Sociology of Education
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Tel-Aviv University
 
Contact:
  P.O. Box 39040
Tel-Aviv, 69978
Israel
  Telephone: (03) 640-7943 Fax: (03) 640-9215
  Email: Web: http://spirit.tau.ac.il/socAnt
  Chair: Yossi Shavit,
Director of Graduate Studies: Ronen Shamir
  Aministrative Assistant(s): Seffi Shtiglitz
 
Degrees Offered: PhD, MA, BA Academic Year System: Semester
 
In–State Tuition (2002–2003): Depending on number of registered courses.
Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): Tuition 2002-2003: Home: £2870, Out of State: £7482, in addition to the University fees there are college fees of up to £2000
Alternative Tuition Structure: Depending on number of registered courses.
Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships- university funded, Tuition Waivers
Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: 10
Admission Deadline: (during academic year) May 31
Financial Support Deadline:
Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 120
Number of Part-Time Graduate Students: 70
Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002: 726
Teacher Trainings Programs:
Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002: 726
Graduate Record Examination:
Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002: 
Masters: 36 PHDs: 5
 
Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:
  Anthropology, Political Sociology, Stratification/Mobility, Education, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Work and Labor Markets, Law and Society, Sex and Gender, Migration and Immigration, Occupations/Professions
 
Full–Time Faculty
Alon, Sigal (PhD, Tel-Aviv 1998) Stratification/Mobility, Work and Labor Markets, Education; Lecturer.
Ayalon, Hanna (PhD, Tel-Aviv 1985) Education, Stratification/Mobility; Associate Professor.
Ben-Rafael, Eliezer (PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1974) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Language/Social Linguistics, The Kibbutz; Professor.
Cohen, Yinon (PhD, SUNY-Stony Brook 1983) Migration and Immigration, Work and Labor Markets, Stratification/Inequality; Associate Professor.
Cordova, Avraham (PhD, Brandeis 1971) Theory, History of Sociology/Social Thought; Senior Lecturer.
Goldstein-Gidoni, Ofra (PhD, London 1993) Anthropology, Sex and Gender, Japanese Anthropology; Lecturer.
Goodman, Yehuda C. (PhD, Hebrew-Jerusalem 1998) Anthropology, Religion, Medical and Psychological Anthropology; Guest Lecturer.
Gottlieb, Avi (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1979) Environmental Sociology, Development, Economic Sociology; Senior Lecturer.
Hazan, Haim (PhD, London 1976) Aging/Social Gerontology, Community, Total Institutions; Professor.
Herzog, Hanna (PhD, Tel-Aviv 1981) Political Sociology, Sex and Gender; Associate Professor.
Kemp, Adriana R. (PhD, Tel-Aviv 1997) Political Sociology, Migration and Immigration, Urban Sociology; Lecturer.
Lewin-Epstein, Noah (PhD, Chicago 1982) Work and Labor Markets, Stratification/Mobility, Medical Sociology; Professor.
Mizrachi, Nissim (PhD, Michigan 1998) Medical Sociology, Knowledge, Occupations/Professions; Lecturer.
Rabinowitz, Dan L. (PhD, Cambridge 1990) Anthropology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Human Ecology; Senior Lecturer.
Rahav, Giora (PhD, Indiana-Bloomington 1974) Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Criminology/Delinquency, Alcohol and Drugs; Associate Professor.
Rouhana, Nadim N. (PhD, Wayne State 1985) Social Psychology, Political Sociology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Associate Professor.
Semyonov, Moshe (PhD, SUNY-Stony Brook 1978) Work and Labor Markets, Stratification/Mobility, Migration and Immigration; Professor.
Shamir, Ronen (PhD, Northwestern 1992) Law and Society, Occupations/Professions, Knowledge; Associate Professor.
Shavit, Yossi (Wisconsin-Madison 1983) Stratification/Mobility, Education, Work and Labor Markets; Professor.
Shenhav, Yehouda (PhD, Stanford 1985) Knowledge, Organizations-Formal/Complex, Science and Technology; Associate Professor.
Shokeid, Moshe (PhD, Manchester-England 1968) Anthropology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Migration and Immigration; Professor.
Stier, Haya (PhD, Chicago 1990) Family, Work and Labor Markets, Sex and Gender; Senior. Lecturer.
Weitman, Sasha (PhD, Washington-Saint Louis 1968) Theory, Social Change, Cultural Sociology; Senior Lecturer.
Yuchtman-Yaar, Ephraim (PhD, Michigan 1966) Industrial Sociology, Political Sociology; Professor.
Part–Time Faculty
Deshen, Shlomo (PhD, Manchester-England 1968) Anthropology, Disabilities, Religion; Professor, Emeritus.
Marx, Emanuel (PhD, Manchester-England 1963) Anthropology, Pastoral Nomads; Professor, Emeritus.
Menahem, Gila (PhD, Tel-Aviv 1986) Urban Sociology, Community, Environmental Sociology; Senior Lecturer, Affiliated with: Department of Public Policy.
Peres, Yochanan (PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1968) Family, Biosociology, Mass Communication/Public Opinion; Professor, Emeritus.
Shapira, Rina (PhD, Columbia 1964) Education, Stratification/Mobility, Children and Youth; Professor, Emeritus.
Sheleff, Leon (PhD, Ohio State 1967) Law and Society, Criminology/Delinquency, Penology/Corrections; Professor, Emeritus.
Spiro, Shimon (PhD, Michigan 1968) Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Associate Professor (Retired), Affiliated with: School of Social Work.
Yogev, Abraham (PhD, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 1976) Education, Stratification/Mobility, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Associate Professor, Affiliated with: Education.
2001–02 PHD Recipients and Dissertation Titles
Gamliel, Tova The Experience of Imminent Death: An Anthropological Research in Old Age Home
Oren, Anat "Structuration" of Gender Inequality in the Labor Market
Resnik, Julia Knowledge Production and the Globalization of Educational Models: Structural Reforms of the Educational System in Israel (1968) and in France (1959, 1963, 1975)
Wesley, David Administrative Practice and Objectifying Representation in the Shaping of Arab Economic Development in Israel: An Anthropological Study
Young, Daniel The Effect of Occupational Structure on Economical and Non-Economical Work Outcomes as a Multi-Dimensional Phenomenon