Sam Magavern
ILR Visiting Activist Scholar
Senior Policy Fellow at the Partnership for the Public Good
(716) 852-4191 x117 : sdm39@cornell.edu
Sam Magavern is the ILR Visiting Activist Scholar for the 2019-2020 academic year and senior policy fellow at the Partnership for the Public Good. In addition to teaching at Cornell University ILR School, Sam teaches at University at Buffalo School of Law. A graduate of Harvard University and the UCLA Law School, he serves as an attorney for the City of Buffalo Living Wage Commission and as a Niagara River Greenway Commissioner. His publications range from scholarly articles to comic books, including a non-fiction book (Primo Levi's Universe), a novel (Ooh La La), a movie (The Last Word), and a book of poetry (Noah’s Ark).