CATALYST RESEARCH LLC

My Background

I have worked as a program evaluator for two decades, most recently as the president of Catalyst Research and as an affiliate faculty member of Regis University. Prior to that I served as a faculty member at Purdue University. I launched this work after obtaining a doctorate in Higher Education from the University of Michigan which emphasized organizational behavior.

My strengths include building strong relationships, working as a trusted team member, and offering clients strategic, creative recommendations. I have expertise in program evaluation, survey design and implementation, focus groups, and interviews. I deeply enjoy helping organizations gather actionable data and wrestle with their implications, as well as the challenge of measuring abstract outcomes such as hope and dignity.

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Tailored and Cost-Effective

Big agencies can also do this evaluation work, but their overhead costs are high. By choosing Catalyst Research you get a high level of expertise, a personalized approach, and a much lower cost.

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My Motivation

My published research over the years has centered on the experiences and contributions of people who traditionally have minimal power within organizations and societies. I’m passionate about helping vulnerable people regain their voice and evaluation is a significant way I work toward this goal. I love to see organizations truly understand the perspectives and priorities of those they serve and work effectively with clients in addressing their needs.​​

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Client Feedback

​"Andrea Trice serves as our external evaluator for a large NIH--funded STEM grant. She has been instrumental in assisting us design and implement assessment strategies that get to the heart of the matter. The resulting data and the various assessments/findings have greatly enhanced the overall success of our project. She is much more like a member of the team than simply an external evaluator common to such large projects."

- Michael Daugherty, EdD, Professor of STEM Education, University of Arkansas

"Andrea is insightful, reliable, organized, flexible, and a delight to work with. I appreciate that she thinks holistically and has worked hard to understand our program, our audience, and our context deeply in order to approach our evaluation work in ways that are both strategic and creative. The work she has done has helped us understand our program's impact and has also been instrumental in guiding our ongoing program development."

- Stacey Wieland, PhD, Vice President of Programming, The Colossian Forum

"Andrea is intuitive, pragmatic, and creative. She can seamlessly connect principles from across disciplines and cultures, which makes her a skilled consultant. Her expertise is flexible, from providing cross-cultural partnership guidance, to monitoring and evaluation strategy, to organizational solutions. In all facets, she is an excellent listener to an individual's or an organization's needs."

- Angie Varnum, DVM, Education Director, Equitarian Initiative