Biographic Summary
Personal background
o I was born in Haifa in 1947 and grew up in this town. Citizen of Haifa ever since. Married to Ruthi + three daughters, 7 grandchildren. I was educated in Haifa and the USA (Ann Arbor, Michigan).
o I served in the IDF reserve service as a senior mental health officer (until the age of 50).
o Name change in mid-career, (see the articles "Back to Schwartz", in English and in Hebrew Ha’aretz April 14, 2004)
o Wikipedia-Hebrew: To read full article
o Full CV
Academic background
o Social work, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (at the time: The University Institute of Haifa, branch of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) – B.A.
o Social work, University of Michigan – M.S.W.
o Psychology, University of Michigan – M.A.
o Social Work & Psychology (joint program), University of Michigan – Ph.D.
Academic positions (Full Professor since 1993)
University of Haifa from 1976 - present
o School of Social Work until 1990
o Department of Psychology from 1990
o Interdisciplinary MA Program in Child Development from 2008-2017
o International MA Program in Child Development (for under-resourced countries) 2014-2020
o Emeritus since 2017 (still active)
Tel-Hai College from 2022 - present
o Department of Psychology from 2022
Visiting professor/scientist at the following institutions:
o University of Utah, University of Maryland; Columbia University; New School for Social Research; National Institutes of Health (NIH); USA, Leiden University (Netherlands); University of Regensburg (Germany); University of Naples (Italy); United States Institute of Peace (USIP); the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Executive positions in academic and University of Haifa administration (Partial list)
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences; Dean, Graduate Studies; Academic Head of Tel-Hai College (at that time branch of the University of Haifa); Founder and Head of the Center for the Study of Child Development; Chairperson, University of Haifa Computer Committee; Chairperson, the University Space Allocation Committee; Chairperson, the Joint Research Committee of the Technion–University of Haifa; Head, the International MA Program in Child Development for Under-Resourced Countries, Head, the Interdisciplinary MA Program in Child Development for Family Judges and Juvenile Judges
Additional activities within the University of Haifa institutions (Partial list)
University Appointments and Promotions Committee (three terms); Committee for Appeals of Decisions by the University Appointments and Promotions Committee; Standing Committee; Member of the Senate (ex officio as dean and elected); Senate Committee for Handling Faculty Members on Maternity Leave; the Board of Governors (Committee for Academic Development); Council of the Research Authority; University Tender Committee; University Committee for Physical Development; Steering Committee for Occupational Therapy Program; Advisory Committee to the Dean of Students.
Additional activities within institutions outside the University of Haifa (Partial list)
Council for Higher Education: Chairperson of the Certification Committee for Tel-Hai College; Committee for International Affairs; Chairperson of the Certification Committee for Master’s Degree in Psychology at the Ruppin Academic Center; Chairperson of the Certification Committee for Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education at the Levinsky College of Education; Chairperson of the Certification Committee for Master’s Degree in Developmental Psychology at the Tel-Aviv - Jaffa Academic College; Chairperson of the Certification Committee for Master’s Degree in Developmental Psychology at the College of Law and Business; Co-Chairperson of the Accreditation Committee for Early Childhood Education (M.Ed.) at Kay Academic College; Member of the Certification Committee for BA Degree in Psychology at the IDC and at the Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Council for Higher Education - Appointments and Promotions Committee for Professors of Practice overseeing all academic colleges in Israel.
Scientific/Research Foundations: The Israel Science Foundation (ISF), The German Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research & Development (GIF), The U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) – various committees.
Academic and scientific activities outside the university
o Reviewer for academic journals and member of the editorial boards (partial list of key scholarly journals):
· Associate Editor, Early Childhood Research Quarterly
· American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Applied Developmental Science, British Journal of Developmental Psychology, Child Development, Child Development Perspectives, Children and Youth Services Review, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Death Studies, Development and Psychopathology, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Science, Depression and Anxiety, Early Development and Parenting, Emotion, European Journal of Ageing, European Journal of Developmental Psychology, European Psychologist, Human Development, Infant Behavior and Development, Infant and Child Development, Infant Mental Health Journal, International Journal of Behavioral Development, Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, Journal of Adolescence, Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Attachment and Human Development, Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Family Psychology, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Law Review (Hebrew), Megamot (Hebrew), Merrill Palmer Quarterly, Parenting, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Political Psychology, PLOSONE, Psychoanalytic Psychology, Psychological Science, Psychology ‑ The Journal of the Israeli Psychological Association, Social Development, Society and Welfare (Hebrew).
o Member of scientific committees, including scientific reviewer for scientific associations and research funds (selected list):
Austrian Science Foundation, EU Marie Curie Fellowship Framework Program, Finnish Academy of Science, German Israel Bi National Science Foundation (GIF), The International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS), The International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israeli Association for Psychobiology, Israel Finland Bi national Conference, Israel Foundation Trustees, Ministry of Health (Chief Scientist Office), Ministry of Education (Chief Scientist Office), National Science Foundation (NSF), Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Spencer Foundation, USA Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), The German Research Foundation (DFG).