1993 Ph.D. International Affairs, Greenwich University
Dissertation: Sovereignty and Territory in the Future of Jerusalem
(Ph.D. Mentors and academic supervisors: Prof. Alan Dowty, Notre Dame University and Prof. Edy Kaufman, University of Maryland and Hebrew University)
1991 M.A. International Affairs, Greenwich University (under the academic supervision of Prof. Alan Dowty, Notre Dame University)
Dissertation: The Political and National Elements of a Possible Interim Agreement between Israel and the Palestinians
1978 B.A. New York University, Politics and History of the Middle East
Senior Thesis: A Political Philosophical Analysis of Nationalism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Other Training
2000 Third Party Good Offices in Hot Disputes: Harvard University and MIT under directorship of Prof. Lawrence Susskind and Prof. Roger Fisher
40 hour seminar with top conflict resolution expects in private seminar for IPCRI Co-Directors
2000-2004 Public Dispute Multi-Stakeholder Mediation Course
200 hours of training led by Prof. Lawrence Susskind from Harvard-MIT (and others) – environmental dispute mediation certification in the framework of JEMS – the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Environmental Mediation Service
2004 Mediation Israel
sixty-hour basic certification course on mediation