Naomi Gale

The Center for Israel Studies welcomes to American University Schusterman Visiting Professor Naomi Gale. Gale has lived and studied in both Australia and Israel, obtaining a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Sydney, a law degree from The Inter-Disciplinary Center Herzliya, and certification as a mediator for Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR). She has taught internationally, including courses on Israeli society, history, political behavior, ethnicity, gender studies, and other topics at Bar-Ilan University in Israel and Cambridge University in England. Dr. Gale is the author of Violence Against Women: A Normal or Deviant Behavior? and The Sephardim of Sydney: Coping with Political and Social Pressures. As a visiting professor, she will teach the History of Israel and Israeli Law and Legal System in the fall 2007 semester. In spring 2008, she will teach Israeli Politics, as well as a course in the Washington College of Law on U.S. and Israeli Law. Dr. Gale will provide expertise to the Center for Israel Studies, advise students on research related to Israel Studies, and deliver lectures throughout the campus and the community.