Laura Stapleton
I think that it is quite telling of the current culture of the Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation program that, until this nomination, I had not even realized that I was the first female to be promoted to the rank of Professor. The support that I have received from my mentor and colleagues in the department made it an easy and, more important, enjoyable journey.
Professor & Associate Dean
Department of Human Development & Quantitative Methodology
College of Education
Laura Stapleton is Associate Dean for Research, Innovation, and Partnerships in the College of Education. She is also a Professor in Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology. She joined the faculty at Maryland in the fall of 2011 after being on the faculty in Psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and in Educational Psychology at the University of Texas, Austin. Prior to earning her Ph.D. in 2001, she was an economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics and, subsequently, conducted educational research at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and as Associate Director of institutional research at the University of Maryland.