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Benda, Peter Martin was born on December 6, 1955 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Harry Jindrich and Eva Suzanne (Bloch) Benda.
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Peter Martin Benda, American Political scientist. Princeton University graduate fellow, 1980-1984; Hicks Memorial fellow University of Chicago, 1979-1980. Board of directors Institute for Study of Human Conflict, Philadelphia, since 1991; member Philadelphia Committee on Foreign Rels., 1993. Member American Political Science Association, American Society for Public Administration, Phi Beta Kappa.
Education
Bachelor in Philosophy with highest honors, Swarthmore College, 1978; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1979-1980; Master of Arts in Politics, Princeton University, 1983.
Career
Instructor history and social science, Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School, Brooklyn, 1978-1979; research associate Center for Study of Law, Yale Law School, New Haven, 1983-1984; senior research assistant government division, Congressional Research Svc., United States Library. Congress, Washington, 1985-1987; acting assistant professor government and foreign affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1988-1989; visiting lecturer, research fellow in political science, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1989-1990; program officer, Eisenhower Exch. Fellowships, Inc., Philadelphia, 1990-1991; program associate for public policy, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia, 1991-1994; associate director International Center Migration, Ethnicity, Citizenship, New School for Social Research, since 1994.
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Board of directors Institute for Study of Human Conflict, Philadelphia, since 1991. Member Philadelphia Committee on Foreign Rels., 1993. Member American Political Science Association, American Society for Public Administration, Phi Beta Kappa.
