Education is life itself. – John Dewey
Postdoctoral Scholar, National Center for Institutional Diversity, School of Education, University of Michigan, Research and evaluation of the Developmental Designs teaching approach for Origins Programs, Minneapolis, MN
Postdoctoral Fellow, Research and Evaluation of the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan
Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, HDFS, Department of Human Development, Cornell University (Dissertation Title: Exploring the “unknowable” culture-beast: A multidisciplinary approach to investigating cultural influences on science learning)
M.A. Human Development and Family Studies, Department of Human Development, Cornell University (Thesis title: Cultural responsiveness in STEM program planning, implementation, and evaluation)
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Claremont Graduate University, Associate Research Professor
Equal Measure, Senior Director
Community Science, Managing Associate
Deloitte Consulting, LLP, Specialist Master
Independent Consultant, Sole Proprietor
Clients included:
Connecticut Health Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, others
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Veterans Health Administration, Military Health Systems
Northern Ohio Alliance/ Case Western Reserve University, Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
4-H New York State Office
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill/North Carolina State University, Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.- Gustave Flaubert
Co-Editor. Examining Issues Facing Communities of Color Today: The Role of Evaluation to Incite Change. New Directions in Evaluation. (2021).
Neaubauer, L., Guarardo, A., Aponte-Soto, L, Robles, G., Casillas, W. (2021). LatCrit Theory as a Framework for Social Justice Evaluation: Considerations for Evaluation and Evaluators. New Directions in Evaluation. Expected release 2019.
Casillas, W.D. (unpublished). Using Nested Models in Evaluation of Complex Organizational and Social Systems. A White Paper.
Casillas, W.D. & Trochim, W. M. (2015). A systems approach to culturally responsive evaluation practice: Culturally responsive uses of the Systems Evaluation Protocol (SEP). In Hopson, R. K. & Hood, S. (Eds.). Continuing the Journey to Reposition Culture and Cultural Context in Evaluation Theory and Practice. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Casillas, W. D., Hopson, R. K., & Gomez, R. (2015). Making culturally responsive decisions in evaluation practice. In Christie, C.A. & Vo, A.T. (Eds.) Issues in Evaluation Use and Decision Making in Society. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Gomez, R., Casillas, W., & Ali, A. (2015). Mentorship and the professional development of culturally responsive evaluators in the American Evaluation Association’s Graduate Education Diversity Internship (GEDI) Program. New Directions in Evaluation.
Reyna, V.F. & Casillas, W. (2009). Development and dual processes in moral reasoning: A Fuzzy-trace theory account. In Bartels, D. M., Bauman, C. W., Skitka, L. J., & Medin, D. L. (Eds.) Moral Judgment and Decision Making: The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Vol. 50. San Diego: Elsevier.