Sam Steen holds a bachelors in psychology, a master’s degree in school counseling and a Ph.D. in education.
He holds the rank of professor and is a licensed professional school counselor, the director of the Research Action Consortium, and director of the Child, Family, Community Engagement Division at George Mason University.
Steen specializes in school counseling, group counseling and cultivating black students’ academic identity development. He was a school counselor for 10 years and has written more than 100 research publications and is the co-author of seven books.