Miles A. McNall

Miles A. McNall

Director for Community-Engaged Research, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Human Development and Family Studies

E-Mail: mcnall@msu.edu

Department Web page: /about/departments/office-for-public-engagement-and-scholarship

Miles McNall, Ph.D., is the director for community-engaged research in the Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship at Michigan State University. McNall offers a variety of supports to faculty, staff, and students for community-engaged scholarship (CES), including assistance in the development of academic-community partnerships, educational and professional development opportunities on the theory and practice of CES, and support in developing broader impacts plans and evaluations for National Science Foundation proposals. In addition, McNall is the lead organizer for the Innovations in Collaborative Modeling conference and Participatory Modeling Field School at Michigan State University.
 
McNall has 25 years of experience with the evaluation of health and human service programs and 17 years of experience supporting faculty, staff, and students in their community-engaged scholarship. He has conducted evaluations of a wide variety of interventions including HIV/AIDS prevention and care programs, comprehensive community initiatives, school-based health centers, intensive home-based treatment services for children with severe emotional disturbances, and systems change initiatives in early childhood and youth mental health systems. McNall is currently the president of the Michigan Association for Evaluation.

 

Research interests:

  • Systemic approaches to community/systems change
  • Participatory and collaborative approaches to inquiry and action, including participatory evaluation and participatory systems modeling
  • Arab American health
  • University-community partnerships

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Recent Publications

Gates, E. F., Walton, M. Vidueira, P., & McNall, M. (2021). Introducing systems- and complexity-informed evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation, 170, 13-25. https://doi.org/10.1002/ev.20466

Haggerty, D., Carlson, J. S., McNall, M., Lee, K., & Williams, S. (2019). Exploring Youth Mental Health First Aider Training Outcomes by Workforce Affiliation: A Survey of Project AWARE Participants. School Mental Health, 11(2), 345-356.

McNall, M. (Spring, 2019). Promoting partnerships between academic institutions, NGOs and relief agencies. Access Health Journal, 4, 209-212.

Miller, R. L., Chiaramonte, D., McNall, M. A., Forney, J. C., & Janulis, P. (2019). Living with HIV after Release from Prison: An Evaluation of the Long-term Health of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals who used Michigan’s Community Reentry Service. Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 5(2), 171-184.

Miller, R. L., McNall, M. A., Mark, M. M., & Oral History Project Team. (2016). The Oral History of Evaluation: The Professional Development of William D. Crano. American Journal of Evaluation, 1098214016673903.

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Recent Reports

Crossing, A., Saucedo, J., McNall, M., & Barnes-Najor, J. (2020). TRHT of Metro Lansing Annual Evaluation Report 2020. East Lansing, MI: Office of Public Engagement and Scholarship, Michigan State University.

Lee, A., McNall, M., & Wallace, R. (2020). Flint Leverage Points Project Year Two Evaluation Report. East Lansing, MI: Office of Public Engagement and Scholarship, Michigan State University.

Edara, R., Latona, O., McNall, M., & Barnes-Najor, J. (2019). TRHT of Greater Lansing Annual Evaluation Report. East Lansing, MI: Community Evaluation and Research Collaborative, Michigan State University.

Lawlor, J. & McNall, M. (2019). Flint Leverage Points Evaluation Annual Report. East Lansing, MI: Community Evaluation and Research Collaborative, Michigan State University.

McNall, M., Crossing, A., Edara, R., Barnes-Najor, J. (2019). Civic Engagement and White Allyship Survey Report. East Lansing, MI: Community Evaluation and Research Collaborative, Michigan State University.

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Recent Presentations

  • (September 2021)

    Community-Engaged Research: Getting Started

    Barnes-Najor, J., & McNall. Community-Engaged Research: Getting Started. (2021, September). Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship, University Outreach & Engagement, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI.

  • (September 2021)

    Broader Impact Professional Competencies for Successful Leadership

    McNall, M., Doberneck, D.M., McDowell, J., & Heitmann, M. (2021, September). Broader Impact Professional Competencies for Successful Leadership. Workshop. Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference, September 13, 2021.

  • (May 2021)

    Conceptualizing and Assessing the Broader Impacts of your Research

    McNall, M., & Ramanand, S. (2021, May). Conceptualizing and Assessing the Broader Impacts of your Research. Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship, University Outreach & Engagement, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI.

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