Dr. Samuel Schwartz

Assistant Dean of Students, Netanya Campus, Director of Resource Development and International Programming, Senior Lecturer

Contact

09-865-6501

About

Samuel Schwartz, Ph.D., M.P.P., is a Senior Lecturer, Assistant Dean of Students (responsible for the Netanya Campus), and the Director of Resource Development and International Programming at Ono Academic College.

In this capacity, Dr. Schwartz has managed arts-based interventions with a variety of populations, including immigrants and Arab-Jewish dialog groups. He has chaired, organized, and presented his work at numerous conferences on the subject of co-existence, the use of the arts for conflict resolution, and arts and health.  Based on these experiences, he edited and submitted chapters for the book The Arts and Social Change.

Dr. Schwartz also has extensive work experience in the field of international relations. He was a Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy and Strategy at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center as well as at Harvard University’s Institute for Social and Economic Policy in the Middle East.  As Spokesperson and Director of Academic Affairs at the Consulates General of Israel in Boston and Los Angeles, he designed and led numerous conflict resolution outreach projects in twelve U.S. States.

He has published journal articles on the topics of conflict transformation, international relations, cross-cultural community organization, arts in education, and arts in health. He has co-authored studies with scholars from North America, Africa, and the Palestinian Authority. His Ph.D. dissertation dealt with the psychological aspects of non-conventional weapons, a topic about which he has published extensively.

Schwartz received his Bachelor’s Degree from Yale University, his Master´s Degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, and his Ph.D. from Bar Ilan University.

Education

Ph.D.

Bar Ilan University, Department of Political Sciences, Dissertation Subject: The Effects of Power, Values and Surprise on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime

M.P.P.

Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Area of Concentration: Public Policy in International Trade and Finance, Economic and Statistical Analysis

B.A.

Yale University, Summa Cum Laude with distinction in the major of Soviet and Eastern European Studies, Awards and Honors: Trumbull Mellon Fellowship, National Merit Finalist

Teaching Areas

Academic writing; Leadership, Communication, and Technology; Arts in Education and Health; Research Methodologies; Thesis Advisement

Research interests

Conflict transformation, international relations, non-conventional weapons, cross-cultural community organization, arts in education, and arts in health

Selected Publications

Schwartz, S., Lieblich, A., Marcow Speiser, V., Lakh, E., Cohen, T., Dushi, P., Gilad, A., & Vaisvaser, S. (2020), ‘Life story and the arts: A didactic crossroad’, Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah_00043_7
Schwartz, S. (2018), ‘Arts-based disaster relief: Theory and practice’, Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 9:2, pp. 275–89. https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah.9.2.275_1
Kalmanowitz, D., Marcow-Speiser, V., Schwartz, S., Kossak, M. (2018), ‘Arts-based disaster relief: An overview of psychosocial responses and practices’, Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 9:2, pp. 149–156. https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah.9.2.149_2
Marcow Speiser, V., & Schwartz, S. (2015). Culturally responsive teaching in a war-affected area: Lesley University in Israel – 1979-2013. The Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism and Practice, 7(1), 1-30.
Schwartz, S. (2015). Syria's Use of Chemical Weapons: A Test Case for the Rationalist-Constructivist Debate. The Peace and Conflict Review
Schwartz, S., Marcow Speiser, V. (2015). Introducing arts and health in Israel: How cultural factors affect the field’s development. World Cultural Psychiatry Research Review, 10(3/4), 122-137.
Schwartz, S. (2014). A survey of arts and health programmes in Israel. Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 4(3), 265-279. https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah.4.3.265_1
Schwartz, S., Marcow Speiser, V., & Wikoff, N. (2014). The arch of arts in health. Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 4(3), 237-245. https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah.4.3.237_2
Schwartz, S. (2009). Cross Cultural Observations Emerging from Lesley’s Partnership with Israel’s Ethiopian Immigrant Community. Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice (14).
Marcow Speiser, V., & Schwartz, S. (2009). Reflections on the Development of Lesley University’s Extension in Israel: December 1979-2009. In C. Farr Brown & M. Forinash (Eds.), Lesley University Centennial - 1909-2009: Celebrating Excellence. Cambridge, MA: Lesley University Press.
Schwartz, S. (2008). Understanding Nuclear Capacity. Harvard Kennedy School Review, 8, 34-37.
Joubran, N., & Schwartz, S. (July 2007). From Enemies to Friends: Personal Conflict Resolution at Imagine. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 47(3), 340-350. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167807301897
Schwartz, S. (2012). Cross-Cultural Observations Emerging from Lesley’s Partnership with Israel’s Ethiopian Immigrant Community In S. Schwartz, V. Marcow Speiser, P. Speiser & M. Kossak (Eds.), The Arts and Social Change: The Lesley University Experience in Israel. Tel Aviv, Israel: Porat Books.
Schwartz, S., Marcow Speiser, V., Speiser, P., & Kossak, M. (2012). An Introduction to Arts and Social Change: The Lesley University Experience in Israel. In S. Schwartz, V. Marcow Speiser, P. Speiser & M. Kossak (Eds.), The Arts and Social Change: The Lesley University Experience in Israel. Tel Aviv, Israel: Porat Books.
Schwartz, S., & Marzel, L. (2012). Diversity And Multiculturalism With Arab–Jewish Students: Integrated Teaching Through The Arts Program, An Interview With Lea Marzel. In S. Schwartz, V. Marcow Speiser, P. Speiser & M. Kossak (Eds.), The Arts and Social Change: The Lesley University Experience in Israel. Tel Aviv, Israel: Porat Books.
Marcow Speiser, V., & Schwartz, S. (2011). These Stories Are Burning a Hole in My Brain: Using the arts to tell the stories of the Ethiopian Jewish immigrant community in Israel. In E. G. Levine & S. K. Levine (Eds.), Art in action : expressive arts therapy and social change (pp. 210-227). London ; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Marcow Speiser, V., & Schwartz, S. (2011). Reflections on the Development of Lesley University's Extension in Israel. In C. Farr Brown & M. Forinash (Eds.), A Century of Innovation (pp. 129-145). Baltimore: Publish America.
Schwartz, S., Marcow Speiser, V., Speiser, P., & Kossak, M. (Eds.). (2012). The Arts and Social Change: The Lesley University Experience in Israel. Tel Aviv, Israel: Porat Books.