Dr. Mittapalli brings over 18 years of field experience in conducting social science research and program evaluation in the US and abroad. She owns a small R&E firm out of DC with a team of five. Over the years, her team has completed over 270 technical reports for various federal and state agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and foundations. Additionally, she has developed and taught graduate-level courses in qualitative and quantitative research methods and data driven decision making at various universities including: American, Johns Hopkins, Argosy, Walden, and George Mason. She has a BS in Agricultural Sciences, an MA in Applied Sociology, and a PhD in (education) Research and Methodology from GMU. She is active on LinkedIn and Twitter and her company website is www.mnassociatesinc.com