Samantha Bowen

Education

BSW, University of Wisconsin-Madison

MSW, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Biography

Samantha “Sam” Bowen is a social worker by training, a public health practitioner by trade, and a student affairs professional in practice. At UHS, she oversees a team of violence prevention specialists who work to understand and address root causes of campus sexual and relationship violence.

While most of her career has been spent doing sexual violence work, Sam has worked in various public health settings including: HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, prenatal and postnatal care, sexual health education, and case management for people involved in sex work and sex trafficking.

Sam is a double alum of the UW-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work. Her master’s degree is in medical social work with concentrations in prevention science and program evaluation. Sam has lived on the east coast, west coast, midwest, the south, and even abroad, but feels especially lucky to work on the same campus that shaped her own professional trajectory.