Benjamin is an assistant professor teaching in the areas of theatre history, playwriting, literature, and analysis at Viterbo University. He has worked for the past 21 years as an instructor/professor, directing, and designing plays and teaching classes in playwriting, lighting, sound, theatrical literature, history, and design fundamentals and aesthetics. Benjamin has earned an MA in teaching from Washington State University, and an MFA in Theatre Arts (focused on dramatic writing) from the University of Idaho. He specializes in writing verbatim plays that highlight the stories of communities who have in some way been marginalized. Benjamin currently serves as the national chair of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival's (KCACTF) National Playwriting Program (NPP) and has previously served as the representation, equity, and diversity (RED) Coordinator.