Touss Sepehr, Adjunct Professor, has earned an AA (Associate in Arts) in Journalism & Communications from the American University in Paris (Dean’s List); a BA in Political Science (with a major in US Government and European Systems of Government) from Schiller International University’s Paris campus as well as an MA in International Relations (High Honors) in conjunction with the Sorbonne (Universite de Paris); a doctorate candidate from the Sorbonne and a PhD candidacy (High Honors) from University of Vienna’s Institute of Political Science in Austria. He spent his high school years at American/International private boarding schools in Rome & Florence, Italy, and earned his High School Diploma from Rome’s Notre Dame International School. For the past 22 years, he has been running the International Oil Consulting Group and prior to coming to Canada, served as OPEC’s Senior PR & Communications Officer and Editor of OPEC News Agency in Vienna, Austria for its maximum eight-year term. He is a diplomat by formation and has some thirty plus years of international teaching experience. He has contributed to think tank panels and was advisor to the International Executive Service Corps (IESC).

He is the author of Language of Diplomacy as well as numerous articles and interviews. He speaks fluent English, French, Italian & Persian (Farsi) and has basic knowledge of German and

Latin. He is a Canadian citizen and holds permanent EU residency. He is married and has two sons.