EDUCATION

Ph.D. Sociology, Stanford University, 1997
M.A. Sociology, Stanford University, 1990
M.A. Sociology (Magna Cum Laude), Tel Aviv University, 1989
B.A. Sociology and Anthropology, Political Science (Magna Cum Laude),
Tel Aviv University, 1986


ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2000-2009 Lecturer, Stanford University
International Relations Program, School of Education, International Policy Studies Program
1997-2000 Post-Doctoral Affiliate Fellow, Stanford University
Center for International Security and Cooperation
1997-2000 Research Associate, Stanford University
Department of Sociology
1989-1997 Lecturer, Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, Stanford University
Department of Sociology
1987-1989 Teaching Assistant, Tel Aviv University
Department of Sociology

1987-1989 

Lecturer, Open University, Israel
1985-1989 Research Assistant, Tel Aviv University
Institute for Social Research and Research Funds


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lecturer, Stanford University:
  Graduate level: The Transnational Workplace; Quantitative Methodology; Organizational Studies; World, Societal and Educational Change.
  Cross-listed, graduate and undergraduate: Globalization and Organizations; Science, Technology, and Development.
  Undergraduate level: Honors College; Honors Seminar (pre- and post-field).
Lecturer,  Open University: Introduction to Sociology
Teaching  Assistant, Stanford University: Sociological Theory for Graduates
Teaching  Assistant, Tel Aviv University: Sociology of Organizations, Sociology of Science and Technology; Patterns of Scientific and National Development


AWARDS

2007 Best Book Competition, Honorable Mention, Communication and Information Technologies Section of the American Sociological Association
2004 Barrington Moore Award for Best Book, Honorable Mention, the Comparative and Historical Section of the American Sociological Association
2001 Hoefer Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Writing, Faculty Partnership Award, Stanford University
1999 Bielefeld Prize for the Internationalization of Sociology, International Sociological Association


SPONSORED RESEARCH

2008-2009 Topic: The globalization of a European firm
With: Giuseppe Delmestri, Peter Walgenbach, David Courpasson, Olivier Givet
2008-2009 Topic: the globalization of professional service films
With: Hokyu Hwang
2006-2009 Topic: Technology Incubators and Science Parks
2005-2008 Topic: Human rights education
Principal investigators: Francisco O. Ramirez, John W. Meyer.
2002-2005 Topic: Globalization and human rights expansion
Principal investigators: John W. Meyer, Francisco O. Ramirez.
1998-2002 Topic: Global education expansion and social progress
Principal investigators: John W. Meyer, Francisco O. Ramirez.
1993-1998 Topic: Science, education, and national development
Principal investigators: John W. Meyer, Francisco O. Ramirez.
1990-1994 Topic: At-risk youth-patterns of drug use, suicide, and school performance
Principal investigator: Jerald Herting.
1986-1989 Topic: Political culture and public discourse, a comparative study of Israel and the U.S.
Principal investigator: Hanna Herzog (William Gamson).
1985-1986 Topic: Science, technology, and national development
Principal investigator: Yehouda Shenhav.