Event Description
The School of Education at Drexel University presents Global Education Colloquium (GEC) Brown Bag Lunch Series:
Sowing Seeds of Change? Education for Partnership Between Jews and Palestinians in Israel
Sixty years after Israel’s establishment, tensions between Jewish and Palestinian citizens continue to simmer. To counter tensions, bi-national encounter programs have brought together Palestinian and Jewish citizens for decades. Dr. Ross’ research
suggests that bi-national encounters can significantly shape participants’ ethno-national and activist identity claims, and can prime them for continued participation in activities aimed at large-scale social change.
About The Speaker
Karen Ross is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Peace, Democracy & Development at UMASS-Boston and will be an Assistant Professor in UMASS-Boston’s Conflict Resolution program as of January 2015. Karen’s research focuses on the methodological and conceptual intersection between peace building, education, and social change, with a geographic focus on Israel/Palestine. She is particularly interested in approaches utilized to conceptualize and measure “impact” in relation to value-focused educational programs in both formal and non-formal contexts. Outside of academia, Karen is a dialogue facilitator and facilitator trainer, and has worked as a consultant for UNESCO, GPPAC, and the American Friends Service Committee. She earned her PhD from Indiana University, with a dual concentration in Inquiry Methodology and Comparative & International Education, and holds a M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a B.A. in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures from Columbia University.
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About the Global Education Colloquium:
Established
in November 2013, the Global Education Colloquium is a monthly Brown
Bag Lunch Series that features distinguished speakers and lively
discussion.
The topics presented will be the
result of research spanning the full range of learning, teaching and
training topics including international studies, higher education, peace
education, social justice, inequality, politics of knowledge, policy,
leadership and organizational change.
GEC
events are held the third Tuesday of every month on the main campus of
Drexel University, start promptly at 12 Noon. You are invited to bring
your lunch. Drinks and cookies will be served.
Learn more about the Global Education Colloquium Series.
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