TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Zionism and Palestinian Nationalism, the War on Terrorism, American Multiculturalism, Religion and Politics in the Middle East
COURSES TAUGHT
At Lincoln Park Campus:
LSP 111-Explore Chicago
LSP 112: Focal Point Seminar
LSP 200 – Sophomore Seminar on Multiculturalism
At Barat College at DePaul:
Holy Land, Holy War
Religion and Politics in the Middle East
The Jewish Experience
Modern Judaism
Contemporary Judaism
Studies in Genesis
World Religions
EDUCATION
Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, New York, NY
Master of International Affairs (M.I.A.) and Middle East Certificate 1988
Seagram Fellow—Full Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement
Major Concentration in the Israeli-Palestinian and Arab-Israeli Conflicts
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
B.A. Cum Laude 1982.
Honors in Government
Specialized in International Relations with Minor in Religion
Gleason Scholar as Outstanding Government Student, 1980-82
Xerox Grant and Policy Studies Fellowship to Study Israel’s Peace Now Movement, 1980-81
SYLLABUS
LSP 200 - American Multiculturalism and the War on Terrorism