About

Benjamin B. Olshin is a researcher, author, and artist. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and Fulbright Specialist, and has extensive interdisciplinary experience in international education, fine art, and design work in the U.S., East Asia, Europe, and Latin America. His areas of expertise include the sociology of science and technology, industrial design, history, cross-cultural studies, and Eastern / Western philosophy.

Dr. Olshin possesses a truly global background and is multi-lingual, with facility in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Mandarin Chinese. He has published and presented work in the U.S., Canada, Portugal, England, Iceland, Egypt, Ghana, Brazil, Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan, and Indonesia.

• Ph.D. and M.A. in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto (Canada)

• B.A. in Classics (Latin, Greek, and Ancient History), Williams College (U.S.A.)

• Program studies at AR.CO: Centro de Arte & Comunicação Visual (Lisbon, Portugal)

• Program studies at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies (Rome, Italy)

• Program studies at the Rhode Island School of Design (Rome, Italy)