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David Ensminger

Professor

Curriculum, Culture and Communities Director

Education

  • PhD, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
    • Instructional Design and Development: Concentration in Program Evaluation and Organizational Improvement
  • MS, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • Information Systems and Data Analytics

Research Interests

  • Program Evaluation
  • Organizational Change and Implementation
  • Organizational Learning 

Specialty Area

Program Evaluation, Organizational Change and Implementation, Organizational Learning

Professional/Community Affiliations

  • American Evaluation Association

Courses Taught

  • CIEP 457 Implementation Strategies, Planning, and Practices
  • CIEP 488 Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Schools and Communities
  • RMTD 406 Educational Evaluation
  • RMTD 412 Needs Assessment
  • RMTD 400 Introduction to Research Methodology
  • TLSC 110 The Profession and Our Program (TLLSC)
  • TLSC 120 Bringing Language, Learning & Development Theory into Practice
  • TLSC 130 Sequence One: 130 Community Immersion
  • TLSC 140 Teaching, Learning and Leading for Social Justice
  • TLSC 150 Constructive Learning Environments For Diverse Students
  • TLSC 160 Analyzing Culturally-Responsive Classroom Instruction

Publications/Research Listings

  • Ensminger, D.C., Hendrickson, M.A., Schmidt, J. (2025) “There is just a sense of joy in this work”:
    Drivers of Faculty Engagement with Community. Jesuit Higher Education 14(1) 22-36
  • Mallet, R.K., Naqui-Hasnain, Z., Ensminger, D.C., D., Li-Grining, C., Garbarski, Tangarife, W., Ahad, B. (2025). An intervention to increase belonging and support retention for faculty of color and women faculty. Journal of Social Issues 81(2), 1-14.
  • Naqui-Hasnain, Z., Mallet, R.K., Ensminger, D.C., Li-Grining, C., Garbarski, D., Tangarife, W., Ahad, B. (2025). Developing and Testing A Multi-Stage Faculty Mentoring Framework. ADVANCE Journal 6(1). 1-38.
  • Ensminger, D.C., Frasier, E. W., Montrosse-Moorhead, B., & Linfield, K. (2021) How do we deepen our story reservoir: By designing, developing, and writing instructional cases for teaching evaluation? New Directions for Evaluation 172, 85-102.
  • Montrosse-Moorhead, B., Ensminger, D.C., & Roseveare, C. (2021) How do we teach evaluation using cases? New Directions for Evaluation 172, 53-67.
  • Kallemeyn, L., Bourgeois, I., & Ensminger, D.C. Eds. (2021) Case-centered Teaching and Learning in Evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation 172, 1-108.
  • Paydon, M. E. & Ensminger, D. C. (2021) The engine of evaluative inquiry: Social learning processes. International Journal of Training and Development 25, 77-94.
  • Paydon, M. E., Ensminger, D. C., & Dekluyver, M. (2020) Applying evaluative inquiry: Experience and recommendations from the field. Performance Improvement, 59(7), 10-18

Awards

  • 2017 Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
    • Loyola University Chicago, School of Education