Shanan Chappell Moots

Shanan Chappell Moots, Ph.D., currently serves as Director of Research Analytics and Research Associate Professor in The Center for Educational Partnerships at Old Dominion University. She has served or is currently serving on nearly $34 million in externally funded educational research projects, primarily program evaluations, STEM projects, military child and family educational programs, and college and career readiness initiatives. Dr. Chappell Moots also has an appointment as Collaborative Faculty in the Educational Psychology and Program Evaluation graduate program in the Darden College of Education and Professional Studies (ODU) where she teaches research methods in select semesters and is a Research Fellow with the National Dropout Prevention Center. She has collaborated on projects with faculty and researchers from universities and organizations across the United States and has disseminated research through peer-reviewed journal articles, conference presentations, technical reports, guest lectures and media presentations. Prior to joining the faculty at Old Dominion, Shanan spent several years teaching at the elementary level in southeastern Virginia.