Samantha Temple
Associate Designer of Public Affairs Initiatives, McBride Honors
Samantha Temple, PhD
Dr. Samantha Temple is a scholar-practitioner whose work bridges the fields of humanitarian engineering, public affairs, and community-led development. As an instructor at Mines, Dr. Temple teaches courses that prepare future scientists and engineers to work at the intersection of technology and service. With over a decade of field-based experience—primarily in East Africa—Dr. Temple brings deep applied insight to her academic work. Her recent co-authored publication, Engineering and Sustainable Community Development (Springer, 2024), investigates how engineers and communities can collaborate to advance more just and sustainable outcomes.
Dr. Samantha Temple is a scholar-practitioner whose work bridges the fields of humanitarian engineering, public affairs, and community-led development. As an instructor at Mines, Dr. Temple teaches courses that prepare future scientists and engineers to work at the intersection of technology and service. With over a decade of field-based experience—primarily in East Africa—Dr. Temple brings deep applied insight to her academic work. Her recent co-authored publication, Engineering and Sustainable Community Development (Springer, 2024), investigates how engineers and communities can collaborate to advance more just and sustainable outcomes.
In addition to instruction and research, Dr. Temple serves as Director of the Mines Peace Corps Prep program, where she mentors students seeking to apply their engineering skills through international service.
Dr. Temple holds a PhD and MPA in Public Affairs from the University of Colorado Denver, and a BA in International Relations from Knox College. She draws upon a wealth of lived experience—including two and a half years of Peace Corps service in Tanzania and a year in AmeriCorps—to guide her work as an educator and mentor.