Education:
2011: PhD
School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University
(Thesis: "Walt Whitman and Jewish American Poetry")
2005: MA
English Literature
Dept. of English and American Studies, Tel Aviv University
2000: BA
Comparative Literature, Binghamton University
Teaching Positions:
2010, 2012: Instructor of advanced course,
"Between Lands and Languages: The Experience of Creative Writing,"
Ben-Gurion University, Overseas Program
2008, 2010, 2011: Instructor of advanced course,
"Walt Whitman's Influence," Dept. of English and American Studies,
Tel Aviv University
2007, 2009: Instructor of advanced course,
"Jewish American Poetry," Dept. of English and American Studies,
Tel Aviv University
2008, 2009: Instructor of course in Creative Writing,
Beit Berl Academic College
2008-present: Instructor of course in Creative Writing,
Tel Aviv University, Overseas Program
2006-present: Instructor of workshop in Creative Writing,
Dept. of English and American Studies, Tel Aviv University
2003-2005: Teaching Assistant, Dept. of English and American Studies,
Tel Aviv University
Conferences:
March 2012: Poetry in Unexpected Places Conference, Tel Aviv University,
Department of English and American Studies. Paper, “How difficult for me is Hebrew: Poetry in English in Israel” (forthcoming).
February 2012: Association of Writers (AWP), Chicago. Panel organizer/moderator,
“What to Know Before Starting Your PhD.”
April 2010: NeMLA Conference, Montreal. Paper, “Muriel Rukeyser’s
Liturgical Poetics.”
August 2009: Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference (poetry work-study scholar).
June 2008: Transatlantic Walt Whitman Association Conference, Dortmund, Germany.
Paper, “Walt Whitman and Holocaust Poetry: The Case of Irving Feldman’s
‘The Pripet Marshes.’”
Awards:
(From the Dept. of English and American Studies)
2005: Fred Simmons Award for Poetic Criticism
2004: Fred Simmons Award for Poetry
2003: Academic Achievement Award
Professional Positions:
2006-2009: Research Assistant for Prof. Hana Wirth-Nesher's project, "Cross Scripts: Hebrew Letters, English Writing," Israel Science Foundation
2009-11: Assistant Poetry Editor, Narrative Magazine
Other Degrees:
2007: Diploma in English Editing, Beit Berl Academic College