Professional Summary
Dr. Sara T. Stacy is a Research Associate at the Evaluation Services Center (ESC) in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services. Since joining the Center in 2021, she leads and supports a diverse array of projects that serve young people and communities. She has led partnerships with community-based organizations, public libraries, out-of-school time programs, and education partners. She is currently the project co-lead for the statewide evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Centers in Ohio and has led several projects that involve community-based data collection approaches.
To each project, she brings her training and expertise in community psychology, which enables her to develop collaborative partnerships with diverse stakeholders to design, implement, and evaluate initiatives. She has experience leading and developing participatory, qualitative, mixed methods data collection. She also has a growing expertise in data visualization, design, and reporting to ensure project deliverables meet the needs of diverse audiences. Through all her work, she maintains a consistent commitment to meaningfully engaging diverse stakeholders into evaluation and decision-making processes.
Education
Ph.D. in Ecological-Community Psychology: Michigan State University 2021
M.A. in Ecological-Community Psychology: Michigan State University 2018
B.A. in Psychology: University of Cincinnati 2015 (Minor in Philosophy)
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Crisman, T.L., Acevedo Polakovich, I.D., Al Zoughbi, L.A., Stacy, S.T., Ogdie, S.E., & Obeid, S. (2020. ) The mixed method, open ended volunteer experiences (MOVE) assessment: A process for monitoring the experiences of out of school time volunteers . Afterschool Matters, , 33 ,42-49
Stacy, S. T., Castro, K. M. Acevedo Polakovich, I. D. (2020. ) The cost of youth voices: Comparing the feasibility of Youth GO against focus groups. Journal of Participatory Research Methods, , 1 (1 ) , More Information
Stacy, S. T., Acevedo Polakovich , I. D., Rosewood, J. (2018. ) Youth GO: An approach to gathering youth perspectives in out of school time programs . Afterschool Matters, , 28 ,34-46
Acevedo Polakovich, I. D. Spring, H. E., Stacy, S. T., Nordquist, E. A., Normand, M. M. (2017. ) Engaging Latino fathers into Early Head Start: A review of the literature. Children & Youth Services Review, , 82 ,347-353 More Information
Stacy, S. T., Cartwright, M., Arwood, Z., Canfield, J. P., Kloos, H. (2017. ) Addressing the math-practice gap in elementary school: Are tablets a feasible tool for informal math practice?. Frontiers in Psychology, , 8 (179 ) , More Information
Wu, J., Sherida, A., Stacy, S. T., Weiss, J., Heintschel, M. (2022. ) Maximizing youth leadership in out-of-school time programs: Six best practices from the Youth-Driven Spaces project .Journal of Youth Development, ,
Tocci, C. Stacy, S. T., Siegal, R., Renick, J., LoCurto, J., Lakind, D., Gruber, J., Fisher, B. W. (2023. ) Statement on the effects of law enforcement in school settings.American Journal of Community Psychology, , 73 (3 ) ,360-377 More Information
Post Graduate Training and Education
-2021 Graduate Certificate in Urban Education, Michigan State University, , East Lansing, MI