Stephanie Marken is Executive Director of Education Research at Gallup. Previously, Stephanie served as Chief Methodologist at Gallup where she was responsible for the sample design, data collection approach and methodology for Gallup's public release studies in education and workforce development areas. In this role, Stephanie was the sample and design architect for Gallup's largest education studies To date, Stephanie has worked with more than 100 colleges and universities designing complex research projects to address their unique research questions and measure the long- and short-term outcomes of a college degree. Stephanie received her bachelor's degree in Political Science from Elon University and her master's degree in survey research from the University of Connecticut.