Rankin & Associates joins the RW Jones Network of companies further expanding Rankin’s ability to help clients engage and communicate on essential conversations around campus climate.

Dr. Stefani Bjorklund is an Executive Associate and Senior Research Associate with Rankin & Associates Consulting. She earned a B.A. in psychology from Villanova University and a Ph.D. in Higher Education at The Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Bjorklund’s research has focused on the following issues in postsecondary education: access, recruitment, and retention of underrepresented college students and faculty; welfare reform and financial aid policies; low-income student experiences; campus climate for students of color, women students, and low-income, parenting students; and effects of instructor activities, collaborative learning, and group work on gains in student skills.
Dr. Bjorklund was a research associate at the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE), a unit of the National Academy of Engineering, where she spearheaded a multi-campus National Science Foundation-sponsored project to investigate faculty and student engagement in learning activities and lifelong learning. She also was a part of a team that evaluated two NSF-sponsored coalitions of engineering colleges. Prior to returning to graduate school, she was a social worker and administrator of a federally-funded demonstration project funded by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Additionally, she enjoys spending time with her family and volunteering for social service and animal welfare agencies.
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