Education:

 

2005-present: Doctoral Student, School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University

(Thesis: “Walt Whitman and Jewish American Poetry”)

2005: MA, English Literature, Department of English and American Studies,

Tel Aviv University

2000: BA, Comparative Literature, Binghamton University

 

Teaching Experience:

 

Feb. 2008-present: Instructor of course in Creative Writing, Beit Berl Academic College

Dec. 2007: Instructor of courses in Literary Editing, Beit Berl Academic College

2007: Instructor of advanced course on Jewish American Poetry, Department of English and American studies, Tel Aviv University 

2006-present: Instructor of Creative Writing Workshop, Department of English and American Studies, Tel Aviv University

2003-2005: Teaching Assistant, Department of English and American Studies,

Tel Aviv University

 

Awards

 

2005: Fred Simmons Award for poetry criticism, Department of English

         and American Studies

2004: Fred Simmons Award for poetry, Department of English and American Studies

2003: Achievement Award, Department of English and American Studies

 

Professional Experience

 

2006-present: Research Assistant for Professor Hana Wirth-Nesher’s project, “Cross Scripts: Hebrew Letters, English Writing,” Israel Science Foundation

 

Conferences

 

June 2008: Transatlantic Walt Whitman Association Seminar and Symposium, Technische Universität Dortmund

Paper presented: “Whitman and Holocaust Poetry: The Case of Irving Feldman’s “The Pripet Marshes”

 

Other Degrees

 

2007: Diploma in English Editing, Beit Berl Academic College

 

Other Work Experience

 

2005-present: General Editor