Vanessa Edkins

Vanessa Edkins is a dynamic and knowledgeable Practice Solutions Lead and Director of Quantitative Research at Gartner, Inc., where they have been since 2022. Previously, Vanessa held several academic leadership positions at the Florida Institute of Technology, including Head of the School of Psychology and Associate Dean of the College of Psychology and Liberal Arts, from 2019 to 2022. Vanessa earned a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Kansas, where they also completed a Master of Arts in Social Psychology, following a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Brandon University.