Karen DeMeester
Program Evaluation Group (Faculty)
Director
G-9B Aderhold
Phone: 706.542.3870
Email: karend@uga.edu
Karen DeMeester became the Director of PEG in 2011. Dr. DeMeester came to the University of Georgia from the Learning Systems Institute at Florida State University where she was research faculty and a principal investigator on a U. S. Department of Education grant to integrate technology into rural schools and communities in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. While at FSU, she also conducted studies of the alignment between Florida’s standards and state assessments (FCAT) for mathematics, reading, and science and served as a team leader in the development of Florida’s K-3 Mathematics Formative Assessment System. Dr. DeMeester has extensive and diverse evaluation experience. As a CPA and financial analyst, she directed financial and compliance audits and operational and cost reviews, and as a senior policy analyst in Florida’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, she led teams evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of state programs (e.g., Children’s Medical Services).