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AMI PEDAHZUR Professor, Department of Government the University of Texas at Austin April, 2020 AMI PEDAHZUR Professor, Department of Government The University of Texas at Austin ACADEMIC POSITIONS University of Texas at Ralph W. Yarborough Centennial Professor of Liberal Arts. 2018-present. Austin Arnold S. Chaplik Professor in Israel and Diaspora Studies. 2013-2018. Professor of Government. 2010-Present. Associate Professor of Government. 2005-2009. University of Haifa Senior Lecturer with tenure (US Associate Professor). 2002-2005. Lecturer (US Assistant Professor). 2000-2002. Instructor. 1998-2000. Other The Hebrew University in Jerusalem - Visiting Lecturer. 2002. EDUCATION University of Haifa PhD. Political Science. 1999. M.A. Political Science. 1996. (Dean’s List). ​ B.A. Sociology, Anthropology and Political Science. 1994. Other Post-Doctoral Fellow. Department of Political Science. The University of Nevada, Reno. 2001. ECPR Summer School on Parties and Party Systems. The University of Luneburg, Germany. 1998. Visiting Researcher. The Centre for the Study of Political Violence and Terrorism. The University of St. Andrews, Scotland. 1997. LANGUAGES AND SKILLS Languages Hebrew (Native); Arabic (Advanced) Skills LaTeX, Rstudio, SPSS, Tableau, ArcGIS (Advanced). Python, Nvivo, Atlas.ti (Intermediate). Mezes 3.140 ✉ 1 University Station 1800 Austin, TX 78712-0119 ​ ✍ [email protected] ✆ 512-232-1452 ​ ​ ​ PUBLICATIONS BOOKS 1. Pedahzur, Ami. 2012. The Triumph of Israel’s Radical Right. New York: Oxford University Press. 288 ​ ​ pages. 2. Pedahzur, Ami. Perliger, Arie. 2009. Jewish Terrorism in Israel. New York: Columbia University Press. ​ ​ 225 pages. (Paperback, 2011). 3. Pedahzur, Ami. 2009. The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle against Terrorism. New York: Columbia ​ ​ University Press. 215 pages. (Paperback, 2010). 4. Pedahzur, Ami. 2005. Suicide Terrorism. Cambridge: Polity Press. 261 pages. ​ ​ 5. Paran, Gady. Pedahzur, Ami. Perliger, Arie. 2005. Coping with Terrorism in Jerusalem. Jerusalem: The ​ ​ Jerusalem Institute for the Study of Israel. 181 pages. (Hebrew). 6. Pedahzur, Ami. 2004. The Israeli Defending Democracy. Jerusalem: Carmel. 202 pages. (Hebrew). ​ ​ ​ ​ 7. Weinberg, Leonard. Pedahzur, Ami. 2003. Political Parties and Terrorist Groups. London: Routledge. 179 ​ ​ pages. (Revised paperback edition with Arie Perliger, 2008). 8. Pedahzur, Ami. 2002. The Israeli Response to Jewish Extremism and Violence: Defending Democracy. ​ ​ Manchester: Manchester University Press. 198 pages. 9. Pedahzur, Ami. 2000. The Extreme Right-Wing Parties in Israel: Emergence and Decline? Tel-Aviv: Tel-Aviv ​ ​ University – Ramot Publishing Co. 254 pages. (Hebrew). EDITED VOLUMES 1. Pedahzur, Ami. (Ed.). 2006. Suicide Terrorism: Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism: The globalization of ​ martyrdom. London: Taylor & Francis. 202 pages. ​ 2. Jones, Clive. Pedahzur, Ami. (Eds.). 2005. Between Terrorism and Civil War: The Al-Aqsa Intifada. ​ ​ London: Frank Cass. 152 pages. 3. Weinberg, Leonard. Pedahzur, Ami. (Eds.). 2004. Religious Fundamentalism and Political Extremism. ​ ​ London: Frank Cass. 165 pages. Also published as a special issue of Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions. Vol. 4. No. 3. 4. Canetti-Nisim, Daphna. Pedahzur, Ami. (Eds.). 2003. The Extreme Right. State and Society – Special ​ ​ Issue. Vol. 3. No. 1. (Hebrew). 5. Brichta, Avraham. Pedahzur, Ami. (Eds.). 2001. The Local Elections in Israel – 1998. Tel-Aviv: Tel-Aviv ​ ​ University – Ramot Publishing Co. (Hebrew). 6. Pedahzur, Ami. Rahat, Gideon. (Eds.). 2001. Political Parties in Israel. State and Society – Special Issue ​ ​ Vol. 1. No. 1. (Hebrew). 2 ARTICLES 1. Grossman, Jonathan. Pedahzur, Ami. "Can We Do Better? Replication and Online Appendices in Political Science." Perspectives on Politics (Forthcoming). 2. Grossman, Jonathan. Pedahzur, Ami. "Political Science and Big Data: Why We Need Unstructured Big Data and How to Use It." Political Science Quarterly. (Forthcoming). ​ ​ 3. Speizman, Ilana. Swed, Ori. Pedahzur, Ami. 2016. "Policy Change Inch by Inch: Policy Entrepreneurs in the Holy Basin of Jerusalem." Public Administration. Vol. 94. No. 4. Pp. 1042-1058. ​ ​ 4. Perliger, Arie. Koehler-Derrick Gabriel. Pedahzur, Ami. 2016. "The Gap between Participation and Violence: Why We Need to Disaggregate Terrorist ‘Profiles’ – A Research Note." International Studies ​ Quarterly. Vol. 60. No. 2. Pp. 220-229. ​ 5. Perliger, Arie. Pedahzur, Ami. 2016. "Counter-Cultures, Group Dynamics and Religious Terrorism." Political Studies. Vol. 64. No. 2. Pp. 297-314 ​ 6. Pedahzur, Ami. McCarthy, Holly. 2015. "Against All Odds – The Paradoxical Victory of the West Bank Settlers." Israel Affairs. Vol. 21. No. 3. Pp. 443-461. ​ ​ 7. Perliger, Arie. Pedahzur, Ami. 2011. "Social Network Analysis in the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence." PS: Political Science and Politics. Vol. 44. No. 1. Pp. 45-50. Also "Response to "Social ​ ​ Network Analysis in the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence." PS: Political Science and Politics. ​ ​ Vol. 44. No. 2. Pp. 238-240. 8. Hirsch-Hoefler, Sivan. Canetti, Daphna. Pedahzur, Ami. 2010. "Two of a Kind? Voting Motivations for Populist Radical Right and Religious Fundamentalist Parties." Electoral Studies. Vol. 29. No.4. Pp. ​ ​ 678-690. 9. Canetti, Daphna. Hobfoll, Stevan. Pedahzur, Ami. Zaidise, Eran. 2010. "Much Ado about Religiosity: The Association of Religiosity, Resource Loss, and Support for Political Violence." Journal of Peace ​ Research. Vol. 47. No.5. Pp. 575-587. ​ 10. Perliger Arie. Hasisi, Badi. Pedahzur, Ami. 2009. "Policing Terrorism in Israel." Criminal Justice and ​ Behavior. Vol. 36. No. 12. Pp. 1279-1304. ​ 11. Ben-Dor, Gabriel. Pedahzur, Ami. Canetti, Daphna. Bermanis, Shai. Perliger, Arie. Zaidise, Eran. 2008. "I versus We: Collective and Individual Factors of Reserve Service Motivation during War and Peace." Armed Forces & Society. Vol. 34. No. 4. Pp. 565-592. ​ ​ 12. Zaidise, Eran. Canetti, Daphna. Pedahzur, Ami. 2007. "Politics of God or Politics of Man? The Role of Religion and Deprivation in Predicting Support for Political Violence in Israel." Political Studies. ​ ​ Vol. 55. No. 3. Pp. 499-521. 13. Halperin Eran, Pedahzur, Ami. Canetti, Daphna. 2007. "Psycho-economic Approaches to the Study of Hostile Attitudes toward Minority Groups: A Study among Israeli Jews." Social Science Quarterly. ​ ​ Vol. 88. No. 1. Pp. 177-198. 3 14. Halperin Eran, Canetti, Daphna. Pedahzur, Ami. 2007. "Threatened by the Uncontrollable: Psychological and Socio-Economic Antecedents of Social Distance towards Labor Migrants in Israel." International Journal of Intercultural Relations. Vol. 31. No. 4. Pp. 459-478. ​ ​ 15. Perliger, Arie. Canetti, Daphna. Pedahzur, Ami. 2006. "Democratic Attitudes among High-School Pupils: The Role Played by Perceptions of Class Climate." School Effectiveness and School Improvement. ​ ​ Vol. 17. No. 1. Pp. 119-140. 16. Pedahzur, Ami. Canetti, Daphna. 2006. "Kahane is dead but Kahanism is Alive: Explaining the Support for Extreme Right-Wing Attitudes in Israel." Megamot. Vol. 44. No. 2. Pp. 215-246. ​ ​ (Hebrew). 17. Ben-Dor, Gabriel. Pedahzur, Ami. 2006. "Under the Threat of Terrorism: A Reassessment of the Factors Influencing the Motivation to Serve in the Israeli Reserves." Israel Affairs. Vol. 12. No. 3. Pp. ​ ​ 430-438. 18. Pedahzur, Ami. Perliger, Arie. 2006. "The Changing Nature of Suicide Attacks: A Social Network Perspective." Social Forces. Vol. 84. No. 4. Pp. 1983-2004. ​ ​ 19. Perliger, Arie. Pedahzur, Ami. 2006. "Coping with Suicide Attacks: Lessons from Israel." Public Money ​ and Management. Vol. 26 No. 5. Pp. 281-286. ​ 20. Canetti, Daphna. Mesch, Gustavo. Pedahzur, Ami. 2006. "Victimization from Terrorist Attacks: Randomness or Routine Activities?" Terrorism and Political Violence. Vol. 18. No. 4. Pp. 485-501. ​ ​ 21. Perliger, Arie. Pedahzur, Ami. Zalmanovitch, Yair. 2005. "The Defensive Dimension of the Battle against Terrorism - An Analysis of Management of Terror Incidents in Jerusalem." Journal of ​ Contingencies and Crisis Management. Vol. 13. No. 2. Pp. 79-91. ​ 22. Canetti, Daphna. Pedahzur, Ami. Yishai, Yael. 2004. "Social Capital and Social Exclusion: Russian Immigrants in Israel." Social Behavior and Personality. Vol. 32. No. 1. Pp. 55-65. ​ ​ 23. Pedahzur, Ami. Perliger, Arie. 2004. "The Structural Paradox of Civic Education in Israel." Megamot. ​ ​ Vol. 43. No. 1. Pp. 64-83. (Hebrew). 24. Pedahzur, Ami. Canetti, Daphna. 2004. "Is it Just the Religion? An Exploratory Model for Predicting the Support for Political Violence in Israel." Politika. Vol. 11-12. Pp. 9-26. (Hebrew). ​ ​ 25. Bermanis, Shai. Canetti, Daphna. Pedahzur, Ami. 2004. "Religious Fundamentalism and the Extreme Right-Wing Camp in Israel." Patterns of Prejudice. Vol. 38. No. 2. Pp. 159-176. ​ ​ 26. Pedahzur, Ami. Perliger, Arie. 2004. "An Alternative Approach for Defining the Boundaries of ‘Party Families’: Examples from the Israeli Extreme Right-Wing Party Scene." The Australian Journal of ​ Political Science. Vol. 39. No. 2. pp. 285-305. ​ 27. Pedahzur, Ami. Canetti, Daphna. 2004. "Support for Right-Wing Extremist Ideology: Socio-Economic Indicators and Socio-Psychological Mechanisms of Social Identification." Comparative Sociology. Vol. 3. No. 1. pp. 1-38. ​ 28. Weinberg, Leonard. Pedahzur, Ami. Hirsch, Sivan. 2004. "The Challenges of Conceptualizing Terrorism." Terrorism and Political Violence. Vol. 16. No. 4. pp. 777-794. ​ ​ 4 Reprinted in Horgan, John. Braddock, Kurt. (Eds.). 2012. Terrorism Studies: A Reader. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 76-90.
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