Who We Are
At Clark & Chase Research,

Shannon C. Maples, MA
Shannon joined Clark & Chase Research, Inc. in 2007, after more than four years at KPC Research and The Charlotte Observer. She has worked with a variety of commercial, academic, government, and non-profit clients, and has demonstrated the ability to understand and service the unique research needs of her customers. Her primary experience is in quantitative and qualitative data analysis, sampling theory, data preparation, and tabulation. She has also served as a focus group moderator and one-on-one interviewer.

Shannon earned an MA in Sociology and a BA in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte . She centered her graduate and undergraduate coursework on research applied to social problems, specifically concentrating on race, gender, and social class issues. Shannon's principal areas of interest are demographic differences and needs assessment. She received a certification in Child Welfare Services from College Misericordia (Dallas, PA) in 1998, and she serves local non-profit agencies as an advocate for women and children crisis victims.