Sammy Keller earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Global Studies from Principia across the river in Elsah, IL in 2021. He returned to St. Louis in 2023 after earning his master’s degree in Global Policy from the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. As an international student from Germany who first arrived in St. Louis in 2014, St. Louis has become Sammy’s adopted home in the United States.

Prior to his arrival in the Arts & Sciences Cluster, Sammy worked as a Program Associate for the Middle East and North Africa Division at the International Republican Institute (IRI) in Washington, D.C., a non-profit, non-partisan international development organization promoting democratic values around the world. Sammy comes to the Arts & Sciences Academic and Administrative cluster with experience in project administration, event coordination, as well as grant writing and grant management.

As a Coordinator, Sammy supports the Comparative Literature & Thought Department, the English Department, and the Children’s Studies program.