BIO

Assistant professor of social work Keri Otte joined the faculty of the UW-Stevens Point Department of Sociology and Social Work in 2025. She brings with her over 20 years of direct practice and community-level experience providing grassroots advocacy, trauma-informed care, and clinical psychotherapy within a social justice framework. Otte oversees the field experience for students in the Master of Social Work program. She is an enthusiastic learner and educator devoted to student success and the promotion of humanism in higher education. View CV.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Climate justice and environmental social work
• Death, dying, grief and bereavement
•  LGBTQIA+ issues
• Oncology social work
• Indigenous and American Indian populations

PUBLICATIONS

Otte, K. (2024). Bring back the office of the public intervenor. The Wisconsin Examiner

BEST ADVICE

“You can do anything, but you can’t do everything.”

LAST BOOK READ

Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley

FAVORITE QUOTE

“Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind.” – Brene Brown

FUN FACT

When she was growing up, she wanted to be a photojournalist for National Geographic.