Areas of Expertise

Restoring ancient daily life
Ethnicity and culture in archaeological finds
Restoring ancient environments

Selected Courses

Human and other animals: human and animal relations in the light of the domestication revolution
Landscape and Environmental Archaeology
Scientific methods in archaeology
Israel Wildlife

Areas of Expertise

Ancient Roads, Roman Roads

Selected Courses

Bibliographical Guidance

Areas of Expertise

Ancient Synagogues in the Gallie and Golan
Roman roads in Judea/Palaestina and Arabia
The spice route from Arabia to Gaza
Toponymy and preservation of ancient names in the Land of Israel

Selected Courses

Ancient Roads in the Land of Israel
Preservation of ancient names in the Land of Israel – A regional view
Updated research on the Nabataean kingdom and culture
From decline to Survival – The History of the Jewish Settlement in Northeren Israel between 500 and 1500 C.E.

Areas of Expertise

Attention and Perception; Emotional Influences on Cognition; Embodied Cognition; Cognitive Control and Automaticity; Educational Psychology and Diagnostic Assessment. Educational Psychologist.

Selected Courses

Cognitive Psychology, Psychology of learning, Language and Communication Development in Early Childhood

Areas of Expertise

Emotional intelligence, social-emotional competence, positive psychology, 21st-century skills, intercultural competence, educational and organizational interventions, and teacher training.

Selected Courses

Social Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Creativity in Education

Areas of Expertise

1. Rural sites in the Golan and Galilee during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods.
2. Archaeometric studies, focusing primarily on pottery through chemical and petrographic analysis (including typology, production sites, and provenance studies), as well as the examination of other materials, such as basalt.
3. The development, architecture, and social significance of ancient synagogues.
4. Director of the Majduliyya Excavations

Selected Courses

Innovation and Science in the Archaeology of the Land of Israel
The Ancient Synagogue: History, Archaeology, and Innovations in Research
Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Hauran during the Roman and Byzantine Periods
The Archaeological Survey
Regional Survey: Golan Heights and Hermon

Areas of Expertise

Archaeology of Israel in the Iron Age
The history of Israeli archaeology
Pottery analysis
Economy and society of ancient Israel

Selected Courses

Archeology and Politics
Studies in the History of the Kingdom Judah: The Shephelah, the Highlands, and the Negev
Main Aspects of the Pottery of Iron Age II
Archaeological Museums in Israel

Areas of Expertise

1. The Historical Geography and the Urban, Demographic and Social Development of Jerusalem in modern times
2. The Design and Development of the Arab\Jewish Settlement map in Modern Eretz-Israel\Palestine
3. Synagogues and Jewish liturgy in Eretz-Israel in the 20th century: Religious, Cultural, Nationalist and Political Aspects
4. Judaism, Nationalism and statehood From Pre-State Eretz-Israel to the early state years.

Selected Courses

1. Religion, Nationalism, Settlement: Texts and Contexts
2. Jerusalem from Ancient Times to the 21st Century
3. Between Gaza and Peqi`in: The Creation of the Jewish settlement map in Eretz-Israel in the 19th century
4. Synagogues in Eretz-Israel in modern Times: Between Religion, Culture, Nationalism and Politics

Areas of Expertise

Archaeology

Areas of Expertise

Multiculturalism, inter-group empathy, technology education, democracy education, Research Methods in Social Sciences – the qualitative approach

Selected Courses

 School – Culture and Society””
Life long learning””

Areas of Expertise

Behavior analysis

Acceptance and Commitment Training

Relational Frame Theory

Selected Courses

ACT and RFT for Behavior Analysts

Areas of Expertise

Selected Courses

Areas of Expertise

Journalism and PR

Selected Courses

Lecturer-Practitioner – Introduction to Mass Communication

Areas of Expertise

media law and policy, digital policy, ethics

Selected Courses

Communication Laws in Israel””

“Quantitative Research Methods I”

Areas of Expertise

Selected Courses

Areas of Expertise

Transportation for tourism, Air transportation economics and regulation, Service and experience management in tourism, Economics

Selected Courses

Transportation and air transportation in tourism

Aviation policy and economy in a global era

Services and experience management in tourism and hoteliery

Micro and macro economics
Dark tourism

Areas of Expertise

Business travel, MICE tourism , Bleasure, Workation, The tourist experience

Selected Courses

Business tourism
Business innovation
Innovation and Creativity in Tourism
Global trends in alternative tourist accommodations
Hospitality 360

Areas of Expertise

Selected Courses

Operations Research Applications in Tourism

Managing Tourism and Transportation in a Global Envirinment

Data Analysis and Decision Making in Tourism and Hospitality

Final Projsct in Tourism Strategic Managment

Areas of Expertise

Tourism trends, tourism market research, tourism marketing, tourism crises & resilience

Selected Courses

Tourism Digital and AI marketing

Global strategic marketing

Tourism resilience and crisis management

Market research and consumers’ analysis

Areas of Expertise

School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Human Resource Management

Areas of Expertise

Tourism geography, tourism & International borders, tourism & peace, urban & rural tourism

Selected Courses

Tourism & globalization

Tourism management in global cities

Tourism in developing countries

Final project: strategic management in tourism

Areas of Expertise

Areas of Expertise

Selected Courses

Areas of Expertise

Selected Courses

Areas of Expertise

Selected Courses

Areas of Expertise

Cognition, Decision-Making and Risk Behavior, Cognitive control, Neuromodulation, Figurative Language

Selected Courses

Introduction to Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Decision Making, Social Psychology, Advanced Research Methods

Areas of Expertise

Attention, Memory, Executive Functions; Brain Plasticity; Neuropedagogy; Positive Psychology

Selected Courses

Neuropsychology, Biological Foundations of Behavior, Neurobiological and Neuropsychological Aspects of Behavior, Theories of Personality, Introduction to Psychology, Positive Psychology.

Areas of Expertise

Urban sociology, urban transformation, privileged mobilities and the tourism-migration axis, lifestyle migration, urban heritage and memory, and urban activism.

Selected Courses

Tourism geographies

Tourism, society and environment

Heritage tourism

Leisure studies

Qualitative research methods

Tourists, hosts and community relations

Social and environmental conflict resolution in tourism

Areas of Expertise

Promoting Social Skills in Children with Challenging Behaviors and Emotional Disorders

Self-Management Interventions for Developing Self-Control

Teacher Training and Pedagogical Expertise

Physical Education and Enhancing Athletic Performance

Selected Courses

Seminar: Management and Self-Control Interventions

Basic Principles of Behavior Analysis

Areas of Expertise

1. Cultural and historical geography
2. sacred spaces and religious landscapes
3. Middle Eastern studies with a focus on Israel/Palestine – past and present
4. Food politics, heritage, and sustainability
5. Urban geography and spatial practices
6. Identity politics and spatial contestation

Selected Courses

1. Readings in the Built Environment: Theories and Case Studies
2. Cooking Israeliness: Food, Nationalism and Politics
3. Sanctity, Religion, and Modernity in the Israeli Space
4. Islam, Nationalism, Modernity, and Contemporary Challenges to the Nation-State

Areas of Expertise

Prof. Amos Rolider is a tenured professor and holds a BCBA-D certification in behavior analysis from the International Board of Behavior Analyst Certification (BACB). He is also on the Fellow List, an honor given to researchers who have significantly contributed to the development of behavior analysis, as selected by members of the World Association of Behavior Analysts (ABAI). Prof. Rolider’s research focuses on the effectiveness of unique behavioral interventions for addressing common behavioral challenges in family and educational settings, including aggression, irresponsiveness, separation anxiety during sleep routines, bedwetting, weaning from thumb-sucking, and interventions for complex behavioral difficulties in children with developmental delays and significant behavioral disorders. Additionally, Prof. Rolider is dedicated to making his research accessible to parents, helping guide them in managing behavioral and functional difficulties in children. His books, Guilt Free Parenting (published by Agam) and What Do We Do Now? A Practical Guide for Today’s Parents (published by Modan), reflects his research and is accessible to both parents and educators.

Selected Courses

Basic Principles of Behavior Analysis

Analysis and Treatment of Refusal Behaviors in Children

Social Climate in Educational Environments

Issues in Children’s Refusal Behavior

Intervention Applications in Behavior Analysis (Practice)

Areas of Expertise

Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Volunteering
Elite Philanthropy

Selected Courses

Business Ethics””
Introduction to Organizational Sociology””

Areas of Expertise

Organizational Sociology, Entrepreneurship in High-Tech Ecosystems, Entrepreneurship of Migrants and Minorities, Migration Studies

Selected Courses

Multiculturalism and Migration: Ethnic, National and Gender Issues

Social Cohesion in Heterogenic Societies.

Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses: Economic, Business and Social Aspects

Areas of Expertise

Multiculturalism, intergroup relations, intergroup empathy, teacher professional development, and online learning.

Selected Courses

Social-emotional skills in education seminar
Lifelong Learning
Development of training programs
Culture and multiculturalism
Research Methods in Social Sciences

Areas of Expertise

Transportation for tourism, Air transportation economics and regulation, Service and experience management in tourism, Economics

Selected Courses

Transportation and air transportation in tourism
Aviation policy and economy in a global era
Services and experience management in tourism and hoteliery
Micro and macro economics
Dark tourism

Areas of Expertise

Israeli-Arab Conflict, Israel Studies, History of the Palestinians, Middle East Studies.

Selected Courses

Tel Aviv-Jaffa Field Course -BA
The Israeli War of Independence (1948) -MA

Areas of Expertise

Tal Sela, PhD. is an experimental psychologist, a lecturer, and researcher at the Department of Behavioral Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Kinneret Academic College, Sea of Galilee, Israel. His main research interests focus on trying to understand the cognitive basis of decision-making processes in general and the role of individual differences in risk-taking behavior.
Tal is also interested in the interaction between decision-making and language processing and comprehension. Specifically, he is trying to understand how cognitive control regulates idioms’ understanding. His work employs an interdisciplinary approach, which involves advanced behavioral methods and theoretical models from psychology combined with neuroscience techniques such as brain stimulation and Electroencephalography (EEG).

Areas of expertise: Decision making, Semantic processing, Cognitive control, Brain stimulation

Areas of Expertise

Organizations and Community Studies, organizational sociology, organizational culture and behavior, multiculturalism in organizations, social psychology, and public policy.

Selected Courses

Introduction to Sociology
Organizational Behaviour

Areas of Expertise

cyber-psychology
educational counseling
teenagers at risk

Selected Courses

cyber-psychology
eating disorders
writing therapy
kids online

Areas of Expertise

Educational Psychology- social skills among children, ADHD.

psychology of the internet- cyberbullying

Selected Courses

Academic writing
Developmental Psychology

Areas of Expertise

tourism management
global marketing
positioning and branding tourism destinations
crisis management
tourism and marketing strategy

Selected Courses

introduction to marketing

tourism marketing

Areas of Expertise

Hotels & Tourism Management

Selected Courses

Introduction to Hospitality
Logistics in Hospitality
Food Safety

Areas of Expertise

Anthropology, Sociology,Qualitative research

Areas of Expertise

• 2017 to this day – Mental health center “Ma’ale Hacarmel” – writing legal opinions, dangerous assessments, personal and group treatments.
• 12.11.17 – Professional Certification Ministry of Health – License number: 29-144039.
• 2016 to date – Expertise in HCR-20v3 for risk assessment.
• 2015 to date – A certified risk assessor. A process of professional diagnosis aimed at assessing the likelihood that the attacker would injure the victim with a high degree of severity (serious injury, disability or death). This is a therapeutic / diagnostic technique that requires professional skill from the operation.
• 2015-2017 – Mental Health Center “Mazor” – Legal Department. As part of this work, diagnoses, handles, manages patient files and writes legal opinions on the actual responsibility and is able to stand trial. And also, a therapeutic group in the department.
• 2015 – “Shaar Menashe Mental Health Center” – Practitioner in the Maximum Security ward .
• 2014-2015 – “Ha’emek” hospital – a practicist at the mental health clinic at Haemek Hospital in Afula.
• 2013-2014 – Mental Health Center – Practical experience in the Mental Health Department of the Israel Prison Service.
• 2013-2014 – “Abarbanel Mental Health Hospital” – practical experience at the Abarbanel Mental Health Hospital in the closed men’s department where I took part in the department’s activities.
• 2010-2013 – “Cognito” company for effective psychology

Areas of Expertise

Organic synthesis with enzymes and various reagents including organometallic investigation of solvolysis reaction, kinetics, enzymatic catalytic mechanisms.
Experience with NMR, GC, GC-MS, HPLC, IR and UV.

Organosilicon Chemistry, Reaction Mechanisms, Enzyme-catalyzed for Organosilicone Compounds, Organic Reactions
Senior Researcher on: Synthesis of sun-screen materials,
Fire retardant and antioxidants
Academic Coaching : Personal Trainer Expert and Group Trainer Expert, “Meamnin” – Institute
for Personal Training
Learning Skills for College Lecturers Expert, the International Institute for the Enhancement of
Learning Potential (ICELP)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Determination of Molecular Structure by Physical Methods.

Areas of Expertise

Emotional management
service organizations
health organizations

Selected Courses

Service Organizations””
Introduction to statistics A””

Areas of Expertise

Leadership
Employee’s performance
Human Resources
Organizational Communication
Labor Market

Areas of Expertise

Social emotional aspects among adolescents
Reading disability – dyslexia
Teaching,learning,education

Selected Courses

Introduction to Education Theory
Classroom climate management
Teaching methods and learning skills
Academic writing
Education and culture in Arab society
Social emotional development in the education system
Emotional and behavioral difficulties of children within the family

Areas of Expertise

Hotel and Restaurant management

Selected Courses

global tourism
introduction to hospitality
principles of food and beverage
wine tourism

Areas of Expertise

Dr. Elian Aljadeff research interests focus on designing and implementing systemic behavioral intervention programs, effective training and teaching methods, the use of feedback as a behavior change tool, self-management, and applying behavioral interventions to address social issues such as sustainability and health.

Selected Courses

Introduction to Organizational Behavior Management (OBM)

Ethics in Behavior Analysis

Research Seminar: Systemic Behavioral Interventions

Guidance and Training in Behavior Analysis

Applied Behavioral Analysis (Practicum)

Unique Challenges in Behavior Analysis

Areas of Expertise

Group Instruction
youth at risk
Academic Reading and Writing
Introduction to Sociology

Areas of Expertise

Social marketing, Marketing & Advertising, New media

Areas of Expertise

sports media
journalism
Culture industries

Selected Courses

sports media
culture industries
Language and Media
Academic writing

Areas of Expertise

Tourism

Selected Courses

Touristic Planning

Areas of Expertise

Educational Counselling

Selected Courses

Teaching Duties at Kinneret College
1.Issuses In Special Education.
2. Emotional and social coping of parents Children with learning disabilities.
3. Systematic and individualized skills in educational counseling

Areas of Expertise

Financial Statement Analysis.
Financial Accounting, Financial Management.
Managerial Accounting

Selected Courses

Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Management.
Financial Accounting.

Areas of Expertise

Director and Producer of films

Selected Courses

Introduction to broadcast

Areas of Expertise

Tourism planning and development, tourism management, attraction management, transportation planning, the relationship between tourism and transportation for accessibility, tourism surveys.

Selected Courses

For BA program:
Tourism planning and developmment – a seminar
Management of tourism and recreation systems
Optimization and decision making process
For MA program:
Operation Research applications in tourism
Managing tourism and transportation in a global environment
Data analysis and decision making in tourism and hospita;ity
A final project in tourism strstegic management

Areas of Expertise

Physical Geography

Areas of Expertise

psychology, criminology, sociology, family therapy

Selected Courses

‘- introduction to psychology
– introduction to criminology
– social psychology
– behavioral disorders among youth and teenagers
– family disorders and interruptions among the education system

Areas of Expertise

Education Law
criminal law
Taxes
Real Estate
Tax offenses

Selected Courses

Introduction to Penal Law
Forensic science in Israel
Legal aspects of the family and the education system
Labor and Employment Law

Areas of Expertise

Management, Organizational Behavior, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility

Selected Courses

Human Resources Development and Management””
The Human Factor””

Areas of Expertise

Strategy Management, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Tourism Development

Selected Courses

Strategy Management of HR

Areas of Expertise

post-traumatic growth, well-being in ageing and among patients and health professionals, mindfulness and positive psychology.

Selected Courses

The psychology of mindfulness: Theory, research and practice

The biological foundations of behavior

Areas of Expertise

Selected Courses

Areas of Expertise

Media and Communication Policy, Internet Regulation, Public Participation, the Political Economy of Media Institution

Selected Courses

Theories and Models of Communication
The History of Communication systems – Technology, Society and Culture
Media Institutions
Israeli Communication and Media Law
Academic Reading and Writing

Areas of Expertise

1. The relations between the media and the military in democratic nations.
2. Journalism ethics.
3. Theories on media effect.

Selected Courses

1. The basics of journalism work.
2. Journalism ethics.
3. Theories and models on media effects.
3. News: Theories and research.
4. The media institution in Israel.

Areas of Expertise

online communication and social media as sources of support, individual and community resilience, emotional aspects of education, values in education, and emergency education.

Selected Courses

Quantitative Research Methods
Social Skills
Group Dynamics

Areas of Expertise

Online public relations, marketing communications, new media, dialogue, and the influence of new technologies on customer and patient experience

Selected Courses

Advanced Public Relations

Customer Experience in the Digital Age

Areas of Expertise

strategy and national security, terrorism and guerilla warfare, interactions between the military echelon and the political echelon, Gender and Negotiations Style, Strategic Culture

Selected Courses

Israel’s foreign and security policy
Civilian Military Relations in Israel

Areas of Expertise

Transportation Economics
Urban Economics

Selected Courses

Micro-economics
Urban and Regional Economics
Transportation Economics
Seminar in Social Economics