Benjamin Habib, PhD

Still weird as ever, but without the old job title as a proxy for who I am.

Ecstatic kickdrum therapy and full-bodied emotional regulation with the song on repeat.

Baba’s dinner table stories of growing up as a peasant in Ukraine, the hardships of the Soviet occupation, surviving a forced labor camp in Nazi Germany, and building a new life in post-war Australia.

I relate more to alien worlds and extra-terrestrial beings, witches and wizards, zombies and vampires, more than the world I live in.

I want to share some of my accumulated wisdom on teaching International Relations.

With the playoffs fast approaching, its time to reflect on the WNBA regular season and give flowers to the players I’ve enjoyed watching, based on a set of made-up award categories that I invented for this purpose.

University study involves a lot of reading.

The Karenia mikimotoi algal bloom hovering off the coast of South Australia is an ecological disaster.

As we approach the All-Star break in this 2025 season of the WNBA, I’d like to share my All-Ballers Team, before Trump and his ICE goons disappear the league for being too woke.

In the wake of an epic NBA Finals series and with the WNBA season in full swing, now is an auspicious time to drop my musing on the Tao of free throw shooting.

In the study of conflict resolution, data matters.