Source: UM-Dearborn
Associate Professor of Public Health Natalie Sampson, far right, says she loves that she’s been able to teach the same two courses for much of her career, which has allowed her to both experiment with and refine the curriculum. Photo by Annie Barker
Associate Professor of Public Health Natalie Sampson, far right, says she loves that she’s been able to teach the same two courses for much of her career, which has allowed her to both experiment with and refine the curriculum. Photo by Annie Barker.
Natalie Sampson, associate professor of Public Health at UM-Dearborn, is one of three selected by the Michigan Association of State Universities as Distinguished Professors of the Year for 2025.
As an undergraduate at U-M She got paired with a faculty member who was doing research around the health impacts of truck traffic on people living in neighborhoods near Detroit’s Ambassador Bridge. During her assignment, she got to talk with dozens of people in the neighborhood and witness some of the inner workings of grassroots community organizations. “I remember thinking, ‘This is research? If this is research, then I like research,’” she says.
Read more about Sampson’s aversion to the spotlight.
