Dr. Simona Sharoni
Professor of Gender & Women's Studies
Gender and Women’s Studies Department
State University of New York, Plattsburgh
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Education
· Ph.D. Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, August 1993.
Dissertation title: "Conflict Resolution through Feminist Lenses: Theorizing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from the Perspectives of Women Peace Activists in Israel."
M.A. Counseling and Special Education, Haifa University, Israel 1989.
Thesis title: "The Future Orientation of Arab and Jewish Adolescents in Israel."
B.A. Counseling and Social Science, Honors Program, Haifa University, Israel 1986.
Academic Positions
· Professor, Gender & Women’s Studies Department, State University of New York (SUNY), Plattsburgh, Spring 2010 – present.
· Associate Professor, Women’s Studies Department, State University of New York (SUNY), Plattsburgh, Fall 2007—Fall 2009.
· Adjunct Faculty, Gender Studies, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT, 2013-2014.
· Visiting Faculty, Women’s Studies Program, St. Martin’s University, Fall 2006 and Spring 2007.
· Visiting Faculty, Masters in Teaching Program, The Evergreen State College, Spring 2005—Spring 2006.
· Visiting/Resource Faculty, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, 1999-2007.
· Assistant Professor, Washington Semester in Peace & Conflict Resolution, American University, 1996-2000.
· Assistant Professor, International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program, School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C., 1994-1999.
· Adjunct Faculty, Masters program in Conflict Resolution, Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1996-2001.
· Lecturer, School of Education, Haifa University, Israel, 1987-1989.
Fellowships and Grants
· Distinguished Visiting faculty, Charles Phelps Taft Research Center, University of Cincinnati, Winter Quarter 2008.
· Savage Distinguished Professorship in Women's Studies, University of Oregon, Winter 2004—Spring 2005.
· Research and Writing Grant, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, April 2001-2003.
· Research Fellow, The Jackson School for International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, 1999-2001.
· Travel Grant, American Council of Learned Societies, Summer 1996.
· Research and Writing Grant, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, August 1994 - February 1996.
· Visiting Scholar, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Columbia University, New York, 1993-1994.
· Research Grant, The United States Institute of Peace (USIP), May 1993 - May 1994.
· Research Fellow, The World Order Models Project, New York City, 1992-1993.
· Research Grant, The Institute for Intercultural Studies, Inc., 1992.
· Dissertation Grant, The American Association of University Women (AAUW), International Fellowship,1991-1992.
· Special Award, The Evelen and Norman Rothfield Award for Peace, The International Center for Peace in the Middle East, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 1986.
External Examiner
· Doctoral Dissertation by Giulia Daniele, “The Road Not Taken: Women, Reconciliation and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, “ Exeter University, Exeter, England, December 19, 2011.
· Doctoral Dissertation by Siobhan Byrne, ““Beyond The Ethnonational Divide: Identity Politics and Women in Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine,” Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada, January 14, 2009.
· Doctoral Dissertation by Christina Masters, “Body Counts: Reading Moments of US Militarism from the Margins of International Politics,” York University, Toronto, Canada, September 11, 2008.
Professional Service & Administrative Experience
Service to the department and campus
· Chair, Gender and Women’s Studies Department, SUNY Plattsburgh, 2008-2013.
· Member, SUNY Plattsburgh Faculty Senate, 2008-2012.
· Chair, Provost appointed Task Force on Enhancing Diversity and Work-Family Balance, SUNY –Plattsburgh, 2008—2010.
· Member, Senate Committee on Writing Across the Curriculum, 2007-2009.
· Co-coordinator, 2004 Evergreen State College Diversity Series, "Beyond Talk: Placing Race at the Center of Education" 2004-2005.
· Executive Director, The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA), 2000- 2004.
· Field Trip Coordinator, Middle East, Peace and Conflict Resolution Semester, American University 1997-2000.
· Field Trip Coordinator, Ireland: North and South & London, Peace and Conflict Resolution Semester, American University, 1998-2000.
· Academic Director, Peace and Conflict Resolution Semester, American University, 1996 -- 1999.
Service to multiple disciplines
Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies
· Co-Founder and co-chair (with Tricia Yi-Chun Lin), National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Interest Group: “Confronting Campus Sexual Assault,” 2015 – present.
· Co-founder, Faculty Against Rape (FAR), 2014—present.
· Series Editor, Syracuse University Press (Gender, Culture & Politics in the Middle East), 1994--Present.
· Series Editor, Rowan & Littlefield (Men and Masculinities in a Transnational World), 2016—present.
· Member, Advisory Board, SUNY Press, Fall 2009—2013 (responsible for reviewing manuscripts on women, gender, and sexuality).
International Studies/Feminist International Relations
· Editorial Board, International Feminist Journal of Politics 2011—present.
· External Examiner, Doctoral Dissertation by Siobhan Byrne, ““Beyond The Ethnonational Divide: Identity Politics and Women in Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine,” Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada, January 14, 2009.
· External examiner, Doctoral Dissertation by Giulia Daniele, “The Road Not Taken: Women, Reconciliation and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, “ Exeter University, Exeter, England, December 19, 2011.
· External examiner, Doctoral Dissertation by Christina Masters, “Body Counts: Reading Moments of US Militarism from the Margins of International Politics,” York University, Toronto, Canada, September 11, 2008.
· Chair, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section, International Studies Association (ISA), 1998-1999.
· Executive Committee, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section, International Studies Association (ISA), 1995-present.
· Co-chair conference program, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section, ISA, 1996-1997.
· Founding Member and Coordinator, Women's Caucus, International Studies Association (ISA), 1993-1995.
Peace & Conflict Studies
· Facilitator, IUPIP's annual International Course for grassroots activists from around the world, Rovereto, Italy, 1996-2004.
· Scientific Committee, International University of People's Institutions for Peace (IUPIP), A UNESCO Project, 1995-2004.
· Facilitator, IUPIP course on transforming conflict in Israel, Palestine and Northern Ireland, Rovereto, Italy March 2003.
· Chair, conference committee, Joint conference of the Peace Studies Association and the Consortium On Peace Research, Education & Development (COPRED), 1996-1997.
· Steering Committee, International Peace Research Association (IPRA), Study Group on Peace Building in Crisis Areas, 1992-1994.
· Co-chair, Board of Directors, The Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development (COPRED), 1999-2000.
· Executive Committee, COPRED, 1993-2000.
· Executive Committee, IPRA, 1994-1998.
· Conference Chair, Peace Studies Association (PSA), 1995-1997.
Service to the community
· Member, Academic Council, Open Hillel, 2015—present.
· Member, Academic Advisory Board, Jewish Voice for Peace, 2014-present.
· Conference Organizer, "Sisters in Struggle: Women's Alliances for Change," A Multinational, Multicultural Women's Conference, New York City, January-May 1992.
· Advisory Committee, Middle East Peace Education Program, American Friends Service Committee, 1992-1996.
· Advisory Board, "Prospects for Peace in the Middle East II: Challenges and Hopes," An Educational Project on Peace Making, 1993-1996.
· Advisory Board, News From Within, 1994-present.
Publications
Books
§ Handbook on Gender and War, (co-edited with Julia Welland, Linda Steiner and Jennifer Pederson), London: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2016.
§ Gender and the Struggles for Justice in Palestine/Israel. Syracuse University Press (forthcoming).
§ De-Militarizing Masculinities in the Age of Empire, Rowan & Littlefield (forthcoming).
§ La Logica Della Pace (The Logic of Peace). Torino, Italy: Edizioni Gruppo Abele, 1997 (in Italian).
§ Gender and The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Politics of Women's Resistance. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1995.
Refereed Articles
· “Transnational Feminist Solidarity in Times of Crisis,” (with Rabab Abdulhadi et. al.) International Feminist Journal of Politics, 2015, 17(4), pp. 654-670.
· "Innovative International Relations Pedagogy: A Conversation on Feminist Critical Engagement," (with Laura Parisi et. al.) International Feminist Journal of Politics, 2013, 15 (3), pp. 412-425.
· “Gender and Conflict Transformation in Israel/Palestine,” in Journal of International Women’s Studies, 13( 4) (September 2012). Available online at: http://www.bridgew.edu/soas/jiws/Vol13_no4/Article_8.pdf
· “Conflict Resolution: Feminist Perspectives,” in The International Studies Compendium Project, ed. Robert Denemark, Blackwell. 2010. Online at: https://www.academia.edu/21704870/Conflict_Resolution_Feminist_Perspectives
· "Political Beliefs and the Academic Responsibilities of Undergraduate Teaching," (with Jamie Frueh, et. al.) Journal of Political Science Education 4(4) (2008), pp. 447-462.
· De-militarizing Masculinities in the Age of Empire,” The Austrian Political Science Journal, Special Issue: “Counter/Terror/Wars: Feminist Perspectives,” 2008, 37(2): 147-164.
· “Compassionate Resistance: A Personal/Political Journey to Israel/Palestine, International Feminist Journal of Politics, 8 (2) (2006), pp. 288-297.
· "Gendering Resistance within an Irish Republican Prisoner Community: A Conversation with Laurence McKeown" International Feminist Journal of Politics, 2000, 1(2): 104-123.
· "Gender in Conflict: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict through Feminist Lenses," Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 24 (2) (Winter 1999), pp. 487-498.
· "Gendering Conflict and Peace in Israel/Palestine and the North of Ireland", Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 27 (4) (1998), pp.1061-1089.
· "In Search of Counterhegemonic Discourses of Peace," Peace & Change, 22 (3) (July 1997), pp. 281-293.
· "Peace as Identity Crisis," Peace Review, Winter 1995, pp. 399-407.
· "Gendered Identities in Conflict: The Israeli-Palestinian Case and Beyond," Women's Studies Quarterly, 13( 3/4) (Fall/Winter 1995), pp. 117-135.
· "Gender and Middle East Politics" The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, 17(2), (Summer 1993), pp. 59-73.
· "Middle East Politics Through Feminist Lenses: Toward Theorizing International Politics from Women's Struggles." Alternatives, 18 (Winter 1993), pp. 5-28.
· "Every Woman is an Occupied Territory: The Politics of Militarism and Sexism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict." Journal of Gender Studies, 1(4), (November 1992), pp. 447-62.
Book Chapters
§ “Revisiting the Relationship between Gender and War: Reflections on Theory, Research, Activism, and Policy,” (with Julia Welland). In Simona Sharoni et al. eds. Handbook of Gender and War, London: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2016.
§ “Gender and Resistance to Political Violence in Palestine and Israel.” In Simona Sharoni et al. eds. Handbook of Gender and War, London: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2016.
§ “Militarism and gender-based violence,” in Nancy Naples ed. Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, NJ: NJ: JohnWiley & Sons, Ltd. 2016. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118663219)
§ "The Personal is (still) Political: Feminist Reflections on a Transformative Journey," in A Journey into Women’s Studies: Crossing Interdisciplinary Boundaries, ed. Rekha Pande, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, pp. 279-296.
§ “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,"(co-authored with Mohammed Abu-Nimer), in Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, 4th edition, ed. Jillian Schwedler, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press, 2014.
§ "Political-Social Movements: Feminist: Israel/Palestine," in The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, Vol. 5. Ed. Suad Joseph, Brill Publishers (2012).
§ “Women in Black: Israel/Palestine”, in International Encyclopedia of Peace, ed. Nigel Young. Oxford University Press (2008).
§ “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,"(co-authored with Mohammed Abu-Nimer), in Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, 3nd edition, ed. Jillian Schwedler, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press, 2008, 177-220.
§ “Teaching about Gender, Race & Militarization After 9/11: A Pedagogy of Dissent, Compassion, and Hope in Rethinking Security: Gender, Race, and Militarization, eds. Bárbara Sutton, Sandra Morgen, and Julie Novkov, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2008, pp. 259-279.
§ “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,"(co-authored with Mohammed Abu-Nimer), in Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, 2nd edition, eds. Deborah Gerner & Jillian Schwedler, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press, 2004, pp. 169-210.
§ “Gendering Conflict and Peace in Israel/Palestine and the North of Ireland", in Gendering the International, eds. Louiza Odysseos and Hakan Seckinelgin. London: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2002, pp. 174-207.
§ "Rethinking Women's Struggles in Israel-Palestine and in the North of Ireland," in Victims, Perpetrators or Actors? Gender, Armed Conflict and Political Violence, eds. Caroline Moser and Fiona Clark, London & New York: Zed Books, 2001, pp. 85-98.
§ Collective Identity, Social Movements, and the Limits of Political Dissent in Israel," in Principled World Politics: Essays in Honor of Richard Falk, eds. Paul Wapner and Lester Ruiz, Oxford University Press, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, INC, 2000, pp. 112-129.
§ The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Analysis and Prospects for Resolution," (co-authored with Mohammed Abu-Nimer), in Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, ed. Deborah Gerner, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press, 2000.
§ "Middle East Politics Through Feminist Lenses: Toward Theorizing International Politics from Women's Struggles." In Space, Gender, Knowledge: Feminist Readings, edited by Linda McDowell and Joanne Sharp, Hodder Arnold, 1997, pp. 425-446.
§ "Motherhood and the Politics of Women's Resistance: The Case of Israeli Women Organizing for Peace." In Radical Motherhood: Mothers, Politics, and Social Change in the 20th Century, edited by Annelise Orleck and Diana Tylor, University of New England Press, 1997, pp. 144-160.
§ "Gender and the Israeli-Palestinian Accord: Feminist Approaches to International Politics." In Gendering the Middle East: Emerging Perspectives, ed. Deniz Kandiyoti. London: I.B. Tauris & Co, 1996, pp. 107-126.
§ "Homefront as Battlefield: Gender, Military Occupation and Violence Against Women." In Women and the Israeli Occupation: The Politics of Change, ed. Tamar Mayer. London and New York: Routledge, 1994, pp. 121-37.
§ "Gender Issues in Democracy: Rethinking Middle East Peace and Security from a Feminist Perspective." In Building Peace in the Middle East: Challenges for States and for Civil Society, ed. Elise Boulding. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1994, pp. 99-110.
§ "Feminist Reflections on the Interplay of Racism and Sexism in Israel." In Racism and Sexism: A Challenge to Genetic Explanations, eds. Ethel Tobach and Betty Rosoff. New York: The Feminist Press, 1994, pp. 309-331.
Book Reviews
§ A review of Jewish-Israeli National identity and Dissidence: The Contradictions of Zionism and Resistance by Katie Attwell, Journal of Palestine Studies, 45 (2), Spring 2015, pp. 155-157.
§ A review of Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers and Bureaucratic Torture by Smadar Lavie, Journal of Palestine Studies, 69 (3) Spring 2015, pp. 67-68.
§ A review of Displaced at Home: Ethnicity and Gender among Palestinians in Israel, edited by Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh and Isis Nusair, Journal of Palestine Studies, 15( 4) (Autumn 2011) pp. 121-123.
§ A review of Civil Organizations and Protest Movements in Israel: Mobilization around the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Edited by Elisabeth Marteu and Refusing to be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation by Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. XL, No. 2 (Winter, 2011), pp. 94-96.