Anne-Lise Velez, Collegiate Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences

Dr. Anne-Lise Velez is a Collegiate Associate Professor in the Honors College and affiliated faculty with the School of Public and International Affairs in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, where she conducts transdisciplinary research primarily on public and nonprofit management, scholarship of teaching and learning. Anne-Lise teaches transdisciplinary SuperStudio courses as well as courses focused on environmental policy and transdisciplinary research methods for the Honors College. She also teaches STEM-H graduate students as part of the +Policy Network’s Science, Technology & Engineering in Policy (STEP) graduate certificate. She held previous academic appointments as assistant collegiate faculty, as a postdoctoral associate for the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at VT, and as a postdoctoral scholar for the School of Public and International Affairs at NC State University.

Anne-Lise earned her PhD in Public Administration from NC State University, as well as master’s degrees in Public Administration and in Architecture from NC State, and a Bachelor of Architecture from VT. This interdisciplinary background led to an interest in transdisciplinary research, and she currently works with a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional group of researchers on issues that cross disciplinary boundaries. Her research broadly relates to management and decision-making at the intersection of the public and nonprofit sectors, especially around environmental and urban policy relating to community wellbeing and sustainability. This research includes work on community capacity and representation in disaster response and cultural resource preservation.