Samantha Keppler is the NBD Bancorp Assistant Professor of Technology and Operations at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business. Her expertise is in the role of private business in public education. She partners with companies that work with or in public schools, and studies their impact on educational effectiveness, efficiency, and equity. Read more about her research here.
Her research on business and public education has been published in top peer reviewed journals in the operations management field, including Management Science and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and has been featured in the top media outlets The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and NPR. Her ground-breaking research in collaboration with the largest teacher crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose has won a number of research awards, including the 2023 Best Paper Award from the Service Special Interest Group of the MSOM Research Society, the 2022 Responsible Research Award from the MSOM Research Society, and the 2022 Applied Research Challenge Award from the POMS Research Society. As a thought leader in the business of education provision, her research has also been featured in education media outlets like Education Week, K-12 Dive and District Administration, and invited for presentation at the nation-wide annual state superintendents conference.
Her research on business and public education has been published in top peer reviewed journals in the operations management field, including Management Science and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and has been featured in the top media outlets The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and NPR. Her ground-breaking research in collaboration with the largest teacher crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose has won a number of research awards, including the 2023 Best Paper Award from the Service Special Interest Group of the MSOM Research Society, the 2022 Responsible Research Award from the MSOM Research Society, and the 2022 Applied Research Challenge Award from the POMS Research Society. As a thought leader in the business of education provision, her research has also been featured in education media outlets like Education Week, K-12 Dive and District Administration, and invited for presentation at the nation-wide annual state superintendents conference.