Sam Benson

Dr. Sam Robert Benson, Ph.D.

- Ph.D. in International Relations

- Master of Humanities with honors; best-thesis award.

- B.A. in English and American Literature and philology.

Academic Experience

- Presented an academic research papers on terrorism at Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, academic conference, Kyiv, Ukraine, (2016); paper subsequently published in the university academic journal

- Invited Visiting lecturer at Taras Shevchenko National University; Department of Geology Kyiv, (2016)

- Interviewed by Radio Free Europe, Prague station on Mid-east terror affairs 2017 

- Invited Visiting lecturer at Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Kiev, (2017)

- Chair of Academics World 138th International Academic Conference on Science, Social Science and Economics, Oslo, Norway (2017)

- Presented an academic research paper: “The War in Syria: Genuine Etiologies, Actors, and Interests” at International Academic Conference on Science, Social Science and Economics, Oslo, (2017); received “Excellent Paper Award”

- Chair of the 2nd Session: Social Sciences and Humanities of the 30th International Academic Conference in Venice, Italy (IISES) (2017) 

- Presented an academic research paper at the 30th International Academic Conference in Venice, Italy, (2017) (IISES); paper subsequently published in Conference academic journal.

- Research under supervision of Professor Donald Wiebe, University of Toronto, Canada

- Research under supervision of Professor Mykola Holovaty, Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Kyiv, Ukraine

- Guest lecturer at Ryerson University, Toronto for future “assistant professorship”, but declined the offer due to urgent travel plans to Ukraine

- Offered a position at the Ukrainian Parliament to teach English to the Law-Makers of Ukraine at the Verkhovna Rada, yet declined it due to the poor remuneration.

Offered an assistant professorship teaching position at KPI university in Kiev by my Student Dr. Yana Tsymbalinka (Chair of Faculty of Law), but declined it due to the poor remuneration. 

B.A., Masters, Ph.D.

ESL, Literature and humanities teacher