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Curriculum Vitae
S. ZEV KALIFON
Address: Rh. Beri Locker 19/4
Neve Pat, Jerusalem 93282
Israel
Telephone: Home: 02-786-290
Work: 03-531-8276
Cellphone: 054-431920
Birth Date: February 25, 1952
Birth Place: Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A
Marital Status: Married, two sons (born 1979 and 1983)
Present Position: Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences,
Bar-Ilan University, 52900 Ramat Gan, Israel
Education: Grimsley Senior High School (College Preparatory Program)
1968-1970, matriculation 1970
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Social Anthropology and Psychology), 1970-1974, two BA’s awarded 1975
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Masters Program in Psychology), 1974-1974, 1976-1977
Northwestern University (Anthropology [Social]), Ph.D., 1986.
Doctoral Fellow in the Northwestern University Program in Ethnography and Public Policy (NUPEPP).
Dissertation: Self-help Groups for Families of the Mentally Ill: Growth, Conflict and Change
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1986-1997
National Science Foundation Summer Institute on the Creation of Primary Data in Cultural Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, June-July, 1987.
Honors: National Merit Commendation, 1969
National Honor Society, 1970
Fellowship, Hebrew University, 1974-1975, 1976-1977
Fellowship, Northwestern University, 1980-1981
National Institute of Mental Health Fellowship, 1981-1983
National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1986-1987
Wolfe Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1987-89
Language Proficiency: Native: English
Acquired: Hebrew
Positions Held:
Summer 1974: Research Assistant to Professor Harvey Goldberg (project on Libyan Jews in Israel), Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1974-1975: Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Sociology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1975-1980: Army Psychologist, Israel Defense Forces
Summer 1981: Teaching Assistant to Professor Oswald Werner, Northwestern University Field School in Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology, Navajo Indian Reservation, Shiprock, New Mexico
Winter 1982: Teaching Assistant, Language and Culture, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Spring 1982: Teaching Assistant, Myth and Symbolism, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Spring 1983: Teaching Assistant, Myth and Symbolism, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
1983-1984: Teacher, High School of Jewish Studies, Northwestern Suburban Branch, Hoffman Estates, IL
1984-1986: Research Assistant, Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
1985-1987: Lecturer, Open University, Jewish Community Center, Chicago, IL.
1986-1987: Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
1987-1990: Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
1988-1990: Scientific Advisor (consultant) to the Self-Help Clearinghouse, Women’s League for Israel (previously under the auspices of Joint Israel), Tel-Aviv, Israel
1990-1993: External Lecturer, Department of External Studies, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 31999 Haifa, Israel
1990-1992: External Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, 52900 Ramat Gan, Israel
1990-1996: External Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Stern Regional College, Mobile Post Yizrael, 19315, Israel
1992-present: Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, 52900 Ramat Gan, Israel
1993-1996: External Lecturer, Department of General Studies, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 31999 Haifa, Israel
Spring 1997: External Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Sha’arei Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem Israel
1998-1999: Visiting Scholar, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2003-2010: Member of the Editorial Board of "Bain Ha-Zirot"
(Journal of Behavioral Sciences in the IDF)
Fieldwork Experience
1972-1973: Research Seminar, Marriage Practices in Arab Villages, Professor Henry Rosenfield, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Summer 1974: Ethno-Historical Research on Libyan Jewry, Assistant to Professor Harvey Goldberg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Summer 1981: Research on Navajo concepts of mental health, Navajo Indian Reservation, Shiprock, New Mexico
1982-1984: Dissertation research on self-help among families of adult mental patients
1984-1986: Research on readmission of the mentally ill to Illinois state facilities
1986-1987: Research on family involvement in the readmission of mental patients in Illinois state facilities
1987-present: Research on various aspects of health in Israel (including self-help, definitions of illness, new medical technologies and public health policy). Research on consensus theory and consensus in Israel. Research on attitude change and conflict resolution in Israel.
Memberships: -Society for Applied Anthropology, 1982-present
(fellow status since 1988).
-American Anthropological Association, 1983-present.
-Israel Anthropological Association, 1976-1978,
1982- 1983, 1987-present (treasurer 1993-present)
-Society for Quantitative Anthropology, 1987-present
תאריך עדכון אחרון : 27/07/2022