Senior Policy Researcher; Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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Stephani L. Wrabel (she/her) is a senior policy researcher at RAND and a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. She conducts research to improve practices, programs, and policies that shape the lives of students and military-connected people. Her portfolio includes research focused on standards-based school accountability policy, student and school mobility, social and emotional learning, Department of Defense (DoD)-funded youth programs, and military and national security education opportunities. Her work has shaped both state and federal policy. Wrabel currently serves as a principal investigator on a series of studies focused on defense-funded education programs, such as the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe and Reserve Officer Training Corps. She led the independent evaluation of the U.S. Department of Education’s Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety.
Before pursuing her doctorate, she was a university administrator. Wrabel earned her Ph.D. in urban education policy from the University of Southern California. She holds an M.Ed. from the University of Florida and a B.A. from Boston University.
Ph.D. in urban education policy, University of Southern California; M.Ed. in student personnel in higher education, University of Florida; B.A. in psychology, Boston University
