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Ben Leeming came to Rivers in 1996 as a sabbatical fill-in and never left. He teaches world history, art history, and a number of electives. He held the William F. Gallagher Teaching Chair from 2004-2008 and chaired the history department from 2004-2012. Ben has also served as technical director for dozens of Upper School plays and musicals at Rivers. He graduated from Tufts University in 1993 with a BA in the history of art and architecture, completed an ALM with a concentration in history at Harvard University in 2005, and earned a PhD in anthropology from the State University of New York, Albany, in 2017.