Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development Associate Professor Emily F. Gates’ work focuses on the role of evaluation in designing, implementing, and adapting interventions to address complex problems and foster systems change. In a new book, she and co-author Pablo Vidueira critique the “fixed” approach of traditional program evaluation and policy analysis and advance an alternative approach centered on making lasting, transformative change to systems. Evaluative Inquiry for Systemic Change (Sage College Publishing, 2025), demonstrates that systemic change that embeds evaluative inquiry is a theoretically supported, practical way to work toward fundamental social change with lasting impact. The authors offer a clear, five-phase framework for systemic change and a five-element model for evaluative inquiry—ideal for structuring lectures, workshops, and assignments.