James R. Neumeister is a Senior Research Scientist in the Higher Education Analytics Center at NORC. Dr. Neumeister’s work leverages 20+ years of postsecondary experience across institutional roles and campus settings. As a critical quantitative and mixed methods scholar and a proponent of culturally responsive research, his recent work has focused on campus climate and culture, STEM graduate education, and equity in postsecondary access, experiences, and outcomes. He pioneered statistical approaches to identifying disparities at the intersections of race and gender in his research on college student disciplinary systems. He has also studied career and technical education, student leadership development, and campus safety, including sexual violence, threat assessment, and high-risk alcohol use. Dr. Neumeister holds advance degrees in higher education (PhD, Loyola-Chicago), college student affairs (MA, U. of Maryland), and law (JD, Notre Dame) and a BA from the University of Virginia.