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Name: Ronit Shalev Date: 1.2.20
CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Personal Details
Address: 12 Hatzav St., Ahuzat Barak, 19323, Israel
Phone: 972-4-6404359
Mobile phone: 972-54-7502737
Email: ronitsh@colman.ac.il
ronitishalev@gmail.com.il
2. Higher Education
A. Undergraduate and Graduate Studies
Year of
Completion
Degree Institution and Department Year
1993 B.A. Sociology & Anthropology, Creative
Arts, University of Haifa
1989 - 1993
1995 M.A. Educational Counseling, University of
Haifa
M.A. thesis: Differences between
parents who lost children in traffic
accidents and parents who lost children
in war
1993-1995
2009 PhD Educational Counseling, University of
Haifa, Doctoral thesis: “Bereaved
parents: Orientation towards the future,
perception of self-change, adjustment,
and functioning
2009
3. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education
Teaching fellow University of Haifa, Department of
Education
1998-2009
Lecturer Center for Academic Studies, Or
Yehuda
2009-2012
Senior Lecturer Center for Academic Studies, Or
Yehuda
2012-2017
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Senior lecturer; Academic
Coordinator of Educational
Counseling Department (M.A.)
Center for Academic Studies, Or
Yehuda
2019-2017
Teacher part-time Max Stern Academic College of Emek
Yezreel , Department of Counseling
2015- to
present
Senior lecturer; Head of
Education and Counseling
Departments
College of Management, Rishon Lezion 1 July 2019
to present
4. Offices in Academic Administration
Research and Nominations
Committees
College of Management, Rishon Lezion 1 Oct. 2019
- present
Dates Department of School Counseling Position Senior lecturer; Head of
Education and Counseling
Departments
College of Management, Rishon Lezion 1 July 2019
to present
5. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the Institution
a. Membership in Professional Associations
Dates Association
2015-present IWG International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement
b. Review for Professional Journals
Mikbatz (Anthology Hebrew),
Hyeutz Hachinuchi (School Counseling, Hebrew)
Society and Welfare (Hebrew)
Death Studies
Omega Journal of Death and Dying
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6. Participation in Scholarly Conferences
a. Active Participation
b. Role Topic Location Conference Dat
e
Lecturer Differences between
parents who lost a child in
war and parents who lost a
child in traffic accidents
Eilat International
Conference on
Grief and
Bereavement
200
4
Invited
Lecturer and
Chairperson
Bereaved Siblings University
of Haifa
Conference of
Bereaved
Siblings
2007
Invited
Lecturer
Perception of self-change
orientation towards the
future among bereaved
parents
University
of Haifa
Conference of the
Israeli Forum for
Researching
Emotions
2008
Lecturer Does anyone see me?
Bereaved siblings
Tel Aviv
University
Conference on
Educational
Counseling
2009
Lecturer Terminal Patients in the
Mirror of the Cinema
Ma’alot Conference on
Palliative
Medicine
2009
Invited
Lecturer and
Chairperson
Sibling Bereavement University
of Haifa
Conference of
Bereaved
Siblings and
Comrades in
Arms, Center for
Grief and
Bereavement
2011
Lecturer Ambiguous Loss Hebrew
University,
Jerusalem
International
Conference on
Trauma in the
Circle of Life
2012
Lecturer Children’s Grief Cinematheque,
Tel Aviv International
Depression Day
2012
Lecturer Families Coping with
Ambiguous Loss
David
Yellin,
Jerusalem
Reality-changing
Education
2013
Chair of the
Organizing
Committee
Bereaved Parents
Ambiguous Loss
Eilat Conference on
Loss and
Bereavement
2013
Chair of the
Organizing
Committee
The Impact of Murder on
Children in Arab Society
Bereaved Girlfriends
Eilat International
Conference on
Grief and
Bereavement
2016
4
Workshop – Early
Memories
Lecturer From Both Sides of the
Door: Annual Seminar for
Casualty Notifiers,
Ministry of Welfare
Tel Aviv Seminar 2017
Lecturer Ambiguous Loss and
Adopted Children
Eilat International
Conference on
Grief and
Bereavement
2019
Lecturer Perception of self-change
following loss,
presentation of research
on bereavement among
children with special
needs
Eilat International
Conference on
Grief and
Bereavement
2019
International Conferences (Abroad)
Role Subject of Lecture/
Discussion
Location Name of
Conference
Date
Lecturer Ambiguous Loss Titu
Maiorescu
University,
Bucharest,
Romania
IAC
Conference
2010
Lecturer "It's like one day a man
appeared": The long-term
impact of a present-absent
father on the children of
POWs
Miami
U.S.A.
ADEC
International
Conference
on Grief and
Bereavement
in
Contemporary
Society
2011
Lecturer The fire of your loss
remains in my heart:
Accompanying notifiers of
families of victims of the
Mount Carmel forest fire
Hong Kong 10th
International
Conference
on Grief and
Bereavement
in
Contemporary
Society
2014
Lecturer Bereavement and
Adolescence
Scotland IWG
Conference
2017
Lecturer and
Chairperson
Children who have lost a
family member to murder
in the Arab community in
Israel
Lisbon 11th
International
Conference
on Grief and
Bereavement
in
5
Contemporary
Society
Poster and
Lecture
Mount Carmel forest fire Canada IWG
Conference
2018
c. Organization of Conference
Role Subject of
Conference
Location Name of Conference Date
Director, Organizing
Committee, and
Chairperson
Grief and
Bereavement
Eilat Conference on Grief and
Bereavement
2013
Director, Organizing
Committee
Director, Steering and
Organizing Committee
Grief and
Bereavement
Grief and
Bereavement
Eilat
Or
Yehuda
International Conference on
Grief and Bereavement
2016
2016
Director, Organizing
Committee
Organizer, Member of
Steering Committee
Grief and
Bereavement
Eilat International Conference on
Grief and Bereavement
2019
7. Invited Lectures \ Colloquium Talks
Date Name of Forum Place of Lecture Presentation/Comments
Bereaved Siblings University
of Haifa
Conference of
Bereaved
Siblings
2007
Perception of self-change
orientation towards the
future among bereaved
parents
University
of Haifa
Conference of the
Israeli Forum for
Researching
Emotions
2008
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Sibling Bereavement University
of Haifa
Conference of
Bereaved
Siblings and
Comrades in
Arms, Center for
Grief and
Bereavement
2011
8. Research Grants
a. Grants Awarded
Year Funded by/
Amount
Topic Co-Researchers Role in
Research
2009 Tel Aviv
University
5000 Nis
Research grant:
bereaved Parents
Bereavement fund
Head
researcher
2018 Center for
academic studies
4000
Grief in a school for
special education
following the death
of a student
Orit Barak and Roni
Zamir
Head
researcher
2019 College of
Management
שח 2500
Grief among Adults
with Special Needs
Head
researcher
9. Teaching
Number
of
Students
16
Degree
M.A.
Type of Course:
Lecture/Seminar/Workshop/Academic
Course/ Mandatory Introductory
course)
Workshop
Name of
Course
Internship,
Educational
Counseling
Year
2000 -
present
Center for
Academic
Studies,
College of
Management
80
Two
groups
M.A. Lesson Short-term
Counseling
and Crisis
2009 -
present
Center for
Academic
Studies,
College of
Management
7
20 M.A. Lesson Assistive
Interviews
2009 -
present
Center for
Academic
Studies,
College of
Management
15 M.A. Lesson Group
Facilitators’
2009 -
2011
Center for
Academic
Studies
13 M.A. Lesson Intervention
Programs
2014 Emek Yizrael
College
33 M.A. Lesson Stress
Situations
2014 -
2019
Emek Yizrael
College
23
M.A. Lesson Advanced
Methods of
Counseling –
Mindfulness
and
Educational
Counseling
2019 Emek Yizrael
College
25 Psychotherapy
Lesson Theoretical
Aspects of
Grief and
Bereavement:
Delivering
Tragic News
2006 -
present
Dimol School
of Social
Work
8
a. Supervision of Graduate Students
Students'
Achieve-
ments
Date of
Comple-
tion/in
Progress
Degree Title of Thesis Name of
Student
2015 M.A.
Preparations for military service for
adolescents on the autistic spectrum
Ariana Zaks
2015 M.A. Internet Bullying – the difference in
perception between parents and
adolescents
Carmel Hagit
2015 M.A.
Awareness of teachers to the
characteristics of diabetes type 1
Nira Ashkenazi
2014 M.A. Bereavement and loss among children Yifat Weizmann
2014 M.A. Patterns in internet usage among Habad
teenage girls
Ofer Dishon
2014 M.A. Delivering bad news at school Meira Lotan
2016 M.A. Delivering a sex education program in for
special needs students
Yael Katz
2017 M.A Post traumatic grow after the loss of a
loved one
Shaynin Vered
2017 M.A Fear of own death following the loss of a
family member
Milena Yael
2015 M.A. The effect of mindfulness exercises
on adolescent patients in psychiatric
wards
Einat Eliyahu
2017 M.A. Emotional and behavioral perceptions
of welfare workers delivering news of
casualties
Aya Sadan and
Moran Segev
2018 M.A Perception of self-change among
students studying educational
counseling
Reut Rokah and
Ofri Cohen
To be
published as
book
chapter
2018 M.A Grief in a school for special
education following the death of a
student
Zamir Roni
2019 M.A. How preschool children cope with
their parents’ divorce
Zamir Hani and
Shiraz Shmueli
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2019 M.A. The impact of tragic news on children Doreen Cohen
and Hagit Saar
2019 M.A. The impact of teaching in mental
hospitals on teachers' compassion
fatigue
Efrat
Tennenbaum and
Adi Kleinbert
Doctoral Theses
Students' Achievements Date of
Completion/
in Progress
Degree Title of Thesis Student’s Name
2018 Ph.D. The effect of Chi Kong
therapy on parents of
murder victims
Nurit Gafni
2019 Ph.D. Examining needs of
bereaved parents
Ilan Sharif
Research Theses
Students'
Achievements
Date of
Completion/
in Progress
Degree Title of Thesis Name of
Student
2017 M.A. Coping by families of
bereaved girlfriends
Rotem
Wildenberg
10. Professional Experience
2018 - present – Therapist for integrated mind-body psychotherapy at the clinic for children
and adolescents, HaEmek Hospital, Afula. Facilitating a therapeutic children' s group in
mindfulness
Positions and Professional Activity
2011 – present – Researcher at the International Center for Research on Loss and
Bereavement, University of Haifa. Research and participant in conferences and seminars
2016 – present: Co-Director, National inter- office forum on grief and bereavement (the
Israeli government, IDF, the National Insurance Institute, and the International Center for
Research on Loss and Bereavement)
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Professional Certification
2014-2018 – Studies towards a certificate in Mind-Body Integrative Psychotherapy,
Mercaz Shiluv (Integration Center), University of Haifa, External Studies
2014-June, 2018 – Internship at the Mental Health Clinic, HaEmek Hospital, Afula
Awards
2008 – Award for outstanding civilian worker in the IDF casualty division, sponsored by the
Minister of Finance, Manpower Division for Casualties
2012 – President’s Award for outstanding lecturer, Or Yehuda Academic College
PUBLICATIONS
a. Ph.D. Dissertation
Bereaved parents: Orientation towards the future, perception of self-change,
adjustment, and functioning. Educational Counseling, University of Haifa
b. Articles in Refereed Journals
Published *
Published Books
Shalev, R., Ablin, E., and Segev, M. (2015). One World. A Therapeutic Educational Model
for Youth in Frameworks Outside the Home. Ach Publishers. (Hebrew)
Published Articles
Weisman, H., Harmati, A., & Shalev, R. (1999). Short-term counseling for children and
adolescents in the school. Readings in Education 4, 59-87. (Hebrew).
Klingman, A., Shalev, R., & Pearlman, A. (2000). Graffiti: A creative means of youth coping
with collective trauma. The Art in Psychotherapy,27, 299-307. [Q2, IF: 1.29, cited by. 37]
Klingman, A., & Shalev, R. (2001). Voices of Israeli youth following the assassination of the
prime minister. Youth and Society,32, 403-421. [Q1, IF: 2.13, cited by.28]
Ablin, J.N., Cohen, H., Shalev, R., Ablin, E., Neumann, L., & Buskila, D. (2010). A tale of
two towns: The effect of long-term low-intensity conflict on the prevalence and
characteristics of musculoskeletal pain associated with chronic stress. Clinical and
Experimental Rheumatology, 28,15-21[Q1, IF, 3.328, cited by 28]
Shalev, R., & Ben-Asher, S. (2011) Ambiguous Loss: The long-term effects of a present-
absent father on the children of POWs. Journal of Loss & Trauma,16, 511-528. [Q2, IF:0.51,
cited by 16]
Shalev, R., & Ben Asher, S. (2012). The absent parent: Families and children coping with the
ambiguous loss of a parent. Educational Counseling 37, 52-65. (Hebrew)
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Ben Asher, S., & Shalev, R. (2012). Ambiguous loss: Long-term influence of an absent father
among children of POWs. Society and Welfare 32, 357-399. (Hebrew)
Shalev, R. (2014). look at me, loss and grieving processes among children and adolescents:
theoretical and applicable aspects, in Raviv., A & Boles. H. (Eds), Educational counseling
today: Matters for thought and practice. A collection of articles in memory of Prof. Avner Ziv,
146-159, Tel Aviv, Center for Academic Learning, Sifriat Poalim. (Hebrew)
Shalev, R., Dargan, C., & Abdallah, F. (2015). Issues in treating children who have lost
family members as a result of murder in the arab sector in Israel. Efshar. 25-26, 51-54.
(Hebrew).
Ben-Asher, S., & Shalev, R. (2015). Perceptions of the absence and reintegration of a
prisoner of war father from the perspective of his children as adults. Journal of Child &
Adolescent Trauma,8,1-12. [Q2, IF: 1.08, cited by 3]
Shalev, R. (2017). I’m already not what you are – perception of self-change and growth
among bereaved parents. Et Hasadeh, journal on children and adolescents in risk situations.
from broken worlds: Growth from crisis of loss and trauma, 18,19-30. (Hebrew)
Shalev, R., Dargan, C., & Abdallah, F. (2019). Issues in the treatment of children who lost a
family member to murder in the arab community in Israel. Omega Journal of Death and
Dying, 30, 1-14. [ Q2, IF: 1.127]
1. Articles In Press
Shalev, R. (In Press). No one will visit me anymore: Grief among adults with special
needs. Neuman, R., & Reiter, S. (Eds.) A book about people with disabilities.
Shalev, R., Zamir, R., & Barak, A. (In Press). Unrecognized grief: The death of a
disabled student and coping of the school's educational staff. Educational Counseling: From
Theory to Practice. Boles, H., Kaniel, S., and Shalev, R. (Eds.).
Publications as Editor (In Press)
Co-editor of the book: Educational Counseling: From Theory to Practice, edited by
Boles, H., Kaniel, S., and Shalev, R. The book is currently in the final editing stage.
Resling Publishers.
d. Submitted Publications
Book in progress (being written and researched)
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Book being co-edited: Shalev,R., Raviv, A., & Ablin. A: Conveying a Bad Message.
includes a study of casualty notifiers in the police and welfare departments.
e. Non-Scientific Publications
Shalev, R., (2010) It’s not so bad! on the Israeli film “Broken Wings”– An encounter
with loss and bereavement. Psychology website (Hebrew):
http://www.hebpsy.net/articles.asp?t=0&id=2528
Shalev, R(2011). No entry for external substances. eating disorders, psychology website
in (Hebrew): http://www.hebpsy.net/articles.asp?t=0&id=2558
D. Other Works Connected with my Scholarly Field
Non-Academic Professional Experience
1994-2005 – Educational counselor at the following schools: Nesher (3 years), Ein Harod (6
years), and at the “Perach” program at the University of Haifa
2003-2009 – Facilitator for groups of counselors in the framework of the Rural Education
Authority of the Ministry of Education
2005-2009 – Civilian IDF worker: Group facilitator in the department of casualties.
2014-2018 – External studies towards a diploma in integrated psychotherapy in the
Integration Center, University of Haifa
2014 - June, 2018 – Internship in the mental health clinic, HaEmek Hospital, Afula
July, 2018 - present – Therapist for integrated mind-body psychotherapy at the clinic for
children and adolescents, HaEmek Hospital, Afula. Facilitating a therapeutic children' s group
in mindfulness
2016 - present – Co-chair of the inter-organizational forum for the various government offices
and associations for grief, loss and bereavement
2014 -present – Facilitator for groups of bereaved girlfriends for the Association for
Treatment of Bereaved Girlfriends,
I also see patients at a private clinic in my home.