En עב عربي

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. in Anthropology

UCLA, December 18, 2020

  • Dissertation: Objectivity as a Bureaucratic Virtue: The Lived Experience of Objectivity in an Israeli Medical Bureaucracy

M.A. in Sociology and Anthropology

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013 — Summa Cum Laude

B.A. in Sociology–Anthropology and Psychology

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2009 — Cum Laude

Academic Appointments

  • 2022–2026 — Martin Buber Society of Fellows, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • 2022–2024 — Postdoctoral Fellow (ISF Postdoctoral Research Grant),
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Ben Gurion University
  • 2022–2023 — Tel Aviv Exchange Fellow, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University
  • 2021–2022 — Postdoctoral Fellow, Safra Center of Ethics, Tel Aviv University
  • Jan–Sep 2021 — Postdoctoral Fellow, Taking the Soldier Home project,
    Department of Anthropology, University of Haifa
  • 2020–2021 — Research Associate, Speaking of the Unspeakable project,
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University

Research Projects

  • 2022–Present — Unravelling Medical Effectiveness: Health Economics in the Making
  • 2024–Present — Jewish-Israeli Mothers’ Attitudes to the Israel-Hamas War
  • 2023 — Healthcare Gaps in East Jerusalem (with Alpert & Salamah)
  • 2015–2020 — Ethics and Va’adat Sal Hatrufot
  • 2011–2013 — Religious Identity and Social Work Ethics

Research Grants & Fellowships

  • 2025–2026 — Vivian Silver Research Grant, Hebrew University
  • 2022–2024 — Israel Science Foundation Postdoctoral Grant (95/22)
  • 2021–2022 — TAU Rector’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 2020 — Phi Beta Kappa International Scholarship
  • 2019–2020 — Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA
    (additional grants listed in full CV)

Honors & Awards

  • 2022 — Honorary Mention, Max Gluckman Prize (IAA)
  • 2018 — UCLA Anthropology Summer Research Award
  • 2015 — Lemelson / Society for Psychological Anthropology Award
  • 2014 — Ursula Mandel Award, UCLA

Teaching Experience

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  • Anthropological Theory (MA) — Lecturer
  • Introduction to Medical Anthropology (BA) — Lecturer
  • Emotions in Cultural Context (MA) — Lecturer

UCLA

  • Psychological Anthropology — TA
  • Culture and Society — TA / Head TA
  • Anthropology of Childhood — TA

Academic & Professional Service

  • Guest Co-Editor, Regulation & Governance
  • Member, National Health Council Task Force (Israel)
  • Board Member, Jerusalem Inter-Cultural Center
  • Founder, East Jerusalem Health Equity Forum
  • Reviewer for American Ethnologist, Ethnos, Medical Anthropology Theory

Non-Academic Positions

  • 2012–2013 — CEO, Ma’aglei Tzedek (NGO)
  • 2010–2012 — Director, Tav Hevrati Initiative
  • 2007–2010 — Board Member, Tower of David Museum

Teaching Areas

Biomedical Ethics • Medical Anthropology • Feminist Anthropology •
Anthropology of Governance • Sociology of Science • Psychological Anthropology

Languages

  • Hebrew: Native
  • English: Fluent
  • Arabic: Intermediate (spoken Palestinian dialect)

Professional Memberships

  • American Anthropological Association
  • American Ethnological Society
  • Israeli Anthropological Association