Biography Khalil Shikaki is a Professor of Political Science and director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (Ramallah, Palestine). Since 2005 he has been a senior fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University. He finished his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University in 1985 and taught at…
Biography Amal Jamal is dean of the faculty of social sciences and head of the Walter Lebach Institute for the Study of Jewish-Arab Coexistence at Tel Aviv University. His research focuses on applied political theory and comparative politics. He has written extensively on the dynamics and interplay of minority nationalism, state-minority relations, civil society, Indigenous rights,…
Biography Shay Hazkani is an associate professor of history and Jewish studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. He specializes in the social and cultural history of Palestine/Israel. His first book, “Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War” (Stanford University Press, 2021), received the Korenblat and Azrieli-Concordia book awards and was longlisted for…
Biography Dahlia Scheindlin is a public opinion expert and international political and strategic consultant based in Tel Aviv. She is recognized for her contributions to discussions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the peace process, and issues of democracy, human rights, and social justice. She conducts public opinion research related to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, including the Palestinian-Israeli Pulse survey, an ongoing…
Contact Biography Sofía García Andrés is the Student Assistant at Penn Global Initiatives, where she supports programs fostering international engagement and collaboration. She contributes to research, communications, and event coordination that strengthen Penn’s global partnerships. Sofía is a sophomore in Political Science concentrating in International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also earning…
Contact Biography Coco Zhang is the Event Manager at the Penn Wharton China Center (PWCC), joining the team in 2024. She primarily manages event planning and marketing communications. Her responsibilities include coordinating programs with various departments, schools, and alumni clubs, while maintaining the center’s social media presence. Coco holds a Master’s degree in Design and…
Contact Biography Chris Zhang serves as the Senior Administrative Manager at the Penn Wharton China Center (PWCC), where she has worked since 2014. In this role, she manages daily operations and supports strategic collaboration with Penn’s schools and departments. Her work spans event planning, faculty and staff logistics, and cross-institutional communication. Chris holds a postgraduate…
Biography Maria-Antonia Andrews has been teaching at Penn since 2002 and is currently the Associate Director for Undergraduate Programs in Earth & Environmental Science (EES). Maria teaches graduate level courses for the Master of Science in Applied Geosciences (MSAG) program (MSAG) program including Aqueous Geochemistry, and Fundamentals of Air Pollution. She also teaches two undergraduate courses;…
Biography Jere Behrman, PhD, Kenan Professor of Economics and Sociology at Penn, researches economic development, early childhood development, labor economics, human resources (education, training, health, nutrition), demography, household behaviors, life-cycle and intergenerational relations and policy evaluation. He has published ~400 articles (primarily in leading general and field economic journals, also in leading demographic, sociology, nutritional and…
Biography Daniel Beiting, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Pathobiology in the School of Veterinary Medicine at Penn where he is the Technical Director of the Center for Host-Microbial Interactions (CHMI). He leads a project that integrates data mining and visualization tools to explore tens of thousands of publicly available microbial datasets from enteric diseases, available at [microbiomeDB.org]microbiomeDB.org.…
