Mimi Ajzenstadt (Hebrew: מימי אייזנשטדט; born September 24, 1956) is an Israeli criminologist who was named the Mildred and Benjamin Berger Chair in Criminology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and is the President of the Open University of Israel.[1]
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| מימי אייזנשטדט | |
 Mimi Ajzenstadt (2018) | |
| Born | September 24, 1956 |
| Nationality | Israeli |
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Biography
editAjzenstadt earned a B.A. in Education/Arabic Language (1980), a Teaching Certificate in Arabic Language (1982), and an M.A. in Criminology (1984) from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Ph.D. in Criminology from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada in 1992, and was a post-doctoral fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1992 to 1994, researching the sociology of law and the sociology of deviance.[2][3][4]
Beginning in 1994 Ajzenstadt taught at the Hebrew University in the Institute of Criminology, the Faculty of Law, and the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, becoming a full professor in 2012 and Dean of the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare in 2014.[2][4] She was named the Mildred and Benjamin Berger Chair in Criminology.[2]
She is the President of the Open University of Israel, having been elected in 2018.[2][5]
Ajzenstadt was a book review editor (2003 to 2006) and a member of the Editorial Board (2003 to 2009) of the Israel Law Review.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Curriculum Vitae; Mimi Ajzenstadt"
- ^ a b c d e "Mimi Ajzenstadt, Professor," The Open University of Israel.
- ^ "Prof. Mimi Ajzenstadt; Mildred and Benjamin Berger chair in criminology; Director, The Lafer Center for Gender Research and Women's Studies". en.law.huji.ac.il.
- ^ a b Sitruk, Clara (July 17, 2014). "Prof. Mimi Ajzenstadt Elected Dean of Hebrew University's Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare". www.efhu.org.
- ^ "Participating Researcher Prof. Mimi Azjenstadt elected President of the Open University in Israel". www.hr-up.net. June 21, 2018.