# Stewart Donaldson

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'''Stewart I. Donaldson''' is a British-born American positive psychologist specializing in health, well-being, and evaluation science. He is a [distinguished university professor](/source/distinguished_university_professor) at [Claremont Graduate University](/source/Claremont_Graduate_University) and is the director of the Claremont Evaluation Center and The Evaluators' Institute. He also served as dean at Claremont for 16 years (2001-2017) and as president of the [American Evaluation Association](/source/American_Evaluation_Association) in 2015.

==Career==
Donaldson is now a distinguished university professor in the Schools of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation and Community and Global Health at [Claremont Graduate University](/source/Claremont_Graduate_University),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cgu.edu/school/school-of-community-and-global-health/faculty/|title=Faculty|publisher=Claremont Graduate University School of Community and Global Health|access-date=2022-12-15}}</ref> and he also serves as the executive director of the Claremont Evaluation Center and The Evaluators Institute. <ref name="Christie">{{cite book |last1=Christie |first1=Christina A. |last2=Vo |first2=Anne T. |title=Evaluation use and decision-making in society : a tribute to Marvin C. Alkin |date=2015 |publisher=Information Age Publishing |location=Charlotte, NC |isbn=9781681230061 |page=162 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QgYoDwAAQBAJ&dq=stewart+donaldson+president+of+the+american+Evaluation+Association&pg=PA163 |access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref> In 2015, he served as president of the [American Evaluation Association](/source/American_Evaluation_Association).<ref name="Patton">{{cite book |last1=Patton |first1=Michael Quinn |title=Utilization-focused evaluation |date=2022 |publisher=[SAGE Publications](/source/SAGE_Publications) |location=Thousand Oaks, California |isbn=9781544379487 |page=26 |edition=Fifth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5ssEAAAQBAJ&dq=stewart+donaldson+president+of+the+american+Evaluation+Association&pg=PA26 |access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref>

==Books==
Donaldson has published more than 130 peer-reviewed articles and chapters on the science and practice of positive psychology, well-being, positive organizational psychology, program design and evaluation, and has published or has forthcoming more than 20 scholarly books, including Stewart I. Donaldson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Jeanne Nakamura (2020). ''Positive Psychological Science: Improving Everyday Life, Well-Being, Work, Education, and Societies Across the Globe'' | {{cite book |last1=Donaldson |first1=Stewart I. |last2=Picciotto |first2=Robert |title=Evaluation for an equitable society |date=2016 |publisher=Information Age Publishing, Incorporated |location=Charlotte, NC |isbn=9781681234458 |page=239 |edition=ebook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgcoDwAAQBAJ&dq=stewart+donaldson+president+of+the+american+Evaluation+Association&pg=PA239 |access-date=15 December 2022}}

==Personal life==
Donaldson is a naturalized US citizen who has lived in California.<ref name="CGU">{{cite web |title=Stewart I. Donaldson Distinguished University Professor |url=https://www.cgu.edu/people/stewart-i-donaldson/ |website=Cgu edu |publisher=Claremont Graduate University |access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of Claremont Graduate University people](/source/List_of_Claremont_Graduate_University_people)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.donaldsonandassociates.com/ Stewart I. Donaldson & Associates]
* [http://www.cgu.edu/pages/904.asp Faculty page at Claremont Graduate University]
* [https://research.cgu.edu/claremont-evaluation-center/ Claremont Evaluation Center]
* [https://tei.cgu.edu/ The Evaluators Institute (TEI)]
* [https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/cam/author/stewart-i-donaldson/ Dr. Donaldson at SAGE Publications]

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