February 2002

                                                      CURRICULUM VITAE                       

                                                                     

                                                           Gershon Shafir

 

          Office:                                                            Home:

 

          Department of Sociology  0533                         12786 Salmon River Road

          University of California, San Diego                    San Diego, CA. 92129

          La Jolla, CA. 92093-0533                                                    

 

          (858) 534-2575                                               (858) 538-2530

          fax: (858) 534-4753

          e-mail: gshafir@ucsd.edu

                                                                                                             

 

A. EDUCATION

                                                                               

1971             Tel-Aviv University                        Political Science,     B.A.                                                                                                                                                         Sociology

                                                                      & Anthropology

 

1972             Tel-Aviv University                        Economics              B.A.             

 

 

1974             University of California,                 Sociology                M.A.  

                    Los Angeles           

 

 

1981             University of California,                 Sociology                Ph.D.

                    Berkeley

 

 

B. FURTHER STUDIES

 

1972             Inter-University Consortium for Political    Research      Advanced

(Summer)      University of Michigan, Ann Arbor                                 Statistics

 

 

C. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

                    American Sociological Association

 

                    Association for Israel Studies

 

                    Middle East Studies Association

 

D. EMPLOYMENT

 

Current Position:

 

1995-                      University of California, San Diego          Professor               

 

 

Previous Positions:

 

1981-1983                        Tel-Aviv University                                  Post-

                                                                                                    Doctoral                                                                                                                                                                                 Fellow

                                                      

1983-1986                        Tel-Aviv University                                  Lecturer

 

1986-1987                        University of California,                           Visiting Assistant                                                 

                                        Berkeley                                                Professor

 

1987-1988                        University of California,                           Assistant

                                        San Diego                                             Professor

 

1988-1995                        University of California,                           Associate

                                        San Diego                                             Professor

 

Declined                           Indiana University, Bloomington               Pat M. Glazer Chair in

April 2000                         Department of Political Science              Modern Israel Studies

 

 

 

E. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

 

1979-1980                        Mabelle McLeod Lewis Memorial            Dissertation

                                        Fund for the Humanities,                         Scholarship                                               

                                        Stanford                                                                   

 

1980/81, 1982/83              Institute for Social Research,                  Research

                                        Tel-Aviv                                                 Grant

 

1984-1986                        Ford Foundation                                    Research Grant

 

 

 

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1984-1986                        Israeli Academy of Sciences                   Basic                                                        

                                        and Humanities                                      Research Grant

 

1985-1986                        Alice and Beno Gitter Research              Research

                                        Foundation, Tel-Aviv                               Grant

 

1987/88, 89/90,                 University of California, San Diego Research

90/91, 92/93, 94/95           Academic Senate Committee on Research

                                        Grant

96/97, 98/00                    

1993-1994                        Center for German and European           Research

                                        Studies, University of California,              Grant

                                        Berkeley

 

1994-1995                        Institute on Global Conflict and               Research

                                        Cooperation's "The Spread and              Grant

                                        Management of Ethnic Conflict" Project

 

1994-1995                        Social Science Research Council            Fellowship

                                        & American Council of Learned Societies

 

1995-2000                        Institute on Global Conflict and               Research

                                        Cooperation                                          Grant

 

1999-2000                        Pew Foundation & UCSD’s           Research

           “Civic Collaborative”                              Grant

 

2000-2001                        Institute on Global Conflict and               Research

                                        Cooperation "The Enduring                     Grant

                                        Significance of Territory” (with

          Miles Kahler & Barbara Walter)

 

20001-2002                      Institute on Global Conflict and               Research Grant

          Cooperation, “Globalization and

          Citizenship” (with Alison Brysk)                                               

 

2001 Summer                    Undergraduate Instructional                    Award

          Improvement Program

 

20001/2002                       UCSD International Studies Center          Research Planning

          (with Yen-Le Espiritu, Michael                Group Award

          Schudson, & Garry Shiffman)

 

 

 

F. UNIVERSITY SERVICE

 

1987/1988

Departmental Search Committee.

Departmental Colloquium Coordinator.

Department Coordinator for Undergraduate Majors.

 

1988/1989

Chair, Departmental Search Committee.

Departmental Undergraduate Committee.

Undergraduate Adviser.

 

1989/1990

Chair, UCSD Bookstore Advisory Committee.

UCSD Graduate Council's Block Grant Allocation Committee.

Departmental Graduate Admissions Committee.

Graduate Adviser.

 

1990/1991

Chair, UCSD Bookstore Advisory Committee.

Departmental Graduate Admissions Committee.

Graduate Adviser.

 

1991/1992

Convener, Lecture Series: "Racism, Genocide, and the Holocaust."

UCSD, Spring Quarter 1991.

UCSD Graduate Council's Block Grant Allocation Committee.

Departmental Graduate Admissions Committee.

 

1992/1993

Departmental Representative to Academic Senate's Representative Assembly.

 

1993/1994

UCSD Graduate Council.

Chair, UCSD Graduate Council's Block Grant Allocation Committee.

Departmental Representative to Academic Senate's Representative Assembly.

Departmental Graduate Admissions Committee.

 

Fall 1994/1995

Chair, UCSD Graduate Council.

UCSD Representative to Coordinating Committee for Graduate Affairs (CCGA).

UCSD Senate Council.

UCSD Senate-Administration Committee.

UCSD Program Review Committee

 

UCSD Representative Assembly.

UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Steering Committee.

 

1995/1996

Departmental Graduate Admissions Committee.

UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Steering Committee.

 

1996/1997

UCSD Undergraduate Admissions Committee.

UCSD Accreditation Self-Study: Advanced Standing Students Subcommittee.

Departmental Graduate Admissions Committee.

Departmental Colloquium Committee.

UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Steering Committee.

 

1997/1998

Vice Chair, UCSD Undergraduate Admissions Committee.

Departmental Graduate Admissions Committee.

Departmental Colloquium Committee.

UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Steering Committee.

 

1998/1999

Chair, UCSD Admission Committee.

UCSD Senate Council.

UCSD Senate-Administration Council.

UCSD Representative Assembly.

UC Admissions Process Task Force.

UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Steering Committee.

 

Acting Chair, Department of Sociology (Fall Quarter).

Vice-Chair, Department of Sociology.

 

1999/2000

Vice-Chair, Department of Sociology.

Chair, Departmental Search Committee.

Social Science Dean Review Committee.

Project in International and Security Affairs (PISA), Steering Committee.

UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Steering Committee.

 

20001/2002

Chair, Colloquium Committee

Co-convener, International Studies Center Working Group on “Citizenship Rights and the Transformation of Political Space.”

Steering Committee, Program on International Affairs (PIA). 

         

                                                 

2002/2003

UCSD Committee on Committees

 

G. PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE

Chair, Anne Frank Exhibit Committee for San Diego. (The Exhibit was shown at the Price Center, May 7 - June 7, 1991.)

 

Book Review Editor, Israel Studies Bulletin, 1989/2000.

 

Israel Studies Association Board Member, 1991/1995.

 

Poway Unified School District, Human Relations Advisory Committee, 1992/1993.

 

Anne Frank Center, National Advisory Council Member, 1992/1995.

 

Poway Unified School District, Affirmative Action Advisory Committee, 1993/1995.

 

Poway Unified School District, Gifted and Talented Education Advisory Committee, 1993/1996.

 

Associate Editor,