Sam comes to PSU with over twenty years of experience in higher education. She is fascinated by the ways in which students and faculty have adopted, and sometimes resist, emerging learning technologies, and she's excited to continue exploring this work in the digital learning environment at Portland State. Sam holds a Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a PhD in Leadership from Union Institute & University in Cincinnati. Outside of work, Sam enjoys spending time with her two kids and her goldendoodle, Ruby, and co-chairs the Braver Angels civic alliance in SE Portland.