EDUCATION
1984-94 Bar-Ilan U. - Linguistics Ph. D., June, 1995
Title of dissertation: A genre-based approach to scientific reports: The analysis of social science research texts.
Supervisor: Prof. Jonathan Fine
1975-77 Israel Teachers’ Institute English June, 1977 teacher’s license
1959-61 Boston U. Social Work M.S. June, 1961
1954-58 Cornell U. Sociology B.A. June, 1958 Ithaca, NY (with Honors)
ACADEMIC AFFILIATION
1978 - 2004: Tel Aviv University, Division of Foreign Languages (now Division of Language Studies)
Courses taught:
Reading comprehension
Coordinator of English for Advanced Level, Humanities
Coordinator of English for the School of Nursing (B.A.).
Scientific writing
Instructor in scientific writing for Ph.D. students
Responsible for design and teaching new courses in scientific writing for Ph.D. candidates in diverse fields (engineering, life sciences, exact sciences, social sciences)
2004 - 2008: Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
