DR. KENNETH W. STEIN
At Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Kenneth W. Stein is the William E. Schatten Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History, Political Science and Israeli Studies. Since coming to Emory in 1977, he founded and developed the International Studies Center, was the first director of the Carter Center (1983-1986), and established in 1988, the Institute for the Study of Modern Israel (ISMI). In 2006, he was a visiting professor of Political Science at Brown University.
Professor Stein is the author of numerous books and publications. Among them are Hebrew and English editions of Heroic Diplomacy: Sadat, Kissinger, Carter, Begin and the Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace (Routledge:1999); Making Peace Among Arabs and Israelis: Lessons from Fifty Years of Negotiating Experience, United States Institute for Peace:1991), and The Land Question in Palestine, 1917-1939, (North Carolina Press: 1984, 1985, and 2003). His journal articles include “Israel's Disengagement from the Gaza Strip: Precedents, Motivations, and Outcomes,” “After Arafat, What?” “Palestine’s Rural Economy,” and entries for Microsoft's Encarta Encyclopedia on the "PLO," "1948 Israeli Independence War," "June 1967 War," "1973 October War," "Hamas," and "Intifadah." He wrote four chapters on the "Arab-Israeli Peace Process" appearing in the prestigious Middle East Contemporary Survey (Westview Press).
His honors at Emory University include recognition for internationalizing the curriculum. He is the recipient of the Emory Williams Teaching Award for undergraduate teaching, along with five other teaching awards. In addition to enhancing Israeli and Middle Eastern studies at Emory, as ISMI Director, he is engaged in pre-collegiate teacher training, curriculum construction, and long-distant learning on topics relating to Israel and the Middle East.
Dr. Stein received his undergraduate BA degree from Franklin and Marshall College and two Masters and his doctoral degree from The University of Michigan. He studied for two years at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
June, 2008
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