Dr. Amy Shelton

Dr. Amy Shelton is a scholar, educator, and advocate for equitable education systems. She utilizes policy research, education and census data, and geographic information systems (GIS) to examine the intersection of neighborhood demographic change, school choice policies, and racial and socioeconomic segregation across schools.

Amy currently serves as a Research Fellow at Saint Louis University’s Policy Research in Missouri Education (PRiME) Center and an Adjunct Professor of Education Policy. She has shared her work widely through national conferences, peer-reviewed publications, and policy briefs that inform Missouri stakeholders. As an educator, she equips future teachers to critically analyze how housing and school funding policies shape educational inequities.

Amy’s career in education has bridged the classroom, policy, and research. She formerly taught 5th grade in Tulsa, OK, through Teach for America, coordinated a citywide early literacy intervention summer program, and served as an elected member of the Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education.

Amy resides in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband and four children. She holds a Ph.D. in Education Policy and Equity from Saint Louis University, an M.A. in Educational Studies from the University of Tulsa, and a graduate certificate in Non-Profit Management from Oklahoma State University.