Samson obtained a dual MA / MSc degree in International and World History from Columbia University – London School of Economics as part of the 2026 graduating cohort. His dissertation, Black Reconstruction of the Maghreb: Pan-African Mythmaking and Racial Boundaries through the Lens of W.E.B. Du Bois 1915-1947, examines how the Maghreb – a region which colonial French scholarship labeled as L’Afrique Blanche - was conceptualized within early 20th century Pan-African horizons. Samson was a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow at Columbia University, where he continued to progress his proficiency of advanced Arabic.
A Fulbright alumnus, Samson taught English as a professor’s assistant at l’Université d’Alger II, as well as assisted the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education’s specialized English initiative at l’Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene.
