Laura M. Stapleton is chair of the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology and a professor of Quantitative Methodology: Measurement and Statistics. She previously served as the interim dean of the College of Education and Associate Dean for Research, Innovation, and Partnerships. She is the Director of the NSF-funded Quantitative Research Methods Scholars Program, which trains 20 early career scholars who focus on STEM education equity and access yearly. In 2021, the Governor appointed her to the seven-member Accountability and Implementation Board that is overseeing the enactment of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future that brings sweeping reform to the state's education system. She joined the faculty of the college in Fall 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. She served as the Associate Director of the Research Branch of the Maryland State Longitudinal Data System Center from 2013-2018. Prior to earning her Ph.D. in Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation, 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.