Vice-President, Publications

Devorah Kalekin-Fishman Israel

Current position Senior researcher in the Faculty of Education, University of Haifa. Co-Head, Centre for Professional Development through Intercultural Dialogue. My research in areas of alienation and citizenship centres on untangling connections between the sphere of the macro and that of the micro. Educational initiatives focus on promoting intercultural dialogue among educators - a grass roots contribution to a culture of peace. Selected publications Books: Ideology, policy and practice: Education for immigrants and minorities in Israel today. NY: Kluwer, 2004; Multiculturalism: Living it, talking about it, doing it, University of Haifa, 2002 (w. Devorah Eden); Radicals in Spite of Themselves: Haredi Working Women (in process, w. K. Schneider). Ten edited books, among them: The evolution of alienation: Trauma and the millennium. (w. L. Langman) Md: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005; Education and Immigration: Settlement Policies and Current Challenges. (w. P. Pitkanen & G. K. Verma) London: Routledge Falmer, 2002; Articles: over 100 articles in refereed journals and books. Editor: International Sociology Review of Books, 2005- Trends: Journal for the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Israel. 1988-1999. Currently on Member, editorial boards: European Journal for Intercultural Education, Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies; Current Sociology Organizational experience Founder-Organizer, Chair, Dept. of Education, Social Sciences Div., University of Haifa , 1994-97; President, ISA RC36 Alienation Theory and Research, 1994-2002. Member of the ISA Executive Committee, 2002-2006. Executive of the Israeli Association for the Study of Language in Society, 2002-. Executive of the Israeli Sociological Society, 1994-1996.

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