Lisa Catharine Kistler

Dr. Kistler is a Turner Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Sociology and the Ohio Policy Evaluation Network (OPEN). She studies social inequalities and has worked on topics ranging from global poverty, environment, and democracy to violence victimization.

B.A. Geography: Middlebury College Middlebury, VT,

MSc. Environment and Development: University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland, 2012

Ph.D. Sociology: University of Kentucky Lexington, KY, 2024

2016 -2019 Program Officer for Monitoring and Evaluation, National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, DC

2015 -2016 Manager for Monitoring, Reporting, and Communications, Conservation International, Washington, DC

2013 -2015 Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant, Baastel Consulting Group, Ottawa, Canada

Peer Reviewed Publications

Lisa C. Kistler (2026. ) What We Talk About When We Talk about Consent: Four Conceptual Approaches .Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, , 51 (3 ) ,707-730

Lisa C. Kistler, Claire M. Renzetti, Diane R. Follingstad, and Caihong R. Li (2025. ) Student Perceptions of Reproductive Health Consequences Resulting from Rape .Sociological Inquiry, , 93 (3 ) ,427-447

Lisa C. Kistler, Claire M. Renzetti, Diane R. Follingstad, Caihong R. Li, and Jaspreet K. Chahal (2023. ) Students' Perceptions of Guilt, Responsibility, and Just Punishment when accounts of Campus Sexual Assault Conflict .Sex Roles, , 88 ,529-546

Lisa C. Kistler (2023. ) Spirit Possession Among the Shakers of Pleasant Hill: Testing a Link between Effervescence and Social Ideals .Durkheimian Studies, , 27 ,87-113

-SOC-1001 INTRO SOCIOLOGY Level:Undergraduate

Sample of Monitoring and Evaluation Projects
 

• “Women’s Political Participation in Civil Society and Political Parties in Sudan’s Democratic Transition.” International Republican Institute (2021).

• “Theory of Change and Evaluation Framework for the Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.” Conservation International and the World Bank (2016).

• “Technical Support to the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA), African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Program.” Baastel and the ACP Secretariat to the European Commission  (2015).

• “Mid-Term Evaluation of the Enhancing Community Resilience to Climate Change Program (ECRP) in Malawi.” Baastel and the United Kingdom Department for International Development. (2014).

• Translation from French to English of the “Project Document for Strengthening the Resilience of Women’s Producer Groups and Vulnerable Communities to Climate Change in Mali.” Baastel, the United Nations Development Program, and the Global Environment Facility (2014).

• “Evaluation of the French contribution to the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF).” Baastel and Agence Française de Développement (2014).