Sandra L Pettingell
- Research Associate
- erick100@umn.edu
- Phone
- +1 612-624-6083
- Address
- Masonic Institute on the Developing Brain
Rm 1-340 [map]
2025 E River Pkwy
MInneapolis, MN 55414
Sandra Pettingell, PhD, is a Research Associate at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration. Her professional background and training are in research methodology and statistics. With five years’ experience developing and standardizing intelligence and achievement tests, she has more than three decades of expertise in research design, instrument development, data management, statistical analysis, and data interpretation. Her research interests include risk and protective factors related to adolescent health outcomes, community living and employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities, and key metrics related to the stability and sustainability of the direct support workforce. In her work, she is involved in the development, design, and administration of data collection tools, conducts statistical analyses, and leads and supports multiple projects focused on workforce development and stability, as well as service outcomes for individuals with disabilities. She works with human services organizations, teaching them to better understand how to support their workforces through data-driven solutions that drive positive organizational change. In addition to research, she teaches graduate-level courses in research methodology and statistics and mentors graduate students across disciplines.
