KEVIN AVRUCH

INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
MSN 4D3

ARLINGTON, VA 22201
Phone: (703) 993-3607 Fax:
(703)-993-1302
E-mail:
kavruch@gmu.edu

Kevin Avruch Bio


EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, 1978

M.A. in Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, 1973

A.B. in Anthropology (with Honors), the University of Chicago, 1972


TEACHING
EXPERIENCE

Professor of Anthropology, George Mason University, 1993
Courses: As below, plus: Philosophy and Methods
of Conflict Research (graduate); Approaches to
Violence (graduate); Ethnography in Conflict Zones
(graduate)

University of Malta, Msida, Malta, Summer, 1994
Course: Contemporary Societies and Politics in the Mediterranean

Associate Professor of Anthropology, George Mason University, 1984-1993
Courses: Anthropological Theory; Classics in Anthropology; Fieldwork and the Ethnographic Enterprise; Civilizations; Social and Cultural Change (graduate); Conflict Management: Perspectives from Cultural Anthropology (graduate); Ethnic and Cultural in Conflict Resolution (graduate)

Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University, 1980-1984
Courses: As above, plus: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology; Ethnology of the Middle East; Anthropological Perspectives on Religion; Cultures in Comparative Perspective; Comparative Political Systems

Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1979-1980
Courses: Introduction to Social Anthropology; Social and Cultural Theory; Problems in Middle Eastern Ethnology; Comparative Religious Movements;
Primitive Political Systems (graduate)

Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego,
1978-1979
Courses: Israeli Society; Social Movements; The
Anthropology of World View (graduate, co-instructor)

Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology and Muir College, University of California, San Diego, 1972-1975


RESEARCH
INTEREST

Politics and Culture, Ethnicity, Nationalism, Conflict Resolution, Middle East, Israel


RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE

Associated (doctoral) Faculty, School of Public Policy (GMU), 1999 - present

Senior Fellow, Institute for Public Policy, the Program on Peacekeeping Policy (GMU). Research on cultural aspects of peacekeeping and complex humanitarian operations. 1997-Present

Senior Fellow, Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace, United States Institute of Peace. Research on cultural aspects of international conflict resolution practices; initiated research on culture and peacekeeping. 1996-1997

As affiliated research and teaching faculty of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (GMU), continuing research on ethnopolitical and identity conflicts, culture theory and conflict, cross-cultural approaches to conflict resolution. 1984-Present.

Continuing research on comparative approaches to religion; and religion and political integration in the Middle East, particularly Israel. 1980-Present.

Anthropological fieldwork in Israel, based in Jerusalem. Research on dimensions of acculturation and integration of new immigrants, especially Western European and American, to Israel. 1975-1977

Anthropological fieldwork, Fez, Morocco. Research on ethnicity and ethnic identity in Morocco. 1975

Co-Director, University of California Student Attitudinal Study. A study undertaken on behalf of the Chancellor, experience included questionnaire
design, pre-test and analysis, and computer applications. 1974-1975

Anthropological fieldwork with Chippewa Indians, Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation (Wisconsin). Research supported by the National Science Foundation, Student Originated Studies Grant. Fieldwork was part of interdisciplinary study of Indian urban migration. 1971.

Research Assistant to Dr. Raymond Fogelson, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago. Ethnohistorical research towards preparation of volume in Smithsonian Institution's Handbook of North American Indians. 1971-1972


PUBLICATIONS

Books:

Information Campaigns for Peace Operations. Washington D.C.: CCRP Publications. (With J. Narel and P. Combelles-Siegel.) 2000

Culture and Conflict Resolution. Washington D.C.: United States Institute
of Peace Press. 1998

Critical Essays on Israeli Society, Religion, and Government. Albany: State University of New York Press. (Ed., with W.P. Zenner.) 1997

Conflict Resolution: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. New York: Greenwood Press. 1991. (Ed., with P.W. Black and J.A. Scimecca.) Paperback edition: Praeger, 1998.

American Immigrants in Israel: Social Identities and Change. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1981

Articles, Chapters and Review Essays:

"Context and Pretext in Conflict Resolution." Journal of Dispute Resolution. 2003(2): 353-365, 2004a.

"Culture as Context, Culture as Communication: Considerations for Humanitarian Negotiators." Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Vol. IX. Spring. 2004b.

"Type I and Type II Errors in Culturally Sensitive Conflict Resolution Practice." Conflict Resolution Quarterly 20(3):351-71. 2003a

"Conceptualizing Professional Culture and International Negotiations." In "Professional Cultures in International Negotiation: Bridge Or Rift? (Gunnar Sjostedt, ed.). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, pp. 201-216. 2003b

"Culture." In Human Conflict: Structure, Processes, and Resolution.
(D. Druckman, S. Cheldelin, and L. Fast, eds.). London: Continuum, pp. 140-153, 2003c

"Cross-Cultural Conflict." In "Conflict Resolution," ed. Keith W. Hipel, in the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). Oxford, U.K.: UNESCO, Eolss Publishers. On the web at http://www.eolss.net. 2002b

"The Context and Geography of Protracted Conflict: What Do I Need to Know About Culture?" In A Handbook Of International Peacebuilding. (J.P. Lederach and J. Jenner, eds.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 75-87, 2002a.

"Constructing Ethnicity: Culture and Ethnic Conflict in the New World Disorder." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 71(3):281-289. 2001b

"Notes Toward Ethnographies of Conflict and Violence." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 30(5):637-648. 2001c

"Culture and Negotiation Pedagogy." Negotiation Journal 16(4):339-346. (Reprinted in Understanding Negotiation, M.L. Nelken, ed., Cincinnati OH: Anderson Publishing Co., 2001, pp. 51-57. 2000a

"Reciprocity, Equality and Status-Anxiety in the Amarna Letters." In Amarna Diplomacy: The Beginnings of International Relations. (R. Cohen and R. Westbrook, eds.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 154-164. 2000b

"Civilian Perspectives on the Analysis of Civil Military Interactions: Introductory Remarks." In Analysis of Civil-Military Interactions. (A. Woodcock and D. Davis, eds.). Clementsport NS: Canadian Peacekeeping Press, pp. 87-91. 1999a

"Cultural Relativism, Conflict Resolution, and Social Justice." Peace and Conflict Studies 6(1):21-36 (with P.W. Black). 1999b

"Political Judaism and the Post-Zionist Era." Judaism 47(2):146-159. 1998a

"Peace Making: Introductory Remarks." In Analysis for Peace Operations. (A. Woodcock and D. Davis, eds.). Clementsport NS: Canadian Peacekeeping Press, pp. 29-32.1998b

"Analysis and Conflict Resolution." In Analysis for Peace Operations.
Pp. 116-121. 1998c

"Israel." In Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. (R. Wuthrow, ed.). Volume I, pp. 397-399. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Books. 1998d

"Zionism." In Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. Volume II, pp. 804-806. 1998e

"Evolving Peacekeeping in the Post-Cold War Era: Some Notes on Cornwallis-II." In Analysis For and Of the Resolution of Conflict. (A.E.R. Woodcock & D. Davis, eds.). Clementsport NS: Canadian Peacekeeping Press, pp. 15-19. 1998f

"Localizing Israeli Judaism." In Critical Essays on Israeli Society, Religion, and Government. Albany: State University of New York Press, pp. 152-167. 1997a

"Introduction." In Critical Essays on Israeli Society, Religion, and Government. Albany: State University of New York Press (with W.P. Zenner), pp. 1-8. 1997b

"ADR, Palau, and the Contribution of Anthropology." In Anthropological
Contributions To Conflict Resolution (A. Wolfe and H. Yang, eds.). Athens: University of Georgia Press(with P.W. Black), pp. 47-63. 1996a

"Conflict Resolution." In Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, (D. Levinson and M. Ember, eds.). Volume I, pp. 241-45. New York: HRAF/Henry Holt. 1996b

"The Jews of Israel." In Encyclopedia of World Cultures, (D. Levinson, ed.). Volume IX, pp. 141-44. Boston: G.K. Hall. 1995.

"Linking Theory and Conflict Management." Peace and Change 19(4):424-430.
1994

"Conflict Resolution in Intercultural Settings: Problems and Prospects." In
Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice: Integration and Application (D. Sandole & H. van der Merwe, eds.). Manchester (U.K.): Manchester University Press, pp. 131-45 (with P.W. Black). (Reprinted in Conflict and Culture Reader, P.K. Chew ed., New York: New York University Press, 2001, pp. 7-14.) 1993a

"Culture, Power and International Negotiations: Understanding Palau-U.S. Status Negotiations." Millennium: Journal of International Studies 22(3):379-400 (with P.W. Black). (Reprinted in Culture in World Politics, D. Jacquin-Berdal,
A. Oros and M. Verweij, eds., New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998, pp. 34-60.)
1993b

"The Role of Cultural Anthropology in an Institute for Conflict Analysis and
Resolution." Political and Legal Anthropology Review 16(3):29-38 (with P.W. Black). 1993c

"Making Culture and its Costs." Ethnic and Racial Studies 15(4):614-26. 1992a

"The Role of Anthropology in Conflict Resolution." Human Peace 9(4):3-10 (with
P.W. Black). 1992b

"The Culture Question and Conflict Resolution." Peace and Change 16(1):22-45 (with P.W. Black). 1991a

"Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel." In Critical Essays on Israeli Society, Politics, and Culture (I. Lustick and B. Rubin, eds.). Albany: State University of New York Press, pp. 129-43. 1991b

"Culture and Conflict Resolution." In Conflict Resolution: Cross-Cultural
Perspectives (K. Avruch, P. Black & J. Scimecca, eds.). New York: Greenwood Press, pp. 1-17. 1991c

"Melford Spiro and the Scientific Study of Culture." In Personality and the Cultural Construction of Society: Papers in Honor of Melford E. Spiro. (D.K. Jordan and M.J. Swartz, eds.). Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, pp. 15-59. 1990a

"Israeli Society and its Environment." In Israel: A Country Study. (H. Metz, ed.).
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office (Library of Congress), pp. 81-138. 1990b

"Ideas of Human Nature in Contemporary Conflict Resolution Theory." Negotiation Journal 6(3):221-28 (with P.W. Black). 1990c

"Some Issues in Thinking About Culture and the Resolution of Conflict." Humanity & Society 13(2):187-94 (with P.W. Black). 1989

"Gush Emunim: The 'Iceberg Model' of Extremism Reconsidered." Middle East
Review 21(1):27-33. 1988

"A 'Generic' Theory of Conflict Resolution: A Critique." Negotiation Journal 3(1):87-96, 99-100 (with P.W. Black). 1987a

"The Emergence of Ethnicity in Israel." American Ethnologist 14(2):327-39.
1987b

"Politics and Society in Contemporary Israel." The Middle East Journal 40(1):139-44. 1986

"Some Middle Eastern Flash Points." Faculty Lecture Series (V. Gras, ed.). Fairfax, VA.: George Mason University, pp. 133-47. 1984

"On the 'Traditionalization' of Social Identity: American Immigrants to Israel."
Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology 10(2):95-116. 1982a

"New Markets and Good Deeds: On Altruism and Exemplary Entrepreneurship." Anthropological Quarterly 55(4):211-23. 1982b

"Becoming Traditional: Socialization to Bureaucracy among American Immigrants in Israel." Studies in Comparative International Development 16(3/4):64-83. 1981

"Traditionalizing Israeli Nationalism: The Development of Gush Emunim." Political Psychology 1(1):47-57. 1979

"Gush Emunim: Politics, Religion and Ideology in Israel." Middle East Review
11(2):26-3l. (Reprinted in Religion and Politics in the Middle East, M. Curtis, ed., Boulder: Westview Press, 1981, pp. 207-15.) 1978

Reviews and Miscellany:

Review of Social Identity, Intergroup Conflict, and Conflict Reduction
(R. Ashmore, L. Jussim, and D. Wilder, eds.). Contemporary Sociology. 2002

Review of The Limits of Coexistence: Identity And Politics in Israel
(R. Torstrick). American Anthropologist 104(1). 2000

"Foreword" to Learning Lessons from Waco: When the Parties Bring Their Gods to the Negotiating Table (Jayne S. Docherty). Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, pp. xi-xiv. 2001a

"An Overall Assessment of the Irish Peace Processs Cultural and Training Program Act Of 1998, Public Law No. 105-319." Technical Report Submitted to U.S. Department of State. 2001b

"ICAR in Ancient Egypt." ICAR Newsletter 11(1):4-7 (with D. Druckman). 2000a

Review of Views in Review: Politics and Culture in the State of the Jews (A.
Margalit). Middle East Journal 54(1): 128-9.
1999a "Conflict Resolution and Democratic Governance." ICAR Newsletter 10(1):8-11. 2000b

"Conflict Resolution and Democratic Governance." ICAR Newsletter 10(1):8-11. 1999a

"Cultural Considerations of Peace Operations." Report of Workshop Proceedings, Religious Considerations of Peace Operations: The Role
Of the Military Chaplain. George Mason University, The Institute of Public Policy, pp. 89-101.
1999b

Review of Peacemaking in International Conflict: and Techniques (I.W. Zartman and L. Rasmussen, eds.). Peace & Change 23(4):100- 102. 1999c

Review of Interactive Conflict Resolution (R.J. Fisher). Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 4(2):187-9. 1998

Review of Resolving International Conflicts: The Theory and Practice of Mediation (J. Bercovitch, ed.). Peace & Change 22:360-3. 1997

Review of Israeli Judaism: The Sociology of Religion in Israel (S. Deshen et al., eds.). Israel Studies Bulletin 11(1):14. 1995

Review of Jewish Settler Violence: Deviance as Social Reaction (D. Weisburd). Journal of Political and Military Sociology 20(1):171- 3. 1992a

Review of Stiff-Necked People, Bottle-Necked System: The Evolution and Roots of Israeli Public Protest, 1949-1986 (S. Lehman-Wilzig). Israel Studies Bulletin 8(2):30-33. 1992b

Review of New Perspectives on Israeli History: The Early Years of the State (L.
Silberstein, ed.). Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 26(2):213-4. 1992c

"Becoming an Anthropologist." Conversations No. 1:5-6. George Mason University, College of Arts and Sciences. 1992d

Review of American Aliya: Portrait of an Innovative Migration Movement (C. Waxman). American Jewish History 79(3):435-7. 1990

Review of Israel: Building a New Society (D. Elazar). The Middle East Journal
42(4):694-5. 1988

Review of From Camel to Truck: The Bedouin in the Modern World (D. Chatty). Nomadic Peoples 24:58-9. 1987a

Review of Voyage to Freedom: An Episode in the Illegal Immigration to Palestine (Z. Hadari & Z. Tsahor). International Migration Review 21(2):438-9. 1987b

Review of Migrants from the Promised Land (Zvi Sobel). Association for Israel Studies Newsletter 2(2):20-22. 1987c

Review of The Dual Heritage: Immigrants from the Atlas Mountains in an Israeli Village (Moshe Shokeid). International Migration Review 20(4):106. 1986

Review of Understanding Cultures: Perspectives in Anthropology and Social
Theory (R.C. Ulin). International Migration Review 19(2):359-60. 1985

Review of Return to Judaism: Religious Renewal in Israel (J. Aviad. The Middle East Journal 38(3):534-5. 1984a

Review of The Conflict of Tribe and State in Iran and Afghanistan
(R. Tapper, ed.). American Anthropologist 86(3):729-30. 1984b

Review of The Druzes in Israel: A Political Study (G. Ben-Dor). Sociology: Reviews of New Books, 9(2):42. 1982a

Review of The Book of Mordechai: A Study of the Jews of Libya (H. Goldberg). Ethnohistory 29(4):308-9. 1982b

Review of Israel's Black Hebrews: Black Americans in Search of Identity (M. Lounds, Jr.). International Migration Review 16(2):503-4. 1982c

Review of Nubian Ceremonial Life: Studies in Islamic Syncretism and Cultural Change (J. Kennedy, ed.). Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 16(2):63-4. 1982d

Review of Arabs and Berbers: From Tribe to Nation in North Africa (E. Gellner and C. Micaud, eds.). Contemporary Sociology 4(3):288-9. 1975

Papers, Presentations and Conference Activities:

"Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: Perspectives from Anthropology and Conflict Resolution." Paper presented at American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C. 2001

"Culture in the Pedagogy of Negotiation." Invited paper, Hewlett Conference 2000, Program on Negotiation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 2000a

"Truth and Reconciliation: Anthropological Perspectives." Paper presented at American Anthropological Association, San Francisco CA. 2000b

Invited discussant, "Negotiating Identity:From Metaphor to Process." School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. 2000c

Invited discussant, "Global Religions and Conflict Resolution: A New Paradigm."
U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. 2000d

Chair and discussant of session on "Civil-Military Interactions in Peace Operations." Cornwallis-IV Conference. Pearson Peacekeeping Training Centre, Cornwallis Park, NS. 1999a

"Toward a Cultural Psychology of Ethnopolitical Conflict." Invited paper, Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 1999b

Chair and discussant of panel, "The Israeli Right." Association for Israel Studies, Washington, D.C. 1999c

"The Nature of International Conflict." Invited presentation to the Summer Institute for Secondary School Social Studies Teachers, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. 1999d

"Negotiating Across Cultural Boundaries." Invited paper, United States Institute of Peace, Workshop for the Cross-Cultural Study of Negotiation, Washington, D.C. 1998a

"Conflict Resolution in the Context of Peacekeeping Operations." Invited paper
to the Conference/Workshop, "Analysis for Peace Operations, " The Cornwallis Group. Pearson Peacekeeping Training Centre, Cornwallis Park, NS. 1998b

"Conceptualizing 'Professional Culture' and International Negotiations." Invited paper to the Project on International Negotiations, School of Advanced International Studies, the Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C. 1998c

Invited discussant of panel, "Violence, Racism, and Population Dynamics." American Anthropo-logical Association, Philadelphia PA. 1998d

"Culture and Ethnic Conflict Resolution in the New World Disorder." Invited paper to the Conference, "Ethnic Conflict in the Post-Industrial World." Rockefeller Study Center, Bellagio, Italy. 1997a

"Evolving Peacekeeping in the Post-Cold War Era." Invited paper to the
Conference/Workshop, "Analysis of and for the Resolution of Conflict," The Cornwallis Group. Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Cornwallis Park, Nova Scotia. 1997b

"Responding to Conflict: The Challenge of Multiple Third Parties-Cultural Perspectives." Invited presentation to the 1997 "College and University Faculty Seminar on Conflict and Peacemaking in an Evolving World." United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. 1997c

Chair of Panel, "Arab and Jewish Communities in Israel." Association for Israel Studies, Atlanta, GA. 1997d

"Anthropological Aspects of the El-Amarna Letters." Invited paper to the Conference, "The Origins of Diplomacy: The Amarna Letters." Rockefeller Study Center, Bellagio, Italy. 1996a

"Conceptions of Culture in the Cross-Cultural Study of National Negotiating Styles." Invited paper, United States Institute of Peace, Workshop for the Cross-Cultural Negotiation Project, Washington, D.C. 1996b

"The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture: Some Prospects for Conflict Resolution and International Relations." Invited paper to the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflict, Maxwell School, Syracuse University. 1996c

"Melford Spiro and the Scientific Study of Culture (Part II)." Invited paper presented At the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA. 1996d

Chair of Panel, "The Politics of Differences: Citizenship, Minority Status, and Gender," Association for Israel Studies, Boston, MA. 1996e

Invited discussant of panel, "Culture and Change in Foreign Policy Analysis."
International Studies Association, San Diego, CA. 1996f

"Political Judaism in the Post-Zionist Era." Invited paper, Middle East Studies Association annual conference, Washington, D.C. 1995a

Chair of Panel, "Studies of Israeli Ethnicity," Association for Israel Studies, Baltimore, MD. 1995b

"Cultural Approaches to Conflict Resolution and International Relations." Invited
presentation to the Life Cycle Institute, Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. 1995c

"ADR, Palau, and the Contribution of Anthropology." Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society, Atlanta, GA (with P.W. Black). 1994a

Invited participant, United States Institute of Peace, "Workshop on The Comparative Analysis of National Negotiating Behavior," Washington,
D.C. 1994b

Invited participant, "Workshop on Ethnic Conflict and Problems in Advanced Industrial Societies," The Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C. 1994c

"Culture, Power, and Conflict Resolution: The Search for a New Paradigm." Invited presentation to the Global Peace and Conflict Studies Program, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine. 1994d

"Some Aspects of Emergent Israeli Judaism." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C. 1993a

"Cultural Aspects of International Negotiations." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology, New Orleans, LA (with P.W. Black). 1993b

Chair and discussant of panel, "Evolving Definitions of Jewish Nationalism."
Association for Israel Studies, Atlanta, GA. 1993c

Chair, organizer and discussant of panel,"Conflict Resolution in the Israeli-Arab
Conflict: Problems and Prospects."Association for Israel Studies, Milwaukee, WI. 1992

Invited discussant, "Ethnicity Planning Meeting," The Woodrow Wilson Center,
Washington, D.C. (Organized by Prof. Donald Horowitz.) 1991

Invited discussant and participant, United States Institute of Peace, Project Working Group on "Religion, Ideology and Peace: Intolerance as a Threat to Peace." Washington, D.C. (Working Group has organized conferences at USIP on the Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Sudan, Nigeria, and Tibet.) 1990-7

"Where is the 'Culture' in 'Inter-Cultural' Conflict Resolution?" Paper presented at the North American Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution, Montreal, Canada (with P.W. Black). 1989a

"The Concept of the Person in Contemporary Conflict Resolution Theory." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, San Diego, CA, (with P.W. Black). 1989b

"Anthropology's Contribution to Teaching Peace Studies." Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological
Association, Washington, D.C. (with P.W. Black). 1989c

"Some Issues in Thinking about Culture and the Resolution of Conflict." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology, New Orleans, LA, (with P.W. Black). 1988

"Israel's Religious Establishment." Invited paper presented at annual conference of the Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C. 1987a

Invited discussant, Meeting of Hewlett Foundation funded Conflict Resolution Programs, University of Hawaii, Honolulu. 1987b

Invited discussant & moderator, "Seminar on Managing Conflicts in a Multicultural Context," The Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, the
Netherlands. 1986a

Chair of session, "Transcultural Perspectives on Conflict and Conflict Management," and presented paper "Anthropological Perspectives
on Conflict." Third National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution, Denver, CO, (with P.W. Black). 1986b

"Mental Health Aspects of the Acculturation of American Immigrants in Israel." Invited presentation to the Association of Menta Health Affiliation with Israel, Pittsburgh, PA. 1982a

"Some Middle Eastern Flash Points." The Faculty Lecture Series, George Mason University. 1982b

"Entrepreneurship and Immigration: The Case of Americans in Israel." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological
Association, Washington, D.C. 1980

"Acculturation and Bureaucracy: American Immigrants in Israel." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Cincinnati, OH. 1979a

"Judaism in America: Problems of Modernity and Accommodation." Invited presentation to the Department of Religion, Brown University
Providence, RI. 1979b

"American Jewish Immigrants to Israel: Social Identities and Change." Presented at the Annual meeting of the American Anthropological
Association, Los Angeles, CA. 1978a

"Aged American Expatriates: The Israeli Case." Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Merida, Mexico. 1978b

"American Jewry and Modernity." Invited presentation to the University of California annual Judaica Symposium, Berkeley, CA. 1978c

"Gush Emunim." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Houston, TX. 1977

"Politics and Powwows at Lac Courte Oreilles: Partial Report on the University of Chicago NSF/SOS Project." Presented at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Philadelphia, PA. 1971


HONORS AND
AWARDS

Research Team Member, "A Comparative Analysis of Local Zones of Peace, Colombia" U.S. Institute of Peace Unsolicited Grant. 2001-02

College of Arts and Sciences Award for Scholarship (George Mason University)
2001

Co-Principal Investigator, "Irish Peace Process Cultural & Training Program (Walsh Visa Program)," Conflict Resolution Curriculum Design, Delivery & Assessment (through Dept. Of State). 2000

Honorable Mention, Book of the Year in Conflict Studies, International Association of Conflict Management (IACM). 1999

Deputy Principal Investigator, "Information Campaigns for Peace Operations," Program on Peacekeeping Policy, George Mason University. 1998

Faculty Study Leave, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, GMU. 1998

Invited participant, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Study Center, "Ethnic Conflict in the Post-Industrial World" conference. 1997

Senior Fellow, Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace. United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. 1996-97

Invited participant, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Study Center, "Origins of Diplomacy" conference. 1996

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Summer Stipend, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Project title: "Culture, Conflict Resolution, and International Relations." 1996

George Mason University Alumni Association, "Faculty Member of the Year" Award 1992

Distinguished Faculty Award, George Mason University. 1988

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Summer Stipend, the "George Mason University Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution Project: The Cultural Components of Conflict Resolution Theory." 1987

Nominee, National Jewish Book Award (Nonfiction). 1982

Research Grant, the Jerusalem Center for
Anthropological Studies. 1977-78

University of California Dissertation Fellowship. 1977

National Institute of Mental Health Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. 1972-77

A.B. with University and Departmental Honors, the University of Chicago. 1972

National Science Foundation, Student Originated Studies Grant. 1971


ADMINISTRATION

Coordinator, Anthropology Program 1988-89, 1990-96


MEMBERSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Memberships:

American Anthropological Association
American Ethnological Society
Society for Psychological Anthropology
Middle East Studies Association
Anthropological Society of Washington
Association for Israel Studies
Association for Political and Legal Anthropology

Editorial Consultant/Reader:

The University of Chicago Press
University of Wisconsin Press
State University of New York Press
International Migration Review
Anthropological Quarterly
Studies in Comparative International Development
Contemporary Jewry
Ethnohistory
Social Science & Medicine
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Cultural Anthropology
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Academic Press
University of Pennsylvania Press
Human Organization
Sociological Perspectives
International Journal of Peace Studies
University of California Press;
Oxford University Press; Ashgate Publishers (UK); Journal
of Peace Research; W.W. Norton; International
Negotiation; University of North Carolina Press

Scientific Reader and Grants Evaluator:

National Science Foundation; National Endowment for the Humanities; Israel Science Foundation; U.S. Institute of Peace

Academic Conference Program Committees

Cornwallis IV (Pearson International Peacekeeping Training Centre, 1998), Program Sub-Chair

Cornwallis III (Pearson International Peacekeeping Training Centre, 1997), Program Sub-Chair

Middle East Studies Association (1995)

Association for Israel Studies, Committee Chair (1992)

Publications Coordinator:

Anthropological Society of Washington (1985-1986)

Editorships:

Newsletter of the Anthropological Society of Washington (1982-1985)

Associate Editor, Journal of Political and Military
Sociology (1991-2001)

Book Review Editor, Anthropological Quarterly (1986-1991)

Editorial Board, the George Mason University Press (1985-1994)

Editorial Advisory Board, University of Pennsylvania Press, Monograph Series, "The Ethnography of Political Violence" (1995-)

Editorial Board, Social Justice: Anthropology, Peace,
and Human Rights (1999-2002)

Member, Board of Directors:

Anthropological Society of Washington (ex-officio, 1982-1985)

Association for Israel Studies, Board Member (1989-1993, 1997-2001) and Secretary-Treasurer (1993-1997)

Cultural Center for Social Change (1992- ). A community based, non-profit interdisciplinary arts education organization