Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2005
2003
1996
Academic Experience:
Research Assistant
Fall 2011 Spring 2011
Worked with prof. Eiko Ikegami on Second Life project
Teaching Assistant
Fall 2010 Fall 2011
Teaching Global Issues in Design
Parson School of Design, The New School, NY
Research Assistant
Spring 2010
Assisted Prof. Jeffrey Goldfarb in researching material for his book Reinventing
Political Culture
Sociology Department: The New School for Social Research, NY
Consultant
2006
Setting up a comprehensive plan for the establishment of a Refugee and Migration
Resource Unit at Birzeit University.
Funded by: International Development and Research Center (IDRC) Canada
Birzeit University, Ramallah, Palestine
Researcher/Coordinator
2003 - 2004
Panorama (The Palestinian Center for the Dissemination of Democracy and Community
Development), Ramallah, Palestine
Responsibilities included:
Graduate Assistant
2001-2002
Eastern Michigan University (EMU)
Womens Studies program, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Responsibilities included:
Research assistant on Womens suffrage movement
Teaching assistant in Feminist Thought; a graduate core class.
Assisted in editing Arab Studies Quarterly Journal.
Professional Experience
Consultant
2007- 2008
The Technical Group for Educational and Administrative Consultation, Amman, Jordan
Responsibilities included:
Program Officer
2006 - 2007
United Nations World Food Program, (UN WFP): Vulnerability Assessment Monitoring
& Evaluation (VAM M&E Unit), Jerusalem Country Office
Responsibilities include:
Archeologist
1994 - 2000
Authorities of Antiquities
Archeological excavations and supervision, central district, (96-00)
Archeological excavations and supervision. Northern district, (94-96)
Workshop presenter
1998-2000
Al-Muntada The Young Scientists Club, Ramallah, Palestine
Carried out workshops with children in the areas of history, environment and
archeology using the critical thinking approach.
Publications:
1- Israels Culture of Violence, Public Seminar, Sep. 3, 2014,
http://www.publicseminar.org/2014/09/israels-culture-ofviolence/#.VNTesI10zIU
2- Gaza: How will it End? Public Seminar, July, 21, 2014,
http://www.publicseminar.org/2014/07/gaza-how-will-it-end/#.VNTe6I10zIU
3- The Israeli Future? A view from Both Sides of the Wall, Deliberately Considered,
April, 30, 2013,
http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2013/04/the-israeli-future-a-view-fromboth-sides-of-the-wall/
4- Democracy, Israel and Egypt, Deliberately Considered, February, 15, 2011,
http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/02/democracy-israel-and-egypt/
5- In Israel: A Two-sided Problem Needs a Two-sided Response, October 25, 2010,
http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2010/10/in-israel-a-two-sided-problemneeds-two-sided-response/
6- Between Motherhood & Martyrdom: The Martyrs Paradise Myth, Canon
Magazine, 2010,
http://canononline.org/archives/fall-201/between-motherhood-martyrdom-the%E2%80%98martyr%E2%80%99s-paradise%E2%80%99-myth/
7- The Land of Figs and Olives: Cultural Identity in the Making, presented in the
New School for Social Research, Memory Conference: The Limits of Memory in
2010
8- Interviews with Mothers of Martyrs of the Aqsa Intifada, Arab Studies Quarterly,
Volume 26, Number1, winter 2004.
Honors:
Deans Fellow Award 2010 2012
The New School for Social Research
Languages:
Arabic mother tongue
English reading, writing and speaking
Hebrew reading writing and speaking
References:
1. Professor Andrew Arato: Sociology Department, The New School for Social
Research, New York, NY, Phone Number: 212.229.5737 ext.3124,
Email: Arato@newschool.edu
2. Professor Jeffrey Goldfarb: Sociology Department, The New School for Social
Research, New York, NY, Phone Number: 212-229-5737 x3127
Email: goldfarj@newschool.edu
3. Professor Oz Frankel: History Department, The New School for Social Research,
New York, NY, Phone Number:212.229.5376 x4924
Email: FrankelO@newschool.edu
4. Professor Eiko Ikegami: Sociology Department, The New School for Social
Research, 6 East 16th Street, Room 918, New York, NY 10003, phone number:
212-229-5737 x 4925
E-mail: ikegamiE1@newschool.edu