Patricia Moore Shaffer, Ph.D. 

Dr. Shaffer served as Deputy Director of the National Endowment for the Arts' Office of Research & Analysis (2015-2025), Evaluation Manager for NASA's Office of Education (2011-2015), and Vice President of the Educational Policy Institute (2008-2010). She has led educational program evaluations ranging from national evaluation studies conducted for federal agencies including the Library of Congress and the President's Committee for the Arts and the Humanities to smaller-scale research and evaluation studies for state educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and school districts. She served on STEM evaluation federal interagency working groups in K-12 education convened by the Obama White House administration and the Interagency Council on Evaluation Policy. Dr. Shaffer earned a Ph.D., Educational Policy, Planning & Leadership, at the College of William & Mary, M.A., Curriculum Studies, at the University of Toronto, and B.A. in Visual Arts at Brock University.