Background
Clark, Sheldon Brown was born on July 26, 1948 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Albert Miles and Jane Isabel (Wiley) Clark.
educator consultant research scientist
Clark, Sheldon Brown was born on July 26, 1948 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Albert Miles and Jane Isabel (Wiley) Clark.
Bachelor cum laude, U. North Carolina, Asheville, 1971; Master of Arts, Western Carolina U., 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Tennessee, 1983.
Teacher Latin, Buncombe County Schools, Asheville, 1971-1972;
manager, Atwood Printing Company, Asheville, 1973-1976;
graduate teaching assistant educational and counseling psychology, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1978-1979;
graduate research assistant Bureau Ednl. Research and Svc., U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1979-1981;
research associate institutional research, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1981-1982;
assistant professor educational research, assistant director, University Planning and Institutional Research, U. Mississippi, 1982-1984;
senior research scientist science and engineering education division, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Institute for Science and Education, since 1984. Consultant Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, 1982-1985, various market research firms,1982-.
Member Doctor of Philosophy coordinator committee College Education U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1986-1993.
Member American Ednl. Research Association (member Executive Board special interest group on survey research 1984-1989, Outstanding Dissertation award for conceptual research 1984), American Statistical Association (National Science Foundation fellow since 1993), Association for Study of Higher Education, National Council on Measurement in Education, American Association Public Opinion Research, American Evaluation Association, Southern Association for Institutional Research, Mid-South Ednl. Research Association (member editorial board, research in schools since 1986), Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Fern Hope Young, November 29, 1970.