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ABRAHAM D. LAVENDER, Ph.D ABRAHAM D. LAVENDER, Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE March 28, 2013 Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies (Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography), Florida International University, Miami, Fl 33199 Department Website: www.gss.fiu.edu Office: University Park Campus, SIPA Building, Room 334, telephone, 305-348-3672 University email: [email protected] Editor in Chief (Academic Journal): Journal of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian Crypto Jews (JOSPIC-J) Website: www.cryptojewsjournal.org PRESENT POSITIONS: Professor, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies (Sociology and Anthropology), Florida International University; Full Professor, 1997-present; Associate Professor, 1992-1997; Assistant Professor, 1991-1992 Professor, President Navon Program for the Study of Sephardic and Oriental Jewry, Florida International University, 2004-2012 Founding Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian Crypto Jews, 2008-present CURRENT/RECENT SPECIAL ACTIVITIES: Faculty Advisor, Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) Colony, Florida International University, 2013-present Book Review Editor, Journal for the Study of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry, 2006-2011 Co-Editor for Academics, HaLapid: Journal of Crypto-Judaic Studies, August 2007-July 2008 Book Evaluator, Oxford University Press President, Society for Crypto Judaic Studies, August 2003-August 2007 Certificate, DNA Typing Workshop.@ International Forensic Research Institute (IFRI), Miami, Florida, July 16-20, 2007. The Five-Hundred Year Survival of a Crypto-Jewish (Marrano) Community in Belmonte, Portugal: Explaining the Only Community Which Has Survived Since the Inquisition. Sabbatical Research Project, Belmonte, Lisbon, and Oporto, Portugal, September 2006. Travels and Dialogues With Academicians. Ten professors from Florida International University and the University of Miami, dialogues, presentations, and meetings with Israeli professors and Jewish, Muslim, and Christian officials. Tel Aviv University, Haifa University, Hebrew University (Jerusalem), May 17-22, 2006. AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Sociological Study of DNA (Jewish, Arab, Other) Political Sociology: Applied Demographics United States and World Jewish Communities Human Sexuality: World Cultural Comparisons 1 Ethnicity/Minority Groups Sociology Through Film South Florida Regional Studies/Urban Sociology Social Deviancy EDUCATION: Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, 1972, Sociology Dissertation: The Generational Hypothesis of Jewish Identity: The Return of the Third Generation M.A., University of South Carolina, Columbia, 1965, Psychology A.B., University of South Carolina, Columbia, 1963, Psychology ACADEMIC HONORS: Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), President, South Florida Association of Phi Beta Kappa, 1983-1987, 1988-present Delegate, National Phi Beta Kappa Triennial, 1985; 1988; 1991; 1994; 1997; 2000; 2003; 2006 National Credentials Committee, PBK, 1991 Certificate of Recognition for Fifteen Years of Dedicated Service to the PBK National Society, October 2000 Mensa, Miami Chapter Phi Kappa Phi, University of Maryland Alpha Kappa Delta, University of Maryland Psi Chi, University of South Carolina Mortar Board, Florida International University faculty advisor, 1996-2000 Graduate Students Association, FIU, Recognition for Service to Graduate Students, 1998 Teacher Incentive Program (TIP) Award, Florida International University, 1994 PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS MIAMI BEACH’S EARLY SOCIAL LIFE: FROM MANGROVES AND MOSQUITOES TO MANSIONS AND MILLIONAIRES (forthcoming) MIAMI BEACH IN 1920: THE MAKING OF A WINTER RESORT. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2002, 160 pages, The Making of America Series. A sociological and historical study of Miami Beach, using the “slice of history” approach which covers a specific period of time [1920] in detail. Examples of topics include early cultural life, the first public school, post office, and house of worship; the opening of the Causeway and trolley, the city’s development as America’s leading winter resort; the first large luxury hotel (the Flamingo), the opening of Joe’s Restaurant; the growth of casinos; and the city’s leading role in polo, golf, regattas, deep-sea fishing, and other sports. Photographs illustrate many topics. BLACK COMMUNITIES IN TRANSITION: VOICES FROM SOUTH FLORIDA. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1996, 243 pages, co-edited with Adele S. Newson. 2 An edited book which describes the diverse black communities of contemporary Miami, Florida. Sections analyze the growth of the communities, emphasizing geographical changes, expansion, comparison of old and new communities, and demographic variables such as place of birth (United States, Caribbean, etc.), economic status, and political status. Specific topics covered include economics, politics, religion, education, culture, crime, and changing images. Local sociological, historical, and journalistic analyzes represent voices of the local people. JEWISH FARMERS OF THE CATSKILLS: A CENTURY OF SURVIVAL. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1995, 275 pages, with Clarence Steinberg. An indepth sociological and historical study of the Jewish farmers of the Catskills Mountains in New York state, from the beginnings in the late 1800s to the decline of the community in recent decades. Topics include the background of Jewish farming in Europe, reasons for settlement in the Catskill Mountains, surviving the Depression, religious, educational, cultural, and religious life, and the reasons for the decline. Boarding houses, WWII Victory Cadets, photographs of over 20 rural or small-town synagogues, and discussions of some local Jewish farmers are included. FRENCH HUGUENOTS: FROM MEDITERRANEAN CATHOLICS TO WHITE ANGLO-SAXON PROTESTANTS. New York, Bern: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 1990, xii+264 pages. Winner of the Huguenot Society of America National Book Award in 1990 for the best scholarly work on Huguenots. A sociological, historical, and genealogical analysis of the Huguenots from their beginnings in France in the 1500s to the 1800s in the United States, utilizing sociological, historical, and genealogical perspectives. The book ends with a chapter on “The Americanization of Jean, Pierre, Jacques, and Marie,” analyzing acculturation and assimilation in the United States. ETHNIC WOMEN AND FEMINIST VALUES: TOWARD A `NEW' VALUE SYSTEM. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1986, xix+291 pages. A sociological analysis of the interaction of the feminist movement which began in the 1960s in the United States with women of different ethnic, religious, and racial groups in the United States, showing the alliances and differences which developed over issues and values. Analyzed are women from Black, Hispanic, Jewish, Asian, Native American, and European Catholic backgrounds. Attention is given to political and religious groups in the U.S. which differ with many feminist and ethnic values, and the possibility of new alliances and new value systems. A COAT OF MANY COLORS: JEWISH SUBCOMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1977, xiii+340 pages, edited. An edited book discussing subgroups within the United States Jewish community. Included are Sephardim, Hasidim, Black Jews, Jewish females, southern Jews, and small-town Jews. An introduction discusses the background and current status of each group. Other writings by the editor include introductions to each group, and articles on southern Jews, Jewish women, and Sephardim. Authors include Peter I. Rose, Theodore Lowi, Ann G. Wolfe, Israel Rubin, Stephen Isaacs, Blu Greenberg, Marc D. Angel, Victor D. Sanua, Seymour B. Liebman, etc. 3 MONOGRAPH JEWS, HISPANICS, BLACKS AND OTHERS IN MIAMI BEACH: AN ETHNICALLY DIVIDED CITY OR A COSMOPOLITAN MULTIETHNIC CITY? The Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies, Florida International University, Occasional Paper Series on Ethnic and National Identity, Number 1, 1992, 62 pages. JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, MAJOR ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES Abraham D. Lavender and Parvaneh Julian. “Baruch, Bento, and Benedicto Spinoza: Multiple Identities of Children of the Secret Jews of Spain and Portugal.” Journal of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian Crypto Jews. Volume 5, 2013, forthcoming. Abraham D. Lavender and Mohamed Aburadi. “Crypto-Jews and Crypto-Muslims in Spain: Cultural, Economic, and Geographical Comparisons of Marranos and Moriscos.” Journal of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian Crypto Jews. Volume 4, June 2012, pp. 89-104. “The Scholarly Study of Crypto Jews: History, Major Growth, and Future Issues.” Journal for the Study of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry, 19 pages, forthcoming. “Sephardic Genealogy: Essay Review and Analysis.” Journal for the Study of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry, 16 pages, forthcoming. “The Secret Jews (Neofiti) of Sicily: Religious and Social Status Before and After the Inquisition.” Journal of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian Crypto Jews. Volume 3, June 2011, pp. 119-133. “Abraham Abulafia and His Influence in Sicily: A Brief Review.” Journal of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian Crypto Jews. Volume 3, June 2011, pp. 134-136. “Brazil’s Crypto Jews and New Christians: History and Ethnographic Analysis.” Journal of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian Crypto Jews. Volume 2, June 2010, pp. 77-109. “Honoring Pioneers in Crypto-Judaic Studies: Seymour B. Liebman.” Journal of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian Crypto Jews. Volume 2, June 2010, pp. 151-157. “The Secret Jews of Spain, Portugal, and Italy and Their Descendants Today: Major Issues in a Growing Field of Academic Research.” Journal
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