Monica D. Sampson

Monica Sampson, MSW ’00, is a clinical faculty member of the School of Social Work, where she teaches MSW courses across both macro and micro pathways. With over 31 years of experience as a clinical and macro social worker, Sampson has dedicated her career to working with vulnerable children, youth, families and communities. Her teaching emphasizes diversity, equity and inclusion, grounding all content in an anti-racist, social justice framework that highlights the core principles of power, oppression, intersecting social identities and structural privilege and marginalization. Sampson draws upon her extensive practice background and educational expertise to pragmatically break down these complex concepts while inspiring students to develop the authentic consciousness necessary to transform broken systems. Her overarching purpose is to leverage her knowledge to inform and educate others while focusing on family and community partnerships to help create a more socially just and anti-racist society, one person and community at a time.