Kaitlyn Denten is a researcher for the Humphrey School's Institute for Urban and Regional Infrastructure Finance (IURIF). Her research focuses on transportation finance and the evaluation of impacts of transportation projects and programs. 

Previously, she was an associate transportation planner with the City of Minneapolis, and interned at Metro Transit and Dakota County. She also worked as a graduate research assistant at the Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies. She earned her Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the Humphrey School, and her bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Minnesota.