2 Friedman – Peleg Keren
Dr. Keren Friedman-Peleg is a senior lecturer at the School of Behavioral Science, and the Dean of students at the College of Management – Academic Studies, Israel. She obtained her PhD in Tel-Aviv University, in the department of Sociology and Anthropology, under the supervision of Prof. Yoram Bilu and Prof. Moshe Shokeid (2009).
Friedman-Peleg was a visiting scholar at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania (2016), and a visiting assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology and of the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies at UC Berkeley (2018). Based on her ethnographic research at non-profit organizations in Israel – NATAL (The Israeli Center for Victims of Terror and War) and ITC (Israel Trauma Coalition) – she published articles about the intersection between clinical questions of diagnosis, treatment and prevention and socio-political questions of national belonging and ethnic inequality in leading journals, such as Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry and Transcultural Psychiatry (with Y. Bilu). The full manuscript of her doctoral thesis – entitled “A Nation on the Couch: The Politics of Trauma in Israel” was published by Magnes – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Press (2014), and by the University of Toronto Press (2017). Her new manuscript, “National Security, Emergency Preparedness, and the Psychological Project of ‘Building Resilience’: Governance and Cultural Mediation on the Border of Israel and Gaza” is currently under review by University of Pennsylvania Press.
Research Interests: Anthropology of the Therapeutic Discourse, Security-related Trauma and Resilience, Nationalism, Ethnicity and Inequality
Teaching: Introduction to Anthropology, Qualitative Research Methods, Contemporary Theories of Culture, Anthropology of the Therapeutic Discourse
2 Segal David
David Segal, PhD is a full time faculty at the School Behavioral Sciences, College of Management Academic Studies (COLMAN), where he served as Associate Dean (2008-2009), Chair of the Family Studies Graduate Program (2013-2016), and Head of the Management and Human Resources Major (2010-2016).
David Segal, PhD is a clinical psychologist and a senior organizational consultant. He served as a Chief Psychologist at the Department of Neurology (1996), the Day Rehabilitation Unit (1997), and the National Hemophilia Center (1997-1999), at The Chaim Sheba Medical Center. He also served as a member at The Public Committee for the Designation of Estate Funds, The Administrator General, The Ministry of Justice (2007-2014).
David Segal, PhD was an invited lecture at the Seminar on Women Entrepreneurship – Challenges and Successes (ComaS) (2016), the Seminar on Society, Authorities and Restorative Justice – Constructing Perceptions of Sexual Assault (Bar Ilan University) (2013), and the Symposium on “The Limits of supervision” (IPPA – Israeli Association for Organizational Development, Ramat Gan, Israel) (2010). He also presented papers at the 13th European Congress of Psychology (20113), and the 12th Biennial conference of the international society for the study of work and organizational values (ISSWOV) (2010).
Research Interests and teaching: Organizational Leadership & Behavior, Parenting.
2 Benoni Hanna
Dr. Hanna Benoni received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Tel-Aviv University (2013). She then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Open University of Israel (2012-2013), and continued as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Weizmann Institute of Science (2014-2016). Hanna joined the Department of Psychology as a faculty member in 2014, and she now serves as the head of the B.A program in psychology and runs the Visual Attention and Cognition Lab
Research Interests and Teaching: Cognitive psychology, Visual attention and perception, ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), Object recognition.
2 Orbach Iris
Dr. Iris Orbach is the Head of MA program in “Sport and Exercise Psychology”, the College of Management Academic Studies (Colman); the Head of “Health Promotion Program” at the Nat Holman School for Coaches and Instructors, Wingate Institute; a researcher and a sport psychology consultant in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the Ribstein Center for Sport Medicine Sciences and Research, Wingate Institute.
Dr. Orbach received her Ph.D. in Sport Psychology in 1999 from the University of Florida, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, in Gainesville, Florida, USA. She worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Sport, Fitness and Leisure Studies at Salem State University, Salem, Massachusetts, USA. In addition to teaching, Dr. Orbach has published numerous articles and book chapters, and has given presentations at national and international conferences on topics related to sport psychology. She is the coauthor of the books “Integrated Periodization in Sports Training & Athletic Development”, “Mental Practice in Sport: Twenty Case Studies” and “Psychological Skills Training”. Dr. Orbach uses her psychology skills as a consultant for athletes at all skill levels. In her free time, Dr. Orbach enjoys running, bicycling, swimming, weight lifting, and all kind of fitness activities.
Research Interests and Teaching: Stress-performance relationships, youth and motivation in sport, biofeedback training, effectiveness of various mental training practices, physical activity and wellbeing.
2 Abutbul-Selinger Guy
Dr. Guy Abutbul Selinger is a lecturer and the head of the undergraduate program in Behavioral Sciences at the College of Law and Management in Israel. He completed his PhD at the Sociology Department at Brandeis University and his post-doctoral studies at the sociology department at Tel Aviv University.
His research deals with everyday ethnicity in the Israeli middle class, multi-ethnic families in Israel, and everyday dimensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During 2016-2018, Dr. Abutbul-Selinger received an excellence in teaching from the College of Law and Management.
3 Shlosberg Yossi
Dr. Yossi Shlosberg is a lecturer in the Computer Science department. Yossi holds a PhD. in Teaching Computer Science from Tel-Aviv University (2017); an M.Sc in Computer Science from The Open University (1999) and a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering (1988) from Jerusalem College of Technology.
Yossi teaches theoretical and mathematical courses in Computer Science, including algorithms and computational models. In addition, he has developed a course in problem solving and algorithmic thinking that is taught in various academic institutions.
Yossi organizes social activities and events in the fields of popular science, including
The Series “Kortov Shel Yeda” and “The Link” club. Yossi has also authored books in the fields of instruction and popular science: “A Guide in Action” (1997), “The Queen and the Golem” (2011).
2 Horovitz Shay
Dr. Shay Horovitz is head of the B.Sc. in Data Science program at COLMAN’s Faculty of Computer Science. In addition, Shay is a senior lecturer of Computer Science courses and a researcher in Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Data Science.
Shay holds a PhD in Computer Science from Hebrew University (2011, Direct Track), MSc in Computer Science from Hebrew University (2006, as part of the PhD direct track) and BSc in Computer Science & Mathematics from Bar-Ilan University (2002).
Shay has over 25 years of experience, including founding startup companies, consulting to High Tech companies in the fields of Machine/Deep Learning and Algorithms in various companies as Huawei (Toga Networks), Splitty Travel, iMesh.
Research interests: Behavioral aspects in systems, services and applications using Data Science algorithms utilizing Machine Learning and Deep Learning.
2 Haim Galit
Dr. Galit Haim is the Deputy Dean of the Computer Science school in the College of Management Academic Studies. She is also a lecturer in Computer Science and a researcher in the Artificial intelligent (AI) field.
Her research interest in the AI field is in human computer agents negotiation, modeling and analyzing human behavior.
Galit also has more than 15 years experience in the High-Tech industry as a software engineer and a team leader in the field of real time and embedded systems.
2 Menashe Eliav
Dr. Eliav Menache serves as the Graduation Projects Manager and the Head of Full Stack Development program in the Computer Science department in the College of Management Academic Studies. In addition, Eliav is a lecturer in the fields of Communication Networks, Mobile Systems Development and Operating Systems. Eliav holds a Post-Doctoral (2015), a PhD (2014) and a M.Sc (2009) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben-Gurion University and B.Sc. in Communication Systems Engineering, Ben-Gurion University (2000).
Eliav has more than 15 years of experience in the high-tech industry as a senior programmer, team & group leader, CTO in the fields of Mobile systems, networks and databases.
Research Interests: Energy Efficient Vehicles, Networks and Networks security, Machine Learning, Aviation related applications, Aircrafts noise models.
2 Elmaliach Yehuda
Dr. Yehuda Elmaliach is the former Dean of the School of Computer Science. He is a graduate of Bar-Ilan University. He is an entrepreneur and founder and CEO of the robotics company Cogniteam, committee member of the Ministry of Economy ‘s technological innovation authority, and board member at BladeRanger.
His research focuses on multi robot systems and algorithms, His joint publications on robotics have been published in Annals of Math and Artificial Intelligence, Journal of Physical Agents, and numerous conferences.