About
Biography
Dr. Quick is chair of the Humphrey School’s management and leadership area and academic co-director of the university-wide Center for Integrative Leadership. Dr. Quick’s focus is bringing together people with diverse perspectives to work on high-stakes, complex, and often contentious public policy problems. Trained in public management and urban planning, she works in a variety of policy content areas, the common thread being identifying practices and processes that improve equity and inclusion. Dr. Quick researches effective approaches by studying professionals doing their work and shares the lessons learned with graduate students to strengthen their civic engagement skills. She also continually hones her own craft by practicing what she studies and teaches.
Originally from rural Pennsylvania, Dr. Quick worked as an environmental advocate and policy analyst in Indonesia for eight years and as a community development manager in California for six years. Dr. Quick holds a PhD in Planning, Policy, and Design from the University of California, Irvine, which recognized her as one of their top 50 graduate student alumni from the first fifty years of the university.
Education
PhD in Planning, Policy, and Design (University of California, Irvine, 2010)
MCP in City Planning (University of California, Berkeley, 2002)
BS in Biology (Swarthmore College, 1991)
Recent Publications
Quick, K. (2022). Just Talk: The Promise and Peril of Dialogues about Whiteness, Planning Theory and Practice, 16-20
Quick, K. S. (2021). Tribal sovereignty and the limits and potential of inter-governmental collaboration. In . Edward Elgar Publishing:
Lemmie, V., Quick, K. S. & Williams, B. N. (2021). Citizen-Led Efforts to Create Safe Communities: Diversity, Dialogues, and Directions for Moving Forward, National Civic Review, 110(1), 6-15
Cira, T., Quick, K. & Venette, R. C. (2019). Watch your language! The consequences of linguistic uncertainty for insect management, American Entomologist, 65(4 (Winter 2019)), 258–267
Quick, K. S. (2019). An American’s reflections on Skeffington’s relevance at 50, Planning Theory and Practice, 20(5),
Narvaez, G. E., Dufour, S. & Quick, K. S. (in press). Emergency Medical Services in American Indian reservations and communities: results of a national survey, Indian Health Service Primary Care Provider,
Narvaez, G. E. & Quick, K. S. (in press). Pedestrian safety: A critical, distinctive, and under-recognized priority for reducing roadway injuries in reservations, Indian Health Service Primary Care Provider,
Quick, K. S., Larsen, A. & Narváez, G. E. (2019). Tribal Transportation Specialists’ Priorities for Reservation Roadway Safety: Results of a National Survey, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research 28 Board,, 2673(7),
Quick, K. S. & Narváez, G. E. (2018). Understanding Roadway Safety in American Indian Reservations. Center for Transportation Studies: Minneapolis, MN United States
Quick, K. S. (2018). The Narrative Production of Stakeholder Engagement Processes, Journal of Planning Education and Research,
Schneider, I. E., Peck, M. A., Quick, K. S. & Pflughoeft, B. (in press). Effective social media engagement options for Minnesota’s diversifying population. Minnesota Department of Transportation: St Paul, MN United States
Narvaez, G. E. & Quick, K. S. (2017). Stakeholder Attitudes, Knowledge and Engagement in Local Road Systems Planning Decision-Making. Minnesota Department of Transportation: St Paul, MN United States
Quick, K. S. & Sandfort, J. R. (2017). Learning to facilitate: Implications for skill development in the public participation field. In The Professionalization of Public Participation 214-241). Routledge: New York and London
Courses
News and Media
Humphrey School News
Humphrey School Faculty Discuss Police-Community Relations in Wake of George Floyd's Death
Researchers, Tribes Collaborate to Advance Roadway Safety in Minnesota Reservations
Read more Humphrey School news
Research Updates
Read about Quick's latest research
In the Media
Experts, Activists Speak on Calls for Change as Peaceful Protests Continue
KSTP, 06-02-2020
Businesses' Role in Policing, Policy, and Change
Twin Cities Business, 06-01-2020
