Brad Rose, Ph.D., is a Stanford University and Brandeis University trained applied sociologist, who has more than 20 years of experience designing and conducting program evaluations for a range of clients in the nonprofit, philanthropic, k-12 and higher education sectors. Dr. Rose has extensive experience assisting clients to ensure that they are utilizing data both to measure the impacts of their programming and to inform program refinement/strengthening. He brings to the practical challenges involved in determining program effectiveness an extensive, experience-based knowledge of organization- and program-design, and a collaborative and inclusive approach to client engagements. Dr. Rose is committed to assisting organizations to accomplish immediate program objectives, to achieving longer-term organizational goals, and to building, organizations’ intrinsic capacities for program evaluation.

Dr. Rose earned a Doctorate in Sociology from Brandeis University; an M.A. in Education from Stanford University; an M.A. in Educational Technology from San Francisco State University; and a B.A. in English from UCLA. He is a member of the American Sociological Association and the American Evaluation Association.

Dr. Rose is also a critically acclaimed poet and short fiction writer. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize five times, and Best of the Net twice. Dr. Rose is the author of three books of poetry Pink X-Ray, Momentary Turbulence and de/tonations.  His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The American Journal of Poetry, and 80 other journals and anthologies. To read more of his work, please visit his blog here.