Ms. Stephanie Allen
Administrative Coordinator & Office Manager
Biography
Stephanie is the Administrative Coordinator for the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department since 2008. She is passionate about working with students and faculty. She believes that her position in the IME office is to make students and faculty’s working lives easier. She started her working career at Cal Poly in Human Resources in 1989 and moved to the College of Engineering in 1991, working in various engineering departments and the Dean’s office. She received her BA in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Science, Technology, and Society at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, June 2025.
Research Interests
Stephanie’s research interests are in the area of institutional inequities using qualitative analysis, particularly in education and healthcare. She presented her first published paper with Dr. Liz Thompson, “A Qualitative Analysis of Institutional Inequities During Covid” at Frontiers in Education (FIE), October 2024 in Washington, DC. Stephanie is looking to start her master’s in public policy in the fall of 2026 with an emphasis in healthcare.