Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, Ph.D.

Suffolk University

Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science & Legal Studies Department, at Suffolk University. Michal holds a B.A. in Political Science from Tel Aviv University and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Shse is a former Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2007-9; 2012-14) and at the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University (2009–2012). Her teaching and research interests include international relations theory with a focus on the role of ideas and norms, transitional and historical justice, and the conflict in Israel / Palestine. Her work has been published in Perspective on Politics, Cooperation and Conflict, European Journal of International Relations and Foreign Affairs.