Dr. Deloris Benjamin
About Dr. B
Educator. Researcher. Best-selling author. Founder of Academic Impact Safety, LLC.
Deloris Benjamin, Ph.D., is a multi-level educator, speaker, and best-selling author whose work bridges the worlds of education and healthcare safety.
Since 2014, Dr. Benjamin's research in crisis management and school safety has accumulated over 30,000 reads, mentions, and downloads by academics adding to the body of knowledge on safety in education settings. Her work continues to accumulate royalties and impact people across the school-safety landscape.
She holds two professional teaching certificates in Elementary Education and Guidance & Counseling, with endorsements in ESOL and Reading.
Today, her healthcare-focused certification course and professional manual, When Healing Hurts, bring the same evidence base and operational rigor to clinical environments where workplace violence has gone normalized for too long.
Awards & Recognition
- Model Literacy Teacher Award — FPWA, 2022
- Teacher of the Year Award Winner — FGMS, 2017
- Distinguished Minority Award Nominee — FGMS, 2014–2015 & FPWA, 2023–2024