Shelley Oberwetter joined the Culver Academies’ Mathematics Department in 2001. After earning a bachelor’s degree in American Studies/Anthropology from Barnard College, she worked on research out of the American Museum of Natural History. She then earned a master’s degree in epidemiology and public health at the Yale School of Medicine and participated in medical policy analysis and clinical outcomes research. Prior to arriving at the Culver Academies, she taught mathematics at Rumsey Hall School.

Her husband, John, taught 9th grade Humanities before his retirement.  They have two children.