{"id":6,"date":"2011-09-01T08:36:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T08:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udis\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2024-12-02T09:15:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T09:15:46","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people1.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udis\/cv\/","title":{"rendered":"CV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Personal<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Date and Place of Birth: December 28, 1974; Jerusalem, Israel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nationality: Israeli<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Personal Status: Married, dual-career family, 3 children (20 years; 17.5 years; 14 years)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Academic Positions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Tel Aviv University, Full Professor of Political Science, 2023-<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0Tel Aviv University, Head, Barak Leadership Center, 2024-<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Tel Aviv University, Head, Scientific Council of the Center for the Study of the USA, 2020-<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Tel Aviv University, Political Science Associate professor, 2020-2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, John Jay Research Fellow 2023-24<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Israeli Young National Academy of Science, Chair, 2018-19, Member, 2015-19<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Center for the Study of the USA at Tel Aviv University, Founding Head 2018\u00a0\u2013\u00a02020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tel Aviv University, The Blavatnik Multidisciplinary Center for Cyber Research, Member, Scientific Council, 2015-<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Columbia University, Political Science Israel Institute Visiting Professor \u2013 2016-18, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tel Aviv University, Political Science Senior Lecturer, 2013-20<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tel Aviv University, Political Science Lecturer, 2010-13<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University at Albany: State University of New York, Department of Political Science Assistant Professor (tenure track), 2007-10, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Academy Memberships<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Global Young Academy 2019-<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Israeli Young National Academy of Sciences 2015-19<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chair of Israel Young Academy 2018-19<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Education<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stony Brook University: SUNY, Ph.D. in Political Science, August 2007<br>Exams: Political Methodology, American Politics, Political Economy<br>Dissertation: \u201cA Supreme Discretion and A Passivity Conundrum: Strategic Agenda Setting in the US Supreme Court.\u201d<br>Committee: Jeff Segal (adviser), Stanley Feldman, Scott Basinger and Jeff Lax (Columbia)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tel Aviv University, M.A. in Clinical Psychology,&nbsp;<em>Magna Cum Laude<\/em>, 2002<br>MA Thesis: \u201dWhat Leads to Aggression? The Development of a Predictive Model\u201d<br>Michael Rosenbaum (adviser)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hebrew University, Amirim Program for Outstanding Students, 1999<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hebrew University, B.A. in Psychology,&nbsp;<em>Magna Cum Laude<\/em>, 1999<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Books<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-emerging-republican-minorities-udi-sommer\/1146297473\">The Emerging Republican Minorities: Racial and Ethnic Realignment in the Trump Era<\/a><\/em> (Bloomsbury, 2025) (with Idan Franco)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/il\/academic\/subjects\/law\/human-rights\/producing-reproductive-rights-determining-abortion-policy-worldwide?format=HB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Producing Reproductive Rights: Determining Abortion Policy Worldwide<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(Cambridge University Press,&nbsp;2019) (with Aliza Forman-Rabinovici)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB01MEHRSC4%2Fref%3Ddp-kindle-redirect%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26btkr%3D1&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsl9FoL4PdvqDOZWrBF-rHuiywaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Legal Path Dependence and the Long Arm of the Religious State: Sodomy Provisions and Gay Rights Across Nations and Over Time<\/a>&nbsp;(SUNY Press 2016) (with Victor Asal)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSupreme-Court-Agenda-Setting-Strategic-ebook%2Fdp%2FB00MNEDQ02%2Fref%3Dsr_1_fkmr0_1%3Fs%3Ddigital-text%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1484773823%26sr%3D1-1-fkmr0%26keywords%3DA%2BSupreme%2BAgenda%3A%2BStrategic%2BCase%2BSelection%2Bon%2Bthe%2BUS%2BSupreme%2BCourt&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNH87j23eP-y-Ex_t5fE6K_KkgkyPg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Supreme Agenda: Strategic Case Selection on the US Supreme Court<\/a>&nbsp;(Palgrave-MacMillan 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fpeople.socsci.tau.ac.il%2Fkrovimrechokim%2Findex.html&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGbRGtdfP1tof99V2kKvys8brpdww\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Home but Away: The Experience of Immigrant Parents<\/a>&nbsp;(2010 Hebrew version received extensive media coverage, with its findings reported in The New York Post, Ynet, Haaretz, Israeli TV Channels 2 &amp; 10 and Kol Yisrael, among many other outlets)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Refereed Journals&nbsp;<\/em><strong>(&gt;50 peer-reviewed publications)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/european-political-science-review\/article\/solidarity-in-question-activation-of-dormant-political-dispositions-and-latino-support-for-trump-in-2020\/81B1B5FC8A04CE9D970D801FDA1D4F82\">Solidarity in question: activation of dormant political dispositions and Latino support for Trump in 2020<\/a>\u201c. 2024. European Political Science Review (with Idan Fanco)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0305750X24000251\">Environmental Peacebuilding: Moving beyond resolving Violence-Ridden conflicts to sustaining peace<\/a>\u201c. 2024. World Development (with Francesca Fassbender)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/21565503.2023.2265899\">Trump\u2019s African Americans? Racial resentment and Black support for Trump in the 2020 elections<\/a>\u201c. 2023.&nbsp;<\/em>Politics, Groups, and Identities (with Idan Franco)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00323187.2023.2278499\">The rise of companies in the cyber era and the pursuant shift in national security<\/a>\u201c. 2023. Political Science (with Eviatar Matania and Nir Hassid)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/00471178231211500\">Tech titans, cyber commons and the war in Ukraine: An incipient shift in international relations<\/a>\u201c. 2023. International Relations (with Eviatar Matania)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0962629823001178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geographical analysis of political epidemiology: Spatial quantification of simultaneity between politics and pandemics<\/a>\u201c. 2023. Political Geography<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/23780231231177157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Political Ramifications of Judicial Institutions: Establishing a Link between Dobbs and Gender Disparities in the 2022 Midterms<\/a>\u201c. 2023. Socius<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ingentaconnect.com\/content\/wk\/jco\/2023\/00000041\/00000014\/art00011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Data from a one-stop-shop comprehensive cancer screening center.&nbsp;<\/a>2023. Journal of Clinical Oncology<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdfdirect\/10.1111\/rego.12519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opportunistic legislation under a natural emergency: Grabbing government power in a democracy during COVID-19<\/a>.\u201d 2023. Regulation &amp; Governance<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3945046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Pandemic Politics: COVID-19 as a New Type of Political Emergency<\/em><\/a><em>\u201c. 2022 (forthcoming). Political Psychology (with Or Rappel-Kroyzer).<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3945065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Media Coverage and the Success of COVID-19 Response in Democracy<\/a>\u201c. 2022 (forthcoming) Information Technology &amp; Politics (with Or Rappel-Kroyzer).<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34182446\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Urban attributes and the spread of COVID-19: The effects of density, compliance and socio-political factors in Israel<\/a>\u201c. 2021. Science of the Total Environment (with Nir Barak and Nir Mualem).<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordre.com\/politics\/view\/10.1093\/acrefore\/9780190228637.001.0001\/acrefore-9780190228637-e-1989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comparative Abortion Law and Politics<\/a>\u201c. 2021.&nbsp;<em>Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics (with Aliza Forman-Rabinovici)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u05f4<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11109-020-09640-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Norms and Political Payoffs in Supreme Court Recusals.<\/a><\/em><em>\u201d 2020. Political Behavior (with Quan Li and Jonathan Parent)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2071-1050\/12\/9\/3593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Politicization of Women\u2019s Health and Wellbeing<\/a>\u201d 2020. Sustainability&nbsp;(with Aliza Forman-Rabinovici)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ccdcoe.org\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Art_11_Covert-or-Not-Covert.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Covert or not Covert: National Strategies During Cyber Conflict<\/a>\u201d 2019. In&nbsp;11th International Conference on Cyber Conflict: Silent Battle (with Gil Baram)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1007%2Fs13524-018-0655-x&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFblwqHl2yDOVkVySwM3xwH6qRSwg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women, Demography and Politics: How Lower Fertility Rates Lead to Democracy<\/a>\u201d. 2018.&nbsp;Demography<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3177964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explaining the Birthright Citizenship Lottery: Longitudinal and Cross-National Evidence for Key Determinants<\/a>\u201d. 2018.&nbsp;Regulation &amp; Governance&nbsp;(with Omer Solodoch)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fdoi%2Fpdf%2F10.1111%2Fpadm.12383&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHHUDtIoY6OR_Vg5r46omAiYdzWLg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reproductive Policy Makers: Comparative Analyses of the Influences of International and Domestic Institutions on Reproductive Rights<\/a>\u201d 2018.&nbsp;Public Administration&nbsp;(with Aliza Forman-Rabinovici)&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cambridge.org%2Fcore%2Fjournals%2Fjournal-of-public-policy%2Farticle%2Fpolitical-and-legal-antecedents-of-affirmative-action-a-comparative-framework%2F87D0E99565B1819CC466F575BF89A3DA&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEG_y4--4A4Crm0afllt56Q4frkKw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Political and Legal Antecedents of Affirmative Action: A Comparative Framework<\/a>\u201d 2018.&nbsp;Journal of Public Policy&nbsp;(with Victor Asal)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%2Farticle%2Fpii%2FS0305750X17304175&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNH8c1o1Wj42KTMRv7qaeBhyb5ze7g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An Impediment to Gender Equality?: Religion\u2019s Influence on Development and Reproductive Policy<\/a>\u201d. 2018.World Development&nbsp;(with Aliza Forman-Rabinovici)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fdoi%2Ffull%2F10.1111%2Frego.12145&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNETvhsrAAQdMMN7s8X1PBUKlOl6HQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Ideological Influences on Governance and Regulation:The Comparative Case of Supreme Courts<\/em><\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<em>2016<\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Regulation &amp; Governance&nbsp;<\/em>(with Keren Weinshall-Margel and Yaacov Ritov)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/17467586.2019.1622026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Examining extrajudicial killings: Discriminant analyses of human rights\u2019 violations<\/em><\/a>\u201d 2019.&nbsp;<em>Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict&nbsp;<\/em>(with Victor Asal)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.berghahnjournals.com%2Fview%2Fjournals%2Fisrael-studies-review%2F32%2F2%2Fisr320204.xml%3F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGApJ0krdx2Vo8YKoMdc1k90FDj6Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Effects on the Security Wall Rulings of the Israeli High Court<\/a>\u201d 2017.&nbsp;Israel Studies Review<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fdoi%2Fepdf%2F10.1111%2Flapo.12054&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHEADIOItd7yTSmBWjckQ7IYw-9Ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Translating Justice: The International Organization of Constitutional Courts<\/a>\u201d 2016.&nbsp;Law &amp; Policy, 38(2): 124-142 (with Olga Frishman)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/scholarlycommons.law.case.edu\/swb\/vol12\/iss1\/13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rainbows for Rights: The Role of LGBT Activism in Gay Rights Promotion<\/a>\u201d 2018.&nbsp;Societies without Borders&nbsp;(with Victor Asal and Amanda Murdie)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Fdoi%2Fpdf%2F10.1080%2F0098261X.2014.965857&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGNvFfAIIHNZ2E7xhDQK8-uyv42kQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cSetting the Agenda of the United States Supreme Court? Organized Interests and the Decision to File an Amicus Curiae Brief at Cert\u201d<\/a>. 2015.&nbsp;Justice System Journal&nbsp;(with Katherine Zuber and Jonathan Parent)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Flasr.12017&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPUy6WGqh051XFbwrbUjep8AYKhg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institutional Paths to Policy Change<\/a>\u201c. 2013.&nbsp;Law and Society Review, 47(1): 409-39 (with Victor Asal, Katherine Zuber and Jonathan Parent)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.sagepub.com%2Fdoi%2F10.1177%2F0010414012453693&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFStJ7qEne2RyuiCuPayrWdde0uWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Original Sin:A Cross National Study of the Legality of Homosexual Acts<\/em><\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;2013.&nbsp;<em>Comparative Political Studies<\/em>, 46(3): 320-51 (with Victor Asal and Paul Harwood)&nbsp;<strong>Findings covered on&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>Foreign Policy&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><strong>Blog and&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>Annual Review of Law &amp; Social Science<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fjels.12002&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGrjUCvZ3mSrmA1dbepkBWj26K7Cw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Petitioners\u2019 Role in Strategic Auditing: IsCertiorari Contingent on Litigant Behavior?<\/a>\u201d 2013.&nbsp;The Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 10(1): 54-75 (with Maxwell Mak and Andrew Sidman)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2F1467-9248.12060&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFBM_gVbFspaWjfo6UWzO3-2ibToA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Globalization, Threat and Religious Freedom<\/a>\u201d. 2013.&nbsp;Political Studies&nbsp;(with Gizem Arikan and Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1080%2F1554477X.2013.747876&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEhd2A3OwgnZI0l0bVvRrOOHwqElQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Representative Appointments: The Effect of Women\u2019s Groups in Contentious Supreme Court Confirmations.<\/a>\u201d 2013.&nbsp;Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, 34(1) Lead Article<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.sagepub.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1177%2F1043463111425014&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFqbLiUGnNB6F8J37COtF3wLlDzJg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Setting a Supreme Agenda: Opinion Minded Justices and the Decision on Certiorari<\/a>.\u201d 2011.&nbsp;Rationality and Society,&nbsp;23(4): 452-77<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fpeople.socsci.tau.ac.il%2Fmu%2Fudis%2Ffiles%2F2012%2F08%2FSommer-Judicature-2011-Mortgage-Moratorium.pdf&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGVlrzCRkEcN3JeLW_FGu4fEyiDtQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Judicial Decision Making in Times of Financial Crises: State Supreme Courts and Mortgage Moratorium Laws in the Great Depression<\/a>.\u201d 2011.&nbsp;Judicature,&nbsp;95(2): 68-77 (with Quan Li)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1080%2F13510347.2011.650914&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNH0BT1L2GpsPHzVPRX155vaTN10HA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Can Faith Limit Immorality? The Politics of Religion and Corruption<\/a>\u201d. 2012.&nbsp;Democratization&nbsp;(with Gizem Arikan and Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.sagepub.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1177%2F0192512112455209&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGBhMimhJhDA_jYQSu-3GApgtTxAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Cross-National Analysis of the Guarantees of Rights<\/a>\u201d. 2012&nbsp;The International Political Science Review&nbsp;(with Victor Asal)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1080%2F13537120902983031&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHkJZdbtAChURVZz825uzyg6KIxzw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crusades Against Corruption and Institutionally Induced Strategies in the Israeli Supreme Court<\/a>\u201d 2009.&nbsp;Israel Affairs,&nbsp;15(3)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncsc.org%2F~%2Fmedia%2FFiles%2FPDF%2FPublications%2FJustice%20System%20Journal%2FEXTREME%20DISSENSUS.ashx&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGPf90fjE1I-2Fmp7WQlOhd4_TRfA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Extreme Dissensus: Why Plurality Opinions Happen on the US Supreme Court<\/a>\u201d 2010.&nbsp;Justice System Journal,&nbsp;31(2) (with Pamela Corley, Art Ward and Amy Steigerwalt)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1080%2F0098261X.2010.10767973&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFZYOuA_y2vGxzZ9YNAbBA5bisEnA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beyond Defensive Denials: Evidence from the Blackmun Files for a Broader Scope of Strategic Certiorari<\/a>.\u201d 2010.&nbsp;Justice System Journal,&nbsp;31(3): 316-41<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.berghahnjournals.com%2Fview%2Fjournals%2Fisrael-studies-review%2F25%2F2%2Fisf250203.xml%3Frskey%3DbemwvK%26result%3D1&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGl_6s4USMRCDQ87NwL8CWYWAp4oA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Strategic Court and National Security: Comparative Lessons from the Israeli Case<\/a>.\u201d 2010.&nbsp;Israel Studies Forum&nbsp;25(2)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Scholarships, Honors and Awards<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>US Department of State and the Fulbright Program 2018-21 (1 Million NIS with multiple partners across TAU)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center Grant 2017-9 ($85,000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Israel Institute Fellowship at Columbia University 2016-18 ($178,000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Israeli Young National Academy of Sciences 2015-9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finalists, LSA 2nd Half-Century Project, Law &amp; Society Association 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provost\u2019s List of Top 100 Outstanding Professors, Tel Aviv University, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marie Curie Grant, the European Research Council, 2011-2015, (\u20ac100,000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provost\u2019s List of Top 100 Outstanding Professors, Tel Aviv University, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Martin Edelman Award for Outstanding Teaching, University at Albany, 2010 ($500)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University at Albany: SUNY Research Awards Program, 2008-2009 ($9,637)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NSF Doctoral Dissertation Grant, 2007-2008 ($11,900)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fulbright Grant for Doctoral Students, 2003-2005 ($25,000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stony Brook Foundation, Summer Research Grant, 2004 ($5,000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fulbright Professional Enhancement Grant, 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Full tuition scholarship, Stony Brook University, 2003-07 ($40,000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financial aid Fellowship, Stony Brook University, 2003-07 ($48,000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Full tuition scholarship, Hebrew University, 1996-99 ($14,000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financial aid Fellowship, Hebrew University, 1996-99 ($3,000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dean\u2019s List, Hebrew University, 1996, 1997, 1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The \u2018Payis\u2019 Award for Young Artists, 2002 ($1,500)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Conference Participation, Organizer, and Talks&nbsp;<\/em><strong>(&gt;60 presentations in international venues)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2024 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>American Political Science Association (Philadelphia), Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago, IL), Southern Political Science Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2023 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>American Political Science Association (LA), International Political Science Association (Buenos Aires), Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago, IL), Southern Political Science Association (Florida)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2022 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>American Political Science Association (Montreal, Canada), Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago, IL), Southern Political Science Association (San Antonio, TX)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2021 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Seattle, WA), International Studies Association (online), Midwest Political Science Association (online), Invited Talk at Chandigarh University (India, held online)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2020 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (online), International Studies Association (cancelled due to COVID-19), Midwest Political Science Association (cancelled due to COVID-19)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2019 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Austin, TX)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ccdcoe.org\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Art_11_Covert-or-Not-Covert.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cycon<\/a>(Tallinn, Estonia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2018 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iijs.columbia.edu\/upcoming-events\/2018\/3\/7\/conference-israels-supreme-court-at-a-moment-of-transition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Israeli Supreme Court at a Moment of Transition<\/a>(Columbia University, NY)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Young Academy Meeting (Amsterdam)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2017 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/datascience.columbia.edu\/israeli-cyber-forum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israeli Cyber Forum at Columbia University<\/a>hosting Dr. Eviatar Matanya Sep. 14-15 (Columbia University, NY) \u2013&nbsp;<em><strong>Organizer<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/datascience.columbia.edu\/israeli-cyber-forum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israeli Cyber Forum at Columbia University<\/a>Scientific Workshop Oct. 18-19 (Columbia University, NY) \u2013&nbsp;<em><strong>Organizer<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Studies Association (Baltimore)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talks at MIT, UPenn, Hunter College, Temple University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2016 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/social-sciences.tau.ac.il\/poli-site\/trump?instance=1464697800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Election Forecasting: The 2016 US Presidential Elections<\/a>(Tel Aviv University) \u2013 international workshop&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/social-sciences.tau.ac.il\/poli-site\/trump?instance=1464697800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>predicting Trump\u2019s victory<\/em><\/a>in the general elections in May 2016, even before the Republican nomination was sealed \u2013&nbsp;<em><strong>Organizer<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conference on Empirical Legal Studies in Europe (Amsterdam)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Midwest Political Science Association Meeting (Chicago)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2015 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Empirical Legal Studies Conference (Hebrew U)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talks at Fudan University (Shanghai)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global Young Academy (Amsterdam)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global Young Academy (Stockholm)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Political Science Association Meeting (Vienna)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2014 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (Berkeley)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Association for Constitutional Law Meeting (Oslo)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Irish Political Science Association Meeting (Galway)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2013 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hebrew University School of Law \u2013 Constitutional Law Seminar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Barcelona)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Association for Israel Studies (Los Angeles)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (Milano)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2012 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Berlin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hebrew University, workshop for beginning scholars (Jerusalem, Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2011 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Seattle, WA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Society for Political Psychology Annual Meeting (Istanbul, Turkey)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Dublin, Ireland)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hebrew University, workshop for beginning scholars (Jerusalem, Israel)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk \u2013 University at Albany, Rockefeller College, Albany NY (April 2011)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2010 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Atlanta)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting (San Francisco)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Washington, DC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk \u2013 IDC Herzliya, Israel (December 2010)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2009 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, PA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2008 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Boston MA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago IL)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans LA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting (San Diego CA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (Montr\u00e9al)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ISA-West Annual Meeting (San Francisco CA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Association for Israel Studies (Ra\u2019annana Israel)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago IL)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Las Vegas NV)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans LA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans LA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans LA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Philadelphia PA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southern Political Science Association (Atlanta GA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference (Chicago, IL)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Association of Israel Studies Annual Meeting (Banff, Alberta)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2005 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meting (Chicago, IL)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taub Center, New York University, December 2, 2005<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hebrew University, Jerusalem, December 28, 2005<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Other&nbsp;Refereed Work<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udis\/files\/2011\/09\/Sommer-Remote-Participants-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Remote Participants<\/a>\u201d In Tal, D.&nbsp;<em>Israeli Identities: Between East and West<\/em>. London: Routledge (2013) with Michal Ben Zvi Sommer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Encyclopedia Entries<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/9781118663219.wbegss378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sodomy Laws in a Comparative Perspective<\/a>\u201d (2016) Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Book Reviews<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Review of Vanessa Baird\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/j.1540-5893.2008.00347_3.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Answering the Call of he Court: How Justices and Litigants Set the Supreme Court Agenda<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<em>Law and Society Review&nbsp;<\/em>42(2), 2008 (May): 439-441<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review of Paul Collins\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/j.1540-5893.2009.00393_2.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Friends of the Supreme Court.<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<em>Law and Society Review&nbsp;<\/em>43(4), 2009 (December): 943-945<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reviewer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>American National Science Foundation (reviewer and invited panelist), Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, Law and Society Review, Comparative Politics, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Journal of Conflict Resolution, European Journal of International Relations, Political Research Quarterly, Law &amp; Policy, American Politics Research, International Political Science Review, Political Psychology, Sociological Focus, Politica, Justice System Journal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Political Research Quarterly\u2019s 2011 Outstanding Reviewer Award<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Teaching<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Department of Political Science, Columbia University, 2016 \u2013 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Masters Program in Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Tel Aviv University, 2011 \u2013 present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Masters Program in Security and Diplomacy, Tel Aviv University, 2011 \u2013 present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Political Science, Tel Aviv University, 2010 \u2013 present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Political Science, University at Albany: State University of New York, 2007-10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Political Science, Stony Brook University, 2005-7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Prizes, Scholarships and Grants by my&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fpeople.socsci.tau.ac.il%2Fmu%2Fudis%2Fcategory%2Fgroup-members%2Fphd-students%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFPn4LIZH_mrpXoKREjV5TU6bP4gA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Graduate Students<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Gad Yacobi scholarship, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fellowship, Raffa and Paula Atlas Endowment Fund scholarship, The Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center (ICRC) exploratory research grant, Tali Gordon Scholarship for Academic Excellence and Mirella Haggiag Research Grant<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fpeople.socsci.tau.ac.il%2Fmu%2Fudis%2Fcategory%2Fgroup-members%2Fphd-students%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFPn4LIZH_mrpXoKREjV5TU6bP4gA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>PhD Dissertation Committee Chair or Member<\/em><\/a>: Jonathan Parent (University at Albany: State University of New York); Katie Zuber (University at Albany: State University of New York); Kimberley Fletcher (University at Albany: State University of New York); Aliza Forman-Rabinovici (Tel Aviv U); Gil Baram (Tel Aviv U); Lior Yoffe (Tel Aviv U); Sharon Elhadad (Tel Aviv U)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fpeople.socsci.tau.ac.il%2Fmu%2Fudis%2Fcategory%2Fgroup-members%2Fma-students%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNG-i4occY4rJR8DEZBrQ4tLWBqO8A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>MA Thesis Adviser<\/em><\/a>: Hila Osovski (Tel Aviv U); Romanos Kefalidis (Tel Aviv U); Seher Dongel (Tel Aviv U); Yulia Gurelik (Tel Aviv U); Sharon Alon (Tel Aviv U); Alexandru Bar (Tel Aviv U); Inke Kavantera (Tel Aviv U); Armando Murillo (Tel Aviv U); Suzanna Christiansen (Tel Aviv U); Leah Croughan (Tel Aviv U); Clareta Treger (second reader; Tel Aviv U); Brooklin Nash (Tel Aviv U); Lev Topor (Tel Aviv U); Simone Lehman (Tel Aviv U); Dor Gosher (Tel Aviv U); Simon Luling (Tel Aviv U); Danny Kommel (Tel Aviv U); Omer Solodoch (Tel Aviv U); Efrat Lachter (Tel Aviv U); David Jensen-Lopez (Tel Aviv U); Fred Hockney (Tel Aviv U); Roi Shafrir (Tel Aviv U); Steven Ronak (Tel Aviv U)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/udis\/teaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Courses Taught<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Doctoral<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Survey Class in Comparative Politics; Survey Class in Public Law; Math for Political Scientists; Advanced Judicial Decision Making Seminar; Advanced Political Methodology; Introduction to the Discipline of Political Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Masters<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Intermediate Statistics for Public Policy; Research Methods in Comparative Politics and International Relations; Israeli Politics; Israeli-Arab Conflict; US Foreign Policy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Undergraduate<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Israeli Politics, Introduction to Comparative Politics; American Supreme Court; Constitutional Law and Politics: USA; 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