BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Political Science conferred by Columbia University in May 1981. Dissertation Topic: "Intervention by Syria in the Lebanese Civil War of 1975-76."
Certificate for interdisciplinary study of the Middle East awarded in May 1976 by Columbia's Middle East Institute.
A.B. from Barnard College in June 1972; Summa Cum Laude, honors in Political Science; Phi Beta Kappa.
Foreign languages: Hebrew (excellent), Arabic (competent), French (basic)
UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT
2011-2025: Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University. Courses on “Middle East Conflicts and Global Security” and on “Palestinian and Israeli Security Dilemmas” offered in the Masters of International Affairs Program.
2001-2025: Adjunct Professor, Executive Masters of Public Affairs Program, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University: Course on "Global Context of Policymaking" offered for mid-career professionals every summer.
Spring 2017: Faculty advisor, MIA/MPA Capstone Workshop at Columbia on “Reimagining Israel/Palestine: What Are the Alternatives to a ‘Two-State Solution?’” The client who sponsored this project is the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Workshop report is found at https://sipa.columbia.edu/academics/capstone-workshops/reimagining-israelpalestine-what-are-the-alternatives-to-a-two-state-solution
Spring 2015: Faculty advisor, MIA/MPA Capstone Workshop at Columbia on “The Future of the US-Israel Security Partnership.” The client who sponsored this project is the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C. Workshop report is found at https://sipa.columbia.edu/academics/capstone-workshops/the-future-of-the-us-israel-security-partnership
Fall 2009: Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Columbia University: International Relations Seminar on “Dilemmas of Security in the Middle East.”
2006-2009: Department of Political Science, Colgate University: Visiting Harvey Picker Professor of International Relations (2006-7); A. Lindsay O’Connor Professor of American Institutions (2007-8); Charles Evan Hughes Professor of Government and Jurisprudence (2008-9). Courses: International Law, International Institutions, International Relations of the Middle East, Fundamentals of International Relations, Global Peace Operations, Global Peace and War.
2003-2006: Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Columbia University. Courses on “Conflict Resolution in the Middle East,” "Politics of the Middle East and North Africa," "Regime Change in the Middle East," and “The United Nations and International Conflict.”
2003-2006: Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, Florham Scholars Program in Global Studies, Fairleigh Dickinson University.
2000- 2003: Director, UN Studies Program and Lecturer, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University.
1997-2001: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Yeshiva University.
1987-96: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Barnard College.
1979-86: Department of Political Science, Yale University. Lecturer, 1979-81; Assistant Professor, 1981-86.