Samsun Knight
Big Think Contributor
Samsun Knight is a recent graduate from Oberlin College, a former
Senior Research Specialist at Princeton University, and a current
Ph.D. candidate in economics at Brown University. He has presented his
research at Georgetown, published articles in the China Economic
Review and the Cambridge Undergraduate Journal of Development
Economics, and published fiction in Glimmer Train and Paper Darts.
This August his first one-act play, Vanishing Point, will debut in
Manhattan as part of the New York City Fringe Festival.
Senior Research Specialist at Princeton University, and a current
Ph.D. candidate in economics at Brown University. He has presented his
research at Georgetown, published articles in the China Economic
Review and the Cambridge Undergraduate Journal of Development
Economics, and published fiction in Glimmer Train and Paper Darts.
This August his first one-act play, Vanishing Point, will debut in
Manhattan as part of the New York City Fringe Festival.
For more information on the play, visit www.middledistance.co/vanishingpoint or
www.facebook.com/vanishingpointplay.
www.facebook.com/vanishingpointplay.
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