Sam Lim

Sam Lim (pronouns: they, them) is the Associate Director for Equity & Inclusion Initiatives at Penn Carey Law School. Lim joins us from the Center for Justice and Liberation at Salem State University, where they led campus wide LGBTQIA+ and multicultural programs. Active in the community, Lim serves as a member of the Directorate for ACPA- College Educators International’s Coalition for Sexual and Gender Identities, Teach For America’s National LGBTQIA+ PRISM Advisory Board, and as the Internal Affairs Chair for LGBTQ+ Employees at Penn (LEAP). Lim is the former inaugural Senior Diversity Officer and a board member for Atlanta Pride and North Shore Pride. While in Salem, MA, Lim was appointed by Mayor Kim Driscoll to the City’s Cultural Council, Scholarship & Education Committee, and Human Rights Coalition, for which they served as founding co-Chair. Lim has spoken at various conferences and lecture series on issues of queer and transgender (in)equity in educational administration, policy, governance, law, and student development, including NASPA Region I, the Texas A&M International Social Justice Leadership Series, Teach For America’s Men of Many Series and Brave Education Summit, and the UNC Greensboro Careers in Student Affairs Conference, among others. Originally from Syracuse, NY, Lim holds a B.A. in French Language & Literature from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a M.Ed. in Higher Education in Student Affairs from Salem State University.