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Donna M. Mertens has authored, co-authored or edited over 15 books relate to research and evaluation methods and human rights, most recently Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology: Integrating Diversity with Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods (2014, 4th ed.), Indigenous Pathways into Social Research (co-edited with Fiona Cram and Bagele Chilisa, 2013), Program Evaluation Theory and Practice (co-authored with Amy Wilson, 2012) and Transformative Research and Evaluation (2009). Her scholarly work focuses on the intersection of research and evaluation with social justice and human rights and is situated within the philosophical assumptions of the transformative paradigm. She was a professor in the Department of Education at Gallaudet University for 32 years where she taught MA and PhD hearing and deaf students in education, psychology, social work, audiology, administration, and international development. She has been invited to conduct professional development related to transformative mixed methods in many context by many agencies, e.g., the Australasian Evaluation Society in Australia and New Zealand, the African Evaluation Association in South Africa, Niger, and Ghana, the Grupo de Institutos, Fundações e Empresas in Brazil, the World Bank in India and Nepal, the Community of Evaluators in India and Nepal, the Sri Lankan Evaluation Association in Sri Lanka, and UN Women and Evaluation Partners in Kazakhstan. Mertens also served as the Editor for the Journal of Mixed Methods Research 2010-2014.