Episode 4: Prof. Mona Khoury-Kassabri
In episode four, Avrum Burg and Professor Mona Khoury-Kassabri discuss the role of education and identity in Jerusalem and how diversity fits into the broader social framework of the city’s future.
Professor Khoury-Kassabri is the Vice President of Strategy and Diversity and Dean of the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prof. Khoury-Kassabri is responsible for determining and implementing the University’s overall policies, strategies, and models for promoting diversity and inclusion, specifically increasing the accessibility of groups currently underrepresented in Israeli academia.
Meet the Speaker: Mona Khoury-Kassabri
Professor Khoury-Kassabri is the Vice President of Strategy and Diversity and Dean of the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, and the The Frances and George (z”l) Katz Family Chair at the Paul Baerward School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prof. Khoury-Kassabri is responsible for determining and implementing the University’s overall policies, strategies, and models for promoting diversity and inclusion, specifically increasing the accessibility of groups currently underrepresented in Israeli academia.
She is also the Advisor for Minorities Affairs to Hebrew University President, and the Head of the University Steering Committee for Accessibility to Higher Education among Arab Students. Prof. Khoury-Kassabri is the head of the committee appointed to examine the Hebrew University diversity policy which of part of the Israeli Present’s initiative “Israeli Hope in the Academia”. She is an Alumni of the Israel Young Academy and Member of the Global Young Academy.
Her research evolves around issues related to child and youth welfare. She is especially interested in the area of children and youth at risk for becoming perpetrators and victims of violent and delinquent acts.
She was a Visiting Professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto for two, non-subsequent, academic years, between the years 2011-2012 and 2016-2017. Together with Prof. Mishna, the Dean of the Faculty, they study youth involvement in cyberbulling in Canada and in Israel.
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Presented by Jerusalem Global Gateway
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 8:00 am
In episode four, Avrum Burg and Professor Mona Khoury-Kassabri discuss the role of education and identity in Jerusalem and how diversity fits into the broader social framework of the city’s future.
Professor Khoury-Kassabri is the Vice President of Strategy and Diversity and Dean of the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prof. Khoury-Kassabri is responsible for determining and implementing the University’s overall policies, strategies, and models for promoting diversity and inclusion, specifically increasing the accessibility of groups currently underrepresented in Israeli academia.
Please note this episode was released by the Jerusalem Global Gateway on May 8, 2023, prior to the events in the region that took place on October 7, 2023.
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