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Education
1993: B.A., Education and Humanities, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1994: M.A., cum laude, Philosophy of Education, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
2000: Ph.D., Philosophy (Social and Political Thought), Tel Aviv University
Professional Experience
Dr. Ben-Porath received her doctorate in philosophy, with an emphasis
on social and political thought, from Tel Aviv University. She was
awarded a Posis Grant for her doctoral dissertation as well as two
successive Tel-Aviv University President’s grants for postdoctoral
fellows. She served as an assistant professor at Tel Aviv University
and as a faculty member at the Israeli Branch of Manchester University.
In 2001, she accepted a position as a post-doctoral research associate
at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University.
In Israel, she served on a joint Palestinian-Israeli committee,
sponsored by the Peres Peace Center, working toward educational reform
to support mutual recognition and peace education, toward the
implementation of the road map. She was a member of the Young Scholars
Forum at the Rabin Center for the Study of Israel, participated in the
Women Faculty Forum at Tel-Aviv University, and established the Israeli
Association for Post-Secondary Education for Students with Learning
Disabilities.
Research Interests and Current Projects
Dr. Ben-Porath’s research interests focus on civic
education, social effects of war, and normative aspects of educational
and social policy. Her areas of expertise include philosophy of
education, political philosophy, and gender studies. She has published
articles on rights of weak groups in a just society and on government
regulation of intimate life, and has a forthcoming book as well as a
number of articles on civic education in wartime.
Publications
Ben-Porath, S. (2006). Citizenship under fire: Democratic education in times of conflict. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Ben-Porath, S. (2005). Multiculturalism, peace and democracy: Considerations of civic education in wartime. In Philosophy of Education Yearbook 2005.
Ben-Porath, S. (2005). Why attack Iraq? (with Alex Zakaras); Death and
taxes; The vouchers that made Milwaukee famous; Regulating abortion
late in the term. In Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson (Eds.), Ethics and Politics 4th edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.
Ben-Porath, S. (2004). Against the law: On government regulation of intimate life. In Constellations 11:4.
Ben-Porath, S. (2003). Radicalizing democratic education: Unity and dissent in wartime. In Philosophy of Education Yearbook 2003.
Ben-Porath, S. (2003). War and peace education. In Journal of Philosophy of Education 37(3).
Ben-Porath, S. (2003). Autonomy and vulnerability: On just relations
between adults and children. In Journal of Philosophy of Education
37(1).
Ben-Porath, S. & Tamir, Y. (2002). Feminist moral education. In Panim, November 2002.
Ben-Porath, S. (2002). The veil and the gun: Women’s rights and the war on terror. In Women’s Policy Journal of Harvard, Summer 2002.
Ben-Porath, S. (2002). Don’t say ‘A Day will Come,’ Bring on the
day: The education system in the morning after. In Meron Benvenisti
(ed.) The morning after: The Israeli society in peacetime (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Carmel Publishers.
Ben-Porath, S. (2000). By right and not by virtue: Rights of
retarded people in a just society. In Y. Estes, A.L. Farr, P. Smith,
& C. Smyth (Eds.) Marginal groups and mainstream American culture. The University Press of Kansas.
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