Dr. Samantha Kay Ammons

Biography

Dr. Samantha K. Ammons received her Bachelor of Arts degree (Major: Sociology; Minors: French & Psychology) from the University of North Carolina at Asheville, her Master of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro , and her PhD in Sociology from the University of Minnesota. She became an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2008, and was promoted to Associate Professor of Sociology in 2014.

Teaching Interests

Dr. Ammons teaches graduate and undergraduate courses, many of which count toward our department concentrations in Inequality and Social Justice, Work and Organizations, or Families & Inequality.She currently teaches Qualitative Methods (SOC 4410/8416), Occupations & Careers (SOC 4180/8186), Work & Family (SOC 4350/8356), Work & Society (SOC 3800), Research Methods (SOC 3510), and Methods Lab (SOC 3514). ​

Research Interests

Although primarily a work-family scholar who specializes in the boundaries individuals, couples, and groups form between work, family, and leisure domains, Dr. Ammons also has wide-ranging research interests. Some of her on-going applied projects at the moment include: 1) Documenting and mapping the diffusion of Little Free Libraries in the Omaha-Metro area, 2) A clinical ethnography team that is working with community partners to evaluate a clinical learning environment and strengthen team-based interprofessional education, and 3) Evaluating arts & humanities integration into the UNMC Physician Assistant program.

Service Summary

Dr. Ammons has served on most of the committees at the department level (Undergraduate Curriculum, Assessment, Graduate Committee, Executive Committee) and college levels (RPT, EPC, Dean's Advisory). She has also served at the university level (Faculty Senate, Graduate Council). Dr. Ammons has been a Graduate Program Chair within Sociology, served as an undergraduate advisor for a decade, and is an active faculty presence within the department's Student Anthropological Society. At the professional level, she is an active member of the Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN).

Awards and Honors

Thompson Learning Community Outstanding Faculty Award - 2017

Education

BA, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC, Sociology, Minors in Psychology & French, 1998

MA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, Sociology, 2000

Ph D, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Sociology, 2008