CARRIE SCHUETTPELZ

SPEAKER + Native Author + Researcher + Policy Practitioner

CARRIE SCHUETTPELZ’s bio

​​Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. She is a writer and policy practitioner. She is the winner of a Whiting Nonfiction Grant for her debut nonfiction book, The Indian Card, forthcoming from Flatiron in October 2024.  Her research focuses primarily on Native identity, particularly from a public policy lens. In addition to her writing, she is currently working on a project to return student records to survivors of Indian Boarding Schools.

Carrie is an Associate Professor of Practice in the School of Planning and Public Affairs (SPPA) at the University of Iowa. She also runs the Native Policy Lab. Her policy areas of expertise include Native policy, social policy, homelessness, and affordable housing. Prior to joining the faculty at Iowa, Carrie was a policy advisor in the Obama Administration, focusing especially on homelessness and Native policy. Prior to that, she was a Fulbright Scholar in Copenhagen, Denmark. She holds a Master in Public Policy degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, as well as an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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• Essential Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir and Short Stories by Native American and Indigenous Authors to Add to Your List | People

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