Scholar Accomplishments

Ofir Abu has had articles published about the Israeli politics which were recently quoted by Akiva Eldar in Haaretz 08-02-11.

Doctoral Candidates and PhDs

The following Schusterman Scholars have completed or are in the final stages of completing their doctorates.

Ofir Abu

Ofir Abu, Politics

Ofir is completing his dissertation in the Politics Department: "Protest Policing and Ethnic Conflict in Israel, 1990-2000."


 

guy abutbul

Guy Abutbul, Sociology

Guy's dissertation, entitled "The Production of Sephardic, Mixed and Ashkenazi Identities in the Israeli Middle Class" was successfully defended in Fall 2011. Guy is currently a lecturer at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.


 

Ehud Eiran

Ehud Eiran, Politics

Ehud's dissertation "Settling to Win: Strategic Settlement Projects in Post Colonial Times" was successfully defended in 2010.  In 2012, he commences an appointment as assistant professor at the School of Political Science at Haifa University.


 

rachel fish

Rachel Fish, NEJS

Rachel has successfully defended her dissertation "Configuring Bi-Nationalisms: The Transformation of Bi-Nationalism in Palestine/Israel, 1920s-Present" in the NEJS department at Brandeis University. She continues to serve as associate director of the Schusterman Center.

 

eric fleisch

Eric Fleisch, NEJS

Eric's dissertation "The State of the American Jewish Philanthropic Partnership: a Case-Based Analysis" will be defended in 2013. It looks at the way American Jewish advocacy agendas and fundraising networks have influenced the debate and activity amongst their counterparts in the rapidly expanding Israeli third sector.

 

randy geller

Randy Geller, NEJS

Randy successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on the Druze and other minorities in the Israel Defense Forces between 1948 and 1957. He had a position as post-doc at American University's History department in 2011-2012 and at the University of Texas, Austin for 2012-2013.

 

joseph ringel

Joseph Ringel, NEJS

Joseph successfully defended his dissertation on the Shas school system at Brandeis' NEJS department in 2011. He had a post-doc position at Drew University for 2011-2012 and  at the University of Maryland for 2012-2013.