Hadas Cohen

Dr. Hadas Cohen is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Oklahoma and an Israel Institute Teaching Fellow. She holds a PhD in Political Science from The New School for Social Research, an MA in Human Rights and International Affairs from Columbia University, and an LLB in Law from Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• Education:
  • PhD, Political Science, The New School for Social Research
  • MA, Human Rights and International Affairs, Columbia University
  • LLB, Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Her research focuses on political discourse, historical sociology, and intersectionality, particularly through the lens of Israeli diaspora communities and treason analysis. She has conducted funded postdoctoral research at the WZB Berlin Social Science Research on the Israeli community in Berlin and is currently working on a book manuscript titled Israeli "Traitors: From Border Crossing to Boundary Making" and a paper applying intersectionality theory to treason cases.

In addition to her academic roles at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Cohen lectures at the Lafer Gender Studies Center, the Glocal MA program at Hebrew University, and the Open University. Her scholarly work has earned recognition through the Israel Institute Teaching Fellow designation and Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellowship.