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Theodore Sasson, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Professor Sasson is Senior Research Scientist at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and the Steinhardt Social Research Institute, Brandeis University. He is also Associate Professor of Sociology at Middlebury College, and Visiting Research Professor, Sociology Department, Brandeis University. Author of several books and numerous scholarly articles in the fields of political sociology and criminology, Professor Sasson’s current work examines Israeli political culture and Israel-Diaspora relations. His recent articles include, “A House Divided: Grassroots National Religious Perspectives on the Gaza Disengagement and Future of the West Bank” (with Ephraim Tabory, Journal of Church and State, 2007), and “From Shrine to Forum: Masada and the Politics of Jewish Extremism (with Shaul Kelner, Israel Studies, Spring 2008). Professor Sasson serves as co-principal investigator on numerous studies related to the educational program Birthright Israel, as well as projects for the Jewish Agency for Israel, the American Jewish Committee, and the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston.