Dr. Stefl-Mabry is an Associate Professor with the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences' Department of Information Studies; an Associate Research Professor in the School of Education and the Director of the School Library Program at the University at Albany. Dr. Stefl- Mabry’s expertise is in qualitative research design and her area of research focuses on educational assessment and evaluation. She has been involved in educating preservice and inservice educators in New York State and across the country for the past 25 years. She is also a program evaluator (K-12 through higher education) and works with educators throughout New York State on issues related to the effect of curriculum, assessment, evaluation and instruction on learning outcomes.