Administration

Carrie Schuettpelz

  • Senior Fellow of Practice, Instruction
  • Associate Professor of Practice, School of Planning and Public Affairs

Biography

Carrie Schuettpelz was a homelessness policy advisor in the Obama Administration from 2009-2016. She was a Fulbright Scholar in 2006, which was awarded by the U.S. Department of State to study the East-West divide of the European Union in Copenhagen, Denmark. Schuettpelz's ongoing projects involve experiential learning, public policy curriculum, and undergraduate student success. She is a trained storyteller and teaches digital storytelling at a variety of levels. She is also at work on a novel. She is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.

Research Interests

  • Experiential Learning
  • Public Policy Curriculum
  • Homelessness Policy
  • Internship and Career Development

Educational Background

  • MFA, Creative Writing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016
  • MPP, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 2009
  • BA, Political Science and Anthropology, University of Iowa, 2006