Darlene Russ-Eft
Department Chair, Organizational and Human Resource Education/Community College Leadership
411 Education Hall
541-737-9373
darlene.russeft@oregonstate.edu

Darlene joined the College of Education faculty at Oregon State University in 2002. Her teaching focuses on issues related to learning and learning theory, program evaluation, and research. Prior to coming to Oregon State University, she was director of research Services at AchieveGlobal, Inc., and previously director of research at Zenger-Miller. She received the 1996 Editor of the Year Award from Times Mirror for her research work, was named Scholar of the Year of the Academy of Human Resource Development, and received the Research Article Award from the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).

Darlene is the current President Elect for the Academy of Human Resource Development and a current Director of the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance, and Instruction. She has served as Vice President for Research for AHRD, past Editor of Human Resource Development Quarterly, past Board member of the American Evaluation Association, and past chair of the Research Committee of ASTD.

She has published over 50 research articles and co-authored several books on training, development and adult education research, most recently Evaluator Competencies: Standards for the Practice of Evaluation in Organizations (Jossey-Bass, 2008), A Practical Guide to Needs Assessment (Pfeiffer, 2007), Building Evaluation Capacity (Sage, 2005), and Evaluation in Organizations: A Systematic Approach to Enhancing Learning, Performance and Change (Perseus, 2001). Her teaching experience includes positions at the University of Michigan and Santa Clara University.