Laura Stapleton

"I am hopeful that the AIB and the Blueprint for Maryland's Future will give voice to the many stakeholders around the State, and, ultimately, provide equitable education to all students in Maryland."

– Laura Stapleton

Member

Initially Appointed: Nov. 15, 2021
Term Ended: July 1, 2025

Laura Stapleton, PhD is the chair of the Human Development and Quantitative Methodology Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. Previously, she served as the interim dean of the College of Education.

Dr. Stapleton grew up attending public schools in Michigan and studied economics at the University of Michigan. She moved to the DC area in 1988, taking an economist position at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. She turned her interests toward educational research and studied, part-time, at George Mason University, earning a masters in curriculum and instruction. She has worked in the field of higher education research at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and at the Institutional Research Office at the University of Maryland.
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She received a PhD in Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation, after which, took faculty positions at the University of Texas and at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and served as associate director of the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center. She lived in Baltimore City from 2002 to 2011, then moved to Montgomery County when she took a faculty position at the University of Maryland.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​