Samantha Ball

Samantha W. Ball is a senior research associate who provides research, analysis, survey work, stakeholder engagement, and instruction on a range of subjects including health and human service programs, early childhood mental health, dignity in political speech, family-friendly workplace policies, and deliberative community engagement.

Dr. Ball holds a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA, a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Utah. Prior to working at the Gardner Policy Institute, Dr. Ball worked in Washington DC as a Congressional legislative assistant and as a program analyst at the Department of Education and at the Department of Health and Human Services. She has also served as an adjunct instructor in Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Utah.