for Useful Program from Start to Finish. Webinar at the Virginia Cooperative Extension 2017 Professional Development Conference. Blacksburg, VA.
  • Omosa, O. (2016). Culturally Responsive Evaluation: Perceptions of Nigerian Evaluators. Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association (Evaluation 2016). Atlanta, Georgia. Paper Presentation. October 22-29, 2016.
  • Cook, N., Omosa, O., & Archibald, T. (2016). Cultivating Evaluative Thinking by Engaging Students in Culturally Responsive Collaborative Assessment. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal, NACTA Abstracts Supplement, 60(1). Abstract.
  • Omosa, O. (2016). Exploring the Conceptual Overlap Between Organizational Culture, Culturally Responsive Evaluation, and Nigerian Culture. 39th Annual Conference of Eastern Evaluation Research Society (EERS 2016). Absecon, New Jersey. Poster Presentation. May 2-4, 2016.
  • Niewolny, K., Landis, R., Mason, G., D’Adamao-Damery, P., Bass, R., Hogg, D., McGee, A., Mitra, S., Omosa, O., Sebit, M., Shayo, A., Sorensen, E., Travis, E., & Yang, L. (2015). Learning Through Story: Using Narrative Inquiry in Graduate-Level Food Security Course. North America Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Conference. Athens, Georgia. June 16-20, 2015.