Biography:

Stefanie I. Kasparek serves as the methodologist and senior data analyst for Franklin & Marshall’s Global Barometers. She originally joined F&M in 2020 as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Government Department, teaching classes in International Relations and Political Research, before she joined the project in August 2022.

Previously, she served as the assistant program director for the Pennsylvania Public Policy Database Project at the Institute for Public Affairs at Temple University and has received extensive training in advanced statistical methods from the University of Michigan. Her research focuses primarily on policy-making in international organizations, institutional governance, matters of human security, and the global treatment of LGBTQI+ individuals. 

Dr. Stefanie I. Kasparek has received her Ph.D. from Temple University and is currently also serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at Albright College.