Visiting Scholar
- P.h.D.- (under review), Communication and Media Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Dissertation title: " From Online to Offline-Socially Anxious Individuals' Experience with Daily Internet Use and an Internet-Based Intervention Aiming to Enhance their Well-Being" (Supervisor: Dr. Natalia Khvorostianov)
- M.A., Communication and Media Studies, the University of Haifa. Thesis title: " Influence of Vicarious Dissonance on Narrative Persuasion in the Context of Lung Cancer." (Supervisor: Professor Jonathan Cohen)
- B.A., Psychology and Communication and Media Studies, the University of Haifa
Research Interests
- Media psychology
- Mental health
- Disability studies
- Health communication
Activities in the academic community
- Fellowship- the Israel Communication Association (ISCA)- coordinator of ISCA. Among other responsibilities- coordinator of ISCA'S annual conferences in 2023 and 2024 (2022-2024)
- Assisting in the production of an international conference on media psychology held in March 2015 at the University of Haifa
- Assisting in the production of the International Communication Association (ICA) 2014 conference.
- Participation in the activity of the research group psychology of communication (previously - strategic communication and persuasion) (2012-2015, 2017).
- Memberships in professional associations, including the International Communication Association (ICA) and Israel Communication Association (ISCA).
Awards and Grants
2022
- Excellency based fellowship- the Israel Communication Association (ISCA) (2022-2024)
2018
- Departmental Research Grant – Department of Communication Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (2018-2020)
2014
- Top Student Paper Award at the 12th ‘Communicating’ (Metaksherim) conference. Haifa University