Gershon Ben-Shakhar (גרשון בן שחר; born May 25, 1942) is an Israeli psychologist. He served as president of the Open University of Israel.[1][2][3]
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| Born | May 25, 1942 |
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| Known for | President of the Open University of Israel |
| Awards | EMET Prize Israel Prize |
Academic career
editGershon Ben-Shakhar earned a B.A. in Psychology and Statistics (1966), an M.A. in Psychology (1970), and a Ph.D. in Psychology (1975) from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1][4] He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, from 1975 to 1976.[1]
Ben-Shakhar taught in the Department of Psychology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1981 on, ultimately as a Professor and for a time as the Chair of the Department and the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.[1][5][4]
In 2003 he became president of the Open University of Israel, succeeding Eliahu Nissim.[1][4]
Published works
editAlong with John J. Furedy he wrote the book Theories and Applications in the Detection of Deception: A psychophysiological and international perspective (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1990).[1][6]
Awards and recognition
editIn 2011 he was an EMET Prize Laureate.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Prof. Gershon Ben-Shakhar". www.openu.ac.il.
- ^ Yearbook of Science and the Future. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1989. ISBN 9780852294895 – via Google Books.
- ^ "'Lie Detectors' Do Not Detect Lies". Reason. October 3, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "היזמה למחקר יישומי בחינוך - Members". education.academy.ac.il.
- ^ Polygraph. American Polygraph Association. February 12, 1997 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ben-Shakhar, Gershon; Furedy, John J. (2012). Theories and Applications in the Detection of Deception: A Psychophysiological and International Perspective. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781461232827 – via Google Books.