Education
- Ed.D., Community, Culture, and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
- M.Ed., Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
- B.A., Grassroots Economics and Theater, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Biography
Paul Kuttner is Associate Director at University Neighborhood Partners, University of Utah. In this role, Paul builds community-campus partnerships that promote educational equity and justice while producing valuable knowledge to advance scholarship and social change. Paul is also an instructor in the Department of Education, Culture, and Society in the College of Education. A native of Boston, Paul earned his doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to graduate school, Paul worked as a community educator, teaching theater and creative writing in schools and community organizations across Chicago.
As a scholar, Paul's research and teaching are focused on the relationships between educational institutions (postsecondary and K-12) and communities that have faced marginalization and oppression in our school systems. Trained as an educational sociologist, his research is carried out in collaboration with youth, families, educators, and other community partners. Paul is a co-author, with Karen Mapp, of Partners in Education: A Dual Capacity Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships, and a co-editor of Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline. His work has appeared in academic venues such as the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, Teachers College Record, and Harvard Educational Review, as well as practice-focused outlets such as Phi Delta Kappan and Ed Week, alongside community-facing products such as videos, comic books, and curricula.