Cheryl Poth
Pronouns: She, her, hers
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I am a Professor in the Faculty of Education and faculty member of the research-intensive Centre for Applied Research in Assessment and Measurement in Education (CRAME) at the University of Alberta.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7217-7599
I earned the following academic degrees: BSc (Queen’s University), BEd (Queen’s University), MA (University of Alabama), and PhD (Queen’s University). I currently hold the Credentialed Evaluator (CE) designation from the Canadian Evaluation Society, am a member in good standing of the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT), and an active contributor to the global research and evaluation communities through the following associations (this list is not exhaustive!): Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA), Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), American Evaluation Society (AEA), and American Educational Research Association (AERA).
I conduct research, teach, and supervise graduate students in the areas of mixed methods research, program evaluation, qualitative research, classroom assessment and health sciences education. I was awarded a Killam Professorship (2025) and was honoured with the 2023 Division D Significant Contributions to Research Methodology Award by the American Educational Research Association in the area of Multi and Mixed Methodology. I recently completed a two-year visiting Professorship with the MERIT group at McMaster University (2023-2025) and a McCalla Teaching Professorship, both focused on enhancing mixed methods research capacity (2020-2022).
I am a faculty member in the Measurement, Evaluation, and Data Science (MEDS) program area within the Faculty of Education. We offer a comprehensive training program where students participate in ongoing research, complete coursework, and are supervised by experts in the field.
As co-founder of the interdisciplinary Alberta Clinical and Community-based Evaluation Research Team (ACCERT), since 2009, Dr. Jacqueline Pei and I, together with more than 30 graduate students, have been building community–university research partnerships to advance innovative thinking and supports for program planning and impact assessments of service delivery for individuals with complex needs.
I have served several administrative and leadership roles as the Association Dean, Research, Faculty of Education (interim 2021-2021), Associate Director - Assessment at the Centre for Teaching and Learning (2018-2020), Program Area Coordinator of Measurement, Evaluation, and Data Science (2018-2020), President of the Mixed Methods International Research Association (2017-2018), and Associate Chair (Undergraduate) for the Department of Educational Psychology (2014-2015).
If you are interested in pursuing graduate studies, research collaborations and evaluation services please contact me to explore possibilities.
NEWS: I continue to collaborate with many researchers worldwide, who influence my thinking and work in important ways!
Newly released work in 2026!
Distinguishing mixed methods from multi-methods research – Why integration matters in the Journal of Physiotherapy with Jonathan Sherbino (McMaster University, Canada) and Kimberley Haines (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
Updating the good reporting of a mixed methods study (GRAMMS) reporting guidelines: Protocol for a methodological review and modified Delphi process in JMIR Research Protocols with Sarah Munce (Bloorview Research Institute, Canada), Sergi Fàbregues (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain), Quan N. Hong (Université de Montréal, Canada), Alicia O’Cathain (University of Sheffield, UK), Timothy Guetterman (University of Michigan, USA), John Creswell (University of Michigan, USA), Karen Dainty (North York General Hospital, Canada), Andrea C. Tricco (University of Toronto, Canada), Mandy M. Archibald (University of Manitoba, Canada), Clementine Jarrett (Carleton University, Canada), Jennifer Boyle (Bloorview Research Institute, Canada), Dorothy Luong (Bloorview Research Institute, Canada), Fred Kiwanuka (Memorial University, Canada), and Ahtisham Younas (Memorial University, Canada)
A community-engaged approach to the development, validation, and use of the Evaluation Capacity Needs Assessment (ECNA) for the early childhood field in the American Journal of Evaluation with Rebecca Gokiert and Teresa Mejia (University of Alberta, Canada)
Mixed up: evidence of integration in health professions education mixed methods research in Advances in Health Sciences Education with Jonathan Sherbino, Mark Lee, Elif Bilgic, Daniel Brandt Vegas, Sandra Monteiro (McMaster University, Canada), and Sarah Munce (Bloorview Research Institute, Canada)
State of the methods for integrating qualitatively oriented critical review approaches with bibliometrics: A mixed critical bibliometric approach in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods with Renate Kahlke, Jack S. Young (McMaster University, Canada) and Lauren A. Maggio (University of Illinois, USA)
A scoping review of refugee children’s health conditions, outcomes and measures used in refugee-serving public health centres/clinics in Canada in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health with Augustine Botwe, Nour Armoush, Sophie Yohani, and Rebecca Gokiert (University of Alberta, Canada)
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