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Simona Sharoni (born 1961) is a feminist scholar and activist who is currently Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies in the Gender and Women’s Studies Department at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. In 2014, Sharoni helped co-found Faculty Against Rape, a national organization dedicated to supporting survivors of sexual assault on college campuses and to urge faculty to take a stand on the issue.www.facultyagainstrape.net
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Early life and education
Sharoni was born in Romania in 1961. She immigrated with her parents to Israel in 1963. She earned an M.A. degree in Counseling from Haifa University. In 1989 she moved to the United States to pursue doctoral studies, and holds a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University.
Career
Sharoni taught at Haifa University in Israel, American University in Washington DC, The Evergreen State College and St. Martin's University in Olympia, WA. She also held appointments at the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR and at the University of Cincinnati, OH.
She studies and writes extensively on the subjects of Gender in Israel and Palestine, women in time of war, feminist solidarity, men and masculinities, women's movements, transnational feminism, college sexual assault.
Works
Sharoni has written two books: Gender and The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Politics of Women's Resistance. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1995. and La Logica Della Pace (The Logic of Peace). Torino, Italy: Edizioni Gruppo Abele, 1997 (in Italian). Sharoni is also co-editor (with Julia Welland, Linda Steiner, and Jennifer Pedersen) of ' 'The Handbook on Gender and War' '. London: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc, 2016.[1]
Sharoni has also written many journal articles book chapters, and other publications, presenting the results of her research. These have been widely discussed by other sociologists, historians, political analysts and feminist writers.