Samantha L. Mosier, Ph.D.

Samantha L. Mosier is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at East Carolina University (ECU), where she teaches courses on public policy, public administration, leadership, and environmental policy. Samantha earned her PhD in Political Science at Colorado State University and a MPA from Auburn University at Montgomery.

Samantha is the author of Creating Organic Standards in U.S. States:The Diffusion of State Organic Food and Agriculture Legislation and co-author of Performance Measurement in Sustainability Programs: Lessons from American Cities. Her research has also appeared in Environment and Planning C, Environmental Management, Food Policy, Politics & the Life Sciences, and Review of Policy Research . Her current research focuses on perceptions of sustainability, sustainable food labeling politics and policy, and environmental trust.