Linda Samek
Professor
Dean, School of Education
Telephone: 503-554-2871
Email: LSamek@georgefox.edu
Linda Samek joined the George Fox School of Education as dean in 2008. She served previously as the provost of Corban College.
As provost at Corban, Samek oversaw the college’s academic programs, the budget for all academic services, library development, and the registrar’s office. She also served on the president’s cabinet and was chair of the school’s campus-wide facilities development and usage committee. Prior to her appointment as provost in 2006, she served at Corban as dean of graduate studies, director of teacher education, and professor of education and mathematics from 2002 to 2006.
Samek previously worked as deputy director and coordinator of teacher education for Oregon's Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (2001-2002), and she was co-director of the Oregon University System's Quality Assurance in Teaching Program, a federal grant project encompassing 16 teacher preparation programs in Oregon (2000-2001).
Samek also has served on two accreditation teams for the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, and she’s been a member of various statewide task forces shaping public K-12 education, including the Chalkboard Project Task Force on Teacher and Administrator Quality and the Education Pathways Project.
Her hiring in 2008 marked a return to George Fox for Samek, who taught at the university from 1996 to 2000 and was chair of the Department of Education from 1997 to 2000.
In all, she has nearly 30 years of experience in higher education. Prior to her four-year tenure at George Fox, she worked 16 years at Corban in a variety of roles, including as chair of the school’s Department of Education and Mathematics, as an associate professor of education and mathematics, and as director of teacher education.
Samek earned a bachelor’s degree in science education/mathematics from Oregon State, a master’s degree in math education from Portland State University, and a doctorate in educational leadership from Portland State.
