Wang, Sam
Bio
Sam Wang is a MAA Student from Springfield, Missouri earning his Bachelor of Science at Missouri State University with a minor in History, Sociology, Communications, and Non-Profit Leadership. During his time at MSU he focused on food insecurity in higher education and accessibility within admissions at the university. He was an AmeriCorps member for 3 years where he worked very closely with MSU’s Center for Community Engagement’s food pantry, the Bear Pantry. He worked as an intern for the Center for Ozarks Poverty Research, where he ran the COPR’s Virtual Reality Poverty Immersion program. His research interests include higher education, food insecurity, and sexual assault in the queer community. He currently works as the office assistant to the Department of Anthropology.
After graduation he hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in Anthropology and continue being involved in the Non-Profit Sector
Degrees
B.S. in Anthropology: Missouri State University
Areas of Interest
- Food Insecurity
- Higher Education Equity
- Sexual Assault in the Queer Community
