Carla Jackie Sampson
Clinical Professor of Healthcare Management and Public Service; Director of Health Policy and Management Program and online Master of Health Administration Program
Carla Jackie Sampson is a Clinical Professor and Director of the Health Policy and Management Program and online Master of Health Administration Program at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service (NYU Wagner). Her research interests include healthcare workforce policy, the impact of structural racism on the social determinants of health, and anchor mission strategy development.
Dr. Sampson teaches courses in organizational strategy and management, executive leadership, human resources management, health equity, and healthcare system organization. She has extensive experience in teaching with cases and simulations in online and in traditional classrooms, curriculum and self-study development, specialized program accreditation and competency assessment. She was selected as NYU Wagner’s Professor of the Year in 2025.
Dr. Sampson is the editor of Frontiers of Health Services Management - a quarterly publication of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). She is the co-editor of the fifth edition of Human Resources for Healthcare: Managing for Success, and the third edition of Fundamentals of Human Resources for Healthcare. She is also the editor of Environmental Social Governance A Framework for the Future of Healthcare and is a member of the editorial committee of International Journal for Quality in Healthcare, Communications (IJCOMS).
She serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) and is this year’s Chair-Elect after having served as Treasurer, Secretary and Graduate Program Co-Chair.
Dr. Sampson completed her PhD Public Affairs - Health Services Management and Research from the University of Central Florida, Orlando. She earned an MBA in Healthcare Management and MS in Healthcare Financial Management from Temple University. Dr. Sampson is board certified in healthcare management and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.