The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) welcomed Dr. Stephen Mayfield to the team earlier this week. In his role as Senior Policy Analyst, Dr. Mayfield will focus on supporting SHEEO’s research and policy initiatives, with a focus on state postsecondary data systems, noncredit mobility, and student basic needs.
Dr. Mayfield most recently served as a Research Education Analyst at RTI International, where he worked on analytic tasks for the U. S. Department of Education’s major postsecondary studies, including the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), and the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS). Dr. Mayfield led teams contributing to federal reports such as the Condition of Education and the Digest of Education Statistics, and conducted research on the nation’s college and university landscape for the National Science Foundation.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Mayfield directed institutional research efforts at Gwinnett Technical College and served as Assistant Director of Foundation Relations at Georgia Gwinnett College.
Dr. Mayfield holds a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Georgia and a bachelor’s degree in international economics and modern languages from Georgia State University.
Learn more about the SHEEO team at https://sheeo.org/about/sheeo-staff/.