Shaina Silberstein Zvulun is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Communication and Journalism, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed her B.Ed. at Achva Academic College, and her MA in Conflict Research, Management, and Resolution at the Hebrew University. Her doctoral research explores how ultra-Orthodox women negotiate their identity in a secular academic environment, including what patterns of constructive and destructive intergroup encounters are apparent in this setting, as well as what challenges, dilemmas, and barriers to integration these women face.

Research Interests

Ultra-Orthodox women in secular environments

North American Aliya

Minority groups in higher education

Selected Publications

Rabadi, H., Silberstein Zvulun, S., & Maoz, I. (2023). Difficulties, experiences, and feelings of the Palestinian female students from East Jerusalem regarding their intergroup encounter with Israeli-Jews in Israeli academic settings. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 29(1), 1-6.

Awards and Prizes

Atid B’Ivrit Fellowship (Hebrew University) October 2023-

Swiss Center Scholarship (Hebrew University) 2022

Lafer Center Scholarship for MA Thesis Research in Gender Studies (Hebrew University) 2022

Yad-Ora Scholarship for Ethnographic & Geopolitical Research in the Middle East (Hebrew University) 2022

Dean’s List (Achva Academic College) 2018-2020