Heidi Schultz

Heidi Schultz is a Clinical Professor of Management and Corporate Communication at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a Sarah Graham Kenan Scholar, she specializes in storytelling for professional contexts, business presenting, and business writing.

• Office: McColl 4510
• Contact: CB 3490, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3490

Her research focuses on:

• Storytelling to influence and inspire
• Relationship between rhetorical patterns and writing speed
• Communicating with data
• Impact of music on confidence in high-stakes presentations

Key scientific awards:

• Fulbright Scholar Award (2023)
• Weatherspoon Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
• Team Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Poets & Quants Favorite Professor (Executive MBA Class of 2020)

Additional contributions:

• Founder of Business Communication Center (1997)
• Former director of UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center
• Co-founder of BlackInkMetrics (2014)
• Creator of "Stories from the Hill" podcast (2021)